2005 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament

2005 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2004–05
Teams	8
Site	Curb Event Center Nashville, TN
Champions	UCF (4th title)
Winning coach	Kirk Speraw (4th title)
MVP	Gary Johnson (UCF)
Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournaments

2004–05 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UCF †	13	–	7		.650			24	–	9		.727
Gardner-Webb	13	–	7		.650			18	–	12		.600
Belmont	12	–	8		.600			14	–	16		.467
Lipscomb	11	–	9		.550			16	–	12		.571
Mercer	11	–	9		.550			16	–	12		.571
Jacksonville	11	–	9		.550			16	–	13		.552
Georgia State	11	–	9		.550			14	–	15		.483
Troy State	10	–	10		.500			12	–	18		.400
Florida Atlantic	10	–	10		.500			10	–	17		.370
Stetson	8	–	12		.400			10	–	17		.370
Campbell	0	–	20		.000			2	–	25		.074
† 2005 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner As of March 1, 2005 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament was held March 3–5 at the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.

UCF defeated top-seeded Gardner–Webb in the championship game, 63–54, to win their fourth (and second consecutive) Atlantic Sun/TAAC men's basketball tournament.

The Golden Knights, therefore, received the Atlantic Sun's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament.

Format

With the Atlantic Sun's membership remaining stable at eleven teams, no changes were made to the tournament format. As such, only the top eight teams from the conference tournament were eligible for the tournament. These eight teams were seeded based on regular season conference records and were all entered into the quarterfinal round.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 3					Semifinals Friday, March 4					Championship Saturday, March 5
	1	Gardner–Webb	64
	8	Troy State	62
						1	Gardner–Webb	77
						4	Jacksonville	76
	5	Lipscomb	64
	4	Jacksonville	68
											1	Gardner–Webb	54
											2	UCF	63
	3	Belmont	67
	6	Georgia State	61
						3	Belmont	61
						2	UCF	66
	7	Mercer	68
	2	UCF	81