2019–20 ASUN Conference men's basketball season

2019–20 ASUN Conference men's basketball season
2019–20 ASUN Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	8
Regular season
Champions	Liberty & North Florida
Season MVP	Caleb Homesley, Liberty
Tournament
Champions	Liberty
Runners-up	Lipscomb
Finals MVP	Caleb Homesley, Liberty
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2019–20 ASUN men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Liberty†	13	–	3	.813	30	–	4	.882
North Florida	13	–	3	.813	21	–	12	.636
Lipscomb	9	–	7	.563	16	–	16	.500
Stetson	9	–	7	.563	16	–	17	.485
North Alabama*	8	–	8	.500	13	–	17	.433
Florida Gulf Coast	7	–	9	.438	10	–	22	.313
Jacksonville	7	–	9	.438	14	–	18	.438
NJIT	6	–	10	.375	9	–	21	.300
Kennesaw State	0	–	16	.000	1	–	28	.034
* Ineligible for the 2020 NCAA tournament due to transition period

† 2020 ASUN Tournament winner

The 2019–20 ASUN Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play begins in January 2020 and concluded in March 2020. It was the 42nd season of ASUN Conference basketball.

Preseason

On October 11, 2019, the conference announced its preseason honors and polls.^[1]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

Liberty (7) 79
North Florida (2) 74
FGCU 60
NJIT 51
Lipscomb 40
North Alabama 35
Jacksonville 32
Kennesaw State 20
Stetson 14

Preseason men's basketball media poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

Liberty (44) 429
North Florida (2) 340
FGCU 314
Lipscomb (2) 298
NJIT 240
North Alabama 189
Jacksonville 161
Kennesaw State 99
Stetson 90

Honors

Preseason Player of the Year: Caleb Homesley, Liberty
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Wajid Aminu, North Florida
Fan-Voted Preseason Player of the Year: Christiaan Jones, Stetson
Fan-Voted Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Jahlil Rawley, Stetson

Conference matrix

	Florida Gulf Coast	Jacksonville	Kennesaw State	Liberty	Lipscomb	NJIT	North Alabama	North Florida	Stetson
vs. Florida Gulf Coast	—	0−2	0−2	2−0	1−1	1−1	2−0	2−0	1−1
vs. Jacksonville	2−0	—	0−2	2−0	1−1	0−2	1−1	2−0	1−1
vs. Kennesaw State	2−0	2−0	—	2−0	2−0	2−0	2−0	2−0	2−0
vs. Liberty	0−2	0−2	0−2	—	1−1	0−2	0−2	1−1	1−1
vs. Lipscomb	1−1	1−1	0−2	1−1	—	1−1	1−1	1−1	1−1
vs. NJIT	1−1	2−0	0−2	2−0	1−1	—	2−0	1−1	1−1
vs. North Alabama	0−2	1−1	0−2	2−0	1−1	0−2	—	2−0	2−0
vs. North Florida	0−2	0−2	0−2	1−1	1−1	1−1	0−2	—	0−2
vs. Stetson	1−1	1−1	0−2	1−1	1−1	1−1	0−2	2−0	—
Total	7−9	7−9	0−16	13−3	9−7	6−10	8−8	13−3	9−7

All-Atlantic Sun awards

Atlantic Sun men's basketball weekly awards

Week	Player(s) of the Week	School	Newcomer of the Week	School
Nov 11	Ahsan Asadullah	Lipscomb	Rob Perry	Stetson
Nov 18	Zach Cooks & Carter Hendricksen	NJIT & North Florida	C.J. Brim	North Alabama
Nov 25	Scottie James	Liberty	Kyle Rode	Liberty
Dec 2	David Bell	Jacksonville	KJ Johnson	Lipscomb
Dec 9	Carter Hendricksen	North Florida	Destin Barnes	Jacksonville
Dec 16	Tyler Hooker & Myo-Baxter Bell	Kennesaw State & Liberty	Diante Wood	Jacksonville
Dec 23	Scottie James	Liberty	Mahamadou Diawara	Stetson
Dec 30	Souleymane Diakite	NJIT	KJ Johnson	Lipscomb
Jan 6	Caleb Homesley	Liberty	Sam Gagliardi	Florida Gulf Coast
Jan 13	San Antonio Brinson	NJIT	Mervin James	North Alabama
Jan 21	Garrett Sams	North Florida	Rob Perry	Stetson
Jan 27	Ahsan Asadullah	Lipscomb	Rob Perry	Stetson
Feb 3	Garrett Sams	North Florida	Jalen Warren	Florida Gulf Coast
Feb 10	Caleb Homesley	Liberty	Rob Perry	Stetson
Feb 17	Ahsan Asadullah	Lipscomb	Joel Kabimba	Stetson
Feb 24
Mar 2

Conference awards

On March 3, 2020, the ASUN announced its conference awards.^[2]

Award	Recipients
Coach of the Year	Matthew Driscoll, North Florida & Ritchie McKay, Liberty
Player of the Year	Caleb Homesley, Liberty
Defensive Player of the Year	David Bell, Jacksonville
Newcomer of the Year	Destin Barnes, Jacksonville
Freshman of the Year	Rob Perry, Stetson
First Team	Caleb Homesley, Liberty Scottie James, Liberty Ahsan Asadullah, Lipscomb Ivan Gandia-Rosa, North Florida Garrett Sams, North Florida
Second Team	David Bell, Jacksonville Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz, Liberty Zach Cooks, NJIT Carter Hendricksen, North Florida Rob Perry, Stetson
All-Freshman Team	Rob Perry, Stetson Mahamadou Diawara, Stetson KJ Johnson, Lipscomb Mervin James, North Alabama Mo Arnold, Jacksonville

References

^ "2019-20 ASUN Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Honors & Polls" ASUNSports.org. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
^ "Liberty's Homesley Highlights 2019–20 @ASUN_MBB Postseason Awards" (Press release). ASUN Conference. March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.

[1] "2019-20 ASUN Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Honors & Polls" ASUNSports.org. Retrieved 2019-11-09.

[ASUN_awards-2] "Liberty's Homesley Highlights 2019–20 @ASUN_MBB Postseason Awards" (Press release). ASUN Conference. March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.

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