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2005 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament

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2005 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2004–05
Teams8
SiteCurb Event Center
Nashville, TN
ChampionsUCF (4th title)
Winning coachKirk Speraw (4th title)
MVPGary Johnson (UCF)
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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.[1]

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

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "2004-2005 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.