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The #ASunBSB Coach of the Year Matt Fincher addressing the championship banquet
July 18, 2008
July 16, 2008
MACON, Ga. - The 2008-09 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Prospectus is available at www.AtlanticSun.org where fans can get their first looks at the 11 teams of the conference.
April 18, 2008
CLEVELAND, OHIO - Belmont senior Justin Hare received yet another prestigious national honor, as he was named 2008 Scholar Athlete of the Year by the Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association.
April 08, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Belmont University and head men's basketball coach Rick Byrd have agreed to a five-year contract extension, Belmont Director of Athletics Mike Strickland announced today.
April 04, 2008
NASHVILLE, TENN. - Earning perhaps his most significant national on-court honor to date, Belmont senior Justin Hare has been named Mid-Major Most Valuable Player by CollegeInsider.com, the site announced Friday.
April 01, 2008
MACON, Ga. - The postseason accolades for Gardner-Webb's Thomas Sanders, Belmont's Justin Hare and Campbell's Jonathan Rodriguez continued this week, each earning nods from varous media outlets.
March 27, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Mercer Athletics Director Bobby Pope introduced Bob Hoffman as the new head men's basketball coach, effective immediately. Hoffman succeeds Mark Slonaker, who coached the Bears from 1997 to 2008.
March 20, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C Mighty Duke let teeny, tiny Belmont play with the big boys. And, for stretches, get the better of them. No. 2-seeded Duke actually trailed in the final seconds before avoiding the monumental upset
March 18, 2008
MACON, Ga. - As Belmont's NCAA Tournament game against perennial power Duke approaches, AtlanticSun.org will provide the latest news coverage from across the country.
March 16, 2008
MACON, Ga. - For the third straight March, Belmont enter the NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed. This year, the Bruins will take on perennial powerhouse Duke on Thursday in Washington, D.C.
March 14, 2008
NASHVILLE - There is nothing in the world more fun that this fortnight, this extended Championship Week. Days full of games, wave after wave of cheerleaders, pep bands, student sections and players' moms.
March 12, 2008
BOSTON, MASS. - Belmont University head men's basketball coach Rick Byrd has been named one of 10 finalists for the inaugural Skip Prosser Man of the Year award.
March 08, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Shane Dansby scored a game-high 16 points and led four Belmont players in double figures as the top-seeded Bruins dismantled the No. 2 Jacksonville Dolphins, 79-61 for their third consecutive A-Sun Title.
March 07, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Second-seeded Jacksonville sprinted out to a 16-3 lead, and never looked back as they dropped No. 6 Gardner-Webb 89-80 Friday evening at the General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Championship
March 07, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Belmont went on a 16-2 run to close out a 69-65, come-from-behind victory over ETSU in the 2008 General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Conference Semifinal on Friday night.
March 06, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sixth-seeded Gardner-Webb scored 54 points in the second half and cruised past No. 3 Stetson, 82-63 in quarterfinal action at the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Thursday afternoon.
March 06, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The fourth-seeded ETSU Buccaneers withstood 15 three-pointers and a partisan home crowd to survive and advance, 81-74 against the No. 5 Lipscomb Bisons Thursday night.
March 05, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Jacksonville Dolphins used a strong performance from Marcus Allen and solid bench production to defeat the Mercer Bears for the third time this season. The Dolphins defeated the Bears 65-57
March 05, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Belmont Bruins began their quest for a third-straight conference tournament title on the right foot on Wednesday night with a 75-66 victory over Campbell.
March 04, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - On the eve of the 2008 General Shale Brick Men's Basketball Championships, the conference announced its postseason awards highlighted by Gardner-Webb's Thomas Sanders winning Player of the Year
March 03, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Kennesaw State senior Shuan Stegall put back with 33.9 seconds to put the Owls up for good in their season finale at Mercer, clinching Player of the Week honors for the forward.
March 03, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - After two years in Johnson City, Tenn., the General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Championships returns to Nashville with Lipscomb's Allen Arena serving as the venue.
March 01, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Shuan Stegall followed a Ronell Wooten shot with a lay-up with 33.9 seconds to put the Owls ahead as Kennesaw State topped Mercer, 65-61, in the final collegiate game for the Owls' two senior stars.
February 29, 2008
MACON, Ga. - CSS's sixth year of regular-season coverage of Atlantic Sun men's basketball concludes with a Leap Day matchup between Kennesaw State and Mercer. Tip-off for this Peach State rivalry is set for 7:30 eastern.
February 29, 2008
MACON, Ga. - All of the action from the 2008 Atlantic Sun General Shale Brick Basketball Championships will be webcast live on ASun.TV and is available to new subscribers for only $9.99.
February 27, 2008
Every night before he goes to sleep, Roman Narmbaye says his prayers.The 6-foot-10 center for Florida Gulf Coast prays for his brothers and sisters. They remain in his native Chad, which is in the midst of political unrest.
February 26, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Senior Thomas Sanders helped carry Gardner-Webb to home wins vs ETSU and USC Upstate with two monster performances, highlighted by a 19-point, 22-rebound game vs the Spartans.
February 26, 2008
NASHVILLE, TENN. - Belmont University senior Justin Hare was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America University Division Men's Basketball First Team.
February 25, 2008
February 25, 2008
February 25, 2008
Most basketball fans know Artis Gilmore, the 7-2, 240-lb. "A-Train" as one of the greatest centers ever to play the game, a 12-time All-Star who played five seasons in the American Basketball Association before pounding the paint for 11 seasons for the Bulls and Spurs.
February 24, 2008
BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell plays its final basketball games at 55-year old Carter Gym on Monday starting with the women facing USC Upstate at 5:45. The men will play the afterward, hosting against ETSU.
February 23, 2008
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - In need of a confidence boost, the ETSU got one during O'Reilly's ESPNU BracketBusters Saturday defeating the Ohio Valley Conference's Tennessee Tech, 88-80 at Memorial Center.
February 22, 2008
"This Week in the A-SUN" airs Friday February 22 with highlights from key matchups from the week just ended, including ETSU-Lipscomb, KSU-Stetson, Kennesaw State-Gardner-Webb and UNF-Jacksonville.
February 22, 2008
MACON, Ga. - For the 122nd time, Belmont and Lipscomb will meet on the hardwood in the latest edition of the "Battle of the Boulevard." Belmont's Curb Event Center serves as the host for the 6:30pm CT tip.
February 22, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In front of the third largest crowd in Curb Event Center history, Belmont showcased its deep bench and intestinal fortitude in grinding out a hard earned 74-65 victory over Lipscomb Friday night.
February 18, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Belmont's Shane Dansby led the Bruins for the week as he averaged close to a double-double and hit on almost 70 percent of his shots. Dansby earned his second Player of the Week award this year
February 15, 2008
MACON, Ga. - In just its 3rd year, the SunTrust River City Rumble has become one of the great rivalries in the A-Sun. Tonight, at 7:30pm, the latest contest between UNF and Jacksonville serves as the CSS A-Sun Game of the Week.
February 15, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Ben Smith scored 13 of JU's 18 points in overtime to lead the Dolphins back from a four-point deficit to beat UNF on Friday night in the SunTrust River City Rumble, 76-70
February 11, 2008
MACON, Ga. - In two Atlantic Sun games last week, Thomas Sanders established a career high for points in a game, 30, at Kennesaw State and tied another with 15 rebounds vs Mercer to win the A-Sun Player of the Week.
February 08, 2008
MACON, Ga. - In continuing the long-standing conference tradition of academic excellence, three Atlantic Sun men's basketball players earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team honors.
February 08, 2008
MACON, Ga. - USC Upstate makes its debut on the CSS Atlantic Sun Game of the Week when it travels to DeLand, Fla, to take on the Stetson Hatters. USC Upstate enters the contest winners of two straight games.
February 08, 2008
DeLAND, Fla. - Friday night in the Edmunds Center Orlando's Garfield Blair scored a game-high 21 points and the Stetson Hatters fended off a late rally for a 72-64 win over conference foe USC Upstate.
February 04, 2008
MACON, Ga. - ETSU's Kevin Tiggs became the first player this season to win multiple Atlantic Sun Player of the Week awards after averaging a double-double in leading the Buccaneers to a pair of home wins.
February 04, 2008
MACON, Ga. - On Monday, ESPN announced the 50 matchups for sixth annual O'Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters event. ETSU will host Tennessee Tech from the Ohio Valley Conference on Saturday, February 23.
February 01, 2008
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - After watching a nine-point lead dwindle to one with just over three minutes left, ETSU made enough foul shots and senior Andrew Reed drained a clutch 3-pointer as ETSU outlasted Mercer, 85-79
February 01, 2008
January 31, 2008
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Before Delvin Franklin takes a shot, three things have to happen.
He has to be open.
His feet have to be set.
January 28, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Perhaps Kennesaw State can claim the Battle of the Boulevard crown? The Owls swept their home games with Belmont and Lipscomb last week, led by the play of Ronell Wooten.
January 25, 2008
MACON, Ga. - The Jacksonville Dolphins will attempt to move two full games clear of the rest of the A-Sun when they host preseason favorite ETSU tonight at 7:30pm at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena on CSS.
January 25, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - In a one-point game with 3:16 remaining, the ETSU got an much-needed 7-0 offensive spurt to build a cushion and ultimately hold on to drop Jacksonville 83-77 in a critical A-Sun Conference battle
January 22, 2008
Macon, Ga. - The Atlantic Sun Conference and Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast (CSS) reached an agreement to broadcast four additional games at the General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Basketball Championships
January 21, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Stetson's Garfield Blair averaged 19.5 PPG in two games last week, leading the Hatters to their first 4-1 start in A-Sun play in 10 year. For his efforts, he earned his first Player of the Week award.
January 19, 2008
BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Jonathan Rodriguez led four Campbell double figure scorers with 26 points and the Fighting Camels defeated visiting Gardner-Webb 93-73 Friday night in front of a capacity crowd at Carter Gym.
January 18, 2008
MACON, Ga. - CSS will broadcast from Campbell's historic Carter Gymnasium for the final time when the Campbell Fighting Camels host their in-state rival, the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs tonight at 7:30pm ET.
January 17, 2008
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Rob Quaintance knows that one of his main jobs as the Florida Gulf Coast University point guard is to get people the ball so they can score.
January 14, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Playing without star senior Justin Hare, Belmont needed someone to step up facing rival Lipscomb. Shane Dansby responded with a career-high 23 points and on Monday he won the A-Sun Player of the Week award.
January 12, 2008
FORT. MYERS, Fla. - Stetson's men's basketball team rode Garfield Blair's double-double and A.J Smith's game-high 18 points to an impressive 70-62 A-Sun conference win over Florida Gulf Coast University.
January 12, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Belmont and Lipscomb square off in the 121st edition of the "Battle of the Boulevard" at 3:00pm CT on CSS at Lipscomb's Allen Arena. The Bisons have won the last three vs the Bruins on their home floor.
January 12, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Among the all-time classics in the storied history of the 'Battle of the Boulevard' series, Belmont Basketball outlasted host Lipscomb Saturday afternoon, 99-91, in double overtime.
January 11, 2008
MACON, Ga. - Stetson travels to Fort Myers, Fla., for the first game of CSS Sports' A-Sun Game of the Week Package. 2008 marks the sixth year CSS Sports and the Atlantic Sun have been in partnership. Gametime is 7:30pm.
January 07, 2008
MACON, Ga. - For the first time since the 2000-01 season, Jacksonville has started 2-0 in Atlantic Sun Conference play. Sophomore guard Ben Smith led the Dolphins to those wins,
January 03, 2008
MACON, Ga. - After eight weeks of historic non-conference play, that included five wins against schools from BCS conferences, eight Atlantic Sun teams open conference play tonight
January 02, 2008
MACON, Ga. - VMI's Chavis Holmes hit a 3-pointer from deep in the left corner with 4.6 seconds on the clock to give the Keydets a lead and held on to defeat Mercer, 102-99, Wednesday night at the University Center.
December 31, 2007
MACON, Ga. - In a game better suited for the American Plains, Lipscomb senior Eddie Ard helped the Bisons defeated the Thundering Herd and became just the 11th non-conference opponent in the last 12 years to win at Marshall.
December 30, 2007
Fort Myers, Fla. - In the first half of FGCU's 60-30 win vs Penn, the Eagles set three NCAA Division I records by holding the Quakers to six points, 5.9 Pct from the floor and one field goal
December 30, 2007
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - ETSU held on for a victory despite a 14-0 offensive explosion by Appalachian State in the final three minutes to take an important non-conference victory over its former Southern Conference rival
December 24, 2007
MACON, Ga. - USC Upstate spent the week in Texas with games at Southern Methodist and two in El Paso. The trip proved fruitful as Luke Payne earned the program's first Atlantic Sun Player of the Week award
December 22, 2007
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The FGCU men's basketball team nearly pulled a stunner on Saturday, falling 78-66 to #16 Butler. Butler shot 92.9 percent from the free-throw line including 10-of-10 in the last two minutes
December 21, 2007
HONOLULU - The ETSU men's basketball team responded off one of its worst losses in school history with a 76-58 win over SEC challenger Georgia in the first round of the 44th annual Rainbow Classic.
December 19, 2007
DALLAS, - Mezie Uzochukwu sank two free throws with 0.6 seconds to play in the game and Upstate used an 18-0 run to turn the tide in the second half as USC Upstate claimed a 58-56 victory over SMU at Moody Coliseum.
December 17, 2007
MACON, Ga. - Campbell's Jonathan Rodriguez scored a career-high 34 points against UNC Asheville and followed up with 23 in a home win at Liberty to earn his second career Player of the Week award
December 16, 2007
BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Jonathan Rodriguez scored 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as Campbell won a see-saw battle with visiting Liberty 73-70 Saturday night at Carter Gym in the Atlantic Sun Game of the Week.
December 10, 2007
MACON, Ga. - One year ago tomorrow, Mercer's Shaddean Aaron won his first Player of the Week award, sharing the honor with teammate James Florence. On Monday, he earned his first solo Player of the Week
December 07, 2007
KANSAS CITY, MO. - Belmont senior Justin Hare has been selected as a candidate for the 2007-08 Lowe's Senior Class Award.Hare sports a 3.86 GPA in his chosen major of exercise science and health promotion.
December 04, 2007
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - Junior forward Kevin Tiggs (above) scored a game-high 24 points, Dequan Twilley added 15 and Courtney Pigram finished with 14, as ETSU silenced Marshall, 79-73 in the A-Sun Game of the Week.
December 03, 2007
MACON, Ga. - After a quiet first-half against former Atlantic Sun member, Florida International, Florida Gulf Coast's Landon Adler exploded in the second half, scoring 19 of his team-high 23 points and grabbing nine rebounds
November 27, 2007
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - After a furious stretch away from home to open the season, Belmont returned to the Curb Event Center in fine style Monday evening defeating Middle Tennessee State, 85-62.
November 26, 2007
MACON, Ga. - ETSU's Kevin Tiggs averaged 23.0 PPG in two overtime games last week, but his effort in the final minute of the Buccaneers' two-point win at UNC Asheville secured him his first Player of the Week award.
November 25, 2007
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The JU men's basketball team dropped its first game of the season as UAB used a late run in the first half with a long-range attack to hand the Dolphins an 84-72 loss on Saturday at Bartow Arena.
November 19, 2007
MACON, Ga. - One week after leading Gardner-Webb to an upset of nationally ranked Kentucky, Gardner-Webb's sophomore guard Grayson Flittner continued to excel on the national stage.
November 19, 2007
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - For the fourth time in less than two weeks, an A-Sun school defeated a program from a BCS conference. Belmont's Justin Hare hit a 15-foot jump shot with 2.2 seconds left lifting the Bruins past Alabama, 85-83.
November 15, 2007
In the week following a historic week of upsets for the Atlantic Sun in men's basketball, the conference received plenty of attention from the national level.
November 12, 2007
MACON, Ga. - Nearly four years have passed since the A-Sun's last win over a top-25 opponent before Gardner-Webb and Mercer combined to topple No. 22 Kentucky and No. 18 USC.
November 10, 2007
LOS ANGELES -- James Florence scored 30 points and Mercer stunned No. 18 USC 96-81, spoiling the college debut of O.J. Mayo. The win gave the A-Sun victories over SEC, Big East and Pac-10 teams in the last five days.
November 09, 2007
CINCINNATI - Two days after Gardner-Webb trounced No. 22 Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., Belmont upset Cincinnati out of the Big East, by the count of 86-75 for the A-Sun's second win over a "BCS Conference" school this week.
November 08, 2007
In the day after Gardner-Webb pulled off the Atlantic Sun's first upset of a nationally-ranked team in almost four year, the Bulldogs remain the talk of the basketball world.
November 08, 2007
Former Vermont head coach and current ESPN college basketball analyst Tom Brennan spent a couple of minutes breaking down what he saw in Gardner-Webb's upset victory against Kentucky on Wednesday.
November 07, 2007
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Thomas Sanders scored 21 points and ripped down 10 rebounds as Gardner-Webb stunned No. 22 Kentucky 84-68 in the second round of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic at Rupp Arena.
November 06, 2007
12 Days of A-Sun Basketball concludes with the Stetson Hatters. The Hatters lost just one player and return 12 letterwinners from last year's team. Stetson began last year with fourth fewest Division I starts (47)
November 05, 2007
12 Days of A-Sun Basketball makes its inaugural trip to Spartanburg, S.C., for a look at league newcomer USC Upstate. The Spartans moved up from the Peach Belt Conference where they won six regular season championships
November 02, 2007
12 Days of A-Sun Basketball heads to Jacksonville, Fla., for a second time, this time to look at the UNF Ospreys. The Ospreys enter their third year in the conference returning all five starters from last year's squad.
November 01, 2007
12 Days of A-Sun Basketball looks at the Mercer Bears. The Bears improved by four wins from 2006, partially due to the play of James Florence. As a freshman he led the league in scoring at 19.2 PPG.
October 31, 2007
12 Days of A-Sun Basketball makes its sercond stop in Nashville, Tenn. for a look at the Lipscomb Bisons. The Bisons finished the 2006-07 campaign with an 18-13 mark. Once again, Eddie Ard will lead the squad.
October 30, 2007
12 Days of A-Sun Basketball makes its first of two Georgia stops with a trip up the road to Kennesaw for a look at the Owls. The Owls. in just their their second year of Division I play finished .500 in league play
October 29, 2007
12 Days of A-Sun Basketball makes its first of two stops in the River City with a look at the Jacksonville Dolphins. The Dolphins come off a season in which they had the best turnaround in the country.
October 26, 2007
12 Days of A-Sun Basketball moves north to Boiling Springs, N.C. to preview of Gardner-Webb. The Bulldogs took a step back in 2006-07, winning just nine games following 18 in 2004-05 and 17 last season
October 25, 2007
12 Days of A-Sun Basketball travels to Fort Myers, Fla. for the first time to preview the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. The Eagles move up to Division I following a 27-6 season in 2006-07.
October 25, 2007
MACON, Ga. - On the heels of back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, Belmont cracked the preseason Mid-Major top 25 poll, checking in at No. 19. ETSU received 53 votes and Jacksonville received one vote.
October 24, 2007
12 Days of A-Sun Basketball moves on to Johnson City, Tenn. for a look at the ETSU Buccaneers. The Buccaneers won the regular season title in 2006-07 and enter 2007-08 as the favorite.
October 23, 2007
12 Days of A-Sun Basketball stops in Buies Creek, N.C. for a closer look at Campbell. The Camels enter the 2007-08 on the heels of a 14-win campaign, the most for the program since winning 17 in 1995-96.
October 22, 2007
12 Days of A-Sun Basketball tips off with a closer look at the Belmont Bruins. The two-time defending tournament champions are led by preseason All-Atlantic Sun team member Justin Hare.
October 16, 2007
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Admissions offices have a term for people like Clayton Osborne: non-traditional student. There might not be a better word than non-traditional to describe the twisting, turning road that led Osborne
October 12, 2007
MACON, Ga. - Campbell forward Jonathan Rodriguez and ETSU guard Courtney Pigram have been named to the CollegeHoops.Net pre-season Mid-Major All-America basketball team.
October 10, 2007
MACON, Ga. - Last season ETSU won its first Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball title, and entering the 2007-08 season, both the coaches and the media predict that the Buccaneers will again reign supreme
October 10, 2007
UNF freshman Justin Cecil impressed those who saw him play in exhibition games in Canada to the point where one national college basketball writer forecasts the 6-8 freshman as a potential Freshman of the Year candidate
September 21, 2007
Cliff Warren's first season at Jacksonville was a brutal one-win campaign. But in two short years, he's transformed the Dolphins from a doormat into a viable Atlantic Sun championship team. They made a 14-game improvement last season. Can it continue?
August 06, 2007
July 17, 2007
June 12, 2007
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