2007 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2007 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the 29th edition of the Atlantic Sun Conference (A-Sun)'s Men's Basketball Tournament. It took place from March 1–3, 2007 at the Memorial Center on the campus of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. The Belmont University Bruins won the tournament, defeating the East Tennessee State University Buccaneers 94–67 in the final.

2007 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200607
Teams8
SiteMemorial Center
Johnson City, Tennessee
ChampionsBelmont Bruins (2nd title)
Winning coachRick Byrd (2nd title)
MVPJustin Hare (Belmont)
2006–07 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East Tennessee St.162 .889  2410  .706
Belmont144 .778  2310  .697
Lipscomb117 .611  1813  .581
Jacksonville117 .611  1514  .517
Kennesaw State99 .500  1318  .419
Mercer810 .444  1317  .433
Campbell711 .389  1417  .452
Gardner-Webb711 .389  921  .300
Stetson612 .333  1120  .355
North Florida117 .056  326  .103
2007 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner
As of March 6, 2007; Rankings from AP Poll

Format

The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Atlantic Sun Conference received a berth in the conference tournament. After the 20-game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 6, 7
Semifinals
March 8
Championship Game
March 9
         
1 ETSU 77
8 Stetson 61
1 ETSU 77
4 Lipscomb 72
4 Lipscomb 85
5 Mercer 49
1 ETSU 67
2 Belmont 94
3 Jacksonville 85
6 Campbell 90*
6 Campbell 63
2 Belmont 79
2 Belmont 79
7 Gardner-Webb 61

Asterisk denotes overtime game

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP

Justin Hare of Belmont was awarded MVP honors in the 2007 Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament.

All-Tournament Team

All-Tournament Team
Brian Fisk (Lipscomb)
Courtney Pigram (ETSU)
Andrew Preston (Belmont)
Mike Smith (ETSU)
Andy Wicke (Belmont)
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