2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament
Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 North Florida 10-4
2 NJIT 8-6 2-0 vs. Jacksonville , 1-1 vs. FGCU
3 Jacksonville 8-6 0-2 vs. NJIT , 2-0 vs. FGCU
4 Florida Gulf Coast 8-6 1-1 vs. NJIT , 0-2 vs. Jacksonville
5 Kennesaw State 7-7 2-0 vs. Lipscomb
6 Lipscomb 7-7 0-2 vs. Kennesaw State
7 Stetson 4-10 1-1 vs. USC Upstate , 1-1 vs. North Florida
8 USC Upstate 4-10 1-1 vs. Stetson , 0-2 vs. North Florida
Seeds
All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament . Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations , but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament . Had Stetson won the tournament , North Florida would have gone to the NCAA Tournament because of its regular season Atlantic Sun Conference title . Teams were seeded by record within the conference , with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records .
The 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1-6, 2016 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament.