Get to Know a College Basketball Mid-Major: Atlantic Sun
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You know all about the Power 5 conferences in college basketball. You hear about those more than any other, and those groups often dominate the March Madness conversation. There are 26 other conferences out there, however, and our goal is to get you up to speed on the teams, players and fights in the standings to know before the conference tournaments, Selection Sunday and the official start of March Madness. It’s time for you to get to know a mid-major: this time, it’s the Atlantic Sun. The Atlantic Sun formed in 1978, and was originally known as the Trans America Athletic Conference — it also used to encompass a larger geographic range of the country than it does now, when it is more centrally located in the southeast and mid-Atlantic. In 2001, it was renamed to better reflect its current geography. It might need another update at some point, however, as the conference is dropping from its current 12 teams to just seven for the 2026-2027 academic year. All 12 teams made it into the Atlantic Sun conference tournament, which began on March 4. The top four teams earned byes into the quarterfinals, where they will face the winners of the first-round games. Simple, to the point. Also simple and to the point: the automatic bid is the only way for an Atlantic Sun squad to make it to March Madness, whether men’s or women’s basketball. That has been the case for each of the last three years, and none of the teams are close enough to the bubble to force the issue this time around. Atlantic Sun — Men’s College Basketball Leaders: Central Arkansas and Austin Peay tied atop the conference at 15-3, but it was the former that won the tiebreaker thanks to a head-to-head W. Next up is 13-5 Queens and 12-6 Lipscomb; after that, every team in the Atlantic Sun is under .500. Florida Gulf Coast and West Georgia finished 8-10. Eastern Kentucky, Bellarmine and Stetson are all 7-11. North Florida (5-13) and North Alabama (4-14) bring up the rear. Austin Peay might be the second seed, but
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- No Data Available - BROWSE BY SPORTS & TEAMS PLAYERS SHOWS PERSONALITIES TOPICS Built on College Basketball College Basketball Get to Know a College Basketball Mid-Major: Atlantic Sun Published Mar. 4, 2026 3:18 p.m. ET share facebook x reddit link You know all about the Power 5 conferences in college basketball. You hear about those more than any other, and those groups often dominate the March Madness conversation. There are 26 other conferences out there, however, and our goal is to get you up to speed on the teams, players and fights in the standings to know before the conference tournaments, Selection Sunday and the official start of March Madness. It’s time for you to get to know a mid-major: this time, it’s the Atlantic Sun . The Atlantic Sun formed in 1978, and was originally known as the Trans America Athletic Conference — it also used to encompass a larger geographic range of the country than it does now, when it is more centrally located in the southeast and mid-Atlantic. In 2001, it was renamed to better reflect its current geography. It might need another update at some point, however, as the conference is dropping from its current 12 teams to just seven for the 2026-2027 academic year. All 12 teams made it into the Atlantic Sun conference tournament, which began on March 4. The top four teams earned byes into the quarterfinals, where they will face the winners of the first-round games. Simple, to the point. Also simple and to the point: the automatic bid is the only way for an Atlantic Sun squad to make it to March Madness, whether men’s or women’s basketball. That has been the case for each of the last three years, and none of the teams are close enough to the bubble to force the issue this time around. Atlantic Sun — Men’s College Basketball Leaders: Points Per Game: Jack Karasinski, Bellarmine, 21.3 Rebounds Per Game: Corneilous Williams, North Alabama, 9.4 Assists Per Game: Mateo Esmeraldo, Lipscomb, 7.1 (6th in D-I) Steals Per Game: Zyree Collin...
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