MACON, Ga. – A double-overtime victory over Kennesaw State helped the University of North Florida Men’s Basketball team punch its ticket to the upcoming 2012 General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Basketball Championship on Saturday.
UNF (14-15, 8-8) defeated the Owls (3-23, 0-14) 81-77 to bring its conference record to .500 and to become the fifth team to claim a spot in the upcoming championship. UNF has advanced to the tournament the last two seasons, advancing to the championship game last year as a No. 6 seed before falling to regular season champion Belmont.
UNF joins Belmont, Mercer, USC Upstate and FGCU in the eventual field of eight for men’s championship. Game times and seedings for the 2012 General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Basketball Championship are TBA.
The Atlantic Sun Conference is an NCAA Division I league with 10 member institutions committed to Building Winners for Life. The A-Sun meets the challenge of maintaining the highest standards in academic and athletic achievement with a true balance between student and athlete. Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun boasts six of the top eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun includes a blend of the most prestigious and dynamic private and public institutions in the region:Belmont University, East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate and Stetson University. Northern Kentucky University becomes the A-Sun’s newest member on July 1, 2012.
