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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- — Chris Parker scored 16 points and Liberty beat Stetson 77-64 on Friday in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament semifinals and later earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament when North Alabama reached the title game.

North Alabama, a 96-81 winner over Florida Gulf Coast, is ineligible for the NCAA Tournament because it is in a four-year Division I transition period.

Blake Preston added 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Darius McGhee added 13 points and nine assists to help Liberty (22-5) reach a conference championship game for the fourth straight season.

Christiaan Jones had 20 points for the Hatters (11-14). Chase Johnston added 16 points.

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Projected Standings w/ Records

North Florida (12-2)

Florida Gulf Coast (10-4)

Lipscomb (8-6)

New Jersey Tech (7-7)

South Carolina Upstate (7-7)

Jacksonville (5-9)

Kennesaw State (4-10)

Stetson (3-11)

Who’s Dancing? North Florida. The Ospreys should capture the conference championship again, the same as last year.

Who’s On The Bubble? Florida Gulf Coast is really the only team I have challenging North Florida, but Lipscomb could also make a run with some results falling in their favor.

Who’s Out? The ASC is a one-bid conference, so whomever doesn’t win the conference is going home. However, there are teams that I’m preemptively eliminating. In this case, I’m ruling out five teams. In this conference, I think that New Jersey Tech and USC Upstate will likely just miss out on challenging, while Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, and Stetson aren’t going to be much of a factor.

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March 9, 2015 Louisville, KY (Analyzed Sports)

Conference Tournament Champions Automatic Bids

Here are the teams that have officially punched their tickets with automatic bids and are dancing in the 2015 NCAA Tournament.  Selection Sunday and the Big Dance are just days away. Congratulations to the conference tournament champions of the Atlantic Sun, Big South, Missouri Valley, and Ohio Valley.…