1999 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1999 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1998–99
Teams	8
Site	Jacksonville Coliseum Jacksonville, FL
Champions	Samford (1st title)
Winning coach	Jimmy Tillette (1st title)
MVP	Marc Salyers (Samford)
TAAC Men's Basketball Tournaments «1998  2000»

Template:1998–99 TAAC men's basketball standings

The 1999 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held February 25–27 at the Jacksonville Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida.^[1]

Top-seeded Samford defeated Central Florida in the championship game, 89–61, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament.

The Bulldogs, therefore, received the TAAC's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament, their first Division I tournament appearance.

Format

College of Charleston and Florida International departed the TAAC prior the season while Jacksonville was added; total membership decreased from twelve to eleven.

While the regular season division structure was ended, it was continued that only the top eight teams from the conference standings qualified for the tournament field.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, February 25					Semifinals Friday, February 26					Championship Saturday, February 27
	1	Samford	67
	8	Campbell	51
						1	Samford	62
						4	Centenary (LA)	54
	5	Stetson	54
	4	Centenary (LA)	57
											1	Samford	89
											2	Central Florida	61
	3	Georgia State	78
	6	Jacksonville	58
						3	Georgia State	60
						2	Central Florida	67
	7	Troy State	55
	2	Central Florida	66

References

1. "1998-99 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.