In 2015, for the first time in UNF history, the men's basketball team received a bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by winning the Atlantic Sun Tournament. The A-Sun championship game was played at UNF Arena in front of a record crowd of 6,155 who watched the Ospreys defeat USC Upstate 63–57. Following the win, the team and university drew unprecedented media attention both locally and nationally.[70][71]