North Carolina-Asheville beat top seeded Coastal Carolina by a 60-47 final to win the 2011 Big South Conference Tournament.

To reach the title game, North Carolina-Asheville defeated Charleston Southern in the first round and High Point in the semifinals.

Matt Dickey, who was named Tournament MVP, was joined by teammates J.P. Primm and John Williams, along with Coastal Carolina's Chad Gray, Anthony Raffa and Sam McLaurin on the All-Tournament Team.

The Bulldogs now advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003 and second time in school history.

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The Big South announced their 2010-11 season awards on Tuesday.

Jesse Sanders of Liberty won Big South Player of the Year, while D.J. Covington of Virginia Military was named Freshman of the Year. Kelvin Martin was named Big South Defensive Player of the Year.

Joining Sanders on the All-Big South First Team were Matt Dickey (UNC Asheville), Chad Gray (Coastal Carolina), Austin Kenon (VMI) and Jamarco Warren (Charleston Southern).

Martin was joined on the All-Big South Second team by John Brown and Evan Gordon (Liberty), Nick Barbour (High Point) and J.P. Primm (UNC Asheville).

Covington was joined on the Big South All-Freshman Team by teammate Rodney Glasgow, Luke Davis (Gardner-Webb), Jareal Smith (Radford) and Sheldon Strickland (Charleston Southern).

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