1931 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1931 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 16
Site Municipal Auditorium
Atlanta, GA
Champions Maryland (1st title)
Winning coach Burton Shipley (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1930  1932»
1930–31 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Georgia 15 – 1   .938     23 – 2   .920
Maryland † 8 – 1   .889     18 – 4   .818
Alabama 11 – 2   .846     14 – 6   .700
Kentucky 8 – 2   .800     15 – 3   .833
Auburn 7 – 4   .636     8 – 6   .571
Washington and Lee 4 – 3   .571     11 – 7   .611
Duke 5 – 4   .556     14 – 7   .667
Georgia Tech 8 – 7   .533     11 – 13   .458
Vanderbilt 7 – 7   .500     16 – 8   .667
North Carolina 6 – 6   .500     15 – 9   .625
North Carolina State 5 – 5   .500     8 – 8   .500
LSU 4 – 4   .500     7 – 8   .467
Virginia 5 – 6   .455     11 – 9   .550
Florida 5 – 7   .417     10 – 9   .526
Clemson 3 – 5   .375     6 – 7   .462
Sewanee 3 – 5   .375     5 – 9   .357
Tennessee 4 – 8   .333     11 – 10   .524
Ole Miss 2 – 4   .333     6 – 9   .400
Virginia Tech 3 – 7   .300     5 – 10   .333
VMI 2 – 8   .200     4 – 12   .250
Tulane 2 – 10   .167     6 – 14   .300
South Carolina 1 – 12   .077     1 – 17   .056
† Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1931; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1931 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 27–March 3, 1931 at Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Maryland Terrapins won their first Southern Conference title, led by head coach Burton Shipley.[1]

Format

The top sixteen finishers of the conference's twenty-two members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

  First Round
February 27		 Quarterfinals
February 28		 Semifinals
March 2		 Finals
March 3
                                     
 North Carolina 23  
 Vanderbilt 21  
   North Carolina 17  
     Maryland 19  
 Maryland 37
 LSU 33  
   Maryland 26  
   Georgia 25  
 Auburn 33  
 Virginia 26  
   Georgia 31
     Auburn 27  
 Georgia 32
 Washington & Lee 31  
   Maryland 29
   Kentucky 27
 Duke 31  
 Clemson 27  
   Duke 30
     Kentucky 35  
 Kentucky 33
 NC State 28  
   Kentucky 56
   Florida 35  
 Tennessee 26  
 Alabama 20  
   Florida 33
     Tennessee 29  
 Florida 53
 Georgia Tech 48  

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ↑ Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 6-7. Retrieved October 31, 2014.