1935 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1935 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Thompson Gym
Raleigh, NC
Champions North Carolina (5th title)
Winning coach Bo Shepard (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1934  1936»
1934–35 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North Carolina 12 1   .923     23 2   .920
Clemson 3 1   .750     15 3   .833
Duke 10 4   .714     18 8   .692
Virginia 7 5   .583     13 9   .591
Maryland 4 3   .571     8 10   .444
North Carolina State 6 5   .545     10 9   .526
South Carolina 5 7   .417     15 9   .625
Washington and Lee 4 8   .333     10 10   .500
VMI 2 9   .182     3 14   .176
Virginia Tech 1 11   .083     3 16   .158
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1935; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1935 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 28–March 2, 1935 at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The North Carolina Tar Heels won their fifth Southern Conference title, led by head coach Bo Shepard.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's ten 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

Quarterfinals
February 28
Semifinals
March 1
Finals
March 2
         
North Carolina 46
South Carolina 25
North Carolina 30
NC State 28
NC State 42
VMI 30
North Carolina 35
Washington and Lee 27
Duke 39
Virginia 32
Washington and Lee 31
Duke 27
Washington and Lee 29
Clemson 25

* Overtime game

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