1940 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1940 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Thompson Gym
Raleigh, NC
Champions North Carolina (7th title)
Winning coach Bill Lange (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1939  1941»
1939–40 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Duke 13 – 2   .867     19 – 7   .731
North Carolina † 11 – 2   .846     23 – 3   .885
Washington and Lee 7 – 3   .700     13 – 5   .722
Wake Forest 10 – 5   .667     13 – 9   .591
Maryland 7 – 5   .583     14 – 9   .609
Clemson 9 – 7   .563     9 – 12   .429
Richmond 5 – 4   .556     11 – 6   .647
The Citadel 6 – 5   .545     8 – 9   .471
William & Mary 6 – 5   .545     12 – 11   .522
Furman 4 – 6   .400     11 – 11   .500
North Carolina State 5 – 10   .333     8 – 11   .421
Davidson 4 – 11   .267     8 – 13   .381
South Carolina 3 – 10   .231     5 – 13   .278
VMI 2 – 9   .182     3 – 12   .200
Virginia Tech 1 – 9   .100     4 – 15   .211
† Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1940; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 29–March 2, 1940 at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The North Carolina Tar Heels won their seventh Southern Conference title, led by head coach Bill Lange.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's fifteen 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 29 		Semifinals
March 1 		Finals
March 2
         
Wake Forest 40
Richmond 34
Wake Forest 35
North Carolina 43
North Carolina 50
Clemson 41
North Carolina 43
Duke 23
Duke 40
The Citadel 35
Duke 44
Maryland 32
Maryland 43
Washington and Lee 30

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ↑ Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 10. Retrieved August 28, 2014.