1945 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1945 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Thompson Gym
Raleigh, NC
Champions North Carolina (8th title)
Winning coach Ben Carnevale (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1944  1946»
1944–45 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
South Carolina 9 – 0   1.000     19 – 3   .864
Richmond 2 – 0   1.000     3 – 4   .429
Duke 6 – 1   .857     13 – 9   .591
North Carolina † 11 – 3   .786     22 – 6   .786
The Citadel 8 – 4   .667     16 – 7   .696
North Carolina State 7 – 5   .583     10 – 11   .476
William & Mary 3 – 4   .429     7 – 11   .389
Clemson 3 – 5   .375     8 – 8   .500
Maryland 2 – 5   .286     2 – 14   .125
Virginia Tech 1 – 3   .250     6 – 8   .429
Davidson 2 – 7   .222     9 – 9   .500
VMI 1 – 4   .200     2 – 10   .167
Wake Forest 0 – 6   .000     3 – 14   .176
Furman 0 – 8   .000     2 – 15   .118
† Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1945; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 22–24, 1945 at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The North Carolina Tar Heels won their eighth Southern Conference title, led by head coach Ben Carnevale.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's fourteen 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 22 		Semifinals
February 23 		Finals
February 24
         
South Carolina 55'
Clemson 24
North Carolina 39
South Carolina 26
North Carolina 55
NC State 28
North Carolina 49
Duke 48
Duke 76
Maryland 49
Duke 59
William & Mary 22
William & Mary 54
The Citadel 41

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ↑ Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 12. Retrieved August 28, 2014.