1946 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1946 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Thompson Gym
Raleigh, NC
Champions Duke (5th title)
Winning coach Gerry Gerard (2nd title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1945  1947»
1945–46 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North Carolina 13 – 1   .929     30 – 5   .857
Duke † 12 – 2   .857     21 – 6   .778
Virginia Tech 7 – 3   .700     11 – 8   .579
Wake Forest 8 – 5   .615     12 – 6   .667
Maryland 5 – 4   .556     9 – 12   .429
William & Mary 5 – 5   .500     10 – 10   .500
Furman 4 – 4   .500     16 – 3   .842
George Washington 4 – 5   .444     7 – 8   .467
Clemson 5 – 7   .417     9 – 11   .450
North Carolina State 5 – 7   .417     6 – 12   .333
South Carolina 4 – 7   .364     9 – 11   .450
Davidson 5 – 9   .357     13 – 12   .520
Richmond 3 – 7   .300     8 – 12   .400
The Citadel 1 – 6   .143     7 – 11   .389
VMI 1 – 6   .143     1 – 10   .091
Washington and Lee 0 – 4   .000     2 – 11   .154
† Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1946; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 28–March 2, 1946 at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Duke Blue Devils won their fifth Southern Conference title, led by head coach Gerry Gerard.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's sixteen 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 54
Maryland 27
North Carolina 29
Wake Forest 31
Wake Forest 42
William & Mary 31
Duke 49
Wake Forest 30
Duke 44
NC State 38
Duke 44
Virginia Tech 38
Virginia Tech 39
George Washington 33

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ↑ Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 13. Retrieved August 28, 2014.