1947 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1947 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Duke Indoor Stadium
Durham, NC
Champions North Carolina State (2nd title)
Winning coach Everett Case (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1946  1948»
1946–47 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North Carolina State 11 2   .846     26 5   .839
North Carolina 10 2   .833     19 8   .704
Duke 10 4   .714     19 8   .704
George Washington 9 4   .692     21 7   .750
Maryland 9 5   .643     14 10   .583
Richmond 8 5   .615     17 9   .654
South Carolina 7 5   .583     16 9   .640
Washington and Lee 7 6   .538     16 7   .696
Davidson 7 7   .500     17 8   .680
William & Mary 6 6   .500     14 12   .538
Wake Forest 8 9   .471     11 13   .458
Furman 5 7   .417     9 10   .474
Virginia Tech 4 9   .308     13 13   .500
Clemson 2 12   .143     7 13   .350
The Citadel 1 11   .083     5 11   .313
VMI 1 11   .083     2 14   .125
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1947; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 6–8, 1947 at Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The North Carolina State Wolfpack won their second Southern Conference title, led by head coach Everett Case.[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
March 6
Semifinals
March 7
Finals
March 8
         
NC State 55
Maryland 43
NC State 70
George Washington 47
George Washington 70
Washington and Lee 55
NC State 50
North Carolina 48
North Carolina 55
Richmond 43
North Carolina 58
South Carolina 53
Duke 54
South Carolina 56

* Overtime game

See also

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