1948 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1948 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Site Duke Indoor Stadium
Durham, NC
Champions North Carolina State (3rd title)
Winning coach Everett Case (2nd title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1947  1949»
1947–48 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North Carolina State 12 0   1.000     29 3   .906
George Washington 13 3   .813     19 7   .731
North Carolina 11 4   .733     20 7   .741
Maryland 9 6   .600     11 14   .440
Davidson 10 7   .588     19 9   .679
Virginia Tech 7 5   .583     14 9   .609
Duke 8 6   .571     17 12   .586
Wake Forest 8 7   .533     18 11   .621
William & Mary 8 7   .533     13 10   .565
South Carolina 8 7   .533     12 11   .522
Washington and Lee 5 9   .357     7 17   .292
The Citadel 4 8   .333     8 9   .471
Richmond 4 9   .308     8 14   .364
Furman 3 10   .231     11 15   .423
Clemson 3 14   .176     6 17   .261
VMI 1 12   .077     3 16   .158
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1948; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–5, 1948 at Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The North Carolina State Wolfpack won their third Southern Conference title, led by head coach Everett Case.[1]

Format

The top ten 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 four rounds, the first of which featured two games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinals.

Bracket

  First Round
March 2
Quarterfinals
March 3
Semifinals
March 4
Finals
March 5
                                     
 Wake Forest 56  
 William & Mary 61  
   NC State 73  
     William & Mary 52  
 
   
   NC State 55  
   North Carolina 50  
   
   
   North Carolina 61
     Virginia Tech 40  
 
   
   NC State 58
   Duke 50
   
   
   Maryland 51
     Davidson 58  
 
   
   Duke 53
   Davidson 37  
 Duke 63  
 South Carolina 48  
   Duke 54
     George Washington 51  
 

* Overtime game

See also

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