1952 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1952 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 195152
Teams 8
Site Reynolds Coliseum
Raleigh, NC
Champions North Carolina State (7th title)
Winning coach Everett Case (6th title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1951  1953»
1951–52 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
West Virginia 15 1   .938     23 4   .852
North Carolina State 12 2   .857     24 10   .706
Duke 13 3   .813     24 6   .800
Clemson 11 4   .733     17 7   .708
George Washington 12 6   .667     15 9   .625
Maryland 9 5   .643     13 9   .591
Furman 9 5   .643     18 6   .750
William & Mary 10 6   .625     15 13   .536
South Carolina 8 7   .533     14 10   .583
Wake Forest 7 9   .438     10 19   .345
North Carolina 8 11   .421     12 15   .444
Virginia Tech 3 10   .231     4 16   .200
Richmond 3 11   .214     7 15   .318
Washington and Lee 3 11   .214     6 21   .222
Davidson 4 15   .211     7 18   .280
VMI 2 13   .133     3 21   .125
The Citadel 1 11   .083     8 20   .286
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1952; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 6–8, 1952 at the Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina. The North Carolina State Wolfpack, led by head coach Everett Case, won their seventh Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1952 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's seventeen 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
         
1 West Virginia 77
8 William & Mary 64
1 West Virginia 88
3 Duke 90
3 Duke 51
6 Maryland 48
2 NC State 77
3 Duke 68
2 NC State 73
7 Furman 68
2 NC State 76
5 George Washington 64
4 Clemson 65
5 George Washington 78

* Overtime game

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