1955 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1955 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
Champions West Virginia (1st title)
Winning coach Fred Schaus (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1954  1956»
1954–55 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
West Virginia 9 1   .900     19 11   .633
George Washington 8 2   .800     24 6   .800
Richmond 10 4   .714     19 9   .679
Washington and Lee 8 5   .615     16 13   .552
Furman 6 4   .600     17 10   .630
William & Mary 7 5   .583     11 14   .440
Davidson 4 6   .400     8 13   .381
VMI 4 9   .308     8 15   .348
Virginia Tech 4 14   .222     7 20   .259
The Citadel 0 10   .000     0 17   .000
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1955; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 3–5, 1955 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineeers, led by head coach Fred Schaus, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1955 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's ten 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 3
Semifinals
March 4
Finals
March 5
         
1 West Virginia 73
8 VMI 66
1 West Virginia 89
4 Washington and Lee 74
4 Washington and Lee 97
5 Furman 63
1 West Virginia 58
2 George Washington 48
2 George Washington 74
7 Davidson 36
2 George Washington 67
3 Richmond 65
3 Richmond 90
6 William & Mary 75

* Overtime game

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