1957 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1957 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1956–57
Teams 8
Site Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
Champions West Virginia (3rd title)
Winning coach Fred Schaus (3rd title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1956  1958»
1956–57 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
West Virginia † 12 – 0   1.000     25 – 5   .833
Washington and Lee 10 – 3   .769     20 – 7   .741
Virginia Tech 12 – 5   .706     14 – 8   .636
Furman 7 – 5   .583     10 – 17   .370
Richmond 9 – 7   .563     15 – 11   .577
William & Mary 7 – 11   .389     9 – 18   .333
The Citadel 5 – 9   .357     11 – 14   .440
Davidson 4 – 8   .333     7 – 20   .259
George Washington 3 – 9   .250     3 – 21   .125
VMI 1 – 13   .071     4 – 22   .154
† Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1957; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 7–9, 1957 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineeers, led by head coach Fred Schaus, won their third Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1957 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 7 		Semifinals
March 8 		Finals
March 9
         
1 West Virginia 71
8 Davidson 51
1 West Virginia 83
5 Richmond 62
4 Furman 71
5 Richmond 90
1 West Virginia 67
2 Washington and Lee 52
2 Washington and Lee 85
7 The Citadel 62
2 Washington and Lee 68
3 Virginia Tech 54
3 Virginia Tech 64
6 William & Mary 56

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ↑ Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 17. Retrieved August 27, 2014.