1959 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1959 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
Champions West Virginia (5th title)
Winning coach Fred Schaus (5th title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1958  1960»
1958–59 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
West Virginia 11 0   1.000     29 5   .853
Virginia Tech 10 2   .833     16 5   .762
The Citadel 7 4   .636     15 5   .750
William & Mary 7 7   .500     13 11   .542
Richmond 6 8   .429     11 11   .500
Furman 5 7   .417     14 12   .538
George Washington 4 7   .364     14 11   .560
Davidson 2 8   .200     9 15   .375
VMI 2 11   .154     5 13   .278
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1959; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 26–28, 1959 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineeers, led by head coach Fred Schaus, won their fifth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1959 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's nine 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
February 26
Semifinals
February 27
Finals
February 28
         
1 West Virginia 100
8 Davidson 65
1 West Virginia 85
4 William & Mary 82
4 William & Mary 87
5 Richmond 69
1 West Virginia 85
3 The Citadel 66
2 Virginia Tech 67
7 George Washington 85
3 The Citadel 53
7 George Washington 52
3 The Citadel 93
6 Furman 88

* Overtime game

See also

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