1965 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1965 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, NC
Champions West Virginia (9th title)
Winning coach George King (3rd title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1964  1966»
1964–65 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Davidson 12 – 0   1.000     24 – 2   .923
Virginia Tech 9 – 5   .643     13 – 10   .565
The Citadel 8 – 4   .667     13 – 11   .542
West Virginia † 8 – 6   .571     14 – 15   .483
George Washington 6 – 7   .462     10 – 13   .435
William & Mary 6 – 8   .429     12 – 13   .480
Richmond 6 – 10   .375     10 – 16   .385
VMI 5 – 9   .357     8 – 13   .381
Furman 2 – 13   .133     6 – 19   .240
† Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1965; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 25–27, 1965 at the original Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The West Virginia Mountaineers, led by head coach George King, won their ninth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1965 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 25 		Semifinals
February 26 		Finals
February 27
         
1 Davidson 86
8 VMI 73
1 Davidson 72
4 West Virginia 74*
4 West Virginia 94
5 George Washington 83
4 West Virginia 70**
6 William & Mary 67
2 Virginia Tech 103
7 Richmond 63
2 Virginia Tech 59
6 William & Mary 70
3 The Citadel 60
6 William & Mary 68

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ↑ Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 20. Retrieved August 25, 2014.