1972 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1972 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Greenville Memorial Auditorium
Greenville, SC
Champions East Carolina (1st title)
Winning coach Tom Quinn (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1971  1973»
1971–72 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Davidson 8 – 2   .800     19 – 9   .679
Furman 8 – 3   .727     17 – 11   .607
William & Mary 6 – 4   .600     10 – 17   .370
East Carolina † 7 – 5   .583     14 – 15   .483
The Citadel 5 – 6   .455     12 – 13   .480
Richmond 3 – 9   .250     6 – 19   .240
VMI 2 – 10   .167     6 – 19   .240
† Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1972; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–4, 1972 at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina. The East Carolina Pirates, led by head coach Tom Quinn, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1972 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

All of the conference's eight 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 2 		Semifinals
March 3 		Finals
March 4
         
1 Davidson 87
8 Appalachian State 77
1 Davidson 77
4 East Carolina 81
4 East Carolina 80
5 The Citadel 71
2 Furman 75
4 East Carolina 77*
2 Furman 126
7 VMI 80
2 Furman 93
3 William & Mary 74
3 William & Mary 98
6 Richmond 82

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ↑ Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 22. Retrieved August 14, 2014.