1975 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1975 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Greenville Memorial Auditorium
Greenville, SC
Champions Furman (4th title)
Winning coach Joe Williams (4th title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1974  1976»
1974–75 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Furman 12 0   1.000     22 7   .759
East Carolina 11 3   .786     19 9   .679
William & Mary 6 5   .545     16 12   .571
Richmond 7 7   .500     10 16   .385
VMI 6 6   .500     13 13   .500
Davidson 4 6   .400     7 19   .269
The Citadel 2 11   .154     5 15   .250
Appalachian State 1 11   .083     3 23   .115
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1975; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 1–6, 1975. The quarterfinal round was hosted at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals were hosted at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina. The Furman Paladins, led by head coach Joe Williams, won their fourth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1975 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 1
Semifinals
March 5
Finals
March 6
         
1 Furman 75
8 Appalachian State 69
1 Furman 94
5 VMI 81
4 Richmond 81
5 VMI 85
1 Furman 66
3 William & Mary 55
2 East Carolina 78
7 The Citadel 66
2 East Carolina 66
3 William & Mary 69
3 William & Mary 78
6 Davidson 64

* Overtime game

See also

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