1976 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1976 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Greenville Memorial Auditorium
Greenville, SC
Champions VMI (2nd title)
Winning coach Bill Blair (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1975  1977»
1975–76 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
VMI† 9 – 3   .750     22 – 10   .688
William & Mary 8 – 3   .727     15 – 13   .536
Richmond 7 – 7   .500     14 – 14   .500
East Carolina 7 – 7   .500     11 – 15   .423
Appalachian State 6 – 6   .500     13 – 14   .481
The Citadel 6 – 7   .462     10 – 17   .370
Furman 5 – 7   .417     9 – 18   .333
Davidson 1 – 9   .100     5 – 21   .192
† Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1976; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 28–March 4, 1976. 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 VMI Keydets, led by head coach Bill Blair, won their second Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1976 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
February 28 		Semifinals
March 3 		Finals
March 4
         
1 VMI 71
8 Davidson 69
1 VMI 71
5 Appalachian State 64
4 East Carolina 72
5 Appalachian State 79
1 VMI 41
3 Richmond 33
2 William & Mary 70
7 Furman 57
2 William & Mary 78
3 Richmond 84
3 Richmond 82
6 The Citadel 69

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ↑ Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 24. Retrieved August 14, 2014.