1984 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1984 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Asheville Civic Center
Asheville, NC
Champions Marshall (1st title)
Winning coach Rick Huckabay (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1983  1985»
1983–84 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Marshall 13 3   .813     25 6   .806
Chattanooga 12 4   .750     24 7   .774
Western Carolina 9 7   .563     15 13   .536
Appalachian State 8 8   .500     13 16   .448
The Citadel 8 8   .500     14 14   .500
Furman 7 9   .438     12 17   .414
East Tennessee State 6 10   .375     9 19   .321
Davidson 5 11   .313     9 19   .321
VMI 4 12   .250     8 19   .296
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1984; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–4, 1984 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The Marshall Thundering Herd, led by head coach Rick Huckabay, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1984 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
March 2
Semifinals
March 3
Finals
March 4
         
1 Marshall 78
8 Davidson 68
1 Marshall 97
4 Appalachian State 67
4 Appalachian State 82
5 The Citadel 77
1 Marshall 111**
2 Chattanooga 107
2 Chattanooga 82
7 East Tennessee St. 50
2 Chattanooga 70
6 Furman 57
3 Western Carolina 67
6 Furman 71

* Overtime game

See also

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