1993 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1993 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Site Asheville Civic Center
Asheville, NC
Champions Chattanooga (5th title)
Winning coach Mack McCarthy (2nd title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1992  1994»
1992–93 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Chattanooga† 16 2   .889     26 7   .788
East Tennessee State 12 6   .667     19 10   .655
Georgia Southern 12 6   .667     19 9   .679
Marshall 11 7   .611     16 11   .593
Davidson 10 8   .556     14 14   .500
The Citadel 8 10   .444     10 17   .370
Appalachian State 8 10   .444     13 15   .464
Furman 8 10   .444     11 17   .393
VMI 3 15   .167     5 22   .185
Western Carolina 2 16   .111     6 21   .222
SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1993; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 4–7, 1993 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The Chattanooga Mocs, led by head coach Mack McCarthy, won their fifth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1993 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

All of the conference's ten members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured two games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round.

Bracket

  First Round
March 4
Quarterfinals
March 5
Semifinals
March 6
Finals
March 7
                                     
8  VMI 51  
9  Furman 76  
  1  Chattanooga 85  
    9  Furman 69  
      
        
  1  Chattanooga 72  
  5  Davidson 68  
        
        
  4  Marshall 65
    5  Davidson 67  
      
        
  1  Chattanooga 86
  2  East Tennessee St. 75
7  Appalachian State 84  
10  Western Carolina 73  
  2  East Tennessee St. 97
    7  Appalachian State 84  
      
        
  2  East Tennessee St. 84*
  3  Georgia Southern 76  
        
        
  3  Georgia Southern 72
    6  The Citadel 41  
      

* Overtime game

See also

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