1996 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1996 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Vines Center
Lynchburg, VA
Champions UNC Greensboro (1st title)
Winning coach Randy Peele (1st title)
MVP Scott Hartzell (UNC Greensboro)
Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1995  1997»
1995–96 Big South Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UNC Greensboro 11 3   .786     20 10   .667
Liberty 9 5   .643     17 12   .586
UNC Asheville 9 5   .643     18 10   .643
Charleston Southern 9 5   .643     15 13   .536
Radford 8 6   .571     14 13   .519
Winthrop 6 8   .429     7 19   .269
UMBC 3 11   .214     5 22   .185
Coastal Carolina 1 13   .071     5 21   .192
1996 Big South Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 29–March 2, 1996 at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of the Liberty Flames. For the first time in their school history, the UNC Greensboro Spartans won the tournament, led by head coach Randy Peele.[1]

Format

All eight teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Vines Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
February 29
Semifinals
March 1
Finals
March 2
         
1 UNC Greensboro 78
8 Coastal Carolina 67
1 UNC Greensboro 69
4 Charleston Southern 60
4 Charleston Southern 55
5 Radford 52
1 UNC Greensboro 79
2 Liberty 53
3 UNC Asheville 69
6 Winthrop 61
2 Liberty 73
3 UNC Asheville 60
2 Liberty 74
7 UMBC 52

*Asterisk indicates overtime game

All-Tournament Team

[1]

References

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