1932 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1932 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 16
Site Municipal Auditorium
Atlanta, GA
Champions Georgia (1st title)
Winning coach Rex Enright (1st title)
1931–32 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Kentucky 9 – 1   .900     15 – 2   .882
Maryland 9 – 1   .900     16 – 4   .800
Auburn 9 – 2   .818     12 – 3   .800
Alabama 11 – 3   .786     16 – 4   .800
North Carolina 6 – 3   .667     16 – 5   .762
Virginia 6 – 3   .667     13 – 8   .619
Georgia † 7 – 4   .636     19 – 7   .731
Ole Miss 8 – 5   .615     9 – 6   .600
Georgia Tech 5 – 3   .625     7 – 6   .538
North Carolina State 6 – 4   .600     10 – 6   .625
Duke 6 – 5   .545     14 – 11   .560
LSU 8 – 8   .500     11 – 9   .550
Tennessee 5 – 5   .500     8 – 7   .533
South Carolina 2 – 2   .500     9 – 7   .563
Vanderbilt 5 – 7   .417     8 – 11   .421
Mississippi State 4 – 7   .364     5 – 10   .333
Tulane 5 – 9   .357     6 – 10   .375
Florida 4 – 10   .286     8 – 12   .400
Washington and Lee 3 – 8   .273     9 – 10   .474
Virginia Tech 2 – 8   .200     8 – 9   .471
Clemson 2 – 9   .182     8 – 12   .400
Sewanee 1 – 7   .125     3 – 9   .250
VMI 0 – 9   .000     0 – 14   .000
† Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1932; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1932 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 26–27, 1932 and February 29–March 1, 1932 at Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia Bulldogs won their first Southern Conference title, led by head coach Rex Enright.[1]

Format

The top sixteen finishers of the conference's twenty-three members were eligible for the tournament. Mississippi and South Carolina did not participate. The tournament was seeded so that no team would face a school that they had faced in the regular season in the first round of the tournament.[2]

Bracket

  First Round
February 26		 Quarterfinals
February 27		 Semifinals
February 29		 Finals
March 1
                                     
Maryland 24  
Florida 39  
  Florida 22  
    Duke 33  
Duke 44
Vanderbilt 32  
  Duke 32  
  Georgia 43  
Georgia 48  
Mississippi State 26  
  Georgia 40
    Virginia 19  
Virginia 20
Alabama 16  
  Georgia 26
  North Carolina 24
Auburn 34  
NC State 33  
  Auburn 30
    LSU 22  
LSU 36
Georgia Tech 33  
  Auburn 31
  North Carolina 52  
North Carolina 35  
Tennessee 25  
  North Carolina 43
    Kentucky 42  
Kentucky 50
Tulane 30  

* Overtime game

Championship

March 1
8:30 PM CST
Georgia 26, North Carolina 24
Pts: Leroy Young 10 Pts: Wilmer Hines 11

See also

References

  1. ↑ Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 7. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ "FOUR TEAMS SEEDED IN CONFERENCE PLAY". The Palm Beach Post. February 22, 1932. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Ramsey, Glenn (February 26, 1932). "Kentucky and Tulane Holding S.I.C. Spotlight". Atlanta, Georgia: Fort Lauderdale News. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ Graham, Dillon (March 2, 1932). "Georgians Win First Tourney In Eight Tries". Atlanta, Georgia: The Greenville News. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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