1953 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1953 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Reynolds Coliseum
Raleigh, NC
Champions Wake Forest (1st title)
Winning coach Murray Greason (1st title)
1952–53 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North Carolina State 13 – 3   .813     26 – 6   .813
Wake Forest † 12 – 3   .800     19 – 6   .760
Maryland 12 – 3   .800     15 – 8   .652
West Virginia 11 – 3   .786     19 – 17   .528
Furman 10 – 3   .769     21 – 6   .778
Duke 12 – 4   .750     17 – 8   .680
Richmond 13 – 5   .722     21 – 7   .750
North Carolina 15 – 6   .714     17 – 10   .630
George Washington 12 – 6   .667     15 – 7   .682
Clemson 6 – 8   .429     8 – 10   .444
South Carolina 7 – 12   .368     11 – 13   .458
William & Mary 6 – 13   .316     10 – 13   .435
Virginia Tech 4 – 13   .235     4 – 19   .174
Davidson 3 – 14   .176     4 – 16   .200
VMI 1 – 14   .067     5 – 19   .208
Washington and Lee 1 – 17   .056     2 – 20   .091
The Citadel 0 – 11   .000     4 – 14   .222
† Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1953; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 5–7, 1953 at the Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons, led by head coach Murray Greason, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1953 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's seventeen 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 5 		Semifinals
March 6 		Finals
March 7
         
1 NC State 86
8 North Carolina 54
1 NC State 85
4 West Virginia 80
4 West Virginia 91
5 Furman 87
1 NC State 70
2 Wake Forest 71
2 Wake Forest 88
7 Richmond 70
2 Wake Forest 61
3 Maryland 59
3 Maryland 74
6 Duke 65

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ↑ Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 15. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
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