1978 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1978 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Roanoke Civic Center
Roanoke, VA
Champions Furman (5th title)
Winning coach Joe Williams (5th title)
1977–78 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Appalachian State 9 – 3   .750     15 – 13   .536
VMI 7 – 3   .700     21 – 7   .750
Marshall 8 – 5   .615     14 – 15   .483
Furman† 7 – 5   .583     19 – 11   .633
Chattanooga 7 – 5   .583     16 – 11   .593
Western Carolina 4 – 8   .333     7 – 19   .269
Davidson 3 – 7   .300     9 – 18   .333
The Citadel 2 – 11   .154     8 – 19   .296
† Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1978; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 25–March 4, 1978. The quarterfinal round was hosted at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals were hosted at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The Furman Paladins, led by head coach Joe Williams, won their fifth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1978 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

All of the conference's eight 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
February 25 		Semifinals
March 3 		Finals
March 4
         
1 Appalachian State 81
8 The Citadel 64
1 Appalachian State 68
4 Furman 72
4 Furman 83
5 Chattanooga 73
3 Marshall 53
4 Furman 69
2 VMI 95
7 Davidson 80
2 VMI 71
3 Marshall 76
3 Marshall 64
6 Western Carolina 56

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ↑ Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 25. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
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