1996 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1996 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 9
Site Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Champions Western Carolina (1st title)
Winning coach Phil Hopkins (1st title)
1995–96 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North
Davidson 14 – 0   1.000     25 – 5   .833
VMI 10 – 4   .714     18 – 10   .643
Marshall 8 – 6   .571     17 – 11   .607
East Tennessee State 3 – 11   .214     7 – 20   .259
Appalachian State 3 – 11   .214     8 – 21   .276
South
Western Carolina† 10 – 4   .714     17 – 13   .567
Chattanooga 9 – 5   .643     15 – 12   .556
Furman 6 – 8   .429     10 – 17   .370
The Citadel 5 – 9   .357     10 – 16   .385
Georgia Southern 2 – 12   .143     3 – 23   .115
† SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1996; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 29–March 3, 1996, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Western Carolina Catamounts, led by head coach Phil Hopkins, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1996 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

The top nine finishers 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 one game, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round.

Bracket

  First Round
February 29		 Quarterfinals
March 1		 Semifinals
March 2		 Finals
March 3
                                     
4S The Citadel 73  
5N Appalachian State 75  
  1S Western Carolina 74  
    5N Appalachian State 66  
 
  1S Western Carolina 97  
  2N VMI 93  
 
 
  2N VMI 91*
    3S Furman 89  
 
  1S Western Carolina 69
  1N Davidson 60
 
 
  2S Chattanooga 81
    3N Marshall 82  
 
  1N Davidson 92
  3N Marshall 77  
 
 
  1N Davidson 67
    4N East Tennessee St. 43  

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1995–96 Southern Conference Season Summary
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