1997 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1997 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Vines Center
Lynchburg, VA
Champions Charleston Southern (4th title)
Winning coach Tom Conrad (1st title)
MVP Peter Aluma (Liberty)
1996–97 Big South Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UNC Asheville 11 – 3   .786     18 – 10   .643
Liberty 11 – 3   .786     23 – 9   .719
Radford 8 – 6   .571     15 – 13   .536
Charleston Southern † 7 – 7   .500     17 – 13   .567
Coastal Carolina 6 – 8   .429     11 – 16   .407
UNC Greensboro 6 – 8   .429     10 – 20   .333
Winthrop 5 – 9   .357     12 – 15   .444
UMBC 2 – 12   .143     5 – 22   .185
† 1997 Big South Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 26–March 1, 1997, at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of the Liberty Flames. For the fourth time in their school history, the Charleston Southern Buccaneers won the tournament, led by head coach Tom Conrad.[1]

Format

All eight teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Vines Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. This was the last season for UNC Greensboro as a member of the league, who left for the Southern Conference the following season.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
February 26 		Semifinals
February 28 		Finals
March 1
         
1 UNC Asheville 54
8 UMBC 51
1 UNC Asheville 57
4 Charleston Southern 67
4 Charleston Southern 67
5 Coastal Carolina 51
2 Liberty 54
4 Charleston Southern 64
3 Radford 78
6 UNC Greensboro 76
2 Liberty 85
3 Radford 73
2 Liberty 83
7 Winthrop 69

*Asterisk indicates overtime game

All-Tournament Team

[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Big South Men's Basketball History - p. 4
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