2006 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2006 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2005–06
Teams 8
Site campus sites
Finals site Winthrop Coliseum
Rock Hill, SC
Champions Winthrop Eagles (7th title)
Winning coach Gregg Marshall (6th title)
2005–06 Big South Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Winthrop † 13 – 3   .813     23 – 8   .742
Birmingham–Southern 12 – 4   .750     19 – 9   .679
Coastal Carolina 12 – 4   .750     20 – 10   .667
Radford 9 – 7   .563     16 – 13   .552
High Point 8 – 8   .500     16 – 13   .552
Charleston Southern 7 – 9   .438     13 – 16   .448
UNC Asheville 6 – 10   .375     9 – 19   .321
Liberty 3 – 13   .188     7 – 23   .233
VMI 2 – 14   .125     7 – 20   .259
† 2006 Big South Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on February 28, March 2, 4, 2011 at campus sites. The tournament was won by the Winthrop Eagles, as they defeated Liberty in the quarterfinals 93–52, High Point 77–65 in the semifinal round, and finally Coastal Carolina 51–50 in the championship game.

Format

The top eight eligible teams can qualify for the Big South Tournament. The seeds are judged by conference winning percentage. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Winthrop got the bid to the NCAA Tournament, and fell in the first round as the #15 seed to #2 seed Tennessee, 63–61.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 2 		Semifinals
March 4 		Finals
March 6
         
1 Winthrop 93
8 Liberty 52
1 Winthrop 77
5 High Point 65
4 Radford 84
5 High Point 87
1 Winthrop 51
2 Coastal Carolina 50
3 Birmingham-Southern 76
6 Charleston Southern 97
2 Coastal Carolina 73
6 Charleston Southern 67
2 Coastal Carolina 78
7 UNC Asheville 62

References

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