2024 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2024 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2023–24 season. All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 8–11, 2024. The winner of the tournament, Samford, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

2024 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams10
SiteHarrah's Cherokee Center
Asheville, North Carolina
ChampionsSamford (1st title)
Winning coachBucky McMillan (1st title)
TelevisionESPN+, Nexstar, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2023–24 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Samford 15 3   .833 29 6   .829
UNC Greensboro 12 6   .667 21 11   .656
Chattanooga 12 6   .667 21 12   .636
Western Carolina 11 7   .611 22 10   .688
Furman 10 8   .556 17 16   .515
Wofford 10 8   .556 17 15   .531
East Tennessee State 8 10   .444 19 16   .543
Mercer 8 10   .444 16 17   .485
The Citadel 3 15   .167 11 21   .344
VMI 1 17   .056 4 28   .125
2024 SoCon tournament winner

Seeds edit

All ten teams in the Southern Conference will be eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[1] The top six teams will receive first-round byes.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3 Tiebreaker 4
1 Samford 15–3
2 UNC Greensboro 12–6 1–1 vs. Chattanooga 0–2 vs. Samford 2–0 vs. Western Carolina
3 Chattanooga 12–6 1–1 vs. UNC Greensboro 0–2 vs. Samford 1–1 vs. Western Carolina
4 Western Carolina 11–7
5 Furman 10–8 1–1 vs. Wofford 1–1 vs. Samford 0–2 vs. UNC Greensboro 1–1 vs. Chattanooga
6 Wofford 10–8 1–1 vs. Furman 1–1 vs. Samford 0–2 vs. UNC Greensboro 0–2 vs. Chattanooga
7 East Tennessee State 8–10 2–0 vs. Mercer
8 Mercer 8–10 0–2 vs. East Tennessee State
9 The Citadel 3–15
10 VMI 1–17

Schedule and results edit

Game Time[2] Matchup Score Television
First round – Friday, March 8
1 5:00 pm No. 8 Mercer vs. No. 9 The Citadel 84–76 ESPN+
2 7:30 pm No. 7 East Tennessee State vs. No. 10 VMI 98–66
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
3 12:00 pm No. 1 Samford vs. No. 8 Mercer 70–57 ESPN+/Nexstar
4 2:30 pm No. 2 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 7 East Tennessee State 62–73
5 6:00 pm No. 3 Chattanooga vs. No. 6 Wofford 75–57
6 8:30 pm No. 4 Western Carolina vs. No. 5 Furman 76–79 OT
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
7 4:00 pm No. 1 Samford vs. No. 5 Furman 84–77 ESPNU
8 6:30 pm No. 7 East Tennessee State vs No. 3 Chattanooga 85–84 OT
Final – Monday, March 11
9 7:00 pm No. 1 Samford vs. No. 7 East Tennessee State 76–69 ESPN2
*Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket edit

First round
March 8
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
March 9
ESPN+/Nexstar
Semifinals
March 10
ESPNU
Championship
March 11
ESPN2
            
1 Samford 70
8 Mercer 57
8 Mercer 84
9 The Citadel 76
1 Samford 84
5 Furman 77
4 Western Carolina 76
5 Furman 79*
1 Samford 76
7 East Tennessee State 69
2 UNC Greensboro 62
7 East Tennessee State 73
7 East Tennessee State 98
10 VMI 66
7 East Tennessee State 85*
3 Chattanooga 84
3 Chattanooga 75
6 Wofford 57

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Tie-Breaking Formula" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "2024 Ingles SoCon Basketball Championships". soconsports.com. Retrieved December 7, 2023.