2017 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2017 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place Friday, March 3 through Monday, March 6 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.[1] The entire tournament was streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised on ESPN at 7pm EST. The champion, East Tennessee State, received an automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Tournament with a 79–74 win over UNC Greensboro.

2017 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201617
Teams10
SiteU.S. Cellular Center
Asheville, North Carolina
ChampionsEast Tennessee State (7th title)
Winning coachSteve Forbes (1st title)
MVPT. J. Cromer (East Tennessee State)
Attendance24,061
TelevisionESPN3, ESPN2
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
2016–17 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East Tennessee State144 .778  278  .771
UNC Greensboro144 .778  2510  .714
Furman144 .778  2312  .657
Chattanooga108 .556  1912  .613
Wofford108 .556  1617  .485
Mercer99 .500  1517  .469
Samford810 .444  2016  .556
The Citadel414 .222  1221  .364
Western Carolina414 .222  923  .281
VMI315 .167  624  .200
2017 SoCon Tournament winner

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1UNC Greensboro14–423–83–1 vs Furman/ETSU
2Furman14–421–102–2 vs UNCG/ETSU
3East Tennessee State14–424–71–3 vs UNCG/Furman
4Chattanooga10–819–112–0 vs Wofford
5Wofford10–815–160–2 vs Chattanooga
6Mercer9–915–16
7Samford8–1017–14
8Western Carolina4–149–222–0 vs The Citadel
9The Citadel4–1411–200–2 vs Western Carolina
10VMI3–156–23
† – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Bracket

[2]

  First round
Friday, March 3
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4
Semifinals
Sunday, March 5
Championship
Monday, March 6
                                     
       
  1 UNC Greensboro 76  
    9 The Citadel 67  
8 Western Carolina 72
9 The Citadel 78  
  1 UNC Greensboro 77  
  5 Wofford 73  
       
       
  4 Chattanooga 67
    5 Wofford 79  
     
       
  1 UNC Greensboro 74
  3 East Tennessee State 79
       
       
  2 Furman 63
    7 Samford 67  
7 Samford 79
10 VMI 61  
  7 Samford 72
  3 East Tennessee State 81  
       
       
  3 East Tennessee State 73
    6 Mercer 66  
     

References

  1. "2017 Men's and Women's Basketball Championships presented by General Shale". SoConSports. Southern Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
  2. "17BKBrackets" (PDF). Southern Conference. Southern Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
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