2020 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2019–20 season. All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 6 through 9, 2020. They winner of the tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

2020 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams10
SiteHarrah's Cherokee Center
Asheville, North Carolina
ChampionsEast Tennessee State (8th title)
Winning coachSteve Forbes (2nd title)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
2019–20 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East Tennessee State162 .889  304  .882
Furman153 .833  257  .781
UNC Greensboro135 .722  239  .719
Mercer117 .611  1715  .531
Western Carolina108 .556  1912  .613
Chattanooga108 .556  2013  .606
Wofford810 .444  1916  .543
Samford414 .222  1023  .303
VMI315 .167  924  .273
The Citadel018 .000  624  .200
2020 SoCon Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All ten teams in the Southern Conference are 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. The top six teams received first-round byes.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1
1 East Tennessee State 16–2
2 Furman 15–3
3 UNC Greensboro 13–5
4 Mercer 11–7
5 Western Carolina 10–8 2–0 vs. Chattanooga
6 Chattanooga 10–8 0–2 vs. Western Carolina
7 Wofford 8–10
8 Samford 4–14
9 VMI 3–15
10 The Citadel 0–18

Schedule and results

Game Time[1] Matchup Score Television
First round – Friday, March 6
1 5:00 pm No. 8 Samford vs. No. 9 VMI 78–96 ESPN+
2 7:30 pm No. 7 Wofford vs No. 10 The Citadel 93−76
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
3 12:00 pm No. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 9 VMI 70–57 ESPN+
4 2:30 pm No. 4 Mercer vs No. 5 Western Carolina 56–70
5 6:00 pm No. 2 Furman vs No. 7 Wofford 68–77
6 8:30 pm No. 3 UNC Greensboro vs No. 6 Chattanooga 68–78
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
7 4:00 pm No. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 5 Western Carolina 97–75 ESPN+
8 6:30 pm No. 7 Wofford vs No. 6 Chattanooga 72–70
Final – Monday, March 9
9 7:00 pm No. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 7 Wofford 72-58 ESPN
*Game times in EST for first round and quarterfinals, and EDT for semifinals and final. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First round
March 6
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
March 7
ESPN+
Semifinals
March 8
ESPN+
Championship
March 9
ESPN
                                     
       
  1 ETSU 70  
    9 VMI 57  
8 Samford 78
9 VMI 96  
  1 ETSU 97  
  5 Western Carolina 75  
       
       
  4 Mercer 56
    5 Western Carolina 70  
     
       
  1 ETSU 72
  7 Wofford 58
       
       
  2 Furman 68
    7 Wofford 77  
7 Wofford 93
10 The Citadel 76  
  7 Wofford 72
  6 Chattanooga 70  
       
       
  3 UNC Greensboro 68
    6 Chattanooga 78  
     

See also

References

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