| Year: | 1943 |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Thompson Gym |
| City: | Raleigh, NC |
| Champions: | George Washington |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Otis Zahn |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
The 1943 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place in March 1943 at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The George Washington Colonials won their first Southern Conference title, led by head coach Otis Zahn.[1]
The top eight finishers of the conference's fifteen members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.
* Overtime game