2019 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2019
Conference:Southern Conference
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:10
Arena:U.S. Cellular Center
City:Asheville, North Carolina
Champions:Wofford
Titlecount:5th
Coach:Mike Young
Coachcount:5th
Mvp:Fletcher Magee
Mvpteam:Wofford
Television:ESPN+, ESPN

The 2019 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2018–19 season. All tournament games were played at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 8 through 11, 2019.

20th ranked Wofford defeated UNC Greensboro 70–58 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament. Wofford's perfect season in the SoCon, (perfect regular season, and winning the conference tournament) was the first since the Stephen Curry led Davidson Wildcats accomplished the feat in the 2007–08 season.

Seeds

All ten teams in the Southern Conference were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were 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.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 3
1Wofford18–0
2UNC Greensboro15–3
3Furman13–51–1 vs ETSU0–2 vs Wofford1–1 vs UNC Greensboro
4East Tennessee State13–51–1 vs Furman0–2 vs Wofford0–2 vs UNC Greensboro
5Chattanooga7–11
6Mercer6–122–0 vs Samford
7Samford6–120–2 vs Mercer
8VMI4–143–1 vs Western Carolina/The Citadel
9Western Carolina4–142–2 vs VMI/The Citadel
10The Citadel4–141–3 vs VMI/Western Carolina

Schedule and results

GameTime[1] Matchup ScoreTelevision
First round – Friday, March 8
15:00 pmNo. 8 VMI vs No. 9 Western Carolina96–83
27:30 pmNo. 7 Samford vs No. 10 The Citadel100–71
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
312:00 pmNo. 1 Wofford vs No. 8 VMI99–72ESPN+
42:30 pmNo. 4 East Tennessee State vs No. 5 Chattanooga68–64
56:00 pmNo. 2 UNC Greensboro vs No. 7 Samford77–70
68:30 pmNo. 3 Furman vs No. 6 Mercer85–74
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
74:00 pmNo. 1 Wofford vs No. 4 East Tennessee State81–72ESPN+
86:30 pmNo. 2 UNC Greensboro vs No. 3 Furman66–62
Final – Monday, March 11
97:00 pmNo. 1 Wofford vs. No. 2 UNC Greensboro70–58ESPN
  • Game times in EST for first round and quarterfinals, and EDT for semifinals and final. Rankings denote tournament seed

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 Men's and Women's Basketball Championships presented by General Shale. 2020-10-19. soconsports.com. en.