| 2020–21 Southern Conference men's basketball season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Pixels: | 200px |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champ Name: | Champions |
| Mvp Link: | Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year |
| Finals: | Tournament |
| Finals Link: | 2021 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament |
| Finals Mvp Link: | 2021 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament |
| Seasonslist: | List of Southern Conference men's basketball seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | Southern Conference men's basketball |
| Prevseason Year: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 Southern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play begins in January 2021 and will conclude in March 2021.
Preseason awards were announced by the league office on November 11, 2020.[1]
(First place votes in parentheses)
(First place votes in parentheses)
| Honor | Recipient |
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| Preseason Player of the Year | Isaiah Miller, UNC Greensboro |
| Preseason All-Southern Conference Team | Ledarrius Brewer, East Tennessee State |
| Ty Brewer, East Tennessee State | |
| Mike Bothwell, Furman | |
| Noah Gurley, Furman | |
| Clay Mounce, Furman | |
| Ross Cummings, Mercer | |
| Jeff Gary, Mercer | |
| Isaiah Miller, UNC Greensboro | |
| David Jean-Baptiste, Chattanooga | |
| Mason Faulkner, Western Carolina | |
| Storm Murphy, Wofford |
| style= width="75" | Chattanooga | style= width="75" | East Tennessee State | style= width="75" | Furman | style= width="75" | Mercer | style= width="75" | Samford | style= width="75" | The Citadel | style= width="75" | UNC Greensboro | style= width="75" | VMI | style= width="75" | Western Carolina | style= width="75" | Wofford |
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| vs. Chattanooga | – | 0−2 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 0−2 | 1−1 | 2−0 | 1−0 | 0−2 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| vs. East Tennessee State | 2–0 | – | 1−1 | 1−1 | 0−0 | 1−1 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 0−2 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| vs. Furman | 0−1 | 1−1 | – | 0−2 | 0−1 | 0−2 | 1−1 | 1−0 | 0−2 | 1–0 | |||||||||
| vs. Mercer | 1–1 | 1−1 | 2−0 | – | 0−2 | 0−2 | 2−0 | 0−1 | 1−1 | 2−0 | |||||||||
| vs. Samford | 2–0 | 0−0 | 1−0 | 2−0 | – | 0−0 | 2−0 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 1−0 | |||||||||
| vs. The Citadel | 1−1 | 1−1 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 0−0 | – | 2−0 | 1−1 | 1−1 | 1−1 | |||||||||
| vs. UNC Greensboro | 0−2 | 1−1 | 1−1 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0−2 | – | 1−1 | 1−1 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| vs. VMI | 0−1 | 1−0 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 1−1 | 1−1 | – | 1−1 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| vs. Western Carolina | 2–0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 1−1 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 1−1 | 1−1 | – | 2–0 | |||||||||
| vs. Wofford | 1−1 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 0−2 | 0−1 | 1−1 | 1−1 | 1−1 | 0−2 | – | |||||||||
| Total | 9−7 | 8−7 | 10−4 | 8−9 | 2−9 | 5−11 | 13−5 | 7−7 | 4−13 | 11−5 |
| Week | Player(s) of the Week | School | |
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| Dec 1 | Neftali Alvarez | Mercer | |
| Dec 8 | Myron Gordon | Samford | |
| Dec 15 | Myron Gordon (2) | Samford | |
| Dec 22 | Malachi Smith | Chattanooga | |
| Jan 5 | Mike Bothwell, Jr | Furman | |
| Jan 12 | Hayden Brown | The Citadel | |
| Jan 19 | Greg Parham | VMI | |
| Jan 26 | Greg Parham (2) | VMI | |
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