2024 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament should not be confused with 2024 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament.
| Year: | 2024 |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Harrah's Cherokee Center |
| City: | Asheville, North Carolina |
| Champions: | Samford |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Bucky McMillan |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Television: | ESPN+, Nexstar, ESPNU, ESPN2 |
The 2024 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2023–24 season. All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 8–11, 2024. The winner of the tournament, Samford, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
All ten teams in the Southern Conference will be 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.[1] The top six teams will receive first-round byes.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 | Tiebreaker 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samford | 15–3 | |||||
| 2 | UNC Greensboro | 12–6 | 1–1 vs. Chattanooga | 0–2 vs. Samford | 2–0 vs. Western Carolina | ||
| 3 | Chattanooga | 12–6 | 1–1 vs. UNC Greensboro | 0–2 vs. Samford | 1–1 vs. Western Carolina | ||
| 4 | Western Carolina | 11–7 | |||||
| 5 | Furman | 10–8 | 1–1 vs. Wofford | 1–1 vs. Samford | 0–2 vs. UNC Greensboro | 1–1 vs. Chattanooga | |
| 6 | Wofford | 10–8 | 1–1 vs. Furman | 1–1 vs. Samford | 0–2 vs. UNC Greensboro | 0–2 vs. Chattanooga | |
| 7 | East Tennessee State | 8–10 | 2–0 vs. Mercer | ||||
| 8 | Mercer | 8–10 | 0–2 vs. East Tennessee State | ||||
| 9 | The Citadel | 3–15 | |||||
| 10 | VMI | 1–17 |
| Game | Time[2] | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Friday, March 8 | |||||
| 1 | 5:00 pm | No. 8 Mercer vs. No. 9 The Citadel | 84–76 | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 7:30 pm | No. 7 East Tennessee State vs. No. 10 VMI | 98–66 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9 | |||||
| 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Samford vs. No. 8 Mercer | 70–57 | ESPN+/Nexstar | |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 2 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 7 East Tennessee State | 62–73 | ||
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 3 Chattanooga vs. No. 6 Wofford | 75–57 | ||
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 4 Western Carolina vs. No. 5 Furman | 76–79 | ||
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 10 | |||||
| 7 | 4:00 pm | No. 1 Samford vs. No. 5 Furman | 84–77 | ESPNU | |
| 8 | 6:30 pm | No. 7 East Tennessee State vs No. 3 Chattanooga | 85–84 | ||
| Final – Monday, March 11 | |||||
| 9 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Samford vs. No. 7 East Tennessee State | 76–69 | ESPN2 | |
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