1997 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1997 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Site Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Champions Chattanooga (8th title)
Winning coach Mack McCarthy (5th title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1996  1998»
1996–97 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North
Marshall 10 4   .714     20 9   .690
Davidson 10 4   .714     18 10   .643
Appalachian State 8 6   .571     14 14   .500
VMI 7 7   .500     12 16   .429
East Tennessee State 2 12   .143     7 20   .259
South
Chattanooga 11 3   .786     24 11   .686
Western Carolina 7 7   .500     14 13   .519
The Citadel 6 8   .429     13 14   .481
Georgia Southern 5 9   .357     10 18   .357
Furman 4 10   .286     10 17   .370
SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1997; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 27–March 2, 1997 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Chattanooga Mocs, led by head coach Mack McCarthy, won their eight Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1997 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

All of the conference's ten members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured two games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round. The top three finishers in each division received first round byes.

Bracket

  First Round
February 27
Quarterfinals
February 28
Semifinals
March 1
Finals
March 2
                                     
4N  VMI 87*  
5S  Furman 84  
  1S  Chattanooga 84  
    4N  VMI 62  
      
        
  1S  Chattanooga 77  
  2N  Davidson 70  
        
        
  2N  Davidson 83
    3S  The Citadel 61  
      
        
  1S  Chattanooga 71*
  1N  Marshall 70
4S  Georgia Southern 68  
5N  East Tennessee St. 48  
  1N  Marshall 78
    4S  Georgia Southern 46  
      
        
  1N  Marshall 84
  3N  Appalachian State 78  
        
        
  2S  Western Carolina 68
    3N  Appalachian State 87  
      

* Overtime game

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