2015 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2015 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2014–15
Teams 11
Site HTC Center
Conway, South Carolina
Champions Coastal Carolina (5th title)
Winning coach Cliff Ellis (2nd title)
MVP Elijah Wilson (Coastal Carolina)
Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2014  2016»
2014–15 Big South men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Charleston Southern 13 – 5   .722     19 – 12   .613
High Point 13 – 5   .722     23 – 10   .697
Coastal Carolina † 12 – 6   .667     24 – 10   .706
Radford 12 – 6   .667     22 – 12   .647
Winthrop 12 – 6   .667     19 – 13   .594
UNC Asheville 10 – 8   .556     15 – 16   .484
Gardner–Webb 10 – 8   .556     20 – 15   .571
Presbyterian 6 – 12   .333     10 – 22   .313
Longwood 5 – 13   .278     11 – 23   .324
Campbell 4 – 14   .222     10 – 22   .313
Liberty 2 – 16   .111     8 – 24   .250
† 2015 Big South Tournament winner

The 2015 Big South Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big South Conference that took place March 4–8, 2015, at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina. Quarterfinals and semifinal games were broadcast on ESPN3, with the championship game was televised on ESPN2. All 11 teams were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded 1-11, with the top five teams earning a first round bye. Previously, teams were split into two divisions.

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Charleston Southern‡† 13–5 19–10 2–2 vs. Coastal, Radford
2 High Point† 13–5 22–8 0–4 vs. Coastal, Radford
3 Coastal Carolina† 12–6 21–9 2–0 vs. High Point, 1–0 vs. Radford
4 Radford† 12–6 21–10 2–0 vs. High Point
5 Winthrop† 12–6 17–12 0–2 vs. High Point
6 UNC Asheville 10–8 14–15 2–0 vs. Gardner–Webb
7 Gardner–Webb 10–8 18–13 0–2 vs. UNC Asheville
8 Presbyterian 6–12 10–21
9 Longwood 5–13 9–22
10 Campbell 4–14 10–21
11 Liberty 2–16 8–23
‡ – Big South regular season champions.
† – Received a bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score
First round - Wednesday, March 4
1 1 12:00 PM Presbyterian vs. Longwood BSN 61–65
2 2:30 PM Gardner–Webb vs. Campbell BSN 72–64
3 6:00 PM UNC Asheville vs. Liberty BSN 80–70
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 6
2 4 12:00pm Charleston Southern vs. Longwood ESPN3 60–68
5 2:30pm Radford vs. Winthrop ESPN3 66–67
3 6 6:00pm High Point vs. Gardner–Webb ESPN3 71–72
7 8:30pm Coastal Carolina vs. UNC Asheville ESPN3 74–57
Semifinals - Saturday, March 7
4 8 12:00pm Winthrop vs. Longwood ESPN3 71–58
9 2:00pm Coastal Carolina vs. Gardner–Webb ESPN3 73–70
Championship - Sunday, March 8
5 10 12:30pm Coastal Carolina vs. Winthrop ESPN2 81–70
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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  First round
Wednesday, March 4		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 6		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 7		 Championship
Sunday, March 8
                                     
        
  1  Charleston Southern 60  
    9  Longwood 68  
8  Presbyterian 61
9  Longwood 65  
  9  Longwood 58  
  5  Winthrop 71  
        
        
  4  Radford 66
    5  Winthrop 67  
      
        
  5  Winthrop 70
  3  Coastal Carolina 81
        
        
  2  High Point 71
    7  Gardner–Webb 72  
7  Gardner–Webb 72
10  Campbell 64  
  7  Gardner–Webb 70
  3  Coastal Carolina 73  
        
        
  3  Coastal Carolina 74
    6  UNC Asheville 57  
6  UNC Asheville 80
11  Liberty 70  

References

  1. ↑ "2015 Big South Mens Basketball Bracket" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
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