2014 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2014 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2013–14
Teams 11
Site U.S. Cellular Center
Asheville, North Carolina
Champions Wofford (3rd title)
Winning coach Mike Young (3rd title)
MVP Karl Cochran[1] (Wofford)
Attendance 5,799 (Championship game)
Television ESPN3, ESPN2
2013–14 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Davidson15–1 .938  20–13  .606
Chattanooga12–4 .750  18–15  .545
Wofford †11–5 .688  20–13  .606
Elon11–5 .688  18–14  .563
Western Carolina10–6 .625  19–15  .559
UNC Greensboro7–9 .438  14–18  .438
Georgia Southern6–10 .375  15–19  .441
Samford6–10 .375  13–20  .394
Appalachian State5–11 .313  9–21  .300
Furman3–13 .188  9–21  .300
The Citadel2–14 .125  7–26  .212
† 2014 SoCon Tournament winner

The 2014 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place between Friday, March 7 and Monday, March 10 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.[2] The entire tournament was streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised by ESPN2. The champion received an automatic bid into the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

It was the last Southern Conference tournament for four teams that will officially leave the conference on July 1, 2014. Appalachian State and Georgia Southern, which are upgrading their football programs to the top-level Division I FBS, will join the FBS Sun Belt Conference. Davidson will become a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Elon will join the Colonial Athletic Association.

Despite all of these departures, the championship game was contested between two teams who will remain in the Southern Conference. Western Carolina reached the championship by coming back from double-digit deficits, including a 15-point second-half deficit to regular season champion Davidson in the semifinals. In the championship game, it looked like history might repeat itself, as the Catamounts came back from an 11-point deficit to as close as 1. However, Trey Sumler missed a last-second three-point shot to tie the game, and Wofford won their 3rd conference championship.

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1Davidson†#15–120–12
2Chattanooga#12–418–14
3Wofford#11–520–121–0 vs Elon
4Elon#11–518–140–1 vs Wofford
5Western Carolina#10–619–15
6UNC Greensboro7–914–18
7Georgia Southern6–1015–191–0 vs Samford
8Samford6–1013–200–1 vs Georgia Southern
9Appalachian State5–119–21
10Furman3–139–21
11The Citadel2–147–26
† – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Bracket

[3]

  First round
Friday, March 7
 		 Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 8
ESPN3		 Semifinals
Sunday, March 9
ESPN3		 Championship
Monday, March 10
ESPN2
                                     
       
  1 Davidson 77  
    8 Samford 54  
8 Samford 70
9 Appalachian State 56  
  1 Davidson 97  
  5 Western Carolina 99OT  
       
       
  4 Elon 64
    5 Western Carolina 66  
     
       
  5 Western Carolina 53
  3 Wofford 56
       
       
  2 Chattanooga 55
    7 Georgia Southern 62  
7 Georgia Southern 65
10 Furman 50  
  7 Georgia Southern 57
  3 Wofford 71  
       
       
  3 Wofford 68
    11 The Citadel 51  
6 UNC Greensboro 76
11 The Citadel 86  

All-tournament team

First Team

  • De'Mon Brooks, Davidson
  • Brandon Boggs, Western Carolina
  • James Sinclair, Western Carolina
  • Karl Cochran, Wofford
  • Lee Skinner, Wofford

Second Team

  • Ashton Moore, The Citadel
  • Z. Mason, Chattanooga
  • Tawaski King, Western Carolina
  • Trey Sumler, Western Carolina
  • Eric Garcia, Wofford

References

  1. ↑ http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209431163&DB_OEM_ID=4000
  2. ↑ "2014 Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships". Southern Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ "2014 SoCon Men's tournament bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
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