2016 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2016 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
Teams 10
Site U.S. Cellular Center
Asheville, North Carolina
Champions Chattanooga (11th title)
Winning coach Matt McCall (1st title)
MVP Greg Pryor (Chattanooga)
Television ESPN3, ESPN2
2015–16 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Chattanooga †15–3 .833  29–6  .829
East Tennessee State14–4 .778  24–12  .667
Furman11–7 .611  19–16  .543
Wofford11–7 .611  15–17  .469
Western Carolina10–8 .556  16–18  .471
UNC Greensboro10–8 .556  15–19  .441
Mercer8–10 .444  19–15  .559
Samford4–14 .222  14–19  .424
VMI4–14 .222  9–21  .300
The Citadel3–15 .167  10–22  .313
† 2016 SoCon Tournament winner

The 2016 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place Friday, March 4 through Monday, March 7 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.[1] The entire tournament was streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised on ESPN2 at 9pm EST. The champion, Chattanooga, received an automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1Chattanooga †#15–326–5
2East Tennessee State #14–421–10
3Furman #11–717–141–1 vs Chattanooga
4Wofford #11–715–160–2 vs Chattanooga
5Western Carolina #10–815–162–0 vs Mercer
6UNC Greensboro #10–814–171–1 vs Mercer
7Mercer8–1018–13
8Samford4–1413–181–1 vs. Western Carolina
9VMI4–149–200–2 vs. Western Carolina
10The Citadel3–1510–21
† – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Bracket

[2]

  First round
Friday, March 4		 Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 5		 Semifinals
Sunday, March 6		 Championship
Monday, March 7
                                     
       
  1 Chattanooga 59  
    8 Samford 54  
8 Samford 92OT
9 VMI 85  
  1 Chattanooga 73  
  5 Western Carolina 69  
       
       
  4 Wofford 83
    5 Western Carolina 882OT  
     
       
  1 Chattanooga 73
  2 East Tennessee State 67
       
       
  2 East Tennessee State 81
    7 Mercer 65  
7 Mercer 71
10 The Citadel 69  
  2 East Tennessee State 84
  3 Furman 76  
       
       
  3 Furman 80
    6 UNC Greensboro 64  
     

All-tournament team

[3]

First Team

  • T.J. Cromer, ETSU
  • Ge’Lawn Guyn, ETSU
  • Tre’ McLean, Chattanooga
  • Greg Pryor, Chattanooga
  • Mike Brown, Western Carolina

Second Team

  • Desonta Bradford, ETSU
  • Devin Sibley, Furman
  • QJ Peterson, VMI
  • Torrion Brummitt, Western Carolina
  • Fletcher Magee, Wofford

References

  1. ↑ "2016 Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships". Southern Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2016 SoCon Men's tournament bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22064&SPID=1798&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=210781671&DB_OEM_ID=4000
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