2017 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2017 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016–17
Teams 10
Site U.S. Cellular Center
Asheville, North Carolina
Champions East Tennessee State (7th title)
Winning coach Steve Forbes (1st title)
MVP T. J. Cromer (East Tennessee State)
Attendance 24,061
Television ESPN3, ESPN2
2016–17 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East Tennessee State †14–4 .778  27–8  .771
UNC Greensboro14–4 .778  25–10  .714
Furman14–4 .778  23–12  .657
Chattanooga10–8 .556  19–12  .613
Wofford10–8 .556  16–17  .485
Mercer9–9 .500  15–17  .469
Samford8–10 .444  20–16  .556
The Citadel4–14 .222  12–21  .364
Western Carolina4–14 .222  9–23  .281
VMI3–15 .167  6–24  .200
† 2017 SoCon Tournament winner

The 2017 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place Friday, March 3 through Monday, March 6 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 ESPN at 7pm EST. The champion, East Tennessee State, received an automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Tournament with a 79–74 win over UNC Greensboro.

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1UNC Greensboro14–423–83–1 vs Furman/ETSU
2Furman14–421–102–2 vs UNCG/ETSU
3East Tennessee State14–424–71–3 vs UNCG/Furman
4Chattanooga10–819–112–0 vs Wofford
5Wofford10–815–160–2 vs Chattanooga
6Mercer9–915–16
7Samford8–1017–14
8Western Carolina4–149–222–0 vs The Citadel
9The Citadel4–1411–200–2 vs Western Carolina
10VMI3–156–23
† – 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 3		 Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4		 Semifinals
Sunday, March 5		 Championship
Monday, March 6
                                     
       
  1 UNC Greensboro 76  
    9 The Citadel 67  
8 Western Carolina 72
9 The Citadel 78  
  1 UNC Greensboro 77  
  5 Wofford 73  
       
       
  4 Chattanooga 67
    5 Wofford 79  
     
       
  1 UNC Greensboro 74
  3 East Tennessee State 79
       
       
  2 Furman 63
    7 Samford 67  
7 Samford 79
10 VMI 61  
  7 Samford 72
  3 East Tennessee State 81  
       
       
  3 East Tennessee State 73
    6 Mercer 66  
     

References

  1. ↑ "2017 Men's and Women's Basketball Championships presented by General Shale". SoConSports. Southern Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ "17BKBrackets" (PDF). Southern Conference. Southern Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
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