2006 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2006 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–5, 2006 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. The #3 seed Davidson Wildcats defeated the Chattanooga Mocs in the championship game to win their 8th title and receive the automatic berth to the 2006 NCAA Tournament.[1]

2006 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200506
Teams11
SiteNorth Charleston Coliseum
North Charleston, South Carolina
ChampionsDavidson (8th title)
Winning coachBob McKillop (3rd title)
MVPBrendan Winters (Davidson)
Top scorerD.J. Thompson (Appalachian State)
(63 points)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
2005–06 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
North
Elon104 .714  1514  .517
Chattanooga86 .571  1913  .594
Western Carolina77 .500  1317  .433
Appalachian State68 .429  1416  .467
UNC Greensboro410 .286  1219  .387
South
Georgia Southern114 .733  2010  .667
Davidson105 .667  2011  .645
College of Charleston96 .600  1711  .607
Furman87 .533  1513  .536
Wofford69 .400  1118  .379
The Citadel114 .067  1021  .323
SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 2006; Rankings from AP Poll

Format

All eleven teams were eligible for the tournament. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured three games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round. The fourth and fifth seeds also received automatic byes to the quarterfinal round and played each other.

Bracket

  First Round
March 2
Quarterfinals
March 3
Semifinals
March 4
Championship Game
March 5
                                     
8 Appalachian State 66  
9 Wofford 65  
  1 Georgia Southern 61  
    8 Appalachian State 74  
     
       
  5 Chattanooga 78  
  8 Appalachian State 75  
       
       
  4 College of Charleston 63
    5 Chattanooga 65  
 
  3 Davidson 80
  5 Chattanooga 55
7 Western Carolina 65  
10 UNC Greensboro 69  
  2 Elon 64
    10 UNC Greensboro 61  
     
       
  2 Elon 58
  3 Davidson 65  
       
       
  3 Davidson 79
    11 The Citadel 73  
6 Furman 53
11 The Citadel 65  

* Overtime game

See also

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