2014 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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.

2014 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201314
Teams11
SiteU.S. Cellular Center
Asheville, North Carolina
ChampionsWofford (3rd title)
Winning coachMike Young (3rd title)
MVPKarl Cochran[1] (Wofford)
Attendance5,799 (Championship game)
TelevisionESPN3, ESPN2
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
201314 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Davidson151 .938  2013  .606
Chattanooga124 .750  1815  .545
Wofford115 .688  2013  .606
Elon115 .688  1814  .563
Western Carolina106 .625  1915  .559
UNC Greensboro79 .438  1418  .438
Georgia Southern610 .375  1519  .441
Samford610 .375  1320  .394
Appalachian State511 .313  921  .300
Furman313 .188  921  .300
The Citadel214 .125  726  .212
2014 SoCon Tournament winner

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

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