1971 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
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1971 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1970–71 |
Teams | 7 |
Site | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC |
Champions | Furman (1st title) |
Winning coach | Joe Williams (1st title) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | 13 | – | 12 | .520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 6 | – | 5 | .545 | 13 | – | 12 | .520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman † | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 1 | – | 25 | .038 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1971 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1971 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 4–6, 1971 at the original Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Furman Paladins, led by head coach Joe Williams, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1971 NCAA tournament.[1]
Format
All of the conference's seven members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds, with the top finisher receiving a first-round bye.
Bracket
Quarterfinals March 4 | Semifinals March 5 | Finals March 6 | ||||||||||||
4 | The Citadel | 82 | ||||||||||||
5 | Furman | 95 | ||||||||||||
1 | Davidson | 79 | ||||||||||||
5 | Furman | 83 | ||||||||||||
5 | Furman | 68 | ||||||||||||
6 | Richmond | 61 | ||||||||||||
2 | William & Mary | 69 | ||||||||||||
7 | VMI | 65 | ||||||||||||
2 | William & Mary | 64 | ||||||||||||
6 | Richmond | 66 | ||||||||||||
3 | East Carolina | 67 | ||||||||||||
6 | Richmond | 69 |
* Overtime game
See also
References
- ^ Southern Conference tournament Results. p. 22. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
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