1977 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
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1977 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1976–77 |
Teams | 7 |
Site | Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, VA |
Champions | VMI (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Charlie Schmaus (1st title) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI † | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 26 | – | 4 | .867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 5 | – | 22 | .185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 2 | – | 9 | .182 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 0 | – | 0 | – | 27 | – | 5 | .844 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1977 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1977 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from February 26–March 2, 1977. The quarterfinal round was hosted at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals were hosted at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The VMI Keydets, led by head coach Charlie Schmaus, won their third Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1977 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, the first of which featured three games, with the winners advancing to the semifinals.
Bracket
Quarterfinals February 26 | Semifinals March 1 | Finals March 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | William & Mary | 76 | ||||||||||||
5 | East Carolina | 79 | ||||||||||||
1 | VMI | 88 | ||||||||||||
5 | East Carolina | 77 | ||||||||||||
1 | VMI | 69* | ||||||||||||
3 | Appalachian State | 67 | ||||||||||||
2 | Furman | 76 | ||||||||||||
7 | The Citadel | 69 | ||||||||||||
2 | Furman | 64 | ||||||||||||
3 | Appalachian State | 70 | ||||||||||||
3 | Appalachian State | 71 | ||||||||||||
6 | Davidson | 66 |
* Overtime game
See also
References
- ^ Southern Conference tournament Results. p. 25. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
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