2016 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
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2016 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2015–16 |
Teams | 10 |
Site | U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, North Carolina |
Champions | Chattanooga (11th title) |
Winning coach | Matt McCall (1st title) |
MVP | Greg Pryor (Chattanooga) |
Television | ESPN3, ESPN2 |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga † | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 29 | – | 6 | .829 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 24 | – | 12 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 16 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 18 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 15 | – | 19 | .441 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 SoCon Tournament winner |
The 2016 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place Friday, March 4 through Monday, March 7 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 ESPN2 at 9pm EST. The champion, Chattanooga, received an automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament.
Seeds
Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker | |
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1 | Chattanooga †# | 15–3 | 26–5 | ||
2 | East Tennessee State # | 14–4 | 21–10 | ||
3 | Furman # | 11–7 | 17–14 | 1–1 vs Chattanooga | |
4 | Wofford # | 11–7 | 15–16 | 0–2 vs Chattanooga | |
5 | Western Carolina # | 10–8 | 15–16 | 2–0 vs Mercer | |
6 | UNC Greensboro # | 10–8 | 14–17 | 1–1 vs Mercer | |
7 | Mercer | 8–10 | 18–13 | ||
8 | Samford | 4–14 | 13–18 | 1–1 vs. Western Carolina | |
9 | VMI | 4–14 | 9–20 | 0–2 vs. Western Carolina | |
10 | The Citadel | 3–15 | 10–21 | ||
† – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament. |
Bracket
First round Friday, March 4 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5 | Semifinals Sunday, March 6 | Championship Monday, March 7 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Chattanooga | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Samford | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Samford | 92OT | |||||||||||||||||
9 | VMI | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Chattanooga | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Western Carolina | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Wofford | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Western Carolina | 882OT | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Chattanooga | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | East Tennessee State | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | East Tennessee State | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Mercer | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Mercer | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | The Citadel | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | East Tennessee State | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Furman | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Furman | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | UNC Greensboro | 64 |
All-tournament team
First Team
- T.J. Cromer, ETSU
- Ge’Lawn Guyn, ETSU
- Tre’ McLean, Chattanooga
- Greg Pryor, Chattanooga
- Mike Brown, Western Carolina
Second Team
- Desonta Bradford, ETSU
- Devin Sibley, Furman
- QJ Peterson, VMI
- Torrion Brummitt, Western Carolina
- Fletcher Magee, Wofford
References
- ^ "2016 Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships". Southern Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- ^ "2016 SoCon Men's tournament bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Chattanooga downs ETSU for SoCon title". March 8, 2016.
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