1963 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

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1963 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 196263
Teams8
Site Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
Champions West Virginia (8th title)
Winning coach George King (2nd title)
  1962
1964  
1962–63 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
West Virginia112 .846238  .742
Davidson 83 .727207  .741
William & Mary 105 .667159  .625
Furman 96 .6001414  .500
George Washington 66 .500815  .348
Virginia Tech 66 .5001212  .500
VMI 610 .375615  .286
Richmond 313 .188718  .280
The Citadel 210 .167320  .130
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1963
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from February 28 to March 2, 1963, at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineers, led by head coach George King, won their eighth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1963 NCAA tournament. [1]

Contents

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's nine members were eligible for the tournament. The teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
February 28
Semifinals
March 1
Finals
March 2
         
1 West Virginia 75
8 Richmond 44
1 West Virginia81
4 Furman 63
4 Furman 57
5 George Washington 54
1 West Virginia79
2 Davidson 74
2 Davidson 108
7 VMI 71
2 Davidson75
6 Virginia Tech 67
3 William & Mary 72
6 Virginia Tech 74

* Overtime game

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