2009 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

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2009 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
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2009 SoCon Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 200809
Teams12
Site McKenzie Arena
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Champions Chattanooga [1] (10th title)
Winning coach John Shulman (2nd title)
MVP Stephen McDowell [2] (Chattanooga)
Attendance5,042 (Championship game)
Television SportSouth, ESPN
  2008
2010  
2008–09 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North
Western Carolina 119 .5501615  .516
Chattanooga119 .5501817  .514
Samford 911 .4501616  .500
Appalachian State 911 .4501318  .419
Elon 713 .3501120  .355
UNC Greensboro 416 .200525  .167
South
Davidson 182 .900278  .771
The Citadel 155 .7502013  .606
Charleston 155 .750279  .750
Wofford 128 .6001614  .533
Georgia Southern 515 .250822  .267
Furman 416 .200624  .200
SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 2009
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place between Friday, March 6 and Monday, March 9 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at McKenzie Arena. The semifinals were televised by SportSouth, and the Southern Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN.

Contents

Bracket

First round [3]
Friday, March 6
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 7
Semifinals
Sunday, March 8
Championship Game
Monday, March 9
            
S1 Davidson 84
N4 Appalachian State 68
N4 Appalachian State 86
S5 Georgia Southern 75
S1 Davidson 52
S3 Charleston 59
N2 Western Carolina 48
S3 Charleston 67
S3 Charleston 69
N6 UNC Greensboro 56
S3 Charleston 69
N1 Chattanooga 80
N1 Chattanooga 79
N5 Elon 78
S4 Wofford 55
N5 Elon 62
N1 Chattanooga 81
N3 Samford 70
S2 The Citadel 67
N3 Samford 76
N3 Samford 57
S6 Furman 52

All-Tournament Team

First Team [2]
Stephen McDowell, Chattanooga
Tony White Jr., College of Charleston
Stephen Curry, Davidson
Kevin Goffney, Chattanooga
Bryan Friday, Samford

Second Team
Nicchaeus Doaks, Chattanooga
Dustin Scott, College of Charleston
Donald Sims, Appalachian State
Andrew Goudelock, College of Charleston
Jeremy Simmons, College of Charleston

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References

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