2014 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

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2014 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2013–14
Teams11
Site U.S. Cellular Center
Asheville, North Carolina
Champions Wofford (3rd title)
Winning coach Mike Young (3rd title)
MVP Karl Cochran [1] (Wofford)
Attendance5,799 (Championship game)
Television ESPN3, ESPN2
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2013–14 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Davidson 15–1 .93820–13  .606
Chattanooga 12–4 .75018–15  .545
Wofford †11–5 .68820–13  .606
Elon 11–5 .68818–14  .563
Western Carolina 10–6 .62519–15  .559
UNC Greensboro 7–9 .43814–18  .438
Georgia Southern 6–10 .37515–19  .441
Samford 6–10 .37513–20  .394
Appalachian State 5–11 .3139–21  .300
Furman 3–13 .1889–21  .300
The Citadel 2–14 .1257–26  .212
† 2014 SoCon Tournament winner

The 2014 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place between Friday, March 7 and Monday, March 10 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center. [2] The entire tournament was streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised by ESPN2. The champion received an automatic bid into the 2014 NCAA tournament.

Contents

It was the last Southern Conference tournament for four teams that officially left the conference on July 1, 2014. Appalachian State and Georgia Southern, which upgraded their football programs to the top-level Division I FBS, joined the FBS Sun Belt Conference. Davidson became a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Elon joined the Colonial Athletic Association.

Despite all of these departures, the championship game was contested between two teams who remained in the Southern Conference. Western Carolina reached the championship by coming back from double-digit deficits, including a 15-point second-half deficit to regular season champion Davidson in the semifinals. In the championship game, it looked like history might repeat itself, as the Catamounts came back from an 11-point deficit to as close as 1. However, Trey Sumler missed a last-second three-point shot to tie the game, and Wofford won their 3rd conference championship.

Seeds

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker
1 Davidson†#15–120–12
2 Chattanooga#12–418–14
3 Wofford#11–520–121–0 vs Elon
4 Elon#11–518–140–1 vs Wofford
5 Western Carolina#10–619–15
6 UNC Greensboro 7–914–18
7 Georgia Southern 6–1015–191–0 vs Samford
8 Samford 6–1013–200–1 vs Georgia Southern
9 Appalachian State 5–119–21
10 Furman 3–139–21
11 The Citadel 2–147–26
† – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Bracket

[3]

First round
Friday, March 7
 		Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 8
ESPN3 		Semifinals
Sunday, March 9
ESPN3 		Championship
Monday, March 10
ESPN2
            
1 Davidson 77
8 Samford 54
8 Samford 70
9 Appalachian State 56
1 Davidson 97
5 Western Carolina99OT
4 Elon 64
5 Western Carolina 66
5 Western Carolina 53
3 Wofford56
2 Chattanooga 55
7 Georgia Southern62
7 Georgia Southern 65
10 Furman 50
7 Georgia Southern 57
3 Wofford71
3 Wofford 68
11 The Citadel 51
6 UNC Greensboro 76
11 The Citadel 86

All-tournament team

First Team

Second Team

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References

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  2. ↑ "2014 Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships". Southern Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ "2014 SoCon Men's tournament bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
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