2023 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

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2023 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 202223
Teams10
Site Harrah's Cherokee Center
Asheville, North Carolina
Champions Furman (7th title)
Winning coach Bob Richey (1st title)
Television ESPN+, Nexstar, ESPNU, ESPNews, ESPN
  2022
2024  

The 2023 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2022–23 season. All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 3–6, 2023. The winner of the tournament, Furman, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

Contents

2022–23 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Furman153 .833288  .778
Samford 153 .8332111  .656
UNC Greensboro 144 .7782012  .625
Western Carolina 108 .5561816  .529
East Tennessee State 810 .4441220  .375
Wofford 810 .4441716  .515
Chattanooga 711 .3891817  .514
Mercer 612 .3331419  .424
The Citadel 513 .2781022  .313
VMI 216 .111725  .219
2023 SoCon tournament winner

Seeds

All ten teams in the Southern Conference will be eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. [1] The top six teams will receive first-round byes.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 Furman 1532-0 vs. Samford
2 Samford 1530-2 vs. Furman
3 UNC Greensboro 144
4 Western Carolina 108
5 East Tennessee State 8102-0 vs. Wofford
6 Wofford 8100-2 vs. East Tennessee State
7 Chattanooga 711
8 Mercer 612
9 The Citadel 513
10 VMI 216

Schedule and results

GameTime [2] MatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Friday, March 3
15:00 pmNo. 8 Mercer vs. No. 9 The Citadel6641 ESPN+
27:30 pmNo. 7 Chattanooga vs. No. 10 VMI9272
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
312:00 pmNo. 1 Furman vs. No. 8 Mercer7358 ESPN+/Nexstar
42:30 pmNo. 4 Western Carolina vs. No. 5 East Tennessee State6957
56:00 pmNo. 2 Samford vs. No. 7 Chattanooga8582
68:30 pmNo. 3 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 6 Wofford6766
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
74:00 pmNo. 1 Furman vs. No. 4 Western Carolina83–80OT ESPNU
86:30 pmNo. 7 Chattanooga vs No. 6 Wofford74–62 ESPNews
Final – Monday, March 6
97:00 pmNo. 1 Furman vs. No. 7 Chattanooga88–79 ESPN
*Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
March 3
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
March 4
ESPN+/Nexstar
Semifinals
March 5
ESPNU
Championship
March 6
ESPN
            
1 Furman73
8 Mercer 58
8 Mercer66
9 The Citadel 41
1 Furman83*
4 Western Carolina 80
4 Western Carolina69
5 East Tennessee State 57
1 Furman88
7 Chattanooga 79
2 Samford 82
7 Chattanooga85
7 Chattanooga92
10 VMI 72
7 Chattanooga74
6 Wofford 62
3 UNC Greensboro 66
6 Wofford67

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References

  1. "Tie-Breaking Formula" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. "2023 Ingles SoCon Basketball Championships". soconsports.com. Retrieved January 3, 2023.