Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

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Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Big South Conference logo.svg
Sport Basketball
Conference Big South Conference
Number of teams9
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadiumCampus sites (see below)
Current locationN/A
Played1986–present
Last contest 2024
Current champion Longwood
Most championships Winthrop (13)
TV partner(s) ESPN
Official website Big South Conference Men's Basketball
A sand sculpture during the 2015 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament held at Coastal Carolina University CCUSandSculpture.jpg
A sand sculpture during the 2015 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament held at Coastal Carolina University

The Big South Conference men's basketball tournament (popularly known as the Big South tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Big South Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1986. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament. However, the conference did not have an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament from 1986 to 1990, and in 1995. [1]

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Before the 1994-95 season, Campbell departed the Big South due to scheduling conflicts. This left the conference with just five teams having played at the Division I level for at least five years, short of the six such members required by the NCAA for a conference to receive an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. [1] As a result, the Big South did not have an automatic qualifier to the 1995 NCAA tournament, [2] its first time without an auto-bid since 1990; it regained an auto-bid in 1996 and has maintained an auto-bid in every year since, as of 2021.

From 2003 through 2012, the tournament was held mostly at campus sites. In 2003, the semifinals and finals were held at a predetermined site. After that, depending on the year, either the final, or both the semifinals and final, were hosted by the team that won the regular-season title. In 2012, the regular-season champion hosted the quarterfinals as well. Starting in 2013, the tournament was held at a single site for the first time since 2002, specifically Coastal Carolina's new HTC Center (known at the time of announcement as the Student Recreation and Convocation Center). [3] The tournament remained at that venue until Coastal announced its 2016 departure for the Sun Belt Conference; the 2016 edition was held at the Pope Convocation Center on the campus of Campbell University. Beginning in 2017, the format changed yet again; the first round is now held at campus sites, with the quarterfinals and semifinals hosted by the regular-season winner and the final by the top surviving seed.

Results

YearChampionScoreRunner-upMVPLocation
1986 Charleston Southern68–60AugustaBen Hinson, Charleston Southern Savannah Civic CenterSavannah, GA
1987 Charleston Southern64–63Campbell
1988 Winthrop71–56RadfordJohn Weiss, Winthrop Winthrop ColiseumRock Hill, SC
1989 UNC Asheville93–78CampbellMilton Moore, UNC Asheville
1990 Coastal Carolina76–73UNC Asheville
1991 Coastal Carolina89–54Augusta Tony Dunkin, Coastal Carolina Civic Center of AndersonAnderson, SC
1992 Campbell67–53Charleston SouthernMark Mocnik, Campbell
1993 Coastal Carolina78–65Winthrop Tony Dunkin, Coastal Carolina North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC
1994 Liberty76–62Campbell Peter Aluma, Liberty
1995 Charleston Southern68–67UNC Greensboro Eric Burks, Charleston Southern Vines CenterLynchburg, VA
1996 UNC Greensboro79–53LibertyScott Hartzell, UNC Greensboro
1997 Charleston Southern64–54Liberty Peter Aluma, Liberty
1998 Radford63–61UNC AshevilleKevin Robinson, Radford
1999 Winthrop86–74RadfordHeson Groves, Winthrop Asheville Civic CenterAsheville, NC
2000 Winthrop81–68UNC Asheville Greg Lewis, Winthrop
2001 Winthrop67–65RadfordAndrey Savtchenko, Radford Roanoke Civic CenterRoanoke, VA
2002 Winthrop70–48High Point Greg Lewis, Winthrop
2003 UNC Asheville85–71RadfordAndre Smith, UNC Asheville Vines CenterLynchburg, VA
2004 Liberty89–44High Point Danny Gathings, High Point
2005 Winthrop68–46Charleston SouthernTorrell Martin, Winthrop Winthrop ColiseumRock Hill, SC
2006 Winthrop51–50Coastal CarolinaTorrell Martin, Winthrop
2007 Winthrop84–81VMI Craig Bradshaw, Winthrop
2008 Winthrop66–48UNC Asheville Michael Jenkins, Winthrop Justice CenterAsheville, NC
2009 Radford108–94VMI Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford Dedmon CenterRadford, VA
2010 Winthrop64–53Coastal CarolinaMantoris Robinson, Winthrop Kimbel ArenaConway, SC
2011 UNC Asheville 60–47Coastal Carolina Matt Dickey, UNC Asheville
2012 UNC Asheville 80–64VMIJ. P. Primm, UNC Asheville Kimmel ArenaAsheville, NC
2013 Liberty 87–76 Charleston Southern Davon Marshall, Liberty HTC CenterConway, SC
2014 Coastal Carolina 76–61 Winthrop Warren Gillis, Coastal Carolina
2015 Coastal Carolina 81–70 Winthrop Elijah Wilson, Coastal Carolina
2016 UNC Asheville 77–68 Winthrop Dwayne Sutton, UNC Asheville Pope Convocation CenterBuies Creek, NC
2017 Winthrop 76–59 Campbell Keon Johnson, Winthrop Winthrop ColiseumRock Hill, SC
2018 Radford 55–52 Liberty Carlik Jones, Radford Dedmon CenterRadford, VA
2019 Gardner–Webb 76–64 Radford D.J. Laster, Gardner–Webb
2020 Winthrop 76–68 Hampton Hunter Hale, Winthrop Winthrop ColiseumRock Hill, SC
2021 Winthrop 80–53 Campbell Chandler Vaudrin, Winthrop
2022 Longwood 79–58 Winthrop Isaiah Wilkins, Longwood Bojangles ColiseumCharlotte, NC
2023 UNC Asheville 77–73 Campbell Drew Pember, UNC Asheville
2024 Longwood 85–59 UNC Asheville Walyn Napper, Longwood Qubein CenterHigh Point, NC

Performance By School

SchoolChampionshipsYears
Winthrop
13
1988, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2020, 2021
UNC Asheville
6
1989, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2023
Coastal Carolina [lower-alpha 1]
5
1990, 1991, 1993, 2014, 2015
Charleston Southern
4
1986, 1987, 1995, 1997
Liberty [lower-alpha 1]
3
1994, 2004, 2013
Radford
3
1998, 2009, 2018
Longwood
2
2022, 2024
Campbell [lower-alpha 1]
1
1992
UNC Greensboro [lower-alpha 1]
1
1996
Gardner–Webb
1
2019
TOTAL
39
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 No longer a conference member.

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