1970 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1970 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, NC
Champions Davidson (4th title)
Winning coach Terry Holland (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1969  1971»
1969–70 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Davidson 10 0   1.000     22 5   .815
East Carolina 9 2   .818     16 10   .615
George Washington 6 4   .600     12 15   .444
Furman 5 6   .455     13 13   .500
William & Mary 5 7   .417     11 16   .407
The Citadel 4 8   .333     8 16   .333
Richmond 4 9   .308     9 18   .333
VMI 3 10   .231     6 19   .240
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1970; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 27–March 1, 1970, at the original Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Davidson Wildcats, led by head coach Terry Holland, won their fourth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1970 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

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

Bracket

Quarterfinals
February 27
Semifinals
February 28
Finals
March 1
         
1 Davidson 72
8 VMI 46
1 Davidson 78
5 William & Mary 54
4 Furman 67
5 William & Mary 82
1 Davidson 81
7 Richmond 61
2 East Carolina 73
7 Richmond 75
3 George Washington 69
7 Richmond 77
3 George Washington 66
6 The Citadel 64

* Overtime game

See also

References

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