1991 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1991 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 7
Site Asheville Civic Center
Asheville, NC
Champions East Tennessee State (3rd title)
Winning coach Alan LeForce (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1990  1992»
1990–91 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Furman 11 3   .786     20 9   .690
East Tennessee State 11 3   .786     28 5   .848
Chattanooga 11 3   .786     19 10   .655
Appalachian State 7 7   .500     16 14   .533
Marshall 7 7   .500     14 14   .500
VMI 5 9   .357     10 18   .357
Western Carolina 3 11   .214     11 17   .393
The Citadel 1 13   .071     6 22   .214
SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1991; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 1–3, 1991 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The East Tennessee State Buccaneers, led by head coach Alan LeForce, won their third Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1991 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

Seven of the conference's eight members participated in the tournament (Marshall was ineligible). Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 1
Semifinals
March 2
Finals
March 3
                           
  4  Appalachian State 100  
5  VMI 72  
  1  Furman 82  
    4  Appalachian State 100  
      
          
    2  East Tennessee St. 101
  4  Appalachian State 82
  2  East Tennessee St. 99  
7  The Citadel 70  
2  East Tennessee St. 101
    3  Chattanooga 74  
3  Chattanooga 84
  6  Western Carolina 83  

* Overtime game

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