2016 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2016 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201516
Teams 10
Site U.S. Cellular Center
Asheville, North Carolina
Champions Chattanooga (11th title)
Winning coach Matt McCall (1st title)
MVP Greg Pryor (Chattanooga)
Television ESPN3, ESPN2
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2015  2017»
2015–16 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Chattanooga 15 3   .833     29 6   .829
East Tennessee State 14 4   .778     24 12   .667
Furman 11 7   .611     19 16   .543
Wofford 11 7   .611     15 17   .469
Western Carolina 10 8   .556     16 18   .471
UNC Greensboro 10 8   .556     15 19   .441
Mercer 8 10   .444     19 15   .559
Samford 4 14   .222     14 19   .424
VMI 4 14   .222     9 21   .300
The Citadel 3 15   .167     10 22   .313
2016 SoCon Tournament winner

The 2016 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will take place Friday, March 4 through Monday, March 7 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.[1] The entire tournament will be streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised on ESPN2 at 9pm EST. The champion will receive an automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Chattanooga †# 15–3 26–5
2 East Tennessee State # 14–4 21–10
3 Furman # 11–7 17–14 1–1 vs Chattanooga
4 Wofford # 11–7 15–16 0–2 vs Chattanooga
5 Western Carolina # 10–8 15–16 2–0 vs Mercer
6 UNC Greensboro # 10–8 14–17 1–1 vs Mercer
7 Mercer 8–10 18–13
8 Samford 4–14 13–18 1–1 vs. Western Carolina
9 VMI 4–14 9–20 0–2 vs. Western Carolina
10 The Citadel 3–15 10–21
† – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Bracket

[2]

  First round
Friday, March 4
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 5
Semifinals
Sunday, March 6
Championship
Monday, March 7
                                     
        
  1  Chattanooga 59  
    8  Samford 54  
8  Samford 92OT
9  VMI 85  
  1  Chattanooga 73  
  5  Western Carolina 69  
        
        
  4  Wofford 83
    5  Western Carolina 882OT  
      
        
  1  Chattanooga 73
  2  East Tennessee State 67
        
        
  2  East Tennessee State 81
    7  Mercer 65  
7  Mercer 71
10  The Citadel 69  
  2  East Tennessee State 84
  3  Furman 76  
        
        
  3  Furman 80
    6  UNC Greensboro 64  
      

All-tournament team

[3]

First Team

Second Team

References

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