1939 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1939 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 11
Site Thompson Gym
Raleigh, NC
Champions Clemson (1st title)
Winning coach Joe Davis (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1938  1940»
1938–39 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Wake Forest 15 3   .833     18 6   .750
Maryland 8 3   .727     15 9   .625
Washington and Lee 8 3   .727     13 9   .591
The Citadel 7 3   .700     14 5   .737
Davidson 9 7   .563     19 10   .655
North Carolina 8 7   .533     10 11   .476
North Carolina State 7 6   .538     10 7   .588
Duke 8 8   .500     10 12   .455
Clemson 6 6   .500     16 8   .667
VMI 6 6   .500     7 10   .412
Richmond 5 5   .500     10 10   .500
William & Mary 4 9   .308     8 13   .381
South Carolina 2 8   .200     5 18   .217
Virginia Tech 2 10   .167     3 14   .176
Furman 0 10   .000     6 16   .273
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1939; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 1–4, 1939 at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Clemson Tigers won their first Southern Conference title, led by head coach Joe Davis.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's fifteen 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

  First Round
March 1
Quarterfinals
March 2
Semifinals
March 3
Finals
March 4
                                     
 Clemson 44  
 North Carolina 43  
   Wake Forest 28  
     Clemson 30  
 
   
   Clemson 49  
   Davidson 33  
   
   
   Davidson 43
     Washington and Lee 32  
 
   
   Clemson 39
   Maryland 27
 Richmond 31  
 VMI 20  
   Maryland 47
     Richmond 32  
 
   
   Maryland 53
   NC State 29  
 NC State 40  
 Duke 39  
   The Citadel 38
     NC State 40  
 

* Overtime game

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