1942 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1942 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Thompson Gym
Raleigh, NC
Champions Duke (3rd title)
Winning coach Eddie Cameron (3rd title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1941  1943»
1941–42 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Duke 15 1   .938     22 2   .917
George Washington 8 3   .727     11 9   .550
Wake Forest 13 5   .722     16 8   .667
North Carolina State 9 4   .692     15 7   .682
William & Mary 8 4   .667     15 9   .625
South Carolina 8 4   .667     12 9   .571
North Carolina 9 5   .643     14 9   .609
Washington and Lee 7 7   .500     10 15   .400
Furman 7 8   .467     10 9   .526
Richmond 4 8   .333     9 9   .500
Virginia Tech 4 8   .333     10 10   .500
VMI 5 10   .333     7 11   .389
Maryland 3 8   .273     7 15   .318
Davidson 3 9   .250     12 13   .480
Clemson 2 10   .167     3 14   .176
The Citadel 1 12   .077     2 14   .125
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1942; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 5–7, 1942 at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Duke Blue Devils won their third Southern Conference title, led by head coach Eddie Cameron.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's sixteen 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
March 5
Semifinals
March 6
Finals
March 7
         
Duke 59
Washington and Lee 41
Duke 54
Wake Forest 45
Wake Forest 32
North Carolina 26
Duke 45
NC State 34
NC State 56
South Carolina 43
NC State 53
William & Mary 52
George Washington 43
William & Mary 44

* Overtime game

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References

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