1943 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1943 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Thompson Gym
Raleigh, NC
Champions George Washington (1st title)
Winning coach Otis Zahn (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1942  1944»
1942–43 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Duke 12 1   .923     20 6   .769
George Washington 8 2   .800     17 6   .739
South Carolina 6 3   .667     13 6   .684
Davidson 7 4   .636     18 6   .750
The Citadel 5 3   .625     8 5   .615
William & Mary 6 4   .600     11 10   .524
VMI 7 5   .583     8 8   .500
North Carolina State 7 5   .583     7 9   .438
Maryland 5 5   .500     8 8   .500
Richmond 4 4   .500     11 5   .688
North Carolina 8 9   .471     12 10   .545
Virginia Tech 3 6   .333     7 7   .500
Washington and Lee 2 10   .167     7 12   .368
Wake Forest 1 10   .091     1 10   .091
Clemson 0 10   .000     3 13   .188
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1943; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place in March 1943 at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The George Washington Colonials won their first Southern Conference title, led by head coach Otis Zahn.[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

Quarterfinals
March 4
Semifinals
March 5
Finals
March 6
         
Davidson 33
NC State 30
Davidson 40
George Washington 47
George Washington 49
William & Mary 23
George Washington 56
Duke 40
Duke 57
VMI 41
Duke 56
The Citadel 37
South Carolina 23
The Citadel 37

* Overtime game

See also

References

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