1961 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1961 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
Champions George Washington (2nd title)
Winning coach William Reinhart (2nd title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1960  1962»
1960–61 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
West Virginia 11 1   .917     23 4   .852
Virginia Tech 12 3   .800     15 7   .682
The Citadel 10 3   .769     17 8   .680
William & Mary 9 6   .600     14 10   .583
Furman 6 7   .462     15 11   .577
Richmond 5 11   .313     9 14   .391
George Washington 3 9   .250     9 17   .346
VMI 3 11   .214     5 17   .227
Davidson 2 10   .167     9 14   .391
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1961; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–4, 1961 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The George Washington Colonials, led by head coach William Reinhart, won their second Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1961 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's nine 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 2
Semifinals
March 3
Finals
March 4
         
1 West Virginia 89
8 VMI 71
1 West Virginia 76
4 William & Mary 88
4 William & Mary 86***
5 Furman 84
4 William & Mary 82
7 George Washington 93
2 Virginia Tech 83
7 George Washington 84
3 The Citadel 87
7 George Washington 94
3 The Citadel 70
6 Richmond 66

* Overtime game

See also

References

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