1967 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1967 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, NC
Champions West Virginia (10th title)
Winning coach Bucky Waters (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1966  1968»
1966–67 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
West Virginia 9 1   .900     19 9   .679
Davidson 8 4   .667     15 12   .556
William & Mary 8 5   .615     14 11   .560
Richmond 9 7   .563     11 12   .478
The Citadel 6 7   .462     8 16   .333
George Washington 5 7   .417     6 18   .250
Furman 4 6   .400     9 15   .375
East Carolina 4 8   .333     7 17   .292
VMI 4 12   .250     5 16   .238
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1967; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–4, 1967 at the original Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The West Virginia Mountaineers, led by head coach Bucky Waters, won their tenth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1967 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 82
8 East Carolina 53
1 West Virginia 82
4 Richmond 70
4 Richmond 100*
5 The Citadel 98
1 West Virginia 81
2 Davidson 65
2 Davidson 64
7 Furman 55
2 Davidson 78
3 William & Mary 65
3 William & Mary 76
6 George Washington 66

* Overtime game

See also

References

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