1981 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1981 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 198081
Teams 8
Site Roanoke Civic Center
Roanoke, VA
Champions Chattanooga (1st title)
Winning coach Murray Arnold (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1980  1982»
1980–81 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Chattanooga 11 5   .688     21 9   .700
Davidson 11 5   .688     13 14   .481
Appalachian State 11 5   .688     20 9   .690
East Tennessee State 9 7   .563     13 14   .481
Western Carolina 9 7   .563     18 10   .643
Furman 8 8   .500     11 16   .407
Marshall 8 8   .500     18 10   .643
VMI 3 13   .188     4 23   .148
The Citadel 2 14   .125     9 17   .346
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1981; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 28–March 7, 1981. The quarterfinal round was hosted at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals were hosted at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The Chattanooga Mocs, led by head coach Murray Arnold, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1981 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
February 28
Semifinals
March 6
Finals
March 7
         
1 Chattanooga 89
8 VMI 63
1 Chattanooga 79
5 Western Carolina 70
4 East Tennessee St. 80
5 Western Carolina 91
1 Chattanooga 59
3 Appalachian State 55
2 Davidson 77
7 Marshall 90
3 Appalachian State 77
7 Marshall 62
3 Appalachian State 75*
6 Furman 71

* Overtime game

See also

References

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