1995 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1995 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Site Asheville Civic Center
Asheville, NC
Champions Chattanooga (7th title)
Winning coach Mack McCarthy (4th title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1994  1996»
1994–95 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North
Marshall 10 – 4   .714     18 – 9   .667
East Tennessee State 9 – 5   .643     14 – 14   .500
Davidson 7 – 7   .500     14 – 13   .519
VMI 6 – 8   .429     10 – 17   .370
Appalachian State 4 – 10   .286     9 – 20   .310
South
Chattanooga† 11 – 3   .786     19 – 11   .633
Western Carolina 8 – 6   .571     14 – 14   .500
The Citadel 6 – 8   .429     11 – 16   .407
Furman 6 – 8   .429     10 – 17   .370
Georgia Southern 3 – 11   .214     8 – 20   .286
† SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1995; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–5, 1995 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The Chattanooga Mocs, led by head coach Mack McCarthy, won their seventh Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1995 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

This was the first year in which the conference utilized a division format, with five teams divided into two divisions, the "North" and "South". All of the conference's ten members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured two games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round.

Bracket

  First Round
March 2		 Quarterfinals
March 3		 Semifinals
March 4		 Finals
March 5
                                     
4N  VMI 71  
5S  Georgia Southern 94  
  1S  Chattanooga 70  
    5S  Georgia Southern 66  
      
        
  1S  Chattanooga 71  
  2N  East Tennessee St. 69  
        
        
  2N  East Tennessee St. 85
    3S  The Citadel 65  
      
        
  1S  Chattanooga 63
  2S  Western Carolina 61
4S  Furman 73  
5N  Appalachian State 78  
  1N  Marshall 82
    5N  Appalachian State 93  
      
        
  2S  Western Carolina 74
  5N  Appalachian State 64  
        
        
  2S  Western Carolina 78
    3N  Davidson 74  
      

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1994–95 Southern Conference Season Summary
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