1998 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1998 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199798
Teams 7
Site Vines Center
Lynchburg, VA
Champions Radford (1st title)
Winning coach Ron Bradley (1st title)
MVP Kevin Robinson (Radford)
Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1997  1999»
1997–98 Big South Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UNC Asheville 11 1   .917     19 9   .679
Radford 10 2   .833     20 10   .667
UMBC 6 6   .500     14 14   .500
Liberty 5 7   .417     11 17   .393
Coastal Carolina 4 8   .333     8 19   .296
Winthrop 4 8   .333     7 20   .259
Charleston Southern 2 10   .167     5 22   .185
1998 Big South Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 25–28, 1998 at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of the Liberty Flames. For the first time in their school history, the Radford Highlanders won the tournament, led by head coach Ron Bradley.[1]

Format

All seven teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Vines Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. This was the last season for UMBC as a member of the league.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
February 25
    Semifinals
February 27
    Finals
February 28
                           
  4  Liberty 78    
  5  Coastal Carolina 70    
      1  UNC Asheville 46  
            4  Liberty 42    
               
      1  UNC Asheville 61
  3  UMBC 67               2  Radford 63
  6  Winthrop 55              
      2  Radford 88    
        3  UMBC 69  
  2  Radford 75    
  7  Charleston Southern 68  

*Asterisk indicates overtime game

All-Tournament Team

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