2013 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2013 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2013 Big South Championship logo
Classification Division I
Season 2012–13
Teams 12
Site HTC Center
Conway, South Carolina
Champions Liberty (3rd title)
Winning coach Dale Layer (1st title)
MVP John Caleb-Sanders
Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2012  2014»
2012–13 Big South men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North
High Point 12 – 4   .750     17 – 14   .548
VMI 8 – 8   .500     14 – 17   .452
Radford 7 – 9   .438     13 – 19   .406
Campbell 7 – 9   .438     13 – 20   .394
Liberty † 6 – 10   .375     15 – 21   .417
Longwood 4 – 12   .250     8 – 25   .242
South
Charleston Southern 12 – 4   .750     19 – 13   .594
Gardner–Webb 11 – 5   .688     21 – 13   .618
UNC Asheville 10 – 6   .625     16 – 16   .500
Coastal Carolina 9 – 7   .563     14 – 15   .483
Winthrop 6 – 10   .375     14 – 17   .452
Presbyterian 4 – 12   .250     8 – 24   .250
† 2013 Big South Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Big South Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big South Conference that took place from March 5–10, 2013, at the brand new HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina. Both semifinal games were broadcast on ESPN3, and the championship game was televised on ESPN2.

Both the men's and women's tournaments were held together at the HTC Center.[1] The conference hadn't held combined men’s and women’s tournaments since 2001–02 when both events were played at the Roanoke Civic Center[2] The tournament was won by the fifth-seeded North Division Liberty Flames, their third conference title, and first since 2004. With four wins in the tournament, including two over both divisions' top seeds, Liberty won the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, becoming only the second 20-loss team in the tournament's history (the other being Coppin State in 2007–08).

Format

With the addition of Longwood, and Presbyterian completing its Division I transition, all 12 teams were eligible for the 2013 tournament. Seeding was decided by divisions - the top two teams with the best overall conference records in each division received the top four seeds in the championship and first-round byes. The remaining seeds were determined based on division finish. In the event of a tie for a particular seed, the seed was determined within each division.[3]


Bracket

[4]

  First round
March 5
 		 Quarterfinals
March 7
 		 Semifinals
March 9
ESPN3		 Championship
March 10
ESPN2
                                     
        
  1N  High Point 60  
    5N  Liberty 61  
4S  Coastal Carolina 61
5N  Liberty 78  
  5N  Liberty 65  
  2S  Gardner-Webb 62  
        
        
  2S  Gardner-Webb 71
    3N  Campbell 57  
3N  Campbell 81*
6S  Presbyterian 73  
  5N  Liberty 87
  1S  Charleston Southern 76
        
        
  1S  Charleston Southern 54
    5S  Winthrop 47  
4N  Radford 58
5S  Winthrop 60*  
  1S  Charleston Southern 71
  2N  VMI 65  
        
        
  2N  VMI 90
    6N  Longwood 86  
3S  UNC-Asheville 72
6N  Longwood 87  
* Indicates overtime victory

References

  1. ↑ "Big South Announces Title Sponsor, Format for Basketball Tourneys". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Lang, Chris (7 June 2012). "Big South unveils new basketball tourney format". News & Advance. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Big South Announces Men's and Women's Basketball Changes" (Press release). Big South Conference. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  4. ↑ "2013 visitmyrtlebeach.com Big South Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). Retrieved March 5, 2013.

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