2015 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2015 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2014–15
Teams 10
Site U.S. Cellular Center
Asheville, North Carolina
Champions Wofford (4th title)
Winning coach Mike Young (4th title)
MVP Lee Skinner (Wofford)
Television ESPN3, ESPN2
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2014  2016»
2014–15 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Wofford † 16 – 2   .889     28 – 7   .800
Chattanooga 15 – 3   .833     22 – 10   .688
Mercer 12 – 6   .667     19 – 16   .543
Western Carolina 9 – 9   .500     15 – 17   .469
East Tennessee State 8 – 10   .444     16 – 14   .533
VMI 7 – 11   .389     11 – 19   .367
Samford 6 – 12   .333     13 – 19   .406
The Citadel 6 – 12   .333     11 – 19   .367
UNC Greensboro 6 – 12   .333     11 – 22   .333
Furman 5 – 13   .278     11 – 22   .333
† 2015 SoCon Tournament winner

The 2015 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place Friday, March 6 through Monday, March 9 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.[1] The entire tournament was streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised by ESPN2. The champion, Wofford, received an automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

With the addition of East Tennessee State and Mercer, all 10 teams participated in the tournament.

Format

All ten conference members qualify for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The top six seeds received a first-round bye, with the bottom four teams playing two first-round games.

Tiebreaking system

The tiebreaking system is as follows:[2]

Two teams
  1. Head to head record
  2. Best record against the highest seeded team not involved in the tie. Continue down through the standings until the tie is broken.
  3. Higher RPI, as published by RPIRatings.com
Three or more teams
  1. Best record against all teams involved in the tie
  2. Best record against the highest seeded team not involved in the tie. Continue down through the standings until the tie is broken.
  3. Higher RPI, as published by RPIRatings.com

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Wofford †# 16–2 25–6
2 Chattanooga # 15–3 22–9
3 Mercer # 12–6 17–14
4 Western Carolina # 9–9 14–16
5 East Tennessee State # 8–10 16–13
6 VMI # 7–11 11–18
7 The Citadel 6–12 11–18 3–1 vs. UNCG, Samford
8 UNC Greensboro 6–12 10–21 2–2 vs. Citadel, Samford
9 Samford 6–12 13–18 1–3 vs. UNCG, Citadel
10 Furman 5–13 8–21
† – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score
First round - Friday, March 6
1 1 6:00pm Samford vs. UNC Greensboro ESPN3 76–81
2 8:30pm Furman vs. The Citadel ESPN3 73–56
Quarterfinals - Saturday, March 7
2 3 12:00pm UNC Greensboro vs. Wofford ESPN3 52–70
4 2:30pm East Tenn. State vs. Western Carolina ESPN3 61–67 (OT)
3 5 6:00pm Furman vs. Chattanooga ESPN3 69–67
6 8:30pm VMI vs. Mercer ESPN3 61–89
Semifinals - Sunday, March 8
4 7 6:00pm Western Carolina vs. Wofford ESPN3 61–73
8 8:30pm Furman vs Mercer ESPN3 52–49
Championship - Monday, March 9
5 10 7:00pm Furman vs. Wofford ESPN2 64–67
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[3]

  First round
Friday, March 6		 Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 7		 Semifinals
Sunday, March 8		 Championship
Monday, March 9
                                     
        
  1  Wofford 70  
    8  UNC Greensboro 52  
8  UNC Greensboro 81
9  Samford 76  
  1  Wofford 73  
  4  Western Carolina 61  
        
        
  4  Western Carolina 67*
    5  East Tennessee State 61  
      
        
  1  Wofford 67
  10  Furman 64
        
        
  2  Chattanooga 67
    10  Furman 69  
7  The Citadel 56
10  Furman 73  
  10  Furman 52
  3  Mercer 49  
        
        
  3  Mercer 89
    6  VMI 61  
      

* denotes overtime period

All-tournament team

[4]

First Team

Second Team

References

  1. ↑ "2015 Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships". Southern Conference. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Men’s Tie-Breaking Formula" (PDF). SoConSports.com. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "2015 SoCon Men's tournament bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22064&SPID=1798&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209948692&DB_OEM_ID=4000
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