1971 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1971 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 7
Site Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, NC
Champions Furman (1st title)
Winning coach Joe Williams (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1970  1972»
1970–71 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Davidson 9 1   .900     15 11   .577
William & Mary 7 3   .700     11 16   .407
East Carolina 7 4   .636     13 12   .520
The Citadel 6 5   .545     13 12   .520
Furman 5 5   .500     15 12   .556
Richmond 3 9   .250     7 21   .250
VMI 1 11   .083     1 25   .038
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1971; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 4–6, 1971 at the original Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Furman Paladins, led by head coach Joe Williams, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1971 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

All of the conference's seven members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds, with the top finisher receiving a first-round bye.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 4
Semifinals
March 5
Finals
March 6
                           
  4  The Citadel 82  
5  Furman 95  
  1  Davidson 79  
    5  Furman 83  
      
          
    5  Furman 68
  6  Richmond 61
  2  William & Mary 69  
7  VMI 65  
2  William & Mary 64
    6  Richmond 66  
3  East Carolina 67
  6  Richmond 69  

* Overtime game

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