2016 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Classification

Division I

Season

2015–16

Teams

Site

U.S. Cellular Center
Asheville, North Carolina

Champions

Chattanooga (11th title)

Winning coach

Matt McCall (1st title)

MVP

Greg Pryor (Chattanooga)

Television

ESPN3, ESPN2

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2015–16 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chattanooga †	15	–	3	.833	29	–	6	.829
East Tennessee State	14	–	4	.778	24	–	12	.667
Furman	11	–	7	.611	19	–	16	.543
Wofford	11	–	7	.611	15	–	17	.469
Western Carolina	10	–	8	.556	16	–	18	.471
UNC Greensboro	10	–	8	.556	15	–	19	.441
Mercer	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Samford	4	–	14	.222	14	–	19	.424
VMI	4	–	14	.222	9	–	21	.300
The Citadel	3	–	15	.167	10	–	22	.313

† 2016 SoCon Tournament winner

The 2016 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will take place Friday, March 4 through Monday, March 7 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.^[1] The entire tournament will be streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised on ESPN2 at 9pm EST. The champion will receive an automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Chattanooga †#	15–3	26–5
2	East Tennessee State #	14–4	21–10
3	Furman #	11–7	17–14	1–1 vs Chattanooga
4	Wofford #	11–7	15–16	0–2 vs Chattanooga
5	Western Carolina #	10–8	15–16	2–0 vs Mercer
6	UNC Greensboro #	10–8	14–17	1–1 vs Mercer
7	Mercer	8–10	18–13
8	Samford	4–14	13–18	1–1 vs. Western Carolina
9	VMI	4–14	9–20	0–2 vs. Western Carolina
10	The Citadel	3–15	10–21
† – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Bracket

^[2]

First round Friday, March 4			Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5			Semifinals Sunday, March 6			Championship Monday, March 7


			1	Chattanooga	59

			8	Samford	54
8	Samford	92^OT

9	VMI	85
						1	Chattanooga	73

						5	Western Carolina	69



			4	Wofford	83

			5	Western Carolina	88^2OT



									1	Chattanooga	73

									2	East Tennessee State	67



			2	East Tennessee State	81

			7	Mercer	65
7	Mercer	71

10	The Citadel	69
						2	East Tennessee State	84

						3	Furman	76



			3	Furman	80

			6	UNC Greensboro	64

All-tournament team

^[3]

First Team

T.J. Cromer, ETSU
Ge’Lawn Guyn, ETSU
Tre’ McLean, Chattanooga
Greg Pryor, Chattanooga
Mike Brown, Western Carolina

Second Team

Desonta Bradford, ETSU
Devin Sibley, Furman
QJ Peterson, VMI
Torrion Brummitt, Western Carolina
Fletcher Magee, Wofford

References

↑ "2016 Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships". Southern Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
↑ "2016 SoCon Men's tournament bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
↑ http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22064&SPID=1798&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=210781671&DB_OEM_ID=4000

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