2020 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

2020 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	10
Site	Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	East Tennessee State (8th title)
Winning coach	Steve Forbes (2nd title)
MVP	Isaiah Tisdale (East Tennessee State)
Television	ESPN+, ESPN
Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments

2019–20 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East Tennessee State †	16	–	2		.889			30	–	4		.882
Furman	15	–	3		.833			25	–	7		.781
UNC Greensboro	13	–	5		.722			23	–	9		.719
Mercer	11	–	7		.611			17	–	15		.531
Western Carolina	10	–	8		.556			19	–	12		.613
Chattanooga	10	–	8		.556			20	–	13		.606
Wofford	8	–	10		.444			19	–	16		.543
Samford	4	–	14		.222			10	–	23		.303
VMI	3	–	15		.167			9	–	24		.273
The Citadel	0	–	18		.000			6	–	24		.200
† 2020 SoCon tournament winner

The 2020 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2019–20 season. All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 6 through 9, 2020. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, which was subsequently cancelled due to the COVID pandemic.

Seeds

All ten teams in the Southern Conference are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received first-round byes.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker 1
1	East Tennessee State	16–2
2	Furman	15–3
3	UNC Greensboro	13–5
4	Mercer	11–7
5	Western Carolina	10–8	2–0 vs. Chattanooga
6	Chattanooga	10–8	0–2 vs. Western Carolina
7	Wofford	8–10
8	Samford	4–14
9	VMI	3–15
10	The Citadel	0–18

Schedule and results

Game	Time[1]	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Friday, March 6
1	5:00 pm	No. 8 Samford vs. No. 9 VMI	78–96	ESPN+
2	7:30 pm	No. 7 Wofford vs No. 10 The Citadel	93−76
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
3	12:00 pm	No. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 9 VMI	70–57	ESPN+
4	2:30 pm	No. 4 Mercer vs No. 5 Western Carolina	56–70
5	6:00 pm	No. 2 Furman vs No. 7 Wofford	68–77
6	8:30 pm	No. 3 UNC Greensboro vs No. 6 Chattanooga	68–78
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
7	4:00 pm	No. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 5 Western Carolina	97–75	ESPN+
8	6:30 pm	No. 7 Wofford vs No. 6 Chattanooga	72–70
Final – Monday, March 9
9	7:00 pm	No. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 7 Wofford	72-58	ESPN
*Game times in EST for first round and quarterfinals, and EDT for semifinals and final. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round March 6 ESPN+					Quarterfinals March 7 ESPN+					Semifinals March 8 ESPN+					Championship March 9 ESPN
						1	ETSU	70
						9	VMI	57
	8	Samford	78
	9	VMI	96
											1	ETSU	97
											5	Western Carolina	75
						4	Mercer	56
						5	Western Carolina	70
																1	ETSU	72
																7	Wofford	58
						2	Furman	68
						7	Wofford	77
	7	Wofford	93
	10	The Citadel	76
											7	Wofford	72
											6	Chattanooga	70
						3	UNC Greensboro	68
						6	Chattanooga	78

See also

• 2020 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament

References

1. "2020 Men's and Women's Basketball Championships presented by General Shale - Southern Conference". Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.