American college basketball postseason tournament
The 2024 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2023–24 season . All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina , from March 8–11, 2024. The winner of the tournament, Samford , received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament .
Seeds
All ten teams in the Southern Conference will be 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.[ 1] The top six teams will receive first-round byes.
Seed
School
Conference
Tiebreaker 1
Tiebreaker 2
Tiebreaker 3
Tiebreaker 4
1
Samford
15–3
2
UNC Greensboro
12–6
1–1 vs. Chattanooga
0–2 vs. Samford
2–0 vs. Western Carolina
3
Chattanooga
12–6
1–1 vs. UNC Greensboro
0–2 vs. Samford
1–1 vs. Western Carolina
4
Western Carolina
11–7
5
Furman
10–8
1–1 vs. Wofford
1–1 vs. Samford
0–2 vs. UNC Greensboro
1–1 vs. Chattanooga
6
Wofford
10–8
1–1 vs. Furman
1–1 vs. Samford
0–2 vs. UNC Greensboro
0–2 vs. Chattanooga
7
East Tennessee State
8–10
2–0 vs. Mercer
8
Mercer
8–10
0–2 vs. East Tennessee State
9
The Citadel
3–15
10
VMI
1–17
Schedule and results
Game
Time[ 2]
Matchup
Score
Television
First round – Friday, March 8
1
5:00 pm
No. 8 Mercer vs. No. 9 The Citadel
84–76
ESPN+
2
7:30 pm
No. 7 East Tennessee State vs. No. 10 VMI
98–66
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
3
12:00 pm
No. 1 Samford vs. No. 8 Mercer
70–57
ESPN+ /Nexstar
4
2:30 pm
No. 2 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 7 East Tennessee State
62–73
5
6:00 pm
No. 3 Chattanooga vs. No. 6 Wofford
75–57
6
8:30 pm
No. 4 Western Carolina vs. No. 5 Furman
76–79 OT
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
7
4:00 pm
No. 1 Samford vs. No. 5 Furman
84–77
ESPNU
8
6:30 pm
No. 7 East Tennessee State vs No. 3 Chattanooga
85–84 OT
Final – Monday, March 11
9
7:00 pm
No. 1 Samford vs. No. 7 East Tennessee State
76–69
ESPN2
*Game times in EST . Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
First round March 8 ESPN+
Quarterfinals March 9 ESPN+/Nexstar
Semifinals March 10 ESPNU
Championship March 11 ESPN2
1
Samford
70
8
Mercer
57
8
Mercer
84
9
The Citadel
76
1
Samford
84
5
Furman
77
4
Western Carolina
76
5
Furman
79*
1
Samford
76
7
East Tennessee State
69
2
UNC Greensboro
62
7
East Tennessee State
73
7
East Tennessee State
98
10
VMI
66
7
East Tennessee State
85*
3
Chattanooga
84
3
Chattanooga
75
6
Wofford
57
See also
References