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1946 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
1946 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Site	Thompson Gym; Raleigh, NC
Champions	Duke (5th title)
Winning coach	Gerry Gerard (2nd title)
	Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 1945 1947 →

1945–46 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Carolina	13	–	1	.929	30	–	5	.857
Duke †	12	–	2	.857	21	–	6	.778
Virginia Tech	7	–	3	.700	11	–	8	.579
Wake Forest	8	–	5	.615	12	–	6	.667
Maryland	5	–	4	.556	9	–	12	.429
William & Mary	5	–	5	.500	10	–	10	.500
Furman	4	–	4	.500	16	–	3	.842
George Washington	4	–	5	.444	7	–	8	.467
Clemson	5	–	7	.417	9	–	11	.450
North Carolina State	5	–	7	.417	6	–	12	.333
South Carolina	4	–	7	.364	9	–	11	.450
Davidson	5	–	9	.357	13	–	12	.520
Richmond	3	–	7	.300	8	–	12	.400
The Citadel	1	–	6	.143	7	–	11	.389
VMI	1	–	6	.143	1	–	10	.091
Washington and Lee	0	–	4	.000	2	–	11	.154

† Southern Conference tournament winner

The 1946 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from February 28–March 2, 1946, at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Duke Blue Devils won their fifth Southern Conference title, led by head coach Gerry Gerard.^[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's sixteen members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

Quarterfinals February 28		Semifinals March 1		Finals March 2

North Carolina	54

Maryland	27
		North Carolina	29

		Wake Forest	31
Wake Forest	42

William & Mary	31
				Duke	49

				Wake Forest	30
Duke	44

NC State	38
		Duke	44

		Virginia Tech	38
Virginia Tech	39

George Washington	33