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1956 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1956 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
Champions West Virginia (2nd title)
Winning coach Fred Schaus (2nd title)
← 1955
1957 →
1955–56 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
George Washington 10 2   .833     19 7   .731
West Virginia 10 2   .833     21 9   .700
Virginia Tech 10 7   .588     14 11   .560
Richmond 8 6   .571     16 13   .552
William & Mary 9 7   .563     12 14   .462
Furman 7 7   .500     12 16   .429
Davidson 5 7   .417     10 15   .400
Washington and Lee 5 8   .385     12 16   .429
VMI 3 11   .214     4 19   .174
The Citadel 0 10   .000     2 19   .095
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1956; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 1–3, 1956 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineeers, led by head coach Fred Schaus, won their second Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1956 NCAA Tournament.

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

* Overtime game


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