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1961 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1961 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
Champions George Washington (2nd title)
Winning coach William Reinhart (2nd title)
← 1960
1962 →
1960–61 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
West Virginia 11 1   .917     23 4   .852
Virginia Tech 12 3   .800     15 7   .682
The Citadel 10 3   .769     17 8   .680
William & Mary 9 6   .600     14 10   .583
Furman 6 7   .462     15 11   .577
Richmond 5 11   .313     9 14   .391
George Washington 3 9   .250     9 17   .346
VMI 3 11   .214     5 17   .227
Davidson 2 10   .167     9 14   .391
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1961; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–4, 1961 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The George Washington Colonials, led by head coach William Reinhart, won their second Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1961 NCAA Tournament.

The top eight finishers of the conference's nine 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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