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1962 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1962 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
Champions West Virginia (7th title)
Winning coach George King (1st title)
← 1961
1963 →
1961–62 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
West Virginia 12 1   .923     24 6   .800
Virginia Tech 9 3   .750     19 6   .760
Furman 8 5   .615     15 12   .556
George Washington 6 7   .462     9 15   .375
Davidson 5 6   .455     14 11   .560
VMI 6 8   .429     9 11   .450
The Citadel 4 8   .333     8 15   .348
Richmond 5 11   .313     6 21   .222
William & Mary 5 11   .313     7 17   .292
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1962; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1962 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 1–3, 1962 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineers, led by head coach George King, won their seventh Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1962 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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