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1966 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1966 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, NC
Champions Davidson (1st title)
Winning coach Lefty Driesell (1st title)
← 1965
1967 →
1965–66 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Davidson 11 1   .917     21 7   .750
West Virginia 8 2   .800     19 9   .679
William & Mary 8 3   .727     13 12   .520
Richmond 9 7   .563     12 13   .480
East Carolina 5 7   .417     11 15   .423
Furman 4 8   .333     9 17   .346
VMI 5 11   .313     5 18   .217
The Citadel 4 9   .308     7 16   .304
George Washington 3 9   .250     3 18   .143
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1966; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 24–26, 1966 at the original Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Davidson Wildcats, led by head coach Lefty Driesell, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1966 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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