*** Welcome to piglix ***

1971 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1971 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 7
Site Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, NC
Champions Furman (1st title)
Winning coach Joe Williams (1st title)
← 1970
1972 →
1970–71 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Davidson 9 1   .900     15 11   .577
William & Mary 7 3   .700     11 16   .407
East Carolina 7 4   .636     13 12   .520
The Citadel 6 5   .545     13 12   .520
Furman 5 5   .500     15 12   .556
Richmond 3 9   .250     7 21   .250
VMI 1 11   .083     1 25   .038
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1971; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 4–6, 1971 at the original Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Furman Paladins, led by head coach Joe Williams, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1971 NCAA Tournament.

All of the conference's seven members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds, with the top finisher receiving a first-round bye.

* Overtime game


...
Wikipedia

...