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1972 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1972 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Greenville Memorial Auditorium
Greenville, SC
Champions East Carolina (1st title)
Winning coach Tom Quinn (1st title)
← 1971
1973 →
1971–72 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Davidson 8 2   .800     19 9   .679
Furman 8 3   .727     17 11   .607
William & Mary 6 4   .600     10 17   .370
East Carolina 7 5   .583     14 15   .483
The Citadel 5 6   .455     12 13   .480
Richmond 3 9   .250     6 19   .240
VMI 2 10   .167     6 19   .240
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1972; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–4, 1972 at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina. The East Carolina Pirates, led by head coach Tom Quinn, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1972 NCAA Tournament.

All of the conference's eight 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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