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1997 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1997 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site Vines Center
Lynchburg, VA
Champions Charleston Southern (4th title)
Winning coach Tom Conrad (1st title)
MVP Peter Aluma (Liberty)
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1996–97 Big South Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UNC Asheville 11 3   .786     18 10   .643
Liberty 11 3   .786     23 9   .719
Radford 8 6   .571     15 13   .536
Charleston Southern 7 7   .500     17 13   .567
Coastal Carolina 6 8   .429     11 16   .407
UNC Greensboro 6 8   .429     10 20   .333
Winthrop 5 9   .357     12 15   .444
UMBC 2 12   .143     5 22   .185
1997 Big South Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 26–March 1, 1997, at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of the Liberty Flames. For the fourth time in their school history, the Charleston Southern Buccaneers won the tournament, led by head coach Tom Conrad.

All eight teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Vines Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. This was the last season for UNC Greensboro as a member of the league, who left for the Southern Conference the following season.

*Asterisk indicates overtime game


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