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1997 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1997 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Site Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Champions Chattanooga (8th title)
Winning coach Mack McCarthy (5th title)
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1996–97 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North
Marshall 10 4   .714     20 9   .690
Davidson 10 4   .714     18 10   .643
Appalachian State 8 6   .571     14 14   .500
VMI 7 7   .500     12 16   .429
East Tennessee State 2 12   .143     7 20   .259
South
Chattanooga 11 3   .786     24 11   .686
Western Carolina 7 7   .500     14 13   .519
The Citadel 6 8   .429     13 14   .481
Georgia Southern 5 9   .357     10 18   .357
Furman 4 10   .286     10 17   .370
SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1997; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 27–March 2, 1997, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Chattanooga Mocs, led by head coach Mack McCarthy, won their eight Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1997 NCAA Tournament.

All of the conference's ten members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured two games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round. The top three finishers in each division received first round byes.

* Overtime game


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