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2012 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2012 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2011–12
Teams 10
First round site Campus Sites
Quarterfinals site Kimmel Arena
Asheville, NC
Semifinals site Kimmel Arena
Asheville, NC
Finals site Kimmel Arena
Asheville, NC
Champions UNC Asheville (4th title)
Winning coach Ed Biedenbach (3rd title)
MVP J. P. Primm (UNC Asheville)
Top scorer J. P. Prim (UNC Asheville)
(58 points)
← 2011
2013 →
2011–12 Big South men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UNC Asheville 16 2   .889     24 10   .706
Coastal Carolina 12 6   .667     19 12   .613
Campbell 11 7   .611     17 15   .531
Charleston Southern 11 7   .611     19 12   .613
Liberty 9 9   .500     14 18   .438
Winthrop 8 10   .444     12 20   .375
VMI 8 10   .444     17 16   .515
High Point 8 10   .444     13 18   .419
Presbyterian* 8 10   .444     14 15   .483
Gardner–Webb 6 12   .333     12 20   .375
Radford 2 16   .111     6 26   .188
2012 Big South Tournament winner
As of March 15, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for conference tournament

The 2012 Big South Men's Basketball Tournament took place February 27, 29, March 1, and March 3, 2012. The semifinals were televised on ESPNU, and the championship on ESPN2. It was the first year the Big South introduced a first round that consisted of 2 games to be held on campus sites of the higher seeds. VMI and High Point defeated Radford and Gardner-Webb, respectively, to advance to the quarterfinals, held at UNC Asheville's Kimmel Arena along with the semifinals.

The quarterfinals featured a pair of upsets, the first from the hands of VMI. The 7-seeded Keydets used a huge 2nd half run to pull away from #2 seed Coastal Carolina 85–68. Later that day, #6 Winthrop defeated #3 Campbell 71–55 thanks to 25 points from Reggie Middleton. Top-seed UNC Asheville blew away High Point 86–61, followed by Charleston Southern beating Liberty 89–72.

VMI continued their upset run with a 20-point drubbing over Winthrop 75–55. Asheville defeated Charleston Southern 91–64, thus gaining home-court advantage for the championship game on March 3. In a game that flip-flopped leads in the first half, Asheville used a 9–0 run to break a 47–47 tie with VMI and take the lead for good. After the Keydets got 2 to make the score 58–52, the Bulldogs ended the game on a 22–12 run to win the Big South crown for a second straight year.


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