1971 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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.[1]
| 1971 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC |
| Champions | Furman (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Joe Williams (1st title) |
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| 1970–71 Southern Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format
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.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 4 |
Semifinals March 5 |
Finals March 6 | |||||||||||
| 4 | The Citadel | 82 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Furman | 95 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Davidson | 79 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Furman | 83 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Furman | 68 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Richmond | 61 | |||||||||||
| 2 | William & Mary | 69 | |||||||||||
| 7 | VMI | 65 | |||||||||||
| 2 | William & Mary | 64 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Richmond | 66 | |||||||||||
| 3 | East Carolina | 67 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Richmond | 69 | |||||||||||
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References
- Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 22. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
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