1997 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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.[1]
| 1997 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1996–97 |
| 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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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format
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.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals February 26 | Semifinals February 28 | Finals March 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UNC Asheville | 54 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | UMBC | 51 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UNC Asheville | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Charleston Southern | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Charleston Southern | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Coastal Carolina | 51 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Liberty | 54 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Charleston Southern | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Radford | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | UNC Greensboro | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Liberty | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Radford | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Liberty | 83 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Winthrop | 69 | ||||||||||||
* Asterisk indicates overtime game
All-Tournament Team
- Peter Aluma, Liberty
- Rolando Hourruitiner, Charleston Southern
- Brett Larrick, Charleston Southern
- Larry Jackson, Liberty
- Corey Reed, Radford
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