1932 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1932 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 26–27, 1932 and February 29–March 1, 1932 at Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia Bulldogs won their first Southern Conference title, led by head coach Rex Enright.[1]

1932 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	16
Site	Municipal Auditorium Atlanta, GA
Champions	Georgia (1st title)
Winning coach	Rex Enright (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments

1931–32 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Kentucky	9	–	1		.900			15	–	2		.882
Maryland	9	–	1		.900			16	–	4		.800
Auburn	9	–	2		.818			12	–	3		.800
Alabama	11	–	3		.786			16	–	4		.800
North Carolina	6	–	3		.667			16	–	5		.762
Virginia	6	–	3		.667			13	–	8		.619
Georgia †	7	–	4		.636			19	–	7		.731
Ole Miss	8	–	5		.615			9	–	6		.600
Georgia Tech	5	–	3		.625			7	–	6		.538
North Carolina State	6	–	4		.600			10	–	6		.625
Duke	6	–	5		.545			14	–	11		.560
LSU	8	–	8		.500			11	–	9		.550
Tennessee	5	–	5		.500			8	–	7		.533
South Carolina	2	–	2		.500			9	–	7		.563
Vanderbilt	5	–	7		.417			8	–	11		.421
Mississippi State	4	–	7		.364			5	–	10		.333
Tulane	5	–	9		.357			6	–	10		.375
Florida	4	–	10		.286			8	–	12		.400
Washington and Lee	3	–	8		.273			9	–	10		.474
Virginia Tech	2	–	8		.200			8	–	9		.471
Clemson	2	–	9		.182			8	–	12		.400
Sewanee	1	–	7		.125			3	–	9		.250
VMI	0	–	9		.000			0	–	14		.000
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1932; Rankings from AP Poll

Format

The top sixteen finishers of the conference's twenty-three members were eligible for the tournament. Mississippi and South Carolina did not participate. The tournament was seeded so that no team would face a school that they had faced in the regular season in the first round of the tournament.[2]

Bracket

	First Round February 26					Quarterfinals February 27					Semifinals February 29					Finals March 1
		Maryland	24
		Florida	39
							Florida	22
							Duke	33
		Duke	44
		Vanderbilt	32
												Duke	32
											Georgia	43
		Georgia	48
		Mississippi State	26
							Georgia	40
							Virginia	19
		Virginia	20
		Alabama	16
																	Georgia	26
																	North Carolina	24
		Auburn	34
		NC State	33
							Auburn	30
							LSU	22
		LSU	36
		Georgia Tech	33
												Auburn	31
											North Carolina	52
		North Carolina	35
		Tennessee	25
							North Carolina	43
							Kentucky	42
		Kentucky	50
		Tulane	30

* Overtime game

• Games were not played on Sunday to observe the Sabbath.[3]

Championship

March 1 8:30 PM CST

[4]

Georgia 26, North Carolina 24
Pts: Leroy Young 10		Pts: Wilmer Hines 11

Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia Attendance: 4,000

All-Southern Tournament Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Tom Alexander	G	Junior	North Carolina
T. W. Lumpkin	G	Senior	Auburn
Leroy Young	F	Senior	Georgia
Virgil Weathers	F	Senior	North Carolina
Bill Strickland	C	Junior	Georgia

See also

• List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions

References

1. Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 7. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
2. "FOUR TEAMS SEEDED IN CONFERENCE PLAY". The Palm Beach Post. February 22, 1932. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
3. Ramsey, Glenn (February 26, 1932). "Kentucky and Tulane Holding S.I.C. Spotlight". Atlanta, Georgia: Fort Lauderdale News. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
4. Graham, Dillon (March 2, 1932). "Georgians Win First Tourney In Eight Tries". Atlanta, Georgia: The Greenville News. Retrieved February 27, 2017.