Classification Division I | Teams 8 | |
Site Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA Champions West Virginia (2nd title) Winning coach Fred Schaus (2nd title) | ||
The 1956 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 1–3, 1956 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineeers, led by head coach Fred Schaus, won their second Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1956 NCAA Tournament.
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Format
The top eight finishers 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 three rounds.
Bracket
* Overtime game
References
1956 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA