Classification Division I Teams 8 | Season 1956–57 | |
Site Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA Champions West Virginia (3rd title) Winning coach Fred Schaus (3rd title) | ||
The 1957 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 7–9, 1957 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineeers, led by head coach Fred Schaus, won their third Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1957 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
1957 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA