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1959 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division I

Teams
  
8

Site
  
Richmond Arena Richmond, VA

Champions
  
West Virginia (5th title)

Winning coach
  
Fred Schaus (5th title)

The 1959 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 26–28, 1959 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineeers, led by head coach Fred Schaus, won their fifth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1959 NCAA Tournament.

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Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's nine 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

1959 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia