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1962 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division I

Teams
  
8

Site
  
Richmond Arena Richmond, VA

Champions
  
West Virginia (7th title)

Winning coach
  
George King (1st title)

The 1962 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 1–3, 1962 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineers, led by head coach George King, won their seventh Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1962 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

1962 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia