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1963 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division I

Teams
  
8

Site
  
Richmond Arena Richmond, VA

Champions
  
West Virginia (8th title)

Winning coach
  
George King (2nd title)

The 1963 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 28 to March 2, 1963, at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineers, led by head coach George King, won their eighth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1963 NCAA Tournament.

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Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's nine members were eligible for the tournament. The teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

* Overtime game

References

1963 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia