Classification Division I Champions VMI (3rd title) | Teams 7 | |
Site Roanoke Civic Center
Roanoke, VA Winning coach Charlie Schmaus (1st title) | ||
The 1977 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 26–March 2, 1977. The quarterfinal round was hosted at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals were hosted at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The VMI Keydets, led by head coach Charlie Schmaus, won their third Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1977 NCAA Tournament.
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Format
All of the conference's seven members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds, the first of which featured three games, with the winners advancing to the semifinals.
Bracket
* Overtime game
References
1977 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA