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1986 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division I

Teams
  
8

Season
  
1985–86

Site
  
Savannah Civic Center Savannah, GA

Champions
  
Baptist College (1st title)

Winning coach
  
Tommy Gaither (1st title)

The 1986 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the inaugural tournament for the Big South Conference, taking place from March 3–5, 1986 at the Savannah Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia. The Baptist College Buccaneers (now known as Charleston Southern) won the tournament, led by head coach Tommy Gaither.

Contents

Format

All of the conference's eight members participated in the tournament, hosted at the Savannah Civic Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage.

Bracket

*Asterisk indicates overtime game

  • Source
  • All-Tournament Team

  • Ben Hinson, Charleston Southern
  • Bernard Innocent, Charleston Southern
  • Eric Rogers, Augusta State
  • Eric Juratic, Augusta State
  • Byron Samuels, UNC Asheville
  • Allen Washington, Winthrop
  • References

    1986 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia