Classification Division I | Teams 10 | |
Site Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC Champions Chattanooga (8th title) Winning coach Mack McCarthy (5th title) | ||
The 1997 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 27–March 2, 1997, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Chattanooga Mocs, led by head coach Mack McCarthy, won their eight Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1997 NCAA Tournament.
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Format
All of the conference's ten members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured two games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round. The top three finishers in each division received first round byes.
Bracket
* Overtime game
References
1997 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA