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| 1984 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1983–84 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Asheville Civic Center Asheville, NC |
| Champions | Marshall (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Rick Huckabay (1st title) |
| Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments← 19831985 → | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall† | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 25 | – | 6 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davidson | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Tournament winner As of April 30, 1984 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1984 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 2–4, 1984 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The Marshall Thundering Herd, led by head coach Rick Huckabay, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1984 NCAA tournament.
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
| Quarterfinals March 2 | Semifinals March 3 | Finals March 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Marshall | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Davidson | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Marshall | 97 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Appalachian State | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Appalachian State | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | The Citadel | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Marshall | 111 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Chattanooga | 107 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Chattanooga | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | East Tennessee State | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Chattanooga | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Furman | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Western Carolina | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Furman | 71 | ||||||||||||
See also
References
| 1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments | |
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| Conference | |
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