1991 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1990–91 |
Teams | 7 |
Site | Asheville Civic Center Asheville, NC |
Champions | East Tennessee State (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Alan LeForce (1st title) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 East Tennessee State† | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 28 | – | 5 | .848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 6 | – | 22 | .214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1991 SoCon Tournament winner As of April 30, 1991 Rankings from AP poll |
The 1991 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 1–3, 1991 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The East Tennessee State Buccaneers, led by head coach Alan LeForce, won their third Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1991 NCAA tournament.
Format
Seven of the conference's eight members participated in the tournament (Marshall was ineligible). Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.
Bracket
Quarterfinals March 1 | Semifinals March 2 | Finals March 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Appalachian State | 100 | ||||||||||||
5 | VMI | 72 | ||||||||||||
1 | Furman | 82 | ||||||||||||
4 | Appalachian State | 100 | ||||||||||||
2 | #19 East Tennessee St. | 101 | ||||||||||||
4 | Appalachian State | 82 | ||||||||||||
2 | #19 East Tennessee St. | 99 | ||||||||||||
7 | The Citadel | 70 | ||||||||||||
2 | #19 East Tennessee St. | 101 | ||||||||||||
3 | Chattanooga | 74 | ||||||||||||
3 | Chattanooga | 84 | ||||||||||||
6 | Western Carolina | 83 |
* Overtime game
See also
References
1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments | |
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Conference | |
National |
- 1990–91 Southern Conference men's basketball season
- 1991 in sports in North Carolina
- March 1991 sports events in the United States
- Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
- Basketball competitions in Asheville, North Carolina
- College basketball tournaments in North Carolina
- East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball