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| 2006 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2005–06 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Campus sites |
| Finals site | Winthrop Coliseum Rock Hill, SC |
| Champions | Winthrop (7th title) |
| Winning coach | Gregg Marshall (6th title) |
| Big South Conference men's basketball tournaments← 20052007 → | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winthrop † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birmingham–Southern | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radford | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High Point | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2006 Big South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2006 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place February 28, March 2, 4, 2011, at campus sites. The tournament was won by the Winthrop Eagles, as they defeated Liberty in the quarterfinals 93–52, High Point 77–65 in the semifinal round, and finally Coastal Carolina 51–50 in the championship game.
Format
The top eight eligible teams can qualify for the Big South tournament. The seeds are judged by conference winning percentage. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Winthrop got the bid to the NCAA Tournament, and fell in the first round as the #15 seed to #2 seed Tennessee, 63–61.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 2 | Semifinals March 4 | Finals March 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Winthrop | 93 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Liberty | 52 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Winthrop | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | High Point | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Radford | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | High Point | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Winthrop | 51 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Coastal Carolina | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Birmingham–Southern | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Charleston Southern | 97 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Charleston Southern | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Coastal Carolina | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Coastal Carolina | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | UNC Asheville | 62 | ||||||||||||
References
- Lang, Chris (March 1, 2006). "Winthrop wins, ends Liberty's season". The News & Advance. p. 23. Retrieved November 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Winthrop topples High Point 77-65". The Item. March 3, 2006. p. 10. Retrieved November 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Winthrop is Big South champion". Anderson Independent-Mail. March 5, 2006. p. 9. Retrieved November 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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