1999 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1999 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 25–27, 1999 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. For the first time in their school history, the Winthrop Eagles won the tournament, led by head coach Gregg Marshall.[1]
| 1999 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1998–99 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Site | Asheville Civic Center Asheville, NC |
| Champions | Winthrop (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Gregg Marshall (1st title) |
| MVP | Heson Groves (Winthrop) |
| 1998–99 Big South Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winthrop † | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radford | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty | 0 | – | 10 | .000 | 4 | – | 23 | .148 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1999 Big South Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format
All six teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Asheville Civic Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. Elon and High Point were making their transition to the league during the season, and were not yet included as full members.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals February 25 |
Semifinals February 26 |
Finals February 27 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Winthrop | 70 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Charleston Southern | 87 | 4 | Charleston Southern | 61 | ||||||||
| 5 | Coastal Carolina | 67 | 1 | Winthrop | 86 | ||||||||
| 2 | Radford | 74 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Radford | 92 | |||||||||||
| 3 | UNC Asheville | 106 | 3 | UNC Asheville | 79 | ||||||||
| 6 | Liberty | 98 | |||||||||||
* Asterisk indicates overtime game
All-Tournament Team
- Greg Lewis, Winthrop
- Tyson Waterman, Winthrop
- Leslie Ballard, Radford
- Kevin Martin, UNC Asheville
- Adam Larrick, Charleston Southern
References
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