2014 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2014 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place between Friday, March 7 and Monday, March 10 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.[2] The entire tournament was streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised by ESPN2. The champion received an automatic bid into the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

2014 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013–14
Teams	11
Site	U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Wofford (3rd title)
Winning coach	Mike Young (3rd title)
MVP	Karl Cochran[1] (Wofford)
Attendance	5,799 (Championship game)
Television	ESPN3, ESPN2
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments

2013–14 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Davidson	15	–	1		.938			20	–	13		.606
Chattanooga	12	–	4		.750			18	–	15		.545
Wofford †	11	–	5		.688			20	–	13		.606
Elon	11	–	5		.688			18	–	14		.563
Western Carolina	10	–	6		.625			19	–	15		.559
UNC Greensboro	7	–	9		.438			14	–	18		.438
Georgia Southern	6	–	10		.375			15	–	19		.441
Samford	6	–	10		.375			13	–	20		.394
Appalachian State	5	–	11		.313			9	–	21		.300
Furman	3	–	13		.188			9	–	21		.300
The Citadel	2	–	14		.125			7	–	26		.212
† 2014 SoCon Tournament winner

It was the last Southern Conference tournament for four teams that will officially leave the conference on July 1, 2014. Appalachian State and Georgia Southern, which are upgrading their football programs to the top-level Division I FBS, will join the FBS Sun Belt Conference. Davidson will become a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Elon will join the Colonial Athletic Association.

Despite all of these departures, the championship game was contested between two teams who will remain in the Southern Conference. Western Carolina reached the championship by coming back from double-digit deficits, including a 15-point second-half deficit to regular season champion Davidson in the semifinals. In the championship game, it looked like history might repeat itself, as the Catamounts came back from an 11-point deficit to as close as 1. However, Trey Sumler missed a last-second three-point shot to tie the game, and Wofford won their 3rd conference championship.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Davidson†#	15–1	20–12
2	Chattanooga#	12–4	18–14
3	Wofford#	11–5	20–12	1–0 vs Elon
4	Elon#	11–5	18–14	0–1 vs Wofford
5	Western Carolina#	10–6	19–15
6	UNC Greensboro	7–9	14–18
7	Georgia Southern	6–10	15–19	1–0 vs Samford
8	Samford	6–10	13–20	0–1 vs Georgia Southern
9	Appalachian State	5–11	9–21
10	Furman	3–13	9–21
11	The Citadel	2–14	7–26
† – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Bracket

[3]

	First round Friday, March 7					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 8 ESPN3					Semifinals Sunday, March 9 ESPN3					Championship Monday, March 10 ESPN2
						1	Davidson	77
						8	Samford	54
	8	Samford	70
	9	Appalachian State	56
											1	Davidson	97
										5	Western Carolina	99^OT
						4	Elon	64
						5	Western Carolina	66
																5	Western Carolina	53
																3	Wofford	56
						2	Chattanooga	55
						7	Georgia Southern	62
	7	Georgia Southern	65
	10	Furman	50
											7	Georgia Southern	57
										3	Wofford	71
						3	Wofford	68
						11	The Citadel	51
	6	UNC Greensboro	76
	11	The Citadel	86

All-tournament team

First Team

• De'Mon Brooks, Davidson
• Brandon Boggs, Western Carolina
• James Sinclair, Western Carolina
• Karl Cochran, Wofford
• Lee Skinner, Wofford

Second Team

• Ashton Moore, The Citadel
• Z. Mason, Chattanooga
• Tawaski King, Western Carolina
• Trey Sumler, Western Carolina
• Eric Garcia, Wofford

References

1. http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209431163&DB_OEM_ID=4000
2. "2014 Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships". Southern Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
3. "2014 SoCon Men's tournament bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2014.

External links

• SoCon Basketball Championship