1996 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199596
Teams9
SiteGreensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
ChampionsWestern Carolina (1st title)
Winning coachPhil Hopkins (1st title)
1995–96 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North
Davidson140 1.000255  .833
VMI104 .7141810  .643
Marshall86 .5711711  .607
East Tennessee State311 .214720  .259
Appalachian State311 .214821  .276
South
Western Carolina104 .7141713  .567
Chattanooga95 .6431512  .556
Furman68 .4291017  .370
The Citadel59 .3571016  .385
Georgia Southern212 .143323  .115
SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1996
Rankings from AP poll

The 1996 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from February 29–March 3, 1996, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Western Carolina Catamounts, led by head coach Phil Hopkins, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1996 NCAA tournament.[1]

Format

The top nine finishers of the conference's ten members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured one game, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round.

Bracket

First round
February 29
Quarterfinals
March 1
Semifinals
March 2
Finals
March 3
            
4S The Citadel 73
5N Appalachian State 75
1S Western Carolina 74
5N Appalachian State 66
1S Western Carolina 97
2N VMI 93
2N VMI 91*
3S Furman 89
1S Western Carolina 69
1N Davidson 60
2S Chattanooga 81
3N Marshall 82
1N Davidson 92
3N Marshall 77
1N Davidson 67
4N East Tennessee St. 43

* Overtime game

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