1931 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

1931 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	16
Site	Municipal Auditorium Atlanta, GA
Champions	Maryland (1st title)
Winning coach	Burton Shipley (1st title)
Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments

1930–31 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Georgia	15	–	1		.938			23	–	2		.920
Maryland †	8	–	1		.889			18	–	4		.818
Alabama	11	–	2		.846			14	–	6		.700
Kentucky	8	–	2		.800			15	–	3		.833
Auburn	7	–	4		.636			8	–	6		.571
Washington and Lee	4	–	3		.571			11	–	7		.611
Duke	5	–	4		.556			14	–	7		.667
Georgia Tech	8	–	7		.533			11	–	13		.458
Vanderbilt	7	–	7		.500			16	–	8		.667
North Carolina	6	–	6		.500			15	–	9		.625
North Carolina State	5	–	5		.500			8	–	8		.500
LSU	4	–	4		.500			7	–	8		.467
Virginia	5	–	6		.455			11	–	9		.550
Florida	5	–	7		.417			10	–	9		.526
Clemson	3	–	5		.375			6	–	7		.462
Sewanee	3	–	5		.375			5	–	9		.357
Tennessee	4	–	8		.333			11	–	10		.524
Ole Miss	2	–	4		.333			6	–	9		.400
Virginia Tech	3	–	7		.300			5	–	10		.333
VMI	2	–	8		.200			4	–	12		.250
Tulane	2	–	10		.167			6	–	14		.300
South Carolina	1	–	12		.077			1	–	17		.056
† Southern Conference Tournament winner

The 1931 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 27–March 3, 1931 at Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Maryland Terrapins won their first Southern Conference title, led by head coach Burton Shipley.

Format

The top sixteen finishers of the conference's twenty-two members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

	First Round February 27					Quarterfinals February 28					Semifinals March 2					Finals March 3
		North Carolina	23
		Vanderbilt	21
							North Carolina	17
							Maryland	19
		Maryland	37
		LSU	33
												Maryland	26
												Georgia	25
		Auburn	33
		Virginia	26
							Georgia	31
							Auburn	27
		Georgia	32
		Washington & Lee	31
																	Maryland	29
																	Kentucky	27
		Duke	31
		Clemson	27
							Duke	30
							Kentucky	35
		Kentucky	33
		NC State	28
												Kentucky	56
												Florida	35
		Tennessee	26
		Alabama	20
							Florida	33
							Tennessee	29
		Florida	53
		Georgia Tech	48

* Overtime game

See also

• List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions