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2020 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

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2020 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams10
SiteHarrah's Cherokee Center
Asheville, North Carolina
ChampionsEast Tennessee State (8th title)
Winning coachSteve Forbes (2nd title)
MVPIsaiah Tisdale (East Tennessee State)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN
← 2019
2021 →
2019–20 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East Tennessee State 16 2   .889 30 4   .882
Furman 15 3   .833 25 7   .781
UNC Greensboro 13 5   .722 23 9   .719
Mercer 11 7   .611 17 15   .531
Western Carolina 10 8   .556 19 12   .613
Chattanooga 10 8   .556 20 13   .606
Wofford 8 10   .444 19 16   .543
Samford 4 14   .222 10 23   .303
VMI 3 15   .167 9 24   .273
The Citadel 0 18   .000 6 24   .200
2020 SoCon tournament winner

The 2020 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2019–20 season. All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 6 through 9, 2020. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, which was subsequently cancelled due to the COVID pandemic.

Seeds

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All ten teams in the Southern Conference are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received first-round byes.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1
1 East Tennessee State 16–2
2 Furman 15–3
3 UNC Greensboro 13–5
4 Mercer 11–7
5 Western Carolina 10–8 2–0 vs. Chattanooga
6 Chattanooga 10–8 0–2 vs. Western Carolina
7 Wofford 8–10
8 Samford 4–14
9 VMI 3–15
10 The Citadel 0–18

Schedule and results

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Game Time[1] Matchup Score Television
First round – Friday, March 6
1 5:00 pm No. 8 Samford vs. No. 9 VMI 78–96 ESPN+
2 7:30 pm No. 7 Wofford vs No. 10 The Citadel 93−76
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
3 12:00 pm No. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 9 VMI 70–57 ESPN+
4 2:30 pm No. 4 Mercer vs No. 5 Western Carolina 56–70
5 6:00 pm No. 2 Furman vs No. 7 Wofford 68–77
6 8:30 pm No. 3 UNC Greensboro vs No. 6 Chattanooga 68–78
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
7 4:00 pm No. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 5 Western Carolina 97–75 ESPN+
8 6:30 pm No. 7 Wofford vs No. 6 Chattanooga 72–70
Final – Monday, March 9
9 7:00 pm No. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 7 Wofford 72-58 ESPN
*Game times in EST for first round and quarterfinals, and EDT for semifinals and final. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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First round
March 6
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
March 7
ESPN+
Semifinals
March 8
ESPN+
Championship
March 9
ESPN
            
1 ETSU 70
9 VMI 57
8 Samford 78
9 VMI 96
1 ETSU 97
5 Western Carolina 75
4 Mercer 56
5 Western Carolina 70
1 ETSU 72
7 Wofford 58
2 Furman 68
7 Wofford 77
7 Wofford 93
10 The Citadel 76
7 Wofford 72
6 Chattanooga 70
3 UNC Greensboro 68
6 Chattanooga 78

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2020 Men's and Women's Basketball Championships presented by General Shale - Southern Conference". Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.