2017 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2017 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place Friday, March 3 through Monday, March 6 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.^[1] The entire tournament was streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised on ESPN at 7pm EST. The champion, East Tennessee State, received an automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA tournament with a 79–74 win over UNC Greensboro.

2017 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	10
Site	U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	East Tennessee State (7th title)
Winning coach	Steve Forbes (1st title)
MVP	T. J. Cromer (East Tennessee State)
Attendance	24,061
Television	ESPN3, ESPN
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2016–17 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East Tennessee State †	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
UNC Greensboro	14	–	4		.778			25	–	10		.714
Furman	14	–	4		.778			23	–	12		.657
Chattanooga	10	–	8		.556			19	–	12		.613
Wofford	10	–	8		.556			16	–	17		.485
Mercer	9	–	9		.500			15	–	17		.469
Samford	8	–	10		.444			20	–	16		.556
The Citadel	4	–	14		.222			12	–	21		.364
Western Carolina	4	–	14		.222			9	–	23		.281
VMI	3	–	15		.167			6	–	24		.200
† 2017 SoCon Tournament winner

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	UNC Greensboro	14–4	23–8	3–1 vs Furman/ETSU
2	Furman	14–4	21–10	2–2 vs UNCG/ETSU
3	East Tennessee State	14–4	24–7	1–3 vs UNCG/Furman
4	Chattanooga	10–8	19–11	2–0 vs Wofford
5	Wofford	10–8	15–16	0–2 vs Chattanooga
6	Mercer	9–9	15–16
7	Samford	8–10	17–14
8	Western Carolina	4–14	9–22	2–0 vs The Citadel
9	The Citadel	4–14	11–20	0–2 vs Western Carolina
10	VMI	3–15	6–23
† – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Bracket

^[2]

	First round Friday, March 3					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4					Semifinals Sunday, March 5					Championship Monday, March 6
						1	UNC Greensboro	76
						9	The Citadel	67
	8	Western Carolina	72
	9	The Citadel	78
											1	UNC Greensboro	77
											5	Wofford	73
						4	Chattanooga	67
						5	Wofford	79
																1	UNC Greensboro	74
																3	East Tennessee State	79
						2	Furman	63
						7	Samford	67
	7	Samford	79
	10	VMI	61
											7	Samford	72
											3	East Tennessee State	81
						3	East Tennessee State	73
						6	Mercer	66

References

1. "2017 Men's and Women's Basketball Championships presented by General Shale". SoConSports. Southern Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
2. "17BKBrackets" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2017.