1998 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

1998 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1997–98
Teams	7
Site	Vines Center Lynchburg, VA
Champions	Radford (1st title)
Winning coach	Ron Bradley (1st title)
MVP	Kevin Robinson (Radford)
Big South Conference men's basketball tournaments

1997–98 Big South Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UNC Asheville	11	–	1		.917			19	–	9		.679
Radford †	10	–	2		.833			20	–	10		.667
UMBC	6	–	6		.500			14	–	14		.500
Liberty	5	–	7		.417			11	–	17		.393
Coastal Carolina	4	–	8		.333			8	–	19		.296
Winthrop	4	–	8		.333			7	–	20		.259
Charleston Southern	2	–	10		.167			5	–	22		.185
† 1998 Big South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place February 25 to 28 in 1998 at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of the Liberty Flames. For the first time in their school history, the Radford won the tournament, led by head coach Ron Bradley.[1]

Format

All seven teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Vines Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. This was the last season for UMBC as a member of the league.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals February 25					Semifinals February 27					Finals February 28
						1	UNC Asheville	46
						4	Liberty	42
	4	Liberty	78
	5	Coastal Carolina	70
											1	UNC Asheville	61
											2	Radford	63
	3	UMBC	67
	6	Winthrop	55
						3	UMBC	69
						2	Radford	88
	2	Radford	75
	7	Charleston Southern	68

• Source

All-Tournament Team

• Kevin Robinson, Radford
• Ryan Charles, Radford
• Corey Reed, Radford
• Kevin Martin, UNC Asheville
• Josh Pittman, UNC Asheville

[1]

References

1. Big South Men's Basketball History - p. 5