1999 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

1999 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1998–99
Teams6
SiteAsheville Civic Center
Asheville, NC
ChampionsWinthrop (2nd title)
Winning coachGregg Marshall (1st title)
MVPHeson Groves (Winthrop)
← 1998
2000 →
1998–99 Big South Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Winthrop † 9 – 1   .900 21 – 8   .724
Radford 8 – 2   .800 20 – 8   .714
UNC Asheville 5 – 5   .500 11 – 18   .379
Charleston Southern 4 – 6   .400 12 – 16   .429
Coastal Carolina 4 – 6   .400 7 – 20   .259
Liberty 0 – 10   .000 4 – 23   .148
† 1999 Big South tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place February 25–27, 1999, at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. For the second time in their school history, the Winthrop Eagles won the tournament, led by head coach Gregg Marshall.[1]

Format

All six teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Asheville Civic Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. Elon and High Point were making their transition to the league during the season, and were not yet included as full members.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
February 25 		Semifinals
February 26 		Finals
February 27
1 Winthrop 70
4 Charleston Southern 87 4 Charleston Southern 61
5 Coastal Carolina 67 1 Winthrop 86
2 Radford 74
2 Radford 92
3 UNC Asheville 106 3 UNC Asheville 79
6 Liberty 98

All-Tournament Team

[1]

References

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