2015 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

2015 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	10
Site	U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Wofford (4th title)
Winning coach	Mike Young (4th title)
MVP	Lee Skinner (Wofford)
Television	ESPN3, ESPN2
Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments

2014–15 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wofford †	16	–	2		.889			28	–	7		.800
Chattanooga	15	–	3		.833			22	–	10		.688
Mercer	12	–	6		.667			19	–	16		.543
Western Carolina	9	–	9		.500			15	–	17		.469
East Tennessee State	8	–	10		.444			16	–	14		.533
VMI	7	–	11		.389			11	–	19		.367
Samford	6	–	12		.333			13	–	19		.406
The Citadel	6	–	12		.333			11	–	19		.367
UNC Greensboro	6	–	12		.333			11	–	22		.333
Furman	5	–	13		.278			11	–	22		.333
† 2015 SoCon Tournament winner

The 2015 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place Friday, March 6 through Monday, March 9 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 by ESPN2. The champion, Wofford, received an automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA tournament.

With the addition of East Tennessee State and Mercer, all 10 teams participated in the tournament.

Format

All ten conference members qualify for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The top six seeds received a first-round bye, with the bottom four teams playing two first-round games.

Tiebreaking system

The tiebreaking system is as follows:[2]

Two teams

1. Head to head record
2. Best record against the highest seeded team not involved in the tie. Continue down through the standings until the tie is broken.
3. Higher RPI, as published by RPIRatings.com

Three or more teams

1. Best record against all teams involved in the tie
2. Best record against the highest seeded team not involved in the tie. Continue down through the standings until the tie is broken.
3. Higher RPI, as published by RPIRatings.com

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Wofford †#	16–2	25–6
2	Chattanooga #	15–3	22–9
3	Mercer #	12–6	17–14
4	Western Carolina #	9–9	14–16
5	East Tennessee State #	8–10	16–13
6	VMI #	7–11	11–18
7	The Citadel	6–12	11–18	3–1 vs. UNCG, Samford
8	UNC Greensboro	6–12	10–21	2–2 vs. Citadel, Samford
9	Samford	6–12	13–18	1–3 vs. UNCG, Citadel
10	Furman	5–13	8–21
† – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Score
First round - Friday, March 6
1	1	6:00pm	Samford vs. UNC Greensboro	ESPN3	76–81
	2	8:30pm	Furman vs. The Citadel	ESPN3	73–56
Quarterfinals - Saturday, March 7
2	3	12:00pm	UNC Greensboro vs. Wofford	ESPN3	52–70
	4	2:30pm	East Tenn. State vs. Western Carolina	ESPN3	61–67 (OT)
3	5	6:00pm	Furman vs. Chattanooga	ESPN3	69–67
	6	8:30pm	VMI vs. Mercer	ESPN3	61–89
Semifinals - Sunday, March 8
4	7	6:00pm	Western Carolina vs. Wofford	ESPN3	61–73
	8	8:30pm	Furman vs Mercer	ESPN3	52–49
Championship - Monday, March 9
5	10	7:00pm	Furman vs. Wofford	ESPN2	64–67
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[3]

	First round Friday, March 6					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 7					Semifinals Sunday, March 8					Championship Monday, March 9
						1	Wofford	70
						8	UNC Greensboro	52
	8	UNC Greensboro	81
	9	Samford	76
											1	Wofford	73
											4	Western Carolina	61
						4	Western Carolina	67*
						5	East Tennessee State	61
																1	Wofford	67
																10	Furman	64
						2	Chattanooga	67
						10	Furman	69
	7	The Citadel	56
	10	Furman	73
											10	Furman	52
											3	Mercer	49
						3	Mercer	89
						6	VMI	61

* denotes overtime period

All-tournament team

[4]

First Team

• Stephen Croone, Furman
• James Sinclair, Western Carolina
• Karl Cochran, Wofford
• Spencer Collins, Wofford
• Lee Skinner, Wofford

Second Team

• Kris Acox, Furman
• Geoff Beans, Furman
• Devin Sibley, Furman
• T. J. Hallice, Mercer
• Ike Nwamu, Mercer

References

1. "2015 Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships". Southern Conference. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
2. "Men's Tie-Breaking Formula" (PDF). SoConSports.com. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
3. "2015 SoCon Men's tournament bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
4. "Wofford Edges Furman, 67-64, to Win SoCon Championship".