1999 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1999 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199899
Teams 12
Site Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Champions College of Charleston (1st title)
Winning coach John Kresse (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1998  2000»
1998–99 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North
Appalachian State 13 3   .813     21 8   .724
Davidson 11 5   .688     16 11   .593
East Tennessee State 9 7   .563     17 11   .607
VMI 9 7   .563     12 15   .444
UNC Greensboro 5 11   .313     7 20   .259
Western Carolina 2 14   .125     8 21   .276
South
College of Charleston 16 0   1.000     28 3   .903
Chattanooga 9 7   .563     16 12   .571
Wofford 8 8   .500     11 16   .407
Georgia Southern 6 10   .375     11 17   .393
Furman 5 11   .313     12 16   .429
The Citadel 3 13   .188     9 18   .333
SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1999; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 25–28, 1999, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The College of Charleston Cougars, led by head coach John Kresse, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1999 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

All twelve teams were eligible for the tournament. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured four games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round. The top two finishers in each division received first round byes.

Bracket

  First Round
February 25
Quarterfinals
February 26
Semifinals
February 27
Finals
February 28
                                     
4N  VMI 49  
5S  Furman 57  
  1S  Coll. of Charleston 98  
    5S  Furman 74  
      
        
  1S  Coll. of Charleston 80  
  6N  Western Carolina 49  
        
        
  2N  Davidson 77
    6N  Western Carolina 82  
3S  Wofford 64
6N  Western Carolina 67  
  1N  Appalachian State 67
  1S  Coll. of Charleston 77
4S  Georgia Southern 81  
5N  UNC Greensboro 78  
  1N  Appalachian State 74
    4S  Georgia Southern 65  
      
        
  1N  Appalachian State 94**
  2S  Chattanooga 91  
        
        
  2S  Chattanooga 77
    3N  East Tennessee St. 65  
3N  East Tennessee St. 72
6S  The Citadel 59  

* Overtime game

See also

References

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