2014 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

2014 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2013–14
Teams11
SiteU.S. Cellular Center
Asheville, North Carolina
ChampionsWofford (3rd title)
Winning coachMike Young (3rd title)
MVPKarl Cochran[1] (Wofford)
Attendance5,799 (Championship game)
TelevisionESPN3, ESPN2
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2013–14 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Davidson 15 1   .938 20 13   .606
Chattanooga 12 4   .750 18 15   .545
Wofford 11 5   .688 20 13   .606
Elon 11 5   .688 18 14   .563
Western Carolina 10 6   .625 19 15   .559
UNC Greensboro 7 9   .438 14 18   .438
Georgia Southern 6 10   .375 15 19   .441
Samford 6 10   .375 13 20   .394
Appalachian State 5 11   .313 9 21   .300
Furman 3 13   .188 9 21   .300
The Citadel 2 14   .125 7 26   .212
2014 SoCon Tournament winner

The 2014 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place between Friday, March 7 and Monday, March 10 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.[2] The entire tournament was streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised by ESPN2. The champion received an automatic bid into the 2014 NCAA tournament.

It was the last Southern Conference tournament for four teams that officially left the conference on July 1, 2014. Appalachian State and Georgia Southern, which upgraded their football programs to the top-level Division I FBS, joined the FBS Sun Belt Conference. Davidson became a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Elon joined the Colonial Athletic Association.

Despite all of these departures, the championship game was contested between two teams who remained in the Southern Conference. Western Carolina reached the championship by coming back from double-digit deficits, including a 15-point second-half deficit to regular season champion Davidson in the semifinals. In the championship game, it looked like history might repeat itself, as the Catamounts came back from an 11-point deficit to as close as 1. However, Trey Sumler missed a last-second three-point shot to tie the game, and Wofford won their 3rd conference championship.

  1. ^ "Wofford Wins SoCon Championship".
  2. ^ "2014 Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships". Southern Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2014.