2013 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

2013 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
2013 Big South Championship logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2012–13
Teams12
SiteHTC Center
Conway, South Carolina
ChampionsLiberty (3rd title)
Winning coachDale Layer (1st title)
MVPJohn Caleb-Sanders
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2012–13 Big South men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
High Point 12 4   .750 17 14   .548
VMI 8 8   .500 14 17   .452
Radford 7 9   .438 13 19   .406
Campbell 7 9   .438 13 20   .394
Liberty 6 10   .375 15 21   .417
Longwood 4 12   .250 8 25   .242
South
Charleston Southern 12 4   .750 19 13   .594
Gardner–Webb 11 5   .688 21 13   .618
UNC Asheville 10 6   .625 16 16   .500
Coastal Carolina 9 7   .563 14 15   .483
Winthrop 6 10   .375 14 17   .452
Presbyterian 4 12   .250 8 24   .250
2013 Big South tournament winner
As of March 20, 2013
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Big South men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big South Conference that took place from March 5–10, 2013, at the brand new HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina. Both semifinal games were broadcast on ESPN3, and the championship game was televised on ESPN2.

Both the men's and women's tournaments were held together at the HTC Center.[1] The conference hadn't held combined men’s and women’s tournaments since 2001–02 when both events were played at the Roanoke Civic Center[2] The tournament was won by the fifth-seeded North Division Liberty Flames, their third conference title, and first since 2004. With four wins in the tournament, including two over both divisions' top seeds, Liberty won the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, becoming only the second 20-loss team in the tournament's history (the other being Coppin State in 2007–08).

  1. ^ "Big South Announces Title Sponsor, Format for Basketball Tourneys". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
  2. ^ Lang, Chris (7 June 2012). "Big South unveils new basketball tourney format". News & Advance. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.