1972 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 1972 Southern Conference Men's 8 Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC East Carolina 1st Tom Quinn 1st The 1972 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 2–4, 1972 at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina. The East Carolina Pirates, led by head coach Tom Quinn, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1972 NCAA tournament.Southern Conference tournament Results. p. 22. https://web.archive.org/web/20181003093117/http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/files/bktny/all_time_mbk_tny_results.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=4000 October 3, 2018 Retrieved August 14, 2014. Format All of the conference's eight members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds. Bracket QuarterfinalsMarch 2 SemifinalsMarch 3 FinalsMarch 4 1 Davidson 87 8 Appalachian State 77 4 East Carolina 80 5 The Citadel 71 2 Furman 126 7 VMI 80 3 William & Mary 98 6 Richmond 82 1 Davidson 77 4 East Carolina 81 2 Furman 93 3 William & Mary 74 2 Furman 75 4 East Carolina 77* * Overtime game See also List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions References Tournament Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Category:Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Category:Sports competitions in Greenville, South Carolina Category:College basketball tournaments in South Carolina