1939 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 1939 Southern Conference Men's 11 Thompson Gym Raleigh, NC Clemson 1st Joe Davis 1st The 1939 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 1–4, 1939 at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Clemson Tigers won their first Southern Conference title, led by head coach Joe Davis.Southern Conference tournament Results. p. 10. 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 28, 2014. Format The top eight finishers of the conference's fifteen 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 First roundMarch 1 QuarterfinalsMarch 2 SemifinalsMarch 3 FinalsMarch 4 Clemson 44 North Carolina 43 Richmond 31 VMI 20 NC State 40 Duke 39 Wake Forest 28 Clemson 30 Davidson 43 Washington and Lee 32 Maryland 47 Richmond 32 The Citadel 38 NC State 40 Clemson 49 Davidson 33 Maryland 53 NC State 29 Clemson 39 Maryland 27 * Overtime game See also List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions References Tournament Category:Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in Raleigh, North Carolina Category:Clemson Tigers men's basketball