1995 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1995 Big South Conference I Men's 250px 8 Vines Center Lynchburg, VA Charleston Southern 3rd Gary Edwards 1st Eric Burks Charleton Southern The 1995 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 3–5, 1995, at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of the Liberty Flames. For the third time in their school history, the Charleston Southern Buccaneers won the tournament, led by head coach Gary Edwards.Big South Men's Basketball History - p. 4 Before the season, Campbell departed the Big South due to scheduling conflicts. This left the conference with just five teams having played at the Division I level for at least five years, short of the six such members required by the NCAA for a conference to receive an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.ATKINSON CHARLIE MAYBE BIG SOUTH HASN'T SEEN THE LAST OF CAMPBELL ONE COACH PRIVATELY QUESTIONS MOVE TO NEW LEAGUE https://greensboro.com/maybe-big-south-hasnt-seen-the-last-of-campbell-one-coach-privately-questions-move-to/article_802abdc4-4b5e-524d-b9bb-32a0ed91f8a7.html 2021-12-29 Greensboro News and Record en As a result, the Big South did not have an automatic qualifier to the 1995 NCAA tournament,Writer CHARLIE ATKINSON Staff BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THIS SHOULD BE UNCG'S YEAR\ CHARLESTON SOUTHERN WILL CHALLENGE https://greensboro.com/by-all-accounts-this-should-be-uncgs-year-charleston-southern-will-challenge/article_dd19b29d-6599-5c5e-a0af-b81595cc41a2.html 2021-12-29 Greensboro News and Record en its first time without an auto-bid since 1990; it regained an auto-bid in 1996 and has maintained an auto-bid in every year since, as of 2021. Charleston Southern would receive its first NCAA tournament bid in 1997. Format The top eight finishers of the conference's nine teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Vines Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. This was the last year for Towson as a member of the conference. Bracket QuarterfinalsMarch 3 SemifinalsMarch 4 FinalsMarch 5 1 UNC Greensboro 75 8 Winthrop 51 4 Radford 63 5 UNC Asheville 47 3 UMBC 54 6 Liberty 57 2 Charleston Southern 85 7 Towson State 55 1 UNC Greensboro 71 4 Radford 59 2 Charleston Southern 60 6 Liberty 58 1 UNC Greensboro 67 2 Charleston Southern 68 * Asterisk indicates overtime game Source All-Tournament Team Eric Burks, Charleston Southern Brett Larrick, Charleston Southern Derrick Nix, UNC Greensboro Eric Cuthrell, UNC Greensboro Antoine Dalton, Radford References Tournament Category:Big South Conference men's basketball tournament Big South Conference men's basketball tournament Big South Conference men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in Virginia Category:Sports in Lynchburg, Virginia