1940 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 1940 Southern Conference Men's 8 Thompson Gym Raleigh, NC North Carolina 7th Bill Lange 1st The 1940 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from February 29–March 2, 1940, at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The North Carolina Tar Heels won their seventh Southern Conference title, led by head coach Bill Lange.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 QuarterfinalsFebruary 29 SemifinalsMarch 1 FinalsMarch 2 Wake Forest 40 Richmond 34 North Carolina 50 Clemson 41 Duke 40 The Citadel 35 Maryland 43 Washington and Lee 30 Wake Forest 35 North Carolina 43 Duke 44 Maryland 32 North Carolina 43 Duke 23 * 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 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Category:Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in Raleigh, North Carolina Category:North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball