1976 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 1976 Southern Conference Men's 8 Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC VMI 2nd Bill Blair 1st The 1976 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from February 28–March 4, 1976. The quarterfinal round was hosted at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals were hosted at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina. The VMI Keydets, led by head coach Bill Blair, won their second Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1976 NCAA tournament.Southern Conference tournament Results. p. 24. 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 QuarterfinalsFebruary 28 SemifinalsMarch 3 FinalsMarch 4 1 VMI 71 8 Davidson 69 4 East Carolina 72 5 Appalachian State 79 2 William & Mary 70 7 Furman 57 3 Richmond 82 6 The Citadel 69 1 VMI 71 5 Appalachian State 64 2 William & Mary 78 3 Richmond 84 1 VMI 41 3 Richmond 33 * 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:Sports competitions in Greenville, South Carolina Category:College basketball tournaments in South Carolina