1923 Southern Intercollegiate men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 1923 Southern Conference Men's 22 Municipal Auditorium Atlanta, GA Mississippi Aggies 1st Bill Redd Chattanooga 62 The 1923 Southern Intercollegiate men's basketball tournament took place between teams of both the Southern Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from February 27–March 3, 1923, at Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Mississippi A&M Aggies won their first Southern Conference title.Southern Conference tournament Results. p. 6. 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 June 29, 2015. After MSU won the tournament, a celebration broke out in downtown Starkville. A bonfire was built, and when firemen arrived to put it out, students chopped up their water hose and even hit one of the firemen over the head with a bugle.https://msstate.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/uac/id/9013/rec/14 Basketball, 1923 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament Trophy Bracket First roundFebruary 27 Second roundFebruary 28 QuarterfinalsMarch 1 SemifinalsMarch 2 FinalsMarch 3 VPI Bye Vanderbilt 36 LSU 10 Chattanooga 43 Georgetown 27 South Carolina Bye Wofford 25 Alabama 44 Newberry Bye Mercer 45 Auburn 24 Georgia 23 Tennessee 19 Centre 27 Clemson 23 Georgia Tech Bye North Carolina 28 Mississippi College 21 Mississippi Bye Furman 40 Millsaps 21 Mississippi A&M Bye VPI 26 Vanderbilt 23 Newberry 22 Mercer 34 South Carolina 24 Alabama 49 Georgia Bye Centre 26 Georgia Tech 34 Chattanooga Bye North Carolina 32 Mississippi 34 Furman 21 Mississippi A&M 47 VPI 23 Chattanooga 38 Alabama 23 Mercer 28 Georgia 22 Georgia Tech 27 Mississippi 25 Mississippi A&M 33 Chattanooga 24 Mercer 19 Georgia Tech 17 Mississippi A&M 25 Chattanooga 21 Mississippi A&M 31 * Overtime game Championship #eee March 3 Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia Chattanooga 21 Mississippi A&M 31 Yarnell Barnes 8 B. E. Norris 12 Stanley Sutton All-Southern tournament team 1923 College Basketball All-Southern Team + Player Position Class Team K. P. Gatchell GJunior Mississippi A&M Baby Roane G Junior Georgia Tech H. G. PerkinsFSenior Mississippi A&M Consuello Smith FSenior Mercer Bill Redd C Senior Chattanooga See also List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions References Category:1922–23 Southern Conference men's basketball season Category:Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament Southern Intercollegiate men's basketball tournament Southern Intercollegiate men's basketball tournament Southern Intercollegiate men's basketball tournament