1981 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 1981 Southern Conference Men's 8 Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, VA Chattanooga 1st Murray Arnold 1st The 1981 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from February 28–March 7, 1981. The quarterfinal round was hosted at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals were hosted at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The Chattanooga Mocs, led by head coach Murray Arnold, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1981 NCAA tournament.Southern Conference tournament Results. p. 26-27. 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 13, 2014. Format The top eight finishers of the conference's nine 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 6 FinalsMarch 7 1 Chattanooga 89 8 VMI 63 4 East Tennessee St. 80 5 Western Carolina 91 2 Davidson 77 7 Marshall 90 3 Appalachian State 75* 6 Furman 71 1 Chattanooga 79 5 Western Carolina 70 3 Appalachian State 77 7 Marshall 62 1 Chattanooga 59 3 Appalachian State 55 * 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 Roanoke, Virginia Category:College basketball tournaments in Virginia