2000 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2000 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199900
Teams 12
Site BI-LO Center
Greenville, SC
Champions Appalachian State (2nd title)
Winning coach Buzz Peterson (1st title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1999  2001»
1999–2000 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North
Appalachian State 13 3   .813     23 9   .719
Davidson 10 6   .625     15 13   .536
UNC Greensboro 9 7   .563     15 13   .536
East Tennessee State 8 8   .500     14 15   .483
Western Carolina 7 9   .438     14 14   .500
VMI 1 15   .063     6 23   .207
South
College of Charleston 13 3   .813     24 6   .800
Georgia Southern 10 6   .625     16 12   .571
Wofford 8 8   .500     14 16   .467
Chattanooga 6 10   .375     10 19   .345
The Citadel 5 10   .333     9 20   .310
Furman 5 10   .333     14 18   .438
SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 2000; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–5, 2000 at the BI-LO Center in Greenville, South Carolina. The Appalachian State Mountaineers won their second Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 2000 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

All twelve teams were eligible for the tournament. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured four games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round. The top two finishers in each division received first round byes.

Bracket

  First Round
March 2
Quarterfinals
March 3
Semifinals
March 4
Finals
March 5
                                     
4S  Chattanooga 90  
5N  Western Carolina 75  
  1N  Appalachian State 88  
    4S  Chattanooga 66  
      
        
  1N  Appalachian State 60  
  6S  Furman 56  
        
        
  2S  Georgia Southern 54
    6S  Furman 68  
3N  UNC Greensboro 61
6S  Furman 77  
  1N  Appalachian State 68
  1S  Coll. of Charleston 56
4N  East Tennessee St. 85  
5S  The Citadel 71  
  1S  Coll. of Charleston 65
    4N  East Tennessee St. 51  
      
        
  1S  Coll. of Charleston 74
  3S  Wofford 64  
        
        
  2N  Davidson 64
    3S  Wofford 65  
3S  Wofford 81
6N  VMI 72  

* Overtime game

See also

References

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