2022 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2022 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference (SoCon) for the 2021–22 season. All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, during March 4–7, 2022. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Not to be confused with 2022 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament.

2022 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams10
SiteHarrah's Cherokee Center
Asheville, North Carolina
ChampionsChattanooga (12th title)
Winning coachLamont Paris (1st title)
TelevisionESPN+, Nexstar, ESPNU, ESPN
2021–22 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Chattanooga †14–4 .77827–8  .771
Furman12–6 .66722–12  .647
Samford10–8 .55621–11  .656
Wofford10–8 .55619–13  .594
VMI9–9 .50016–16  .500
UNC Greensboro9–9 .50017–15  .531
Mercer8–10 .44416–17  .485
East Tennessee State7–11 .38915–17  .469
The Citadel6–12 .33313–17  .433
Western Carolina5–13 .27811–21  .344
† 2022 SoCon Tournament winner

In the championship game, David Jean-Baptiste scored a buzzer-beating three-pointer to give Chattanooga a 64–63 overtime win over Furman. It was Chattanooga's first SoCon men's basketball title since 2016.

Seeds

All ten teams in the Southern Conference were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Tiebreakers used are 1) head-to-head results, 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team and working down and 3) NCAA NET rankings on the first available report after the regular season is complete. Samford was seeded over Wofford due to having a better record against conference top seed Chattanooga. VMI was seeded over UNC Greensboro due to having a better record against Mercer.[1] The top six teams received first-round byes.

Seed School Conference NET ranking[2]
(March 3, 2021)
1 Chattanooga 14–4 69th
2 Furman 12–6 81st
3 Samford 10–8 180th
4 Wofford 10–8 105th
5 VMI 9–9 157th
6 UNC Greensboro 9–9 159th
7 Mercer 8–10 192nd
8 East Tennessee State 7–11 173rd
9 The Citadel 6–12 237th
10 Western Carolina 5–13 279th

Schedule and results
Game Time[3] Matchup Score Television
First round – Friday, March 4
1 5:00 pm No. 8 East Tennessee State vs. No. 9 The Citadel 76–84 ESPN+
2 7:30 pm No. 7 Mercer vs. No. 10 Western Carolina 81–53
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5
3 12:00 pm No. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 9 The Citadel 71–66 ESPN+/Nexstar
4 2:30 pm No. 4 Wofford vs. No. 5 VMI 68–66
5 6:00 pm No. 2 Furman vs. No. 7 Mercer 80–66
6 8:00 pm No. 3 Samford vs. No. 6 UNC Greensboro 66–64
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
7 4:00 pm No. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 4 Wofford 79–56 ESPNU
8 6:30 pm No. 2 Furman vs. No. 3 Samford 71–68
Final – Monday, March 7
9 7:00 pm No. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 2 Furman 64–63OT ESPN
*Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket
First round
March 4
ESPN+ 		Quarterfinals
March 5
ESPN+/Nexstar 		Semifinals
March 6
ESPNU 		Championship
March 7
ESPN
1 Chattanooga 71
8 East Tennessee State 76 9 The Citadel 66
9 The Citadel 84 1 Chattanooga 79
4 Wofford 56
4 Wofford 68
5 VMI 66
1 Chattanooga 64*
2 Furman 63
2 Furman 80
7 Mercer 81 7 Mercer 66
10 Western Carolina 53 2 Furman 71
3 Samford 68
3 Samford 66
6 UNC Greensboro 64

See also

References
  1. "Tie-Breaking Formula" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. "NCAA Statistics - NET Ranking MBB 3/3/2022". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  3. "2021 Ingles SoCon Basketball Championships presented by General Shale Brick".
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