1948 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

1948 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams10
SiteDuke Indoor Stadium
Durham, NC
ChampionsNorth Carolina State (3rd title)
Winning coachEverett Case (2nd title)
← 1947
1949 →
1947–48 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Carolina State † 12 – 0   1.000 29 – 3   .906
George Washington 13 – 3   .813 19 – 7   .731
North Carolina 11 – 4   .733 20 – 7   .741
Maryland 9 – 6   .600 11 – 14   .440
Davidson 10 – 7   .588 19 – 9   .679
Virginia Tech 7 – 5   .583 14 – 9   .609
Duke 8 – 6   .571 17 – 12   .586
Wake Forest 8 – 7   .533 18 – 11   .621
William & Mary 8 – 7   .533 13 – 10   .565
South Carolina 8 – 7   .533 12 – 11   .522
Washington and Lee 5 – 9   .357 7 – 17   .292
The Citadel 4 – 8   .333 8 – 9   .471
Richmond 4 – 9   .308 8 – 14   .364
Furman 3 – 10   .231 11 – 15   .423
Clemson 3 – 14   .176 6 – 17   .261
VMI 1 – 12   .077 3 – 16   .158
† Southern Conference Tournament winner

The 1948 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 2–5, 1948 at Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The North Carolina State Wolfpack won their third Southern Conference title, led by head coach Everett Case.[1]

Format

The top ten finishers of the conference's sixteen members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured two games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinals.

Bracket

First round
March 2 		Quarterfinals
March 3 		Semifinals
March 4 		Finals
March 5
            
Wake Forest 56
William & Mary 61
NC State 73
William & Mary 52
NC State 55
North Carolina 50
North Carolina 61
Virginia Tech 40
NC State 58
Duke 50
Maryland 51
Davidson 58
Duke 53
Davidson 37
Duke 63
South Carolina 48
Duke 54
George Washington 51

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ^ Southern Conference tournament Results. p. 13. Retrieved August 28, 2014.