The 2014 Big South men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big South Conference that took place from March 5–9, 2014, at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina. Both semifinal games were broadcast on ESPN3, and the championship game was televised on ESPN2.
Format All 12 teams were eligible for the tournament. Seeding was decided by divisions – the top two teams with the best overall conference records in each division received the top four seeds in the championship and first-round byes. The remaining seeds were determined based on division finish. In the event of a tie for a particular seed, the seed was determined within each division.
The #1 seeds of each division faced the winner of the game between the #4 seed from the opposite division and the #5 seed from the team's same division in the quarterfinal round. Similarly, the #2 seeds of each division faced the winner of the #3 seed from the opposite division and the #6 seed from the same division. The semifinal round featured the winner of the #1 seeds' quarterfinal games against the winner of the game featuring the #2 seeds from the opposite division.
Seeds North Division Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1High Point ‡ 12–4 16–13 2VMI 11–5 18–11 3Radford 10–6 20–11 4Campbell 6–10 12–19 5Liberty 5–11 11–20 6Longwood 3–13 8–23 South Division Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1Coastal Carolina ‡ 11–5 18–12 2UNC Asheville 10–6 16–143–1 vs. GWU & Winthrop 3Gardner–Webb 10–6 17–142–0 vs. Winthrop 4Winthrop 10–6 17–12 5Charleston Southern 6–10 12–17 6Presbyterian 2–14 6–25‡ – Big South regular season division champions.Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionScore First round - Wednesday, March 511 12:00 pm#4S Winthrop vs. #5N LibertyBSN77–6522:00 pm#3N Radford vs. #6S PresbyterianBSN78–73236:00 pm#4N Campbell vs. #5S Charleston SouthernBSN71–8148:00 pm#3S Gardner–Webb vs. #6N LongwoodBSN81–65 Quarterfinals - Friday, March 73512:00 pm#1N High Point vs. #4S WinthropESPN362–6062:00 pm#2S UNC Asheville vs. #3N RadfordESPN396–87476:00 pm#1S Coastal Carolina vs. #5S Charleston SouthernESPN373–6888:00 pm#2N VMI vs. #3S Gardner–WebbESPN390–77 Semifinals - Saturday, March 85912:00 pm#4S Winthrop vs. #2S UNC AshevilleESPN380–79102:00 pm#1S Coastal Carolina vs. #2N VMIESPN366–62 Championship Game - Sunday, March 961112:00 pm#4S Winthrop vs. #1S Coastal CarolinaESPN276–61 *Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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