The 1957 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 7–9, 1957 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The West Virginia Mountaineers, led by head coach Fred Schaus, won their third Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1957 NCAA tournament.Southern Conference tournament Results. p. 17. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
Format The top eight finishers of the conference's ten 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
* Overtime game
See also List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions
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