The 2016 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place Friday, March 4 through Monday, March 7 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center. The entire tournament was streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised on ESPN2 at 9 pm EST. The champion, Chattanooga, received an automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament.
Seeds Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1 Chattanooga †# 15–3 26–5 2 East Tennessee State # 14–4 21–10 3 Furman # 11–7 17–14 1–1 vs Chattanooga 4 Wofford # 11–7 15–16 0–2 vs Chattanooga 5 Western Carolina # 10–8 15–16 2–0 vs Mercer 6 UNC Greensboro # 10–8 14–17 1–1 vs Mercer 7 Mercer 8–10 18–13 8 Samford 4–14 13–18 1–1 vs. Western Carolina 9 VMI 4–14 9–20 0–2 vs. Western Carolina 10 The Citadel 3–15 10–21 † – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.
Bracket
All-tournament team
First Team T.J. Cromer, ETSU Ge’Lawn Guyn, ETSU Tre’ McLean, Chattanooga Greg Pryor, Chattanooga Mike Brown, Western Carolina
Second Team Desonta Bradford, ETSU Devin Sibley, Furman QJ Peterson, VMI Torrion Brummitt, Western Carolina Fletcher Magee, Wofford
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