The 2019 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2018–19 season. All tournament games were played at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 8 through 11, 2019.
20th ranked Wofford defeated UNC Greensboro 70–58 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament. Wofford's perfect season in the SoCon, (perfect regular season, and winning the conference tournament) was the first since the Stephen Curry led Davidson Wildcats accomplished the feat in the 2007–08 season.
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. The top six teams received first-round byes. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 31Wofford18–02UNC Greensboro15–33Furman13–51–1 vs ETSU0–2 vs Wofford1–1 vs UNC Greensboro4East Tennessee State13–51–1 vs Furman0–2 vs Wofford0–2 vs UNC Greensboro5Chattanooga7–116Mercer6–122–0 vs Samford7Samford6–120–2 vs Mercer8VMI4–143–1 vs Western Carolina/The Citadel9Western Carolina4–142–2 vs VMI/The Citadel10The Citadel4–141–3 vs VMI/Western Carolina
Schedule and results GameTimeMatchup ScoreTelevision First round – Friday, March 815:00 pmNo. 8 VMI vs No. 9 Western Carolina96–83ESPN+ 27:30 pmNo. 7 Samford vs No. 10 The Citadel100–71 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9312:00 pmNo. 1 Wofford vs No. 8 VMI99–72ESPN+42:30 pmNo. 4 East Tennessee State vs No. 5 Chattanooga68–6456:00 pmNo. 2 UNC Greensboro vs No. 7 Samford77–7068:30 pmNo. 3 Furman vs No. 6 Mercer85–74 Semifinals – Sunday, March 1074:00 pmNo. 1 Wofford vs No. 4 East Tennessee State81–72ESPN+86:30 pmNo. 2 UNC Greensboro vs No. 3 Furman66–62 Final – Monday, March 1197:00 pmNo. 1 Wofford vs. No. 2 UNC Greensboro70–58ESPN *Game times in EST for first round and quarterfinals, and EDT for semifinals and final. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
See also 2019 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
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