The 1923 Southern Intercollegiate men's basketball tournament took place between teams of both the Southern Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from February 27–March 3, 1923, at Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Mississippi A&M Aggies won their first Southern Conference title.Southern Conference tournament Results. p. 6. Retrieved June 29, 2015. After MSU won the tournament, a celebration broke out in downtown Starkville. A bonfire was built, and when firemen arrived to put it out, students chopped up their water hose and even hit one of the firemen over the head with a bugle.
Bracket
* Overtime game
Championship
All-Southern tournament team
+ Player Position Class Team K. P. Gatchell GJunior Mississippi A&M Baby Roane G Junior Georgia Tech H. G. PerkinsFSenior Mississippi A&M Consuello Smith FSenior Mercer Bill Redd C Senior Chattanooga
See also List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions
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