The 2020 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2019–20 season. All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 6 through 9, 2020. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, which was subsequently cancelled due to the COVID pandemic.
Seeds All ten teams in the Southern Conference are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams will be 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 11East Tennessee State16–22Furman15–33UNC Greensboro13–54Mercer11–75Western Carolina10–82–0 vs. Chattanooga6Chattanooga10–80–2 vs. Western Carolina7Wofford8–108Samford4–149VMI3–1510The Citadel0–18
Schedule and results GameTimeMatchup ScoreTelevision First round – Friday, March 615:00 pm No. 8 Samford vs. No. 9 VMI 78–96ESPN+27:30 pm No. 7 Wofford vs No. 10 The Citadel93−76 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7312:00 pm No. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 9 VMI70–57ESPN+42:30 pm No. 4 Mercer vs No. 5 Western Carolina56–7056:00 pm No. 2 Furman vs No. 7 Wofford68–7768:30 pm No. 3 UNC Greensboro vs No. 6 Chattanooga68–78 Semifinals – Sunday, March 874:00 pmNo. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 5 Western Carolina97–75ESPN+86:30 pmNo. 7 Wofford vs No. 6 Chattanooga72–70 Final – Monday, March 997:00 pmNo. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 7 Wofford72-58ESPN *Game times in EST for first round and quarterfinals, and EDT for semifinals and final. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
See also 2020 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
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