The 2021 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2020–21 season. All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 5 through 8, 2021. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
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. SeedSchoolConference1UNC Greensboro13–52Wofford12–53Furman10–54Chattanooga9–75ETSU8–76VMI7–77Mercer8–98The Citadel5–119Western Carolina4–1310Samford2–9
Schedule and results GameTimeMatchup ScoreTelevision First round – Friday, March 515:30 pm No. 8 The Citadel vs. No. 9 Western Carolina100–86 ESPN+28:00 pm No. 7 Mercer vs No. 10 Samford87–59 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 6312:00 pm No. 1 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 8 The Citadel80–72ESPN+42:30 pm No. 4 Chattanooga vs. No. 5 ETSU53–6355:30 pm No. 2 Wofford vs. No. 7 Mercer61–6268:00 pm No. 3 Furman vs. No. 6 VMI90–91OT Semifinals – Sunday, March 775:00 pm No. 1 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 5 ETSU77–65ESPNU87:30 pmNo. 7 Mercer vs. No. 6 VMI 73–59 Final – Monday, March 897:00 pmNo. 1 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 7 Mercer69–61ESPN *Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
See also 2021 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
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