The 2022 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference (SoCon) for the 2021–22 season. All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, during March 4–7, 2022. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
In the championship game, David Jean-Baptiste scored a buzzer-beating three-pointer to give Chattanooga a 64–63 overtime win over Furman. It was Chattanooga's first SoCon men's basketball title since 2016.
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. Tiebreakers used are 1) head-to-head results, 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team and working down and 3) NCAA NET rankings on the first available report after the regular season is complete. Samford was seeded over Wofford due to having a better record against conference top seed Chattanooga. VMI was seeded over UNC Greensboro due to having a better record against Mercer. The top six teams received first-round byes. SeedSchoolConferenceNET ranking(March 3, 2021) 1Chattanooga14–469th2Furman12–681st3Samford180th4Wofford105th5VMI157th6UNC Greensboro159th7Mercer8–10192nd8East Tennessee State7–11173rd9The Citadel6–12237th10Western Carolina5–13279th
Schedule and results GameTimeMatchup ScoreTelevision First round – Friday, March 415:00 pmNo. 8 East Tennessee State vs. No. 9 The Citadel76–84ESPN+27:30 pmNo. 7 Mercer vs. No. 10 Western Carolina81–53 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5312:00 pmNo. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 9 The Citadel71–66ESPN+/Nexstar42:30 pmNo. 4 Wofford vs. No. 5 VMI68–6656:00 pmNo. 2 Furman vs. No. 7 Mercer 80–6668:00 pmNo. 3 Samford vs. No. 6 UNC Greensboro66–64 Semifinals – Sunday, March 674:00 pmNo. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 4 Wofford79–56ESPNU86:30 pmNo. 2 Furman vs. No. 3 Samford71–68 Final – Monday, March 797:00 pmNo. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 2 Furman64–63OTESPN *Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
See also 2022 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
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