The 2023 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2022–23 season. All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 36, 2023. The winner of the tournament, Furman, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
Seeds All ten teams in the Southern Conference will be 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 will receive first-round byes. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Furman1532-0 vs. Samford2Samford1530-2 vs. Furman3UNC Greensboro1444Western Carolina1085East Tennessee State8102-0 vs. Wofford6Wofford8100-2 vs. East Tennessee State7Chattanooga7118Mercer6129The Citadel51310VMI216
Schedule and results GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionFirst round – Friday, March 315:00 pmNo. 8 Mercer vs. No. 9 The Citadel6641ESPN+27:30 pmNo. 7 Chattanooga vs. No. 10 VMI9272Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4312:00 pmNo. 1 Furman vs. No. 8 Mercer7358ESPN+/Nexstar42:30 pmNo. 4 Western Carolina vs. No. 5 East Tennessee State695756:00 pmNo. 2 Samford vs. No. 7 Chattanooga858268:30 pmNo. 3 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 6 Wofford6766Semifinals – Sunday, March 574:00 pmNo. 1 Furman vs. No. 4 Western Carolina83–80OTESPNU86:30 pmNo. 7 Chattanooga vs No. 6 Wofford74–62ESPNewsFinal – Monday, March 697:00 pmNo. 1 Furman vs. No. 7 Chattanooga88–79ESPN*Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
See also
2023 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
References