2014 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2014 Big South men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big South Conference that took place from March 5–9, 2014, at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina. Both semifinal games were broadcast on ESPN3, and the championship game was televised on ESPN2.

2014 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013–14
Teams	12
Site	HTC Center Conway, South Carolina
Champions	Coastal Carolina (4th title)
Winning coach	Cliff Ellis (1st title)
MVP	Warren Gillis (Coastal Carolina)
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2013–14 Big South men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North
High Point	12	–	4		.750			16	–	15		.516
VMI	11	–	5		.688			22	–	13		.629
Radford	10	–	6		.625			22	–	13		.629
Campbell	6	–	10		.375			12	–	20		.375
Liberty	5	–	11		.313			11	–	21		.344
Longwood	3	–	13		.188			8	–	24		.250
South
Coastal Carolina †	11	–	5		.688			21	–	13		.618
Winthrop	10	–	6		.625			20	–	13		.606
Gardner–Webb	10	–	6		.625			18	–	15		.545
UNC Asheville	10	–	6		.625			17	–	15		.531
Charleston Southern	6	–	10		.375			13	–	18		.419
Presbyterian	2	–	14		.125			6	–	26		.188
† 2014 Big South tournament winner

Format

All 12 teams were eligible for the tournament. Seeding was decided by divisions – the top two teams with the best overall conference records in each division received the top four seeds in the championship and first-round byes. The remaining seeds were determined based on division finish. In the event of a tie for a particular seed, the seed was determined within each division.^[1]

The #1 seeds of each division faced the winner of the game between the #4 seed from the opposite division and the #5 seed from the team's same division in the quarterfinal round. Similarly, the #2 seeds of each division faced the winner of the #3 seed from the opposite division and the #6 seed from the same division. The semifinal round featured the winner of the #1 seeds' quarterfinal games against the winner of the game featuring the #2 seeds from the opposite division.

Seeds

North Division
Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	High Point ‡	12–4	16–13
2	VMI	11–5	18–11
3	Radford	10–6	20–11
4	Campbell	6–10	12–19
5	Liberty	5–11	11–20
6	Longwood	3–13	8–23
South Division
Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Coastal Carolina ‡	11–5	18–12
2	UNC Asheville	10–6	16–14	3–1 vs. GWU & Winthrop
3	Gardner–Webb	10–6	17–14	2–0 vs. Winthrop
4	Winthrop	10–6	17–12
5	Charleston Southern	6–10	12–17
6	Presbyterian	2–14	6–25
‡ – Big South regular season division champions. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Score
First round - Wednesday, March 5
1	1	12:00 pm	#4S Winthrop vs. #5N Liberty	BSN	77–65
	2	2:00 pm	#3N Radford vs. #6S Presbyterian	BSN	78–73
2	3	6:00 pm	#4N Campbell vs. #5S Charleston Southern	BSN	71–81
	4	8:00 pm	#3S Gardner–Webb vs. #6N Longwood	BSN	81–65
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 7
3	5	12:00 pm	#1N High Point vs. #4S Winthrop	ESPN3	62–60
	6	2:00 pm	#2S UNC Asheville vs. #3N Radford	ESPN3	96–87
4	7	6:00 pm	#1S Coastal Carolina vs. #5S Charleston Southern	ESPN3	73–68
	8	8:00 pm	#2N VMI vs. #3S Gardner–Webb	ESPN3	90–77
Semifinals - Saturday, March 8
5	9	12:00 pm	#4S Winthrop vs. #2S UNC Asheville	ESPN3	80–79
	10	2:00 pm	#1S Coastal Carolina vs. #2N VMI	ESPN3	66–62
Championship Game - Sunday, March 9
6	11	12:00 pm	#4S Winthrop vs. #1S Coastal Carolina	ESPN2	76–61

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

^[2]

First round March 5, 2014

Quarterfinals March 7, 2014

Semifinals March 8, 2014 ESPN3

Championship March 9, 2014 ESPN2

1N

High Point

60

4S

Winthrop

62

4S

Winthrop

77

5N

Liberty

65

4S

Winthrop

80

2S

UNC Asheville

79

2S

UNC Asheville

96

3N

Radford

87

3N

Radford

78

6S

Presbyterian

73

4S

Winthrop

61

1S

Coastal Carolina

76

1S

Coastal Carolina

73**

5S

Charleston Southern

68

4N

Campbell

71

5S

Charleston Southern

81

1S

Coastal Carolina

66

2N

VMI

62

2N

VMI

90

3S

Gardner–Webb

77

3S

Gardner–Webb

81

6N

Longwood

65