2016 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2016 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place Friday, March 4 through Monday, March 7 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.^[1] The entire tournament was streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised on ESPN2 at 9pm EST. The champion, Chattanooga, received an automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament.

2016 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	10
Site	U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Chattanooga (11th title)
Winning coach	Matt McCall (1st title)
MVP	Greg Pryor (Chattanooga)
Television	ESPN3, ESPN2
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2015–16 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Chattanooga †	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
East Tennessee State	14	–	4		.778			24	–	12		.667
Furman	11	–	7		.611			19	–	16		.543
Wofford	11	–	7		.611			15	–	17		.469
Western Carolina	10	–	8		.556			16	–	18		.471
UNC Greensboro	10	–	8		.556			15	–	19		.441
Mercer	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Samford	4	–	14		.222			14	–	19		.424
VMI	4	–	14		.222			9	–	21		.300
The Citadel	3	–	15		.167			10	–	22		.313
† 2016 SoCon Tournament winner

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Chattanooga †#	15–3	26–5
2	East Tennessee State #	14–4	21–10
3	Furman #	11–7	17–14	1–1 vs Chattanooga
4	Wofford #	11–7	15–16	0–2 vs Chattanooga
5	Western Carolina #	10–8	15–16	2–0 vs Mercer
6	UNC Greensboro #	10–8	14–17	1–1 vs Mercer
7	Mercer	8–10	18–13
8	Samford	4–14	13–18	1–1 vs. Western Carolina
9	VMI	4–14	9–20	0–2 vs. Western Carolina
10	The Citadel	3–15	10–21
† – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Bracket

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	First round Friday, March 4					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5					Semifinals Sunday, March 6					Championship Monday, March 7
						1	Chattanooga	59
						8	Samford	54
	8	Samford	92OT
	9	VMI	85
											1	Chattanooga	73
											5	Western Carolina	69
						4	Wofford	83
						5	Western Carolina	882OT
																1	Chattanooga	73
																2	East Tennessee State	67
						2	East Tennessee State	81
						7	Mercer	65
	7	Mercer	71
	10	The Citadel	69
											2	East Tennessee State	84
											3	Furman	76
						3	Furman	80
						6	UNC Greensboro	64

All-tournament team

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First Team

• T.J. Cromer, ETSU
• Ge’Lawn Guyn, ETSU
• Tre’ McLean, Chattanooga
• Greg Pryor, Chattanooga
• Mike Brown, Western Carolina

Second Team

• Desonta Bradford, ETSU
• Devin Sibley, Furman
• QJ Peterson, VMI
• Torrion Brummitt, Western Carolina
• Fletcher Magee, Wofford