2022 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

Not to be confused with 2022 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament.

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.

2022 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	10
Site	Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Chattanooga (12th title)
Winning coach	Lamont Paris (1st title)
Television	ESPN+, Nexstar, ESPNU, ESPN
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2021–22 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Chattanooga †	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
Furman	12	–	6		.667			22	–	12		.647
Samford	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Wofford	10	–	8		.556			19	–	13		.594
VMI	9	–	9		.500			16	–	16		.500
UNC Greensboro	9	–	9		.500			17	–	15		.531
Mercer	8	–	10		.444			16	–	17		.485
East Tennessee State	7	–	11		.389			15	–	17		.469
The Citadel	6	–	12		.333			13	–	17		.433
Western Carolina	5	–	13		.278			11	–	21		.344
† 2022 SoCon Tournament winner

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.^[1] The top six teams received first-round byes.

Seed	School	Conference	NET ranking[2] (March 3, 2021)
1	Chattanooga	14–4	69th
2	Furman	12–6	81st
3	Samford	10–8	180th
4	Wofford	10–8	105th
5	VMI	9–9	157th
6	UNC Greensboro	9–9	159th
7	Mercer	8–10	192nd
8	East Tennessee State	7–11	173rd
9	The Citadel	6–12	237th
10	Western Carolina	5–13	279th

Schedule and results

Game	Time[3]	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Friday, March 4
1	5:00 pm	No. 8 East Tennessee State vs. No. 9 The Citadel	76–84	ESPN+
2	7:30 pm	No. 7 Mercer vs. No. 10 Western Carolina	81–53
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5
3	12:00 pm	No. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 9 The Citadel	71–66	ESPN+/Nexstar
4	2:30 pm	No. 4 Wofford vs. No. 5 VMI	68–66
5	6:00 pm	No. 2 Furman vs. No. 7 Mercer	80–66
6	8:00 pm	No. 3 Samford vs. No. 6 UNC Greensboro	66–64
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
7	4:00 pm	No. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 4 Wofford	79–56	ESPNU
8	6:30 pm	No. 2 Furman vs. No. 3 Samford	71–68
Final – Monday, March 7
9	7:00 pm	No. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 2 Furman	64–63OT	ESPN
*Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round March 4 ESPN+					Quarterfinals March 5 ESPN+/Nexstar					Semifinals March 6 ESPNU					Championship March 7 ESPN
						1	Chattanooga	71
	8	East Tennessee State	76			9	The Citadel	66
	9	The Citadel	84								1	Chattanooga	79
											4	Wofford	56
						4	Wofford	68
						5	VMI	66
																1	Chattanooga	64*
																2	Furman	63
						2	Furman	80
	7	Mercer	81			7	Mercer	66
	10	Western Carolina	53								2	Furman	71
											3	Samford	68
						3	Samford	66
						6	UNC Greensboro	64

See also

• 2022 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament