2023 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

Not to be confused with 2023 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament.

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 3–6, 2023. The winner of the tournament, Furman, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

2022–23 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Furman †	15	–	3		.833			28	–	8		.778
Samford	15	–	3		.833			21	–	11		.656
UNC Greensboro	14	–	4		.778			20	–	12		.625
Western Carolina	10	–	8		.556			18	–	16		.529
East Tennessee State	8	–	10		.444			12	–	20		.375
Wofford	8	–	10		.444			17	–	16		.515
Chattanooga	7	–	11		.389			18	–	17		.514
Mercer	6	–	12		.333			14	–	19		.424
The Citadel	5	–	13		.278			10	–	22		.313
VMI	2	–	16		.111			7	–	25		.219
† 2023 SoCon tournament winner

2023 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	10
Site	Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Furman (7th title)
Winning coach	Bob Richey (1st title)
Television	ESPN+, Nexstar, ESPNU, ESPNews, ESPN
Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

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

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Furman	15–3	2-0 vs. Samford
2	Samford	15–3	0-2 vs. Furman
3	UNC Greensboro	14–4
4	Western Carolina	10–8
5	East Tennessee State	8–10	2-0 vs. Wofford
6	Wofford	8–10	0-2 vs. East Tennessee State
7	Chattanooga	7–11
8	Mercer	6–12
9	The Citadel	5–13
10	VMI	2–16

Schedule and results

Game	Time[2]	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Friday, March 3
1	5:00 pm	No. 8 Mercer vs. No. 9 The Citadel	66–41	ESPN+
2	7:30 pm	No. 7 Chattanooga vs. No. 10 VMI	92–72
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
3	12:00 pm	No. 1 Furman vs. No. 8 Mercer	73–58	ESPN+/Nexstar
4	2:30 pm	No. 4 Western Carolina vs. No. 5 East Tennessee State	69–57
5	6:00 pm	No. 2 Samford vs. No. 7 Chattanooga	85–82
6	8:30 pm	No. 3 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 6 Wofford	67–66
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
7	4:00 pm	No. 1 Furman vs. No. 4 Western Carolina	83–80OT	ESPNU
8	6:30 pm	No. 7 Chattanooga vs No. 6 Wofford	74–62	ESPNews
Final – Monday, March 6
9	7:00 pm	No. 1 Furman vs. No. 7 Chattanooga	88–79	ESPN
*Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round March 3 ESPN+					Quarterfinals March 4 ESPN+/Nexstar					Semifinals March 5 ESPNU					Championship March 6 ESPN
						1	Furman	73
						8	Mercer	58
	8	Mercer	66
	9	The Citadel	41
											1	Furman	83*
											4	Western Carolina	80
						4	Western Carolina	69
						5	East Tennessee State	57
																1	Furman	88
																7	Chattanooga	79
						2	Samford	82
						7	Chattanooga	85
	7	Chattanooga	92
	10	VMI	72
											7	Chattanooga	74
											6	Wofford	62
						3	UNC Greensboro	66
						6	Wofford	67

See also

• 2023 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament