List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions

This is a list of regular season and tournament champions in men's basketball of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Southern Conference.

Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Southern Conference logo
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Number of teams	10
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Asheville Civic Center
Current location	Asheville, North Carolina
Played	1922–present
Last contest	2025
Current champion	Wofford
Most championships	tied Chattanooga, Davidson (12)
TV partner(s)	SportSouth, ESPN2
Official website	SoConSports.com Men's Basketball

Champions by year

Season	Regular season champion	Record	Tournament champion	Score	Tournament runner-up	Venue	City
1921–22	Virginia	5–0	North Carolina	40–25	Mercer	Municipal Auditorium	Atlanta, Georgia
1922–23	North Carolina	5–0	Mississippi State	31–21	Chattanooga
1923–24	Tulane	10–0	North Carolina	26–18	Alabama
1924–25	North Carolina	8–0	North Carolina	36–28	Tulane
1925–26	Kentucky	8–0	North Carolina	37–23	Mississippi State
1926–27	South Carolina	9–1	Vanderbilt	46–44	Georgia
1927–28	Auburn	12–1	Mississippi	31–30	Auburn
1928–29	Washington & Lee	7–1	NC State	44–35	Duke
1929–30	Alabama	10–0	Alabama	31–24	Duke
1930–31	Georgia	15–1	Maryland	29–27	Kentucky
1931–32	Maryland Kentucky	9–1	Georgia	26–24	Duke
1932–33	South Carolina	3–0	South Carolina	33–21	Duke	Thompson Gym	Raleigh, North Carolina
1933–34	South Carolina	6–0	Washington & Lee	30–29	Duke
1934–35	North Carolina	12–1	North Carolina	35–27	Washington & Lee
1935–36	Washington & Lee	10–1	North Carolina	50–45	Washington & Lee
1936–37	Washington & Lee	11–1	Washington & Lee	44–33	North Carolina
1937–38	North Carolina	13–3	Duke	40–30	Clemson
1938–39	Wake Forest	15–3	Clemson	39–27	Maryland
1939–40	Duke	13–2	North Carolina	43–23	Duke
1940–41	North Carolina	14–1	Duke	53–30	South Carolina
1941–42	Duke	15–1	Duke	45–34	NC State
1942–43	Duke	12–1	George Washington	56–40	Duke
1943–44	North Carolina	9–1	Duke	44–27	North Carolina
1944–45	South Carolina	9–0	North Carolina	49–48	Duke
1945–46	North Carolina	13–1	Duke	49–30	Wake Forest
1946–47	NC State	11–2	NC State	50–48	North Carolina	Duke Indoor Stadium	Durham, North Carolina
1947–48	NC State	12–0	NC State	58–50	Duke
1948–49	NC State	14–1	NC State	55–39	George Washington
1949–50	NC State	12–2	NC State	67–47	Duke
1950–51	NC State	13–1	NC State	67–63	Duke	Reynolds Coliseum	Raleigh, North Carolina
1951–52	West Virginia	15–1	NC State	77–68	Duke	Reynolds Coliseum	Raleigh, North Carolina
1952–53	NC State	13–3	Wake Forest	71–70	NC State
1953–54	George Washington	10–0	George Washington	83–70	Richmond	WVU Field House	Morgantown, West Virginia
1954–55	West Virginia	9–1	West Virginia	58–48	George Washington	Richmond Arena	Richmond, Virginia
1955–56	George Washington West Virginia	10–2	West Virginia	58–56	Richmond
1956–57	West Virginia	12–0	West Virginia	67–52	Washington & Lee
1957–58	West Virginia	12–0	West Virginia	74–58	William & Mary
1958–59	West Virginia	12–0	West Virginia	85–66	The Citadel
1959–60	Virginia Tech	12–1	West Virginia	82–72	Virginia Tech
1960–61	West Virginia	11–1	George Washington	93–82	William & Mary
1961–62	West Virginia	12–1	West Virginia	88–72	Virginia Tech
1962–63	West Virginia	11–2	West Virginia	79–74	Davidson
1963–64	Davidson	9–2	VMI	61–56	George Washington	Charlotte Coliseum I	Charlotte, North Carolina
1964–65	Davidson	12–0	West Virginia	70–67	William & Mary
1965–66	Davidson	11–1	Davidson	80–69	West Virginia
1966–67	West Virginia	9–1	West Virginia	81–65	Davidson
1967–68	Davidson	9–1	Davidson	87–70	West Virginia
1968–69	Davidson	9–0	Davidson	102–76	East Carolina
1969–70	Davidson	10–0	Davidson	81–61	Richmond
1970–71	Davidson	9–1	Furman	68–61	Richmond
1971–72	Davidson	8–2	East Carolina	77–75	Furman	Greenville Memorial Auditorium	Greenville, South Carolina
1972–73	Davidson	9–1	Furman	99–81	Davidson	Richmond Coliseum	Richmond, Virginia
1973–74	Furman	11–1	Furman	62–60	Richmond
1974–75	Furman	12–0	Furman	66–55	William & Mary	Greenville Memorial Auditorium	Greenville, South Carolina
1975–76	VMI	9–3	VMI	41–33	Richmond
1976–77	Furman VMI	8–2	VMI	69–67	Appalachian State	Roanoke Civic Center	Roanoke, Virginia
1977–78	Appalachian State	9–3	Furman	69–53	Marshall
1978–79	Appalachian State	11–3	Appalachian State	86–83	Furman
1979–80	Furman	14–1	Furman	80–62	Marshall
1980–81	Appalachian State Davidson Chattanooga	11–5	Chattanooga	59–55	Appalachian State
1981–82	Chattanooga	15–1	Chattanooga	69–58	Davidson	Charleston Civic Center	Charleston, West Virginia
1982–83	Chattanooga	15–1	Chattanooga	70–62	East Tennessee State
1983–84	Marshall	13–3	Marshall	111–107	Chattanooga	Asheville Civic Center	Asheville, North Carolina
1984–85	Chattanooga	14–2	Marshall	70–65	VMI
1985–86	Chattanooga	12–4	Davidson	42–40	Chattanooga
1986–87	Marshall	15–1	Marshall	66–64	Davidson
1987–88	Marshall	14–2	Chattanooga	75–61	VMI
1988–89	Chattanooga	10–4	East Tennessee State	96–73	Marshall
1989–90	East Tennessee State	12–2	East Tennessee State	96–75	Appalachian State
1990–91	Furman East Tennessee State Chattanooga	11–3	East Tennessee State	101–82	Appalachian State
1991–92	East Tennessee State Chattanooga	12–2	East Tennessee State	74–63	Chattanooga
1992–93	Chattanooga	16–2	Chattanooga	86–75	East Tennessee State
1993–94	Chattanooga	14–4	Chattanooga	65–64	Davidson

Divisional format

The Southern Conference split into a divisional format for basketball beginning with the 1994–95 season.

Season	Regular season champion (North)	Record	Regular season champion (South)	Record	Tournament champion	Score	Tournament runner-up	Venue	City
1994–95	Marshall	10–4	Chattanooga	11–3	Chattanooga	63–61	Western Carolina	Asheville Civic Center	Asheville, North Carolina
1995–96	Davidson	14–0	Western Carolina	10–4	Western Carolina	69–60	Davidson	Greensboro Coliseum	Greensboro, North Carolina
1996–97	Marshall Davidson	10–4	Chattanooga	11–3	Chattanooga	71–70	Marshall
1997–98	Davidson Appalachian State	13–2	Chattanooga	7–7	Davidson	66–62	Appalachian State
1998–99	Appalachian State	13–3	College of Charleston	16–0	College of Charleston	77–67	Appalachian State
1999–2000	Appalachian State	13–3	College of Charleston	13–3	Appalachian State	68–56	College of Charleston	BI-LO Center	Greenville, South Carolina
2000–01	East Tennessee State	13–3	College of Charleston	12–4	UNC Greensboro	67–66	Chattanooga
2001–02	Davidson UNC Greensboro East Tennessee State	11–5	College of Charleston Georgia Southern Chattanooga	9–7	Davidson	62–57	Furman	North Charleston Coliseum	North Charleston, South Carolina
2002–03	Davidson East Tennessee State Appalachian State	11–5	College of Charleston	13–3	East Tennessee State	97–90	Chattanooga
2003–04	East Tennessee State	15–1	Davidson Georgia Southern College of Charleston	11–5	East Tennessee State	78–62	Chattanooga
2004–05	Chattanooga	10–6	Davidson	16–0	Chattanooga	66–62	UNC Greensboro	McKenzie Arena	Chattanooga, Tennessee
2005–06	Elon	10–4	Georgia Southern	11–4	Davidson	80–55	Chattanooga	North Charleston Coliseum	North Charleston, South Carolina
2006–07	Appalachian State	15–3	Davidson	17–1	Davidson (Tournament)	72–65	College of Charleston
2007–08	Appalachian State Chattanooga	13–7	Davidson	20–0	Davidson (Tournament)	65–49	Elon
2008–09	Western Carolina Chattanooga	11–9	Davidson	18–2	Chattanooga (Tournament)	80–69	College of Charleston	McKenzie Arena	Chattanooga, Tennessee
2009–10	Appalachian State	13–5	Wofford	15–3	Wofford (Tournament)	56–51	Appalachian State	Time Warner Cable Arena	Charlotte, North Carolina
2010–11	Western Carolina Chattanooga	12–6	College of Charleston Wofford	14–4	Wofford (Tournament)	77–67	College of Charleston	McKenzie Arena	Chattanooga, Tennessee
2011–12	UNC Greensboro	10–8	Davidson	16–2	Davidson (Tournament)	93–91	Western Carolina	U.S. Cellular Center[1]	Asheville, North Carolina
2012–13	Elon	13–5	Davidson	17–1	Davidson (Tournament)	74–55	College of Charleston

Return to single table

Starting with the 2013–14 season, the Southern Conference abandoned the divisional format.

Season	Regular season champion	Record	Tournament champion	Score	Tournament runner-up	Venue	City
2013–14	Davidson	15–1	Wofford (Tournament)	56–53	Western Carolina	U.S. Cellular Center	Asheville, North Carolina
2014–15	Wofford	16–2	Wofford (Tournament)	67–64	Furman
2015–16	Chattanooga	15–3	Chattanooga (Tournament)	73–67	East Tennessee State
2016–17	East Tennessee State Furman UNC Greensboro	14–4	East Tennessee State (Tournament)	79–74	UNC Greensboro
2017–18	UNC Greensboro	15–3	UNC Greensboro (Tournament)	62–47	East Tennessee State
2018–19	Wofford	18–0	Wofford (Tournament)	70–58	UNC Greensboro
2019–20	East Tennessee State	16–2	East Tennessee State (Tournament)	72–58	Wofford	Harrah's Cherokee Center
2020–21	UNC Greensboro	13–5	UNC Greensboro (Tournament)	69–61	Mercer
2021–22	Chattanooga	14–4	Chattanooga (Tournament)	64–63	Furman
2022–23	Furman Samford	15–3	Furman (Tournament)	88–79	Chattanooga
2023–24	Samford	15–3	Samford (Tournament)	76–69	East Tennessee State
2024–25	Chattanooga	15–3	Wofford (Tournament)	92–85	Furman

Tournament championships by school

Current members

School	Championships	Championship Years
Chattanooga	12	1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2009, 2016, 2022
East Tennessee State	8	1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2017, 2020
Furman	7	1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 2023
Wofford	6	2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2025
VMI	3	1964, 1976, 1977
UNC Greensboro	3	2001, 2018, 2021
Samford	1	2024
Western Carolina	1	1996
The Citadel	0
Mercer	0

Former members

School	Championships	Championship Years
Davidson	12	1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013
West Virginia	10	1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967
North Carolina	8	1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1945
North Carolina State	7	1929, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952
Duke	5	1938, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946
George Washington	3	1943, 1954, 1961
Marshall	3	1984, 1985, 1987
Appalachian State	2	1979, 2000
Washington & Lee	2	1934, 1937
Alabama	1	1930
Clemson	1	1939
College of Charleston[a]	1	1999
East Carolina	1	1972
Georgia	1	1932
Maryland	1	1931
Mississippi State	1	1923
Ole Miss	1	1928
South Carolina	1	1933
Vanderbilt	1	1927
Wake Forest	1	1953

1. Now athletically branded as Charleston.

Television coverage

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Analyst	Sideline
2024	ESPN	Brock Bowling	Dean Keener
2023		Anish Shroff
2022		Tom Hart	Randolph Childress	Erin Summers
2021		Roy Philpott	Mark Wise
2020		Mike Morgan		Erin Summers
2019		Tom Hart		Stormy Buonantony
2018	ESPN2		Sean Farnham
2017	ESPN	Jason Benetti
2016	ESPN2	Brad Nessler
2015		Rich Hollenberg	Mark Adams
2014		Dave LaMont	Bob Wenzel
2013[2]
2012[3]		Jon Sciambi	LaPhonso Ellis
2011[4]		Carter Blackburn	Mark Gottfried
2010[5]
2009[6]	ESPN	Brad Nessler	Jimmy Dykes
2008[7]	ESPN2	Eric Collins	Mark Adams
2007[8]		Dave Barnett	Tim McCormick

See also

• Southern Conference women's basketball tournament