# 2015 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2015 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place Friday, March 6 through Monday, March 9 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center. The entire tournament was streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised by ESPN2. The champion, Wofford, received an automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA tournament.
With the addition of East Tennessee State and Mercer, all 10 teams participated in the tournament.

## Format

All ten conference members qualify for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The top six seeds received a first-round bye, with the bottom four teams playing two first-round games.

### Tiebreaking system

The tiebreaking system is as follows:

#### Two teams

* Head to head record
* Best record against the highest seeded team not involved in the tie. Continue down through the standings until the tie is broken.
* Higher RPI, as published by RPIRatings.com

#### Three or more teams

* Best record against all teams involved in the tie
* Best record against the highest seeded team not involved in the tie. Continue down through the standings until the tie is broken.
* Higher RPI, as published by RPIRatings.com

## Seeds

| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Wofford †# | 16–2 | 25–6 | |
| 2 | Chattanooga # | 15–3 | 22–9 | |
| 3 | Mercer # | 12–6 | 17–14 | |
| 4 | Western Carolina # | 9–9 | 14–16 | |
| 5 | East Tennessee State # | 8–10 | 16–13 | |
| 6 | VMI # | 7–11 | 11–18 | |
| 7 | The Citadel | 6–12 | 11–18 | 3–1 vs. UNCG, Samford |
| 8 | UNC Greensboro | 6–12 | 10–21 | 2–2 vs. Citadel, Samford |
| 9 | Samford | 6–12 | 13–18 | 1–3 vs. UNCG, Citadel |
| 10 | Furman | 5–13 | 8–21 | |
| † – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament. |||||

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Score |
| First round - Friday, March 6 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00pm | Samford vs. UNC Greensboro | ESPN3 | 76–81 |
| 1 | 2 | 8:30pm | Furman vs. The Citadel | ESPN3 | 73–56 |
| Quarterfinals - Saturday, March 7 ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00pm | UNC Greensboro vs. Wofford | ESPN3 | 52–70 |
| 2 | 4 | 2:30pm | East Tenn. State vs. Western Carolina | ESPN3 | 61–67 (OT) |
| 3 | 5 | 6:00pm | Furman vs. Chattanooga | ESPN3 | 69–67 |
| 3 | 6 | 8:30pm | VMI vs. Mercer | ESPN3 | 61–89 |
| Semifinals - Sunday, March 8 ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00pm | Western Carolina vs. Wofford | ESPN3 | 61–73 |
| 4 | 8 | 8:30pm | Furman vs Mercer | ESPN3 | 52–49 |
| Championship - Monday, March 9 ||||||
| 5 | 10 | 7:00pm | Furman vs. Wofford | ESPN2 | 64–67 |
| *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Friday, March 6 | First round Friday, March 6 | First round Friday, March 6 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 7 | Semifinals Sunday, March 8 | Semifinals Sunday, March 8 | Semifinals Sunday, March 8 | Championship Monday, March 9 | Championship Monday, March 9 | Championship Monday, March 9 |
| | | | 1 | Wofford | 70 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | UNC Greensboro | 52 | | | | | | |
| 8 | UNC Greensboro | 81 | 8 | UNC Greensboro | 52 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Samford | 76 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Samford | 76 | | | | 1 | Wofford | 73 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Western Carolina | 61 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Western Carolina | 67* | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | East Tennessee State | 61 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Wofford | 67 |
| | | | | | | | | | 10 | Furman | 64 |
| | | | 2 | Chattanooga | 67 | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Furman | 69 | | | | | | |
| 7 | The Citadel | 56 | 10 | Furman | 69 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Furman | 73 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Furman | 73 | | | | 10 | Furman | 52 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Mercer | 49 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Mercer | 89 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | VMI | 61 | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period

## All-tournament team

First Team
* Stephen Croone, Furman
* James Sinclair, Western Carolina
* Karl Cochran, Wofford
* Spencer Collins, Wofford
* Lee Skinner, Wofford
Second Team
* Kris Acox, Furman
* Geoff Beans, Furman
* Devin Sibley, Furman
* T. J. Hallice, Mercer
* Ike Nwamu, Mercer