# 2022 Southern 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.
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. The top six teams received first-round byes.
| Seed | School | Conference | NET ranking (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 | 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 | ESPN+ |
| 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 | ESPN+/Nexstar |
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Furman vs. No. 7 Mercer | 80–66 | ESPN+/Nexstar |
| 6 | 8:00 pm | No. 3 Samford vs. No. 6 UNC Greensboro | 66–64 | ESPN+/Nexstar |
| 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 | ESPNU |
| Final – Monday, March 7 |||||
| 9 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 2 Furman | 64–63$^{OT}$ | ESPN |
| *Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed |||||

## Bracket

| First round March 4 ESPN+ | First round March 4 ESPN+ | First round March 4 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals March 5 ESPN+/Nexstar | Quarterfinals March 5 ESPN+/Nexstar | Quarterfinals March 5 ESPN+/Nexstar | Semifinals March 6 ESPNU | Semifinals March 6 ESPNU | Semifinals March 6 ESPNU | Championship March 7 ESPN | Championship March 7 ESPN | 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 | | | | | | |