# 2023 Southern 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.

## 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. 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 | 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 | ESPN+ |
| 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 | ESPN+/Nexstar |
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Samford vs. No. 7 Chattanooga | 85–82 | ESPN+/Nexstar |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 6 Wofford | 67–66 | ESPN+/Nexstar |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 5 |||||
| 7 | 4:00 pm | No. 1 Furman vs. No. 4 Western Carolina | 83–80$^{OT}$ | 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+ | First round March 3 ESPN+ | First round March 3 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals March 4 ESPN+/Nexstar | Quarterfinals March 4 ESPN+/Nexstar | Quarterfinals March 4 ESPN+/Nexstar | Semifinals March 5 ESPNU | Semifinals March 5 ESPNU | Semifinals March 5 ESPNU | Championship March 6 ESPN | Championship March 6 ESPN | Championship March 6 ESPN |
| | | | 1 | Furman | 73 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Mercer | 58 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Mercer | 66 | 8 | Mercer | 58 | | | | | | |
| 9 | The Citadel | 41 | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | 7 | Chattanooga | 85 | | | | | | |
| 10 | VMI | 72 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | VMI | 72 | | | | 7 | Chattanooga | 74 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Wofford | 62 | | | |
| | | | 3 | UNC Greensboro | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Wofford | 67 | | | | | | |