# 2024 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2024 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2023–24 season. All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 8–11, 2024. The winner of the tournament, Samford, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 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 | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 | Tiebreaker 4 |
| 1 | Samford | 15–3 | | | | |
| 2 | UNC Greensboro | 12–6 | 1–1 vs. Chattanooga | 0–2 vs. Samford | 2–0 vs. Western Carolina | |
| 3 | Chattanooga | 12–6 | 1–1 vs. UNC Greensboro | 0–2 vs. Samford | 1–1 vs. Western Carolina | |
| 4 | Western Carolina | 11–7 | | | | |
| 5 | Furman | 10–8 | 1–1 vs. Wofford | 1–1 vs. Samford | 0–2 vs. UNC Greensboro | 1–1 vs. Chattanooga |
| 6 | Wofford | 10–8 | 1–1 vs. Furman | 1–1 vs. Samford | 0–2 vs. UNC Greensboro | 0–2 vs. Chattanooga |
| 7 | East Tennessee State | 8–10 | 2–0 vs. Mercer | | | |
| 8 | Mercer | 8–10 | 0–2 vs. East Tennessee State | | | |
| 9 | The Citadel | 3–15 | | | | |
| 10 | VMI | 1–17 | | | | |

## Schedule and results

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Friday, March 8 ||||||
| 1 | 5:00 pm | No. 8 Mercer vs. No. 9 The Citadel | 84–76 | ESPN+ | 2,484 |
| 2 | 7:30 pm | No. 7 East Tennessee State vs. No. 10 VMI | 98–66 | ESPN+ | 2,484 |
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9 ||||||
| 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Samford vs. No. 8 Mercer | 70–57 | ESPN+/Nexstar | 4,194 |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 2 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 7 East Tennessee State | 62–73 | ESPN+/Nexstar | 4,194 |
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 3 Chattanooga vs. No. 6 Wofford | 75–57 | ESPN+/Nexstar | 5,020 |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 4 Western Carolina vs. No. 5 Furman | 76–79 $^{OT}$ | ESPN+/Nexstar | 5,020 |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 10 ||||||
| 7 | 4:00 pm | No. 1 Samford vs. No. 5 Furman | 84–77 | ESPNU | 3,992 |
| 8 | 6:30 pm | No. 7 East Tennessee State vs No. 3 Chattanooga | 85–84 $^{OT}$ | ESPNU | 3,992 |
| Final – Monday, March 11 ||||||
| 9 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Samford vs. No. 7 East Tennessee State | 76–69 | ESPN2 | 5,112 |
| *Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed ||||||

## Bracket

| First round March 8 ESPN+ | First round March 8 ESPN+ | First round March 8 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals March 9 ESPN+/Nexstar | Quarterfinals March 9 ESPN+/Nexstar | Quarterfinals March 9 ESPN+/Nexstar | Semifinals March 10 ESPNU | Semifinals March 10 ESPNU | Semifinals March 10 ESPNU | Championship March 11 ESPN2 | Championship March 11 ESPN2 | Championship March 11 ESPN2 |
| | | | 1 | Samford | 70 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Mercer | 57 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Mercer | 84 | 8 | Mercer | 57 | | | | | | |
| 9 | The Citadel | 76 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | The Citadel | 76 | | | | 1 | Samford | 84 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Furman | 77 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Western Carolina | 76 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Furman | 79* | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Samford | 76 |
| | | | | | | | | | 7 | East Tennessee State | 69 |
| | | | 2 | UNC Greensboro | 62 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | East Tennessee State | 73 | | | | | | |
| 7 | East Tennessee State | 98 | 7 | East Tennessee State | 73 | | | | | | |
| 10 | VMI | 66 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | VMI | 66 | | | | 7 | East Tennessee State | 85* | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Chattanooga | 84 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Chattanooga | 75 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Wofford | 57 | | | | | | |