# 2014 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2014 Big South men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big South Conference that took place from March 5–9, 2014, at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina. Both semifinal games were broadcast on ESPN3, and the championship game was televised on ESPN2.

## Format

All 12 teams were eligible for the tournament. Seeding was decided by divisions – the top two teams with the best overall conference records in each division received the top four seeds in the championship and first-round byes. The remaining seeds were determined based on division finish. In the event of a tie for a particular seed, the seed was determined within each division.
The #1 seeds of each division faced the winner of the game between the #4 seed from the opposite division and the #5 seed from the team's same division in the quarterfinal round. Similarly, the #2 seeds of each division faced the winner of the #3 seed from the opposite division and the #6 seed from the same division. The semifinal round featured the winner of the #1 seeds' quarterfinal games against the winner of the game featuring the #2 seeds from the opposite division.

## Seeds

North Division :
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | High Point ‡ | 12–4 | 16–13 | |
| 2 | VMI | 11–5 | 18–11 | |
| 3 | Radford | 10–6 | 20–11 | |
| 4 | Campbell | 6–10 | 12–19 | |
| 5 | Liberty | 5–11 | 11–20 | |
| 6 | Longwood | 3–13 | 8–23 | |
| South Division |||||
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina ‡ | 11–5 | 18–12 | |
| 2 | UNC Asheville | 10–6 | 16–14 | 3–1 vs. GWU & Winthrop |
| 3 | Gardner–Webb | 10–6 | 17–14 | 2–0 vs. Winthrop |
| 4 | Winthrop | 10–6 | 17–12 | |
| 5 | Charleston Southern | 6–10 | 12–17 | |
| 6 | Presbyterian | 2–14 | 6–25 | |
| ‡ – Big South regular season division champions. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season. |||||

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Score |
| First round - Wednesday, March 5 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 pm | #4S Winthrop vs. #5N Liberty | BSN | 77–65 |
| 1 | 2 | 2:00 pm | #3N Radford vs. #6S Presbyterian | BSN | 78–73 |
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 pm | #4N Campbell vs. #5S Charleston Southern | BSN | 71–81 |
| 2 | 4 | 8:00 pm | #3S Gardner–Webb vs. #6N Longwood | BSN | 81–65 |
| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 7 ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 12:00 pm | #1N High Point vs. #4S Winthrop | ESPN3 | 62–60 |
| 3 | 6 | 2:00 pm | #2S UNC Asheville vs. #3N Radford | ESPN3 | 96–87 |
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | #1S Coastal Carolina vs. #5S Charleston Southern | ESPN3 | 73–68 |
| 4 | 8 | 8:00 pm | #2N VMI vs. #3S Gardner–Webb | ESPN3 | 90–77 |
| Semifinals - Saturday, March 8 ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 12:00 pm | #4S Winthrop vs. #2S UNC Asheville | ESPN3 | 80–79 |
| 5 | 10 | 2:00 pm | #1S Coastal Carolina vs. #2N VMI | ESPN3 | 66–62 |
| Championship Game - Sunday, March 9 ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 12:00 pm | #4S Winthrop vs. #1S Coastal Carolina | ESPN2 | 76–61 |
*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

## Bracket

| First round March 5, 2014 | First round March 5, 2014 | First round March 5, 2014 | Quarterfinals March 7, 2014 | Quarterfinals March 7, 2014 | Quarterfinals March 7, 2014 | Semifinals March 8, 2014 ESPN3 | Semifinals March 8, 2014 ESPN3 | Semifinals March 8, 2014 ESPN3 | Championship March 9, 2014 ESPN2 | Championship March 9, 2014 ESPN2 | Championship March 9, 2014 ESPN2 |
| | | | 1N | High Point | 60 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4S | Winthrop | 62 | | | | | | |
| 4S | Winthrop | 77 | 4S | Winthrop | 62 | | | | | | |
| 5N | Liberty | 65 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5N | Liberty | 65 | | | | 4S | Winthrop | 80 | | | |
| | | | | | | 2S | UNC Asheville | 79 | | | |
| | | | 2S | UNC Asheville | 96 | | | | | | |
| | | | 3N | Radford | 87 | | | | | | |
| 3N | Radford | 78 | 3N | Radford | 87 | | | | | | |
| 6S | Presbyterian | 73 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6S | Presbyterian | 73 | | | | | | | 4S | Winthrop | 61 |
| | | | | | | | | | 1S | Coastal Carolina | 76 |
| | | | 1S | Coastal Carolina | 73** | | | | | | |
| | | | 5S | Charleston Southern | 68 | | | | | | |
| 4N | Campbell | 71 | 5S | Charleston Southern | 68 | | | | | | |
| 5S | Charleston Southern | 81 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5S | Charleston Southern | 81 | | | | 1S | Coastal Carolina | 66 | | | |
| | | | | | | 2N | VMI | 62 | | | |
| | | | 2N | VMI | 90 | | | | | | |
| | | | 3S | Gardner–Webb | 77 | | | | | | |
| 3S | Gardner–Webb | 81 | 3S | Gardner–Webb | 77 | | | | | | |
| 6N | Longwood | 65 | | | | | | | | | |