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, [2014–15 2014–15 Wofford Terriers men's basketball team|Wofford Terriers men's basketball team|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
  1. Head to head record
  2. Best record against the highest seeded team not involved in the tie. Continue down through the standings until the tie is broken.
  3. Higher RPI, as published by
; Three or more teams
  1. Best record against all teams involved in the tie
  2. Best record against the highest seeded team not involved in the tie. Continue down through the standings until the tie is broken.
  3. Higher RPI, as published by

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

All-tournament team

First Team
Second Team
  • Kris Acox, Furman
  • Geoff Beans, Furman
  • Devin Sibley, Furman
  • T. J. Hallice, Mercer
  • Ike Nwamu, Mercer