1993 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1993 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 3–6, 1993, at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. For the third time in their school history, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers won the tournament, led by head coach Russ Bergman.^[1]

1993 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1992–93
Teams	9
Site	North Charleston Coliseum North Charleston, SC
Champions	Coastal Carolina (3rd title)
Winning coach	Russ Bergman (3rd title)
MVP	Tony Dunkin (Coastal Carolina)
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1992–93 Big South Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Towson State	14	–	2		.875			18	–	9		.667
Coastal Carolina †	12	–	4		.750			22	–	10		.688
Campbell	10	–	6		.625			12	–	15		.444
Liberty	9	–	7		.563			16	–	14		.533
Radford	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
UMBC	7	–	9		.438			12	–	16		.429
Charleston Southern	5	–	11		.313			9	–	18		.333
Winthrop	5	–	11		.313			14	–	16		.467
UNC Asheville	2	–	14		.125			4	–	23		.148
† 1993 Big South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Although Coastal Carolina won the tournament, due to participation of ineligible players, the Chanticleers victories and title were vacated, and no official conference champion for the tournament was declared.^[1]

Format

All of the conference's nine members participated in the tournament, hosted at the North Charleston Coliseum. The bottom two finishers played in a first-round game, with the winner playing the first seed. This was the first season for UMBC and Towson State as conference members, and UNC Greensboro was transitioning to the conference as well.

Bracket

	First round March 3					Quarterfinals March 4					Semifinals March 5					Finals March 6
						1	Towson State	79
	8	Winthrop	101			8	Winthrop	83
	9	UNC Asheville	87								5	Radford	69
											8	Winthrop	87
						4	Liberty	69
						5	Radford	73
																2	Coastal Carolina	78
																8	Winthrop	65
						3	Campbell	67
						6	UMBC	85
											2	Coastal Carolina	66
											6	UMBC	59
						2	Coastal Carolina	79
						7	Charleston Southern	66

• Source

All-Tournament Team

• Tony Dunkin, Coastal Carolina
• Mohammed Acha, Coastal Carolina
• KeKe Hicks, Coastal Carolina
• Eddie Gay, Winthrop
• Mark Hailey, Winthrop

^[1]

References

1. Big South Men's Basketball History - p. 3