2024 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

Not to be confused with 2024 Southland 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.

2024 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	10
Site	Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Samford (1st title)
Winning coach	Bucky McMillan (1st title)
Attendance	20,802 (total) 5,112 (championship)
Television	ESPN+, Nexstar, ESPNU, ESPN2
Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 2023 2025 →

2023–24 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Samford †	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
UNC Greensboro	12	–	6		.667			21	–	11		.656
Chattanooga	12	–	6		.667			21	–	12		.636
Western Carolina	11	–	7		.611			22	–	10		.688
Furman	10	–	8		.556			17	–	16		.515
Wofford	10	–	8		.556			17	–	15		.531
East Tennessee State	8	–	10		.444			19	–	16		.543
Mercer	8	–	10		.444			16	–	17		.485
The Citadel	3	–	15		.167			11	–	21		.344
VMI	1	–	17		.056			4	–	28		.125
† 2024 SoCon tournament winner

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.^[1] 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[2]	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
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
5	6:00 pm	No. 3 Chattanooga vs. No. 6 Wofford	75–57		5,020
6	8:30 pm	No. 4 Western Carolina vs. No. 5 Furman	76–79 OT
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
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+					Quarterfinals March 9 ESPN+/Nexstar					Semifinals March 10 ESPNU					Championship March 11 ESPN2
						1	Samford	70
						8	Mercer	57
	8	Mercer	84
	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
	10	VMI	66
											7	East Tennessee State	85*
											3	Chattanooga	84
						3	Chattanooga	75
						6	Wofford	57

See also

• 2024 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament