1951 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

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1951 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification
Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments
1950–51 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 North Carolina State 13 1   .929 30 7   .811
West Virginia 9 3   .750 18 9   .667
Clemson
9 4   .692 11 7   .611
William & Mary 13 6   .684 20 11   .645
Duke 13 6   .684 20 13   .606
Virginia Tech 9 5   .643 19 10   .655
South Carolina 12 7   .632 13 12   .520
Maryland 11 8   .579 15 10   .600
North Carolina 9 8   .529 12 15   .444
Wake Forest 8 9   .471 16 14   .533
George Washington
8 9   .471 12 12   .500
Richmond 5 10   .333 7 14   .333
Washington and Lee
5 13   .278 8 17   .320
VMI
3 11   .214 3 18   .143
Davidson 5 15   .250 7 19   .269
The Citadel
2 7   .222 6 11   .353
Furman 1 13   .071 3 20   .130
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1951
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1951

1951 NCAA tournament.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's seventeen members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 6
Semifinals
March 7
Finals
March 8
         
1 #8 NC State 83
7 South Carolina 53
1 #8 NC State 54
8 Maryland 45
3 Clemson 48
8 Maryland 50
1 #8 NC State 67
5 Duke 63
5 Duke 64
6 Virginia Tech 61
4 William & Mary 69
5 Duke 71
2 West Virginia 67
4 William & Mary 88

* Overtime game

See also

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