1957 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

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1957 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification
Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments
1956–57 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 West Virginia 12 0   1.000 25 5   .833
Washington and Lee
10 3   .769 20 7   .741
Virginia Tech 12 5   .706 14 8   .636
Furman 7 5   .583 10 17   .370
Richmond 9 7   .563 15 11   .577
William & Mary 7 11   .389 9 18   .333
The Citadel
5 9   .357 11 14   .440
Davidson 4 8   .333 7 20   .259
George Washington
3 9   .250 3 21   .125
VMI
1 13   .071 4 22   .154
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1957
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1957

1957 NCAA tournament.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's ten 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 7
Semifinals
March 8
Finals
March 9
         
1 #11 West Virginia 71
8 Davidson 51
1 #11 West Virginia 83
5 Richmond 62
4 Furman 71
5 Richmond 90
1 #11 West Virginia 67
2 Washington and Lee 52
2
Washington and Lee
85
7
The Citadel
62
2 Washington and Lee 68
3 Virginia Tech 54
3 Virginia 64
6 William & Mary 56

* Overtime game

See also

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