1997 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
1997 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1996–97 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Vines Center Lynchburg, VA |
Champions | Charleston Southern (4th title) |
Winning coach | (1st title) |
MVP | Peter Aluma (Liberty) |
1996–97 Big South Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Asheville | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radford | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charleston Southern † | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winthrop | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 5 | – | 22 | .185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1997 Big South Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1997 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 26–March 1, 1997, at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of the Liberty Flames. For the fourth time in their school history, the Charleston Southern Buccaneers won the tournament, led by head coach .[1]
The Buccaneers advanced to their first NCAA tournament in school history (the first three times they won the conference tournament, the conference did not have an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.) As of 2021, this is Charleston Southern's only NCAA tournament appearance.
Format[]
All eight teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Vines Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. This was the last season for UNC Greensboro as a member of the league, who left for the Southern Conference the following season.
Bracket[]
Quarterfinals February 26 | Semifinals February 28 | Finals March 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | UNC Asheville | 54 | ||||||||||||
8 | UMBC | 51 | ||||||||||||
1 | UNC Asheville | 57 | ||||||||||||
4 | Charleston Southern | 67 | ||||||||||||
4 | Charleston Southern | 67 | ||||||||||||
5 | Coastal Carolina | 51 | ||||||||||||
2 | Liberty | 54 | ||||||||||||
4 | Charleston Southern | 64 | ||||||||||||
3 | Radford | 78 | ||||||||||||
6 | UNC Greensboro | 76 | ||||||||||||
2 | Liberty | 85 | ||||||||||||
3 | Radford | 73 | ||||||||||||
2 | Liberty | 83 | ||||||||||||
7 | Winthrop | 69 |
* Asterisk indicates overtime game
All-Tournament Team[]
- Peter Aluma, Liberty
- Rolando Hourruitiner, Charleston Southern
- , Charleston Southern
- , Liberty
- , Radford
References[]
- 1996–97 Big South Conference men's basketball season
- Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
- 1997 in sports in Virginia
- March 1997 sports events in the United States