2020 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year = 2020
| Conference = Southern Conference
| Division = I
| Gender = Men's
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| ImageSize = 200px
| Caption = Tournament logo
| Teams = 10
| Arena = Harrah's Cherokee Center
| City = Asheville, North Carolina
| Champions = East Tennessee State
| TitleCount = 8th
| Coach = Steve Forbes
| CoachCount = 2nd
| MVP = Isaiah Tisdale
| MVPTeam = East Tennessee State
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{{2019–20 Southern Conference men's basketball standings}}
The 2020 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2019–20 season. All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 6 through 9, 2020. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, which was subsequently cancelled due to the COVID pandemic.
Seeds
All ten teams in the Southern Conference are 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. The top six teams received first-round byes.
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:95%;text-align:center"
!Seed !School !Conference !Tiebreaker 1 |
| 1
|align=left|East Tennessee State |16–2 | |
| 2
|align=left|Furman |15–3 | |
| 3
|align=left|UNC Greensboro |13–5 |align=left| |
| 4
|align=left|Mercer |11–7 |align=left| |
| 5
|align=left|Western Carolina |10–8 |align=left|2–0 vs. Chattanooga |
| 6
|align=left|Chattanooga |10–8 |align=left|0–2 vs. Western Carolina |
| 7
|align=left|Wofford |8–10 |align=left| |
| 8
|align=left|Samford |4–14 |align=left| |
| 9
|align=left|VMI |3–15 |align=left| |
| 10
|align=left|The Citadel |0–18 |align=left| |
Schedule and results
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!Game !Matchup !Score !Television |
| colspan=5| First round – Friday, March 6 |
|---|
| 1
|5:00 pm | No. 8 Samford vs. No. 9 VMI | 78–96 |rowspan=2|ESPN+ |
| 2
|7:30 pm | No. 7 Wofford vs No. 10 The Citadel |93−76 |
| colspan=5| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7 |
| 3
|12:00 pm | No. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 9 VMI |70–57 |rowspan=4|ESPN+ |
| 4
|2:30 pm | No. 4 Mercer vs No. 5 Western Carolina |56–70 |
| 5
|6:00 pm | No. 2 Furman vs No. 7 Wofford |68–77 |
| 6
|8:30 pm | No. 3 UNC Greensboro vs No. 6 Chattanooga |68–78 |
| colspan=5| Semifinals – Sunday, March 8 |
| 7
|4:00 pm |No. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 5 Western Carolina |97–75 |rowspan=2|ESPN+ |
| 8
|6:30 pm |No. 7 Wofford vs No. 6 Chattanooga |72–70 |
| colspan=5| Final – Monday, March 9 |
| 9
|7:00 pm |No. 1 East Tennessee State vs No. 7 Wofford |72-58 |ESPN |
| colspan=5| *Game times in EST for first round and quarterfinals, and EDT for semifinals and final. Rankings denote tournament seed |
Bracket
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1 = First round
March 6
ESPN+
| RD2 = Quarterfinals
March 7
ESPN+
| RD3 = Semifinals
March 8
ESPN+
| RD4 = Championship
March 9
ESPN
| team-width=12em
| RD1-seed03=8
| RD1-team03=Samford
| RD1-score03=78
| RD1-seed04=9
| RD1-team04=VMI
| RD1-score04=96
| RD1-seed11=7
| RD1-team11=Wofford
| RD1-score11=93
| RD1-seed12=10
| RD1-team12=The Citadel
| RD1-score12=76
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=ETSU
| RD2-score01=70
| RD2-seed02=9
| RD2-team02=VMI
| RD2-score02=57
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03=Mercer
| RD2-score03=56
| RD2-seed04=5
| RD2-team04=Western Carolina
| RD2-score04=70
| RD2-seed05=2
| RD2-team05=Furman
| RD2-score05=68
| RD2-seed06=7
| RD2-team06=Wofford
| RD2-score06=77
| RD2-seed07=3
| RD2-team07=UNC Greensboro
| RD2-score07=68
| RD2-seed08=6
| RD2-team08=Chattanooga
| RD2-score08=78
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=ETSU
| RD3-score01=97
| RD3-seed02=5
| RD3-team02=Western Carolina
| RD3-score02=75
| RD3-seed03=7
| RD3-team03=Wofford
| RD3-score03=72
| RD3-seed04=6
| RD3-team04=Chattanooga
| RD3-score04=70
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=ETSU
| RD4-score01=72
| RD4-seed02=7
| RD4-team02=Wofford
| RD4-score02=58
}}
See also
References
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{{2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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