2017 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2017 Big South men's basketball tournament was the conference tournament for the Big South Conference. It was played between February 28, 2017 and March 5, 2017 at various campus sites. Winthrop defeated Campbell, 76–59, to win the tournament championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Sites The first round was played at campus sites at the home of the higher seed. The quarterfinals and semifinals were played at No. 1-seeded Winthrop's Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The championship game was held at the home of the highest remaining seed, Winthrop's Winthrop Coliseum.

Seeds All 10 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The top six teams receive a first round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker 1 Winthrop 15–3 23–6 1–1 vs UNCA, 2–0 vs Lib., 2–0 vs GW 2 UNC Asheville 15–3 23–8 1–1 vs Winth., 2–0 vs Lib., 1–1 vs GW 3 Liberty 14–4 19–12 4 Gardner–Webb 11–7 18–13 5 High Point 9–9 15–15 6 Radford 8–10 13–17 7 Campbell 7–11 14–16 1–1 vs CSU, 0–2 vs top 3 seeds, 1–1 vs GW 8 Charleston Southern 7–11 11–18 1–1 vs Camp., 0–2 vs top 3 seeds, 0–2 vs GW 9 Longwood 3–15 6–23 10 Presbyterian 1–17 5–24

Schedule GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionScoreAttendance First round - Tuesday, February 28Campus sites1 7:00 pm No. 10 Presbyterian at No. 7 CampbellBSN62–811,3282 7:00 pm No. 9 Longwood at No. 8 Charleston SouthernBSN74–79815 Quarterfinals - Thursday, March 2at Winthrop Coliseum3 1:00 pm No. 2 UNC Asheville vs. No. 7 CampbellESPN379–811,6944 3:00 pm No. 3 Liberty vs. No. 6 RadfordESPN352–567295 7:00 pm No. 1 Winthrop vs. No. 8 Charleston SouthernESPN392–782,9446 9:00 pm No. 4 Gardner–Webb vs. No. 5 High PointESPN391–552,556 Semifinals - Friday, March 3at Winthrop Coliseum7 6:00 pmNo. 7 Campbell vs. No. 6 RadfordESPN366–501,5938 8:00 pm No. 1 Winthrop vs. No. 4 Gardner–WebbESPN380–773,008 Championship - Sunday, March 5at Winthrop Coliseum9 1:00 pm No. 7 Campbell vs. No. 1 WinthropESPN59–765,109 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

References

External links 2017 Big South Men's Basketball Championship