The 2017 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place Friday, March 3 through Monday, March 6 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center. The entire tournament was streamed on ESPN3, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised on ESPN at 7pm EST. The champion, East Tennessee State, received an automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA tournament with a 79–74 win over UNC Greensboro.
Seeds Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1 UNC Greensboro 14–4 23–8 3–1 vs Furman/ETSU 2 Furman 14–4 21–10 2–2 vs UNCG/ETSU 3 East Tennessee State 14–4 24–7 1–3 vs UNCG/Furman 4 Chattanooga 10–8 19–11 2–0 vs Wofford 5 Wofford 10–8 15–16 0–2 vs Chattanooga 6 Mercer 9–9 15–16 7 Samford 8–10 17–14 8 Western Carolina 4–14 9–22 2–0 vs The Citadel 9 The Citadel 4–14 11–20 0–2 vs Western Carolina 10 VMI 3–15 6–23 † – Southern Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.
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