2013_Big_South_Conference_men's_basketball_tournament

2013 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

2013 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

The 2013 Big South men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big South Conference that took place from March 5–10, 2013, at the brand new HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina. Both semifinal games were broadcast on ESPN3, and the championship game was televised on ESPN2.

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Both the men's and women's tournaments were held together at the HTC Center.[1] The conference hadn't held combined men’s and women’s tournaments since 2001–02 when both events were played at the Roanoke Civic Center[2] The tournament was won by the fifth-seeded North Division Liberty Flames, their third conference title, and first since 2004. With four wins in the tournament, including two over both divisions' top seeds, Liberty won the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, becoming only the second 20-loss team in the tournament's history (the other being Coppin State in 2007–08).

Format

With the addition of Longwood, and Presbyterian completing its Division I transition, all 12 teams were eligible for the 2013 tournament. Seeding was decided by divisions - the top two teams with the best overall conference records in each division received the top four seeds in the championship and first-round byes. The remaining seeds were determined based on division finish. In the event of a tie for a particular seed, the seed was determined within each division.[3]

Bracket

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First round
March 5
  		Quarterfinals
March 7
  		Semifinals
March 9
ESPN3 		Championship
March 10
ESPN2
            
1N High Point 60
5N Liberty 61
4S Coastal Carolina 61
5N Liberty 78
5N Liberty 65
2S Gardner-Webb 62
2S Gardner-Webb 71
3N Campbell 57
3N Campbell 81*
6S Presbyterian 73
5N Liberty 87
1S Charleston Southern 76
1S Charleston Southern 54
5S Winthrop 47
4N Radford 58
5S Winthrop 60*
1S Charleston Southern 71
2N VMI 65
2N VMI 90
6N Longwood 86
3S UNC-Asheville 72
6N Longwood 87
* Indicates overtime victory

References

  1. [1]
    "Big South Announces Title Sponsor, Format for Basketball Tourneys". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
  2. [2]
    Lang, Chris (7 June 2012). "Big South unveils new basketball tourney format". News & Advance. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Big South Announces Men's and Women's Basketball Changes" (Press release). Big South Conference. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  4. [4]
    "2013 visitmyrtlebeach.com Big South Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). Retrieved March 5, 2013.
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