Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament


The Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Big South Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1986. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament. However, the conference did not have an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament from 1986 to 1990.
From 2003 through 2012, the tournament was held mostly at campus sites. In 2003, the semifinals and finals were held at a predetermined site. After that, depending on the year, either the final, or both the semifinals and final, were hosted by the team that won the regular-season title. In 2012, the regular-season champion hosted the quarterfinals as well. Starting in 2013, the tournament was held at a single site for the first time since 2002, specifically Coastal Carolina's new HTC Center. The tournament remained at that venue until Coastal announced its 2016 departure for the Sun Belt Conference; the 2016 edition was held at the Pope Convocation Center on the campus of Campbell University. Beginning in 2017, the format changed yet again; the first round is now held at campus sites, with the quarterfinals and semifinals hosted by the regular-season winner and the final by the top surviving seed.

History

YearChampionScoreRunner-upMVPLocation
1986Charleston Southern68–60AugustaBen Hinson, Charleston SouthernSavannah Civic Center • Savannah, GA
1987Charleston Southern64–63CampbellBen Hinson, Charleston SouthernSavannah Civic Center • Savannah, GA
1988Winthrop71–56RadfordJohn Weiss, WinthropWinthrop Coliseum • Rock Hill, SC
1989UNC Asheville93–78CampbellMilton Moore, UNC AshevilleWinthrop Coliseum • Rock Hill, SC
1990Coastal Carolina76–73UNC AshevilleMilton Moore, UNC AshevilleWinthrop Coliseum • Rock Hill, SC
1991Coastal Carolina89–54AugustaTony Dunkin, Coastal CarolinaCivic Center of Anderson • Anderson, SC
1992Campbell67–53Charleston SouthernMark Mocnik, CampbellCivic Center of Anderson • Anderson, SC
1993Coastal Carolina78–65WinthropTony Dunkin, Coastal CarolinaNorth Charleston Coliseum • North Charleston, SC
1994Liberty76–62CampbellPeter Aluma, LibertyNorth Charleston Coliseum • North Charleston, SC
1995Charleston Southern68–67UNC GreensboroEric Burks, Charleston SouthernVines Center • Lynchburg, VA
1996UNC Greensboro79–53LibertyScott Hartzell, UNC GreensboroVines Center • Lynchburg, VA
1997Charleston Southern64–54LibertyPeter Aluma, LibertyVines Center • Lynchburg, VA
1998Radford63–61UNC AshevilleKevin Robinson, RadfordVines Center • Lynchburg, VA
1999Winthrop86–74RadfordHeson Groves, WinthropAsheville Civic Center • Asheville, NC
2000Winthrop81–68UNC AshevilleGreg Lewis, WinthropAsheville Civic Center • Asheville, NC
2001Winthrop67–65RadfordAndrey Savtchenko, RadfordRoanoke Civic Center • Roanoke, VA
2002Winthrop70–48High PointGreg Lewis, WinthropRoanoke Civic Center • Roanoke, VA
2003UNC Asheville85–71RadfordAndre Smith, UNC AshevilleVines Center • Lynchburg, VA
2004Liberty89–44High PointDanny Gathings, High PointVines Center • Lynchburg, VA
2005Winthrop68–46Charleston SouthernTorrell Martin, WinthropWinthrop Coliseum • Rock Hill, SC
2006Winthrop51–50Coastal CarolinaTorrell Martin, WinthropWinthrop Coliseum • Rock Hill, SC
2007Winthrop84–81VMICraig Bradshaw, WinthropWinthrop Coliseum • Rock Hill, SC
2008Winthrop66–48UNC AshevilleMichael Jenkins, WinthropJustice Center • Asheville, NC
2009Radford108–94VMIArtsiom Parakhouski, RadfordDedmon Center • Radford, VA
2010Winthrop64–53Coastal CarolinaMantoris Robinson, WinthropKimbel Arena • Conway, SC
2011UNC Asheville60–47Coastal CarolinaMatt Dickey, UNC AshevilleKimbel Arena • Conway, SC
2012UNC Asheville80–64VMIJ. P. Primm, UNC AshevilleKimmel Arena • Asheville, NC
2013Liberty87–76Charleston SouthernDavon Marshall, LibertyHTC Center • Conway, SC
2014Coastal Carolina76–61WinthropWarren Gillis, Coastal CarolinaHTC Center • Conway, SC
2015Coastal Carolina81–70WinthropElijah Wilson, Coastal CarolinaHTC Center • Conway, SC
2016UNC Asheville77–68WinthropDwayne Sutton, UNC AshevillePope Convocation Center • Buies Creek, NC
2017Winthrop76–59CampbellKeon Johnson, WinthropWinthrop Coliseum • Rock Hill, SC
2018Radford55–52LibertyCarlik Jones, RadfordDedmon Center • Radford, VA
2019Gardner–Webb76–64RadfordD.J. Laster, Gardner–WebbDedmon Center • Radford, VA
2020Winthrop76–68HamptonHunter Hale, WinthropWinthrop Coliseum • Rock Hill, SC

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