1939 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

1939 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	11
Site	Thompson Gym Raleigh, NC
Champions	Clemson (1st title)
Winning coach	Joe Davis (1st title)
Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments

1938–39 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wake Forest	15	–	3		.833			18	–	6		.750
Maryland	8	–	3		.727			15	–	9		.625
Washington and Lee	8	–	3		.727			13	–	9		.591
The Citadel	7	–	3		.700			14	–	5		.737
Davidson	9	–	7		.563			19	–	10		.655
North Carolina	8	–	7		.533			10	–	11		.476
North Carolina State	7	–	6		.538			10	–	7		.588
Duke	8	–	8		.500			10	–	12		.455
Clemson †	6	–	6		.500			16	–	8		.667
VMI	6	–	6		.500			7	–	10		.412
Richmond	5	–	5		.500			10	–	10		.500
William & Mary	4	–	9		.308			9	–	12		.429
South Carolina	2	–	8		.200			5	–	18		.217
Virginia Tech	2	–	10		.167			3	–	14		.176
Furman	0	–	10		.000			6	–	16		.273
† Southern Conference Tournament winner

The 1939 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 1–4, 1939 at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Clemson Tigers won their first Southern Conference title, led by head coach Joe Davis.

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's fifteen members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

	First round March 1					Quarterfinals March 2					Semifinals March 3					Finals March 4
		Clemson	44
		North Carolina	43
							Wake Forest	28
							Clemson	30
												Clemson	49
												Davidson	33
							Davidson	43
							Washington and Lee	32
																	Clemson	39
																	Maryland	27
		Richmond	31
		VMI	20
							Maryland	47
							Richmond	32
												Maryland	53
												NC State	29
		NC State	40
		Duke	39
							The Citadel	38
							NC State	40

* Overtime game

See also

• List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions