1948 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

1948 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Site	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
Champions	North Carolina State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Everett Case (2nd title)
Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments

1947–48 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North Carolina State †	12	–	0		1.000			29	–	3		.906
George Washington	13	–	3		.813			19	–	7		.731
North Carolina	11	–	4		.733			20	–	7		.741
Maryland	9	–	6		.600			11	–	14		.440
Davidson	10	–	7		.588			19	–	9		.679
Virginia Tech	7	–	5		.583			14	–	9		.609
Duke	8	–	6		.571			17	–	12		.586
Wake Forest	8	–	7		.533			18	–	11		.621
William & Mary	8	–	7		.533			13	–	10		.565
South Carolina	8	–	7		.533			12	–	11		.522
Washington and Lee	5	–	9		.357			7	–	17		.292
The Citadel	4	–	8		.333			8	–	9		.471
Richmond	4	–	9		.308			8	–	14		.364
Furman	3	–	10		.231			11	–	15		.423
Clemson	3	–	14		.176			6	–	17		.261
VMI	1	–	12		.077			3	–	16		.158
† Southern Conference Tournament winner

The 1948 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 2–5, 1948 at Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The North Carolina State Wolfpack won their third Southern Conference title, led by head coach Everett Case.

Format

The top ten finishers of the conference's sixteen members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured two games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinals.

Bracket

	First round March 2					Quarterfinals March 3					Semifinals March 4					Finals March 5
		Wake Forest	56
		William & Mary	61
							NC State	73
							William & Mary	52
												NC State	55
												North Carolina	50
							North Carolina	61
							Virginia Tech	40
																	NC State	58
																	Duke	50
							Maryland	51
							Davidson	58
												Duke	53
												Davidson	37
		Duke	63
		South Carolina	48
							Duke	54
							George Washington	51

* Overtime game

See also

• List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions