1978 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

1978 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1977–78
Teams	8
Site	Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, VA
Champions	Furman (5th title)
Winning coach	Joe Williams (5th title)
Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments

1977–78 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Appalachian State	9	–	3		.750			15	–	13		.536
VMI	7	–	3		.700			21	–	7		.750
Marshall	8	–	5		.615			14	–	15		.483
Furman †	7	–	5		.583			19	–	11		.633
Chattanooga	7	–	5		.583			16	–	11		.593
Western Carolina	4	–	8		.333			7	–	19		.269
Davidson	3	–	7		.300			9	–	18		.333
The Citadel	2	–	11		.154			8	–	19		.296
† 1978 Southern Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from February 25–March 4, 1978. The quarterfinal round was hosted at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals were hosted at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The Furman Paladins, led by head coach Joe Williams, won their fifth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1978 NCAA tournament.

Format

All of the conference's eight 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

	Quarterfinals February 25					Semifinals March 3					Finals March 4
	1	Appalachian State	81
	8	The Citadel	64
						1	Appalachian State	68
						4	Furman	72
	4	Furman	83
	5	Chattanooga	73
											3	Marshall	53
											4	Furman	69
	2	VMI	95
	7	Davidson	80
						2	VMI	71
						3	Marshall	76
	3	Marshall	64
	6	Western Carolina	56

* Overtime game

See also

• List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions