1991 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

1991 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1990–91
Teams	7
Site	Asheville Civic Center Asheville, NC
Champions	East Tennessee State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Alan LeForce (1st title)
Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments

1990–91 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Furman	11	–	3		.786			20	–	9		.690
No. 17 East Tennessee State†	11	–	3		.786			28	–	5		.848
Chattanooga	11	–	3		.786			19	–	10		.655
Appalachian State	7	–	7		.500			16	–	14		.533
Marshall	7	–	7		.500			14	–	14		.500
VMI	5	–	9		.357			10	–	18		.357
Western Carolina	3	–	11		.214			11	–	17		.393
The Citadel	1	–	13		.071			6	–	22		.214
† 1991 SoCon Tournament winner As of April 30, 1991 Rankings from AP poll

The 1991 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 1–3, 1991 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The East Tennessee State Buccaneers, led by head coach Alan LeForce, won their third Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1991 NCAA tournament.

Format

Seven of the conference's eight members participated in the tournament (Marshall was ineligible). Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 1					Semifinals March 2					Finals March 3
	4	Appalachian State	100
	5	VMI	72
						1	Furman	82
						4	Appalachian State	100
											2	#19 East Tennessee St.	101
											4	Appalachian State	82
	2	#19 East Tennessee St.	99
	7	The Citadel	70
						2	#19 East Tennessee St.	101
						3	Chattanooga	74
	3	Chattanooga	84
	6	Western Carolina	83

* Overtime game

See also

• List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions