The 2014 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place between Friday, March 7 and Monday, March 10 in

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, at the U.S. Cellular Center. The entire tournament was streamed on

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, with the Southern Conference Championship Game televised by

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. The champion received an automatic bid into the 2014 NCAA tournament. It was the last Southern Conference tournament for four teams that officially left the conference on July 1, 2014. Appalachian State and Georgia Southern, which upgraded their

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programs to the top-level

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, joined the FBS

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. Davidson became a member of the

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. Elon joined the

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. Despite all of these departures, the championship game was contested between two teams who remained in the Southern Conference. Western Carolina reached the championship by coming back from double-digit deficits, including a 15-point second-half deficit to regular season champion Davidson in the semifinals. In the championship game, it looked like history might repeat itself, as the Catamounts came back from an 11-point deficit to as close as 1. However, Trey Sumler missed a last-second three-point shot to tie the game, and Wofford won their 3rd conference championship.

Seeds

Bracket

All-tournament team

''First Team'' *

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, Davidson *Brandon Boggs, Western Carolina *James Sinclair, Western Carolina * Karl Cochran, Wofford *Lee Skinner, Wofford ''Second Team'' *Ashton Moore, The Citadel * Z. Mason, Chattanooga *Tawaski King, Western Carolina *Trey Sumler, Western Carolina *Eric Garcia, Wofford

References

External links

SoCon Basketball Championship
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Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

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