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1997 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

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1997 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1996–97
Teams8
SiteVines Center
Lynchburg, VA
ChampionsCharleston Southern (4th title)
Winning coachTom Conrad (1st title)
MVPPeter Aluma (Liberty)
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1996–97 Big South Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UNC Asheville 11 3   .786 18 10   .643
Liberty 11 3   .786 23 9   .719
Radford 8 6   .571 15 13   .536
Charleston Southern 7 7   .500 17 13   .567
Coastal Carolina 6 8   .429 11 16   .407
UNC Greensboro 6 8   .429 10 20   .333
Winthrop 5 9   .357 12 15   .444
UMBC 2 12   .143 5 22   .185
1997 Big South tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place February 26–March 1, 1997, at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of the Liberty Flames. For the fourth time in their school history, the Charleston Southern Buccaneers won the tournament, led by head coach Tom Conrad.[1]

The Buccaneers advanced to their first NCAA tournament in school history (the first three times they won the conference tournament, the conference did not have an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.) As of 2023, this is Charleston Southern's only NCAA tournament appearance.

Format

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All eight teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Vines Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. This was the last season for UNC Greensboro as a member of the league, who left for the Southern Conference the following season.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
February 26
Semifinals
February 28
Finals
March 1
         
1 UNC Asheville 54
8 UMBC 51
1 UNC Asheville 57
4 Charleston Southern 67
4 Charleston Southern 67
5 Coastal Carolina 51
4 Charleston Southern 64
2 Liberty 54
3 Radford 78
6 UNC Greensboro 76
3 Radford 73
2 Liberty 85
2 Liberty 83
7 Winthrop 69

All-Tournament Team

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References

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