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1953 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

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1953 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1952–53
Teams8
SiteReynolds Coliseum
Raleigh, NC
ChampionsWake Forest (1st title)
Winning coachMurray Greason (1st title)
← 1952
1954 →
1952–53 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 18 North Carolina State 13 3   .813 26 6   .813
No. 15 Wake Forest 12 3   .800 19 6   .760
Maryland 12 3   .800 15 8   .652
West Virginia 11 3   .786 19 17   .528
Furman 10 3   .769 21 6   .778
Duke 12 4   .750 17 8   .680
Richmond 13 5   .722 21 7   .750
North Carolina 15 6   .714 17 10   .630
George Washington 12 6   .667 15 7   .682
Clemson 6 8   .429 8 10   .444
South Carolina 7 12   .368 11 13   .458
William & Mary 6 13   .316 10 13   .435
Virginia Tech 4 13   .235 4 19   .174
Davidson 3 14   .176 4 16   .200
VMI 1 14   .067 5 19   .208
Washington and Lee 1 17   .056 2 20   .091
The Citadel 0 11   .000 4 14   .222
Southern Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 5–7, 1953 at the Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons, led by head coach Murray Greason, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1953 NCAA tournament.[1]

Format

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The top eight finishers of the conference's seventeen 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

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Quarterfinals
March 5
Semifinals
March 6
Finals
March 7
         
1 #12 NC State 86
8 North Carolina 54
1 #12 NC State 85
4 West Virginia 80
4 West Virginia 91
5 Furman 87
1 #12 NC State 70
2 Wake Forest 71
2 Wake Forest 88
7 Richmond 70
2 Wake Forest 61
3 Maryland 59
3 Maryland 74
6 Duke 65

* Overtime game

See also

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References

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