- The SoCon Tournament will run March 8-11 in Asheville.
- No. 1 seed Samford (+150) is favored to win.
- The No. 1 seed has won the tournament for six straight seasons.
Over the last few years, the Southern Conference has consistently produced scary NCAA Tournament teams. Its growing power in mid-major circles has made it one of the more fun NCAA conference basketball tournaments to watch.ย
Naturally, BetMGM has college basketball odds and futures for every upcoming tournament, including this one.ย
Southern Conference Tournament Schedule
The SoCon Tournament runs March 8-11 at Harrahโs Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina.ย
- Game 1: No. 8 Mercer vs. No. 9 The Citadel
- Game 2: No. 7 East Tennessee State vs. No. 10 VMI
- Game 3: No. 1 Samford vs. Game 1 Winner
- Game 4: No. 2 UNC Greensboro vs. Game 2 Winner
- Game 5: No. 3 Chattanooga vs. No. 6 Wofford
- Game 6: No. 4 Western Carolina vs. No. 5 Furman
- Game 7: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner
- Game 8: Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner
- Game 9: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner
Southern Conference Tournament Odds
Team | Odds |
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Samford | +150 |
UNC Greensboro | +425 |
Western Carolina | +500 |
Chattanooga | +550 |
Furman | +700 |
Wofford | +2000 |
East Tennessee State | +2000 |
Mercer | +5000 |
The Citadel | +10000 |
VMI | +20000 |
Southern Conference Tournament Prediction
Samford (+150) will win the Southern Conference Tournament and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
A Decade of Hits
The SoCon is a beloved mid-major thatโs had several quality teams at the top of the bracket for quite a few years now. Because of that, you may be surprised to learn that the No. 1 seed has had quite the grip on the SoCon.
The No. 1 seed has won the Southern Conference Tournament every year since 2017. Even that winner was No. 3 seed ETSU, which had a 14-4 conference record that was identical to No. 2 Furman and No. 1 UNC Greensboro. The Bucs only were the No. 3 seed on tiebreakers.ย
You have to go back to 2014 to find a conventional upset scenario, where No. 3 seed Wofford (20-13, 11-5) won the tournament. No. 1 Davidson (20-13, 15-1) was upset by No. 5 Western Carolina (19-15, 10-6) in the semifinals in a 99-97 overtime shootout, and the Terriers won the title game.
Perhaps a decade of chalk is baked into the price here in Samfordโs +150 price. At +425, No. 2 UNC Greensboro is priced much closer to No. 4 Western Carolina (+500) than it is the top of the market.
Samford isnโt a lottery ticket, but the history here clearly says to take the top seed. Perhaps there are systemic advantages in how this specific tournament bracket suppresses the mid-table teams.
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2023-24 SoCon Standings
Team Conf. Wins Conf. Losses Win Pct. Total Wins Total Losses Win Pct. Samford 15 3 .833 26 5 .839 UNCG 12 6 .667 21 10 .677 Chattanooga 12 6 .667 20 11 .645 W. Carolina 11 7 .611 22 9 .710 Wofford 10 8 .556 17 14 .548 Furman 10 8 .556 16 15 .516 ETSU 8 10 .444 16 15 .516 Mercer 8 10 .444 15 16 .484 The Citadel 3 15 .167 11 20 .355 VMI 1 17 .056 4 27 .129 -
SoCon Tournament Champions
Year Champion Runner-Up Score 1921โ22 North Carolina Mercer 40โ25 1922โ23 Mississippi State Chattanooga 31โ21 1923โ24 North Carolina Alabama 26โ18 1924โ25 North Carolina Tulane 36โ28 1925โ26 North Carolina Mississippi State 37โ23 1926โ27 Vanderbilt Georgia 46โ44 1927โ28 Mississippi Auburn 31โ30 1928โ29 NC State Duke 44โ35 1929โ30 Alabama Duke 31โ24 1930โ31 Maryland Kentucky 29โ27 1931โ32 Georgia Duke 26โ24 1932โ33 South Carolina Duke 33โ21 1933โ34 Washington & Lee Duke 30โ29 1934โ35 North Carolina Washington & Lee 35โ27 1935โ36 North Carolina Washington & Lee 50โ45 1936โ37 Washington & Lee North Carolina 44โ33 1937โ38 Duke Clemson 40โ30 1938โ39 Clemson Maryland 39โ27 1939โ40 North Carolina Duke 43โ23 1940โ41 Duke South Carolina 53โ30 1941โ42 Duke NC State 45โ34 1942โ43 George Washington Duke 56โ40 1943โ44 Duke North Carolina 44โ27 1944โ45 North Carolina Duke 49โ48 1945โ46 Duke Wake Forest 49โ30 1946โ47 NC State North Carolina 50โ48 1947โ48 NC State Duke 58โ50 1948โ49 NC State George Washington 55โ39 1949โ50 NC State Duke 67โ47 1950โ51 NC State Duke 67โ63 1951โ52 NC State Duke 77โ68 1952โ53 Wake Forest NC State 71โ70 1953โ54 George Washington Richmond 83โ70 1954โ55 West Virginia George Washington 58โ48 1955โ56 West Virginia Richmond 58โ56 1956โ57 West Virginia Washington & Lee 67โ52 1957โ58 West Virginia William & Mary 74โ58 1958โ59 West Virginia The Citadel 85โ66 1959โ60 West Virginia Virginia Tech 82โ72 1960โ61 George Washington William & Mary 93โ82 1961โ62 West Virginia Virginia Tech 88โ72 1962โ63 West Virginia Davidson 79โ74 1963โ64 VMI George Washington 61โ56 1964โ65 West Virginia William & Mary 70โ67 1965โ66 Davidson West Virginia 80โ69 1966โ67 West Virginia Davidson 81โ65 1967โ68 Davidson West Virginia 87โ70 1968โ69 Davidson East Carolina 102โ76 1969โ70 Davidson Richmond 81โ61 1970โ71 Furman Richmond 68โ61 1971โ72 East Carolina Furman 77โ75 1972โ73 Furman Davidson 99โ81 1973โ74 Furman Richmond 62โ60 1974โ75 Furman William & Mary 66โ55 1975โ76 VMI Richmond 41โ33 1976โ77 VMI Appalachian State 69โ67 1977โ78 Furman Marshall 69โ53 1978โ79 Appalachian State Furman 86โ83 1979โ80 Furman Marshall 80โ62 1980โ81 Chattanooga Appalachian State 59โ55 1981โ82 Chattanooga Davidson 69โ58 1982โ83 Chattanooga East Tennessee State 70โ62 1983โ84 Marshall Chattanooga 111โ107 1994โ95 Chattanooga Chattanooga 11โ3 1995โ96 Western Carolina Western Carolina 10โ4 1996โ97 Chattanooga Marshall 71โ70 1997โ98 Davidson Appalachian State 66โ62 1998โ99 College of Charleston College of Charleston 16โ0 1999โ2000 College of Charleston Appalachian State 13โ3 2000โ01 College of Charleston UNC Greensboro 12โ4 2001โ02 Davidson Furman 62โ57 2002โ03 East Tennessee State Chattanooga 97โ90 2003โ04 East Tennessee State Chattanooga 78โ62 2004โ05 Davidson Chattanooga 16โ0 2005โ06 Georgia Southern Davidson 11โ4 2006โ07 Davidson Davidson 17โ1 2007โ08 Davidson Elon 65โ49 2008โ09 Chattanooga College of Charleston 80โ69 2009โ10 Wofford Wofford 15โ3 2010โ11 Wofford College of Charleston 77โ67 2011โ12 Davidson Davidson 16โ2 2012โ13 Davidson Davidson 17โ1 2013โ14 Wofford Western Carolina 56โ53 2014โ15 Wofford Furman 67โ64 2015โ16 Chattanooga East Tennessee State 73โ67 2016โ17 East Tennessee State UNC Greensboro 79โ74 2017โ18 UNC Greensboro East Tennessee State 62โ47 2018โ19 Wofford UNC Greensboro 70โ58 2019โ20 East Tennessee State Wofford 72โ58 2020โ21 UNC Greensboro Mercer 69โ61 2021โ22 Chattanooga Furman 64โ63 2022โ23 Furman Chattanooga 88โ79 -
Most SoCon Tournament Championships
Team Championships Years Chattanooga 12 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2009, 2016, 2022 Davidson 12 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013 West Virginia 10 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967 East Tennessee State 8 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2017, 2020 North Carolina 8 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1945 Furman 7 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 2023 NC State 7 1929, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 Wofford 5 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2019 Duke 5 1938, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946 VMI 3 1964, 1976, 1977 UNC Greensboro 3 2001, 2018, 2021 George Washington 3 1943, 1954, 1961 Marshall 3 1984, 1985, 1987 Appalachian State 2 1979, 2000 Washington & Lee 2 1934, 1937 Western Carolina 1 1996 Alabama 1 1930 Clemson 1 1939 College of Charleston[a] 1 1999 East Carolina 1 1972 Georgia 1 1932 Maryland 1 1931 Mississippi State 1 1923 Ole Miss 1 1928 South Carolina 1 1933 Vanderbilt 1 1927 Wake Forest 1 1953
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