2023 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament



The 2023 Big South men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that ended the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season of the Big South Conference. It was held March 1–5 and played at Bojangles Coliseum. The tournament winners, the UNC Asheville Bulldogs, received the automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.

2023 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams10
SiteBojangles Coliseum
Charlotte, North Carolina
ChampionsUNC Asheville (6th title)
Winning coachMike Morrell (1st title)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN2
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2022–23 Big South men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UNC Asheville 16 2   .889 27 8   .771
Longwood 12 6   .667 20 12   .625
Radford 12 6   .667 21 15   .583
USC Upstate 10 8   .556 16 16   .500
Gardner–Webb 10 8   .556 15 16   .484
Winthrop 10 8   .556 15 17   .469
Campbell 8 10   .444 16 18   .471
High Point 6 12   .333 14 17   .452
Charleston Southern 5 13   .278 10 21   .323
Presbyterian 1 17   .056 5 27   .156
2023 Big South tournament winner

Seeds

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All of the conference teams will compete in the tournament. The top six team will receive a first-round bye. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

The tiebreakers operate in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Record against the top-ranked conference team not involved in the tie, going down the standings until the tie is broken. For this purpose, teams with the same conference record are considered collectively. If two teams were unbeaten or winless against an opponent but did not play the same number of games against that opponent, the tie is not considered broken.
Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 UNC Asheville 16–2 24–7
2 Longwood 12–6 20–11 2–0 vs. High Point
3 Radford 12–6 18–13 1–1 vs High Point
4 USC Upstate 10–8 15–14 3–1 vs. Gardner-Webb/Winthrop
5 Gardner-Webb 10–8 15–15 2–2 vs. USC Upstate/Winthrop
6 Winthrop 10–8 15–16 1–3 vs. USC Upstate/Gardner-Webb
7 Campbell 8–10 13–17
8 High Point 6–12 14–16
9 Charleston Southern 5–13 9–20
10 Presbyterian 1–17 5–26

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup Score Channel
Opening round - Wednesday, March 1
1 6:00 pm No. 8 High Point vs No. 9 Charleston Southern 70–72 ESPN+
2 8:00 pm No. 7 Campbell vs No. 10 Presbyterian 68–63
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 3
3 12:00 pm No. 9 Charleston Southern vs No. 1 UNC Asheville 66–75 ESPN+
4 2:00 pm No. 4 USC Upstate vs No. 5 Gardner-Webb 77–76
5 6:00 pm No. 7 Campbell vs. No. 2 Longwood 81–68
6 8:00 pm No. 3 Radford vs No. 6 Winthrop 78–69
Semifinals - Saturday, March 4
7 12:00 pm No. 1 UNC Asheville vs No. 4 USC Upstate 66–62 ESPN+
8 2:00 pm No. 7 Campbell vs No. 3 Radford 72–71
Championship - Sunday, March 5
9 1:00 pm No. 1 UNC Asheville vs No. 7 Campbell 77–73 ESPN2
*Game times in ET[1]

Bracket

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[2]

First round
Wednesday, March 1
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 3
ESPN+
Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
ESPN+
Championship
Sunday, March 5
ESPN2
            
1 UNC Asheville 75
9 Charleston Southern 66
8 High Point 70
9 Charleston Southern 72
1 UNC Asheville 66
4 USC Upstate 62
4 USC Upstate 77
5 Gardner-Webb 76
1 UNC Asheville 77
7 Campbell 73
2 Longwood 68
7 Campbell 81
7 Campbell 68
10 Presbyterian 63
7 Campbell 72
3 Radford 71
3 Radford 78
6 Winthrop 69

References

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  1. ^ "Big South Conference - 2023 MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Big South Conference - 2023 MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP".
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