2024 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2024 Big South men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that ended the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season of the Big South Conference.[1] It was held from March 6–10 and played at the Qubein Center.[2] The tournament winner, Longwood, received the automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.

2024 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams9
SiteQubein Center
High Point, North Carolina
ChampionsLongwood (2nd title)
Winning coachGriff Aldrich (2nd title)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN2
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2023–24 Big South men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
High Point 13 3   .813 27 9   .750
UNC Asheville 12 4   .750 22 12   .647
Gardner–Webb 11 5   .688 17 16   .515
Winthrop 8 8   .500 17 15   .531
Longwood 6 10   .375 21 14   .600
Presbyterian 6 10   .375 14 19   .424
Charleston Southern 6 10   .375 10 20   .333
USC Upstate 5 11   .313 10 20   .333
Radford 5 11   .313 16 17   .485
2024 Big South tournament winner

Seeds

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All of the conference teams competed in the tournament. The top seven teams received a first-round bye. Teams were 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 High Point 13–3 24–7
2 UNC Asheville 12–4 20–11
3 Gardner–Webb 11–5 16–15
4 Winthrop 8–8 17–14
5 Longwood 6–10 18–13 3–1 vs. Presbyterian/Charleston Southern
6 Presbyterian 6–10 14–17 2–2 vs. Longwood/Charleston Southern
7 Charleston Southern 6–10 10–19 1–3 vs. Longwood/Presbyterian
8 USC Upstate 5–11 15–16 1–1 vs. High Point
9 Radford 5–11 15–16 0–2 vs. High Point

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup Score Channel
Opening round - Wednesday, March 6
1 8:00 pm No. 8 USC Upstate vs No. 9 Radford 60–67 ESPN+
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 8
2 12:00 pm No. 1 High Point vs No. 9 Radford 77–63 ESPN+
3 2:00 pm No. 4 Winthrop vs No. 5 Longwood 56–69
4 6:00 pm No. 2 UNC Asheville vs. No. 7 Charleston Southern 60–55
5 8:00 pm No. 3 Gardner–Webb vs No. 6 Presbyterian 61–60
Semifinals - Saturday, March 9
6 12:00 pm No. 1 High Point vs No. 5 Longwood 79–80 OT ESPN+
7 2:00 pm No. 2 UNC Asheville vs No. 3 Gardner–Webb 83–72 OT
Championship - Sunday, March 10
8 12:00 pm No. 5 Longwood vs No. 2 UNC Asheville 85–59 ESPN2
*Game times in ET

Bracket

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Opening round
Wednesday, March 6
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 8
ESPN+
Semifinals
Saturday, March 9
ESPN+
Championship
Sunday, March 10
ESPN2
            
1 High Point 77
9 Radford 63
8 USC Upstate 60
9 Radford 67
1 High Point 79
5 Longwood 80*
4 Winthrop 56
5 Longwood 69
5 Longwood 85
2 UNC Asheville 59
2 UNC Asheville 60
7 Charleston Southern 55
2 UNC Asheville 83*
3 Gardner–Webb 72
3 Gardner–Webb 61
6 Presbyterian 60

References

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  1. ^ "2024 Hercules Tires Big South Basketball Championships - Big South Conference". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  2. ^ "High Point University to Host 2024 Hercules Tires Big South Basketball Championships". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.