2024 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
American collegiate sporting event
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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 | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2023–24 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Site | Qubein Center High Point, North Carolina |
| Champions | Longwood (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Griff Aldrich (2nd title) |
| Attendance | 13,040 (total) 1,842 (championship) |
| Television | ESPN+, ESPN2 |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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:
- Head-to-head record.
- 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
| Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Channel | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening round - Wednesday, March 6 | |||||
| 1 | 8:00 pm | No. 8 USC Upstate vs No. 9 Radford | 60–67 | ESPN+ | 978 |
| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 8 | |||||
| 2 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 High Point vs No. 9 Radford | 77–63 | ESPN+ | 4,258 |
| 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 | 1,524 | |
| 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+ | 4,438 |
| 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 | 1,842 |
| *Game times in ET | |||||
Bracket
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||