1999 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1999 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199899
Teams 6
Site Asheville Civic Center
Asheville, NC
Champions Winthrop (1st title)
Winning coach Gregg Marshall (1st title)
MVP Heson Groves (Winthrop)
Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
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1998–99 Big South Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Winthrop 9 1   .900     21 8   .724
Radford 8 2   .800     20 8   .714
UNC Asheville 5 5   .500     11 18   .379
Charleston Southern 4 6   .400     12 16   .429
Coastal Carolina 4 6   .400     7 20   .259
Liberty 0 10   .000     4 23   .148
1999 Big South Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 25–27, 1999 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. For the first time in their school history, the Winthrop Eagles won the tournament, led by head coach Gregg Marshall.[1]

Format

All six teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Asheville Civic Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. Elon and High Point were making their transition to the league during the season, and were not yet included as full members.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
February 25
    Semifinals
February 26
    Finals
February 27
                           
      1  Winthrop 70  
  4  Charleston Southern 87     4  Charleston Southern 61    
  5  Coastal Carolina 67         1  Winthrop 86
      2  Radford 74
      2  Radford 92    
  3  UNC Asheville 106     3  UNC Asheville 79  
  6  Liberty 98  

*Asterisk indicates overtime game

All-Tournament Team

[1]

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