Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Sport	Basketball
Conference	Big South Conference
Number of teams	10
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Campus sites (see below)
Current location	N/A
Played	1986–present
Last contest	2016
Current champion	UNC Asheville
Most championships	Winthrop (10)
TV partner(s)	ESPN
Official website	Big South Conference Men's Basketball

A sand sculpture during the 2015 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament held at Coastal Carolina University

The Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (popularly known as the Big South Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Big South Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1986. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

From 2003 through 2012, the tournament was held mostly at campus sites. In 2003, the semifinals and finals were held at a predetermined site. After that, depending on the year, either the final, or both the semifinals and final, were hosted by the team that won the regular-season title. In 2012, the regular-season champion hosted the quarterfinals as well. Starting in 2013, the tournament was held at a single site for the first time since 2002, specifically Coastal Carolina's new HTC Center (known at the time of announcement as the Student Recreation and Convocation Center).^[1] The tournament remained at that venue until Coastal announced its 2016 departure for the Sun Belt Conference; the 2016 edition was held at the Pope Convocation Center on the campus of Campbell University. Beginning in 2017, the format will change yet again; the first round will be held at campus sites, the quarterfinals and semifinals will be hosted by the regular-season winner, and the final will be hosted by the top surviving seed.

History

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	MVP	Location
1986	Charleston Southern	68–60	Augusta	Ben Hinson, Charleston Southern	Savannah Civic Center • Savannah, GA
1987	Charleston Southern	64–63	Campbell	Ben Hinson, Charleston Southern	Savannah Civic Center • Savannah, GA
1988	Winthrop	71–56	Radford	John Weiss, Winthrop	Winthrop Coliseum • Rock Hill, SC
1989	UNC Asheville	93–78	Campbell	Milton Moore, UNC Asheville	Winthrop Coliseum • Rock Hill, SC
1990	Coastal Carolina	76–73	UNC Asheville	Milton Moore, UNC Asheville	Winthrop Coliseum • Rock Hill, SC
1991	Coastal Carolina	89–54	Augusta	Tony Dunkin, Coastal Carolina	Civic Center of Anderson • Anderson, SC
1992	Campbell	67–53	Charleston Southern	Mark Mocnik, Campbell	Civic Center of Anderson • Anderson, SC
1993	Coastal Carolina	78–65	Winthrop	Tony Dunkin, Coastal Carolina	North Charleston Coliseum • North Charleston, SC
1994	Liberty	76–62	Campbell	Peter Aluma, Liberty	North Charleston Coliseum • North Charleston, SC
1995	Charleston Southern	68–67	UNC Greensboro	Eric Burks, Charleston Southern	Vines Center • Lynchburg, VA
1996	UNC Greensboro	79–53	Liberty	Scott Hartzell, UNC Greensboro	Vines Center • Lynchburg, VA
1997	Charleston Southern	64–54	Liberty	Peter Aluma, Liberty	Vines Center • Lynchburg, VA
1998	Radford	63–61	UNC Asheville	Kevin Robinson, Radford	Vines Center • Lynchburg, VA
1999	Winthrop	86–74	Radford	Heson Groves, Winthrop	Asheville Civic Center • Asheville, NC
2000	Winthrop	81–68	UNC Asheville	Greg Lewis, Winthrop	Asheville Civic Center • Asheville, NC
2001	Winthrop	67–65	Radford	Andrey Savtchenko, Radford	Roanoke Civic Center • Roanoke, VA
2002	Winthrop	70–48	High Point	Greg Lewis, Winthrop	Roanoke Civic Center • Roanoke, VA
2003	UNC Asheville	85–71	Radford	Andre Smith, UNC Asheville	Vines Center • Lynchburg, VA
2004	Liberty	89–44	High Point	Danny Gathings, High Point	Vines Center • Lynchburg, VA
2005	Winthrop	68–46	Charleston Southern	Torrell Martin, Winthrop	Winthrop Coliseum • Rock Hill, SC
2006	Winthrop	51–50	Coastal Carolina	Torrell Martin, Winthrop	Winthrop Coliseum • Rock Hill, SC
2007	Winthrop	84–81	VMI	Craig Bradshaw, Winthrop	Winthrop Coliseum • Rock Hill, SC
2008	Winthrop	66–48	UNC Asheville	Michael Jenkins, Winthrop	Justice Center • Asheville, NC
2009	Radford	108–94	VMI	Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford	Dedmon Center • Radford, VA
2010	Winthrop	64–53	Coastal Carolina	Mantoris Robinson, Winthrop	Kimbel Arena • Conway, SC
2011	UNC Asheville	60–47	Coastal Carolina	Matt Dickey, UNC Asheville	Kimbel Arena • Conway, SC
2012	UNC Asheville	80–64	VMI	J. P. Primm, UNC Asheville	Kimmel Arena • Asheville, NC
2013	Liberty	87–76	Charleston Southern	Davon Marshall, Liberty	HTC Center • Conway, SC
2014	Coastal Carolina	76–61	Winthrop	Warren Gillis, Coastal Carolina	HTC Center • Conway, SC
2015	Coastal Carolina	81–70	Winthrop	Elijah Wilson, Coastal Carolina	HTC Center • Conway, SC
2016	UNC Asheville	77–68	Winthrop	Dwayne Sutton, UNC Asheville	Pope Convocation Center • Buies Creek, NC

Performance By School

Member	Winners	Winning Years
Winthrop	10	1988, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
Coastal Carolina[p 1]	5	1990, 1991, 1993, 2014, 2015
UNC Asheville	5	1989, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2016
Charleston Southern	4	1986, 1987, 1995, 1997
Liberty	3	1994, 2004, 2013
Radford	2	1998, 2009
Campbell	1	1992
UNC Greensboro[p 1]	1	1996
TOTAL	31

Notes

1. No longer a conference member.

References

1. "Big South announces plans to have tourney at one location". CBSSports.com. June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2012.