1998 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1997–98 |
Teams | 7 |
Site | Vines Center Lynchburg, VA |
Champions | Radford (1st title) |
Winning coach | Ron Bradley (1st title) |
MVP | Kevin Robinson (Radford) |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Asheville | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radford † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winthrop | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charleston Southern | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 5 | – | 22 | .185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1998 Big South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1998 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place February 25 to 28 in 1998 at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of the Liberty Flames. For the first time in their school history, the Radford won the tournament, led by head coach Ron Bradley.
Format
All seven teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Vines Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. This was the last season for UMBC as a member of the league.
Bracket
Quarterfinals February 25 | Semifinals February 27 | Finals February 28 | ||||||||||||
1 | UNC Asheville | 46 | ||||||||||||
4 | Liberty | 42 | ||||||||||||
4 | Liberty | 78 | ||||||||||||
5 | Coastal Carolina | 70 | ||||||||||||
1 | UNC Asheville | 61 | ||||||||||||
2 | Radford | 63 | ||||||||||||
3 | UMBC | 67 | ||||||||||||
6 | Winthrop | 55 | ||||||||||||
3 | UMBC | 69 | ||||||||||||
2 | Radford | 88 | ||||||||||||
2 | Radford | 75 | ||||||||||||
7 | Charleston Southern | 68 |
All-Tournament Team
- Kevin Robinson, Radford
- Ryan Charles, Radford
- Corey Reed, Radford
- Kevin Martin, UNC Asheville
- Josh Pittman, UNC Asheville
References
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