2006 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2006 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 2–5, 2006 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. The #3 seed Davidson Wildcats defeated the Chattanooga Mocs in the championship game to win their 8th title and receive the automatic berth to the 2006 NCAA tournament.

2006 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2005–06
Teams	11
Site	North Charleston Coliseum North Charleston, South Carolina
Champions	Davidson (8th title)
Winning coach	Bob McKillop (3rd title)
MVP	Brendan Winters (Davidson)
Top scorer	D.J. Thompson (Appalachian State) (63 points)
Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments

2005–06 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North
Elon	10	–	4		.714			15	–	14		.517
Chattanooga	8	–	6		.571			19	–	13		.594
Western Carolina	7	–	7		.500			13	–	17		.433
Appalachian State	6	–	8		.429			14	–	16		.467
UNC Greensboro	4	–	10		.286			12	–	19		.387
South
Georgia Southern	11	–	4		.733			20	–	10		.667
Davidson†	10	–	5		.667			20	–	11		.645
College of Charleston	9	–	6		.600			17	–	11		.607
Furman	8	–	7		.533			15	–	13		.536
Wofford	6	–	9		.400			11	–	18		.379
The Citadel	1	–	14		.067			10	–	21		.323
† SoCon Tournament winner As of April 30, 2006 Rankings from AP poll

Format

All eleven teams were eligible for the tournament. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured three games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round. The fourth and fifth seeds also received automatic byes to the quarterfinal round and played each other.

Bracket

	First round March 2					Quarterfinals March 3					Semifinals March 4					Championship Game March 5
	8	Appalachian State	66
	9	Wofford	65
						1	Georgia Southern	61
						8	Appalachian State	74
											5	Chattanooga	78
											8	Appalachian State	75
						4	College of Charleston	63
						5	Chattanooga	65
																3	Davidson	80
																5	Chattanooga	55
	7	Western Carolina	65
	10	UNC Greensboro	69
						2	Elon	64
						10	UNC Greensboro	61
											2	Elon	58
											3	Davidson	65
						3	Davidson	79
						11	The Citadel	73
	6	Furman	53
	11	The Citadel	65

* Overtime game

See also

• List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions