“Before you go to the Big Dance®... You’ve gotta do the Charleston!”

 

2006 Southern Conference Men’s and Women’s

Basketball Championships

 

The Southern Conference returns to Charleston, SC, for the 2006 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships. The tournament begins on Thursday, March 2 and concludes on Sunday, March 5. The men will play all games at the North Charleston Coliseum. The women’s tournament will be played at McAlister Field House on the campus of The Citadel on Thursday, March 2 and Friday, March 3. The semifinals and championship game of the women’s tournament will be at the North Charleston Coliseum.

 

CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE GAME???

The Southern Conference offers plenty of opportunities for you to enjoy the tournament away from Charleston! Below are links to live stats for the men and the women as well as a link to SoCon.TV, the SoCon's exclusive audio and video services. Click on the link below for subscription information on SoCon.TV.

 

SOCON.TV

MEN'S LIVE STATS

WOMEN'S LIVE STATS

 

FAN GUIDE

Looking for something to do, somewhere to eat, somewhere to stay while in Charleston? Check out the Fan Guide, with a special thanks to the Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.

 

Ticket Information

 

Watch the 2006 Tournament Spot

 

The Schedule:

Men’s Basketball Bracket

Women’s Basketball Bracket

 

Men’s (live stats links have been fixed):

First Round - Thursday, March 2 (at North Charleston Coliseum)

Game 1, Session I  — #8 Appalachian State 66, #9 Wofford 65 | RECAP | STATS

Game 2, Session I — #10 UNC Greensboro 69, #7 Western Carolina 65 | RECAP | STATS

Game 3, Session I — #11 The Citadel 65, #6 Furman 53 | RECAP | STATS

 

Quarterfinals - Friday, March 3 (at North Charleston Coliseum)

Game 4, Session II — #8 Appalachian State 74, #1 Georgia Southern 61 | RECAP | STATS

Game 5, Session II — #5 Chattanooga 65, #4 College of Charleston 63 | RECAP | STATS

Game 6, Session III — #2 Elon 64, #10 UNC Greensboro 61 | RECAP | STATS

Game 7, Session III — #3 Davidson 79, #11 The Citadel 73 | RECAP | STATS

 

Semifinals - Saturday, March 4 (at North Charleston Coliseum)

Game 8, Session IV — #5 Chattanooga 78, #8 Appalachian State 75 | RECAP | STATS

Game 9, Session IV — #3 Davidson 65, #2 Elon 58 | RECAP | STATS

                       

Final - Sunday, March 5 (at North Charleston Coliseum)

Game 10 — Championship Game: #3 Davidson 80, #5 Chattanooga 55 (ESPN2)  | RECAP | STATS

 

Women’s:

First Round - Thursday, March 2 (at McAlister Field House)

Game 1, Session I  — #9 Furman 66, #8 College of Charleston 63 | RECAP | STATS

Game 2, Session I — #7 Georgia Southern 77, #10 Wofford 66  | RECAP | STATS

 

Quarterfinals - Friday, March 3 (at McAlister Field House)

Game 3, Session II — #5 Western Carolina 80, #4 Appalachian State 71 | RECAP | STATS

Game 4, Session II — #1 Chattanooga 70, #9 Furman 51 | RECAP | STATS

Game 5, Session III — #2 UNC Greensboro 68, #7 Georgia Southern 56 | RECAP | STATS

Game 6, Session III — #3 Davidson 55, #6 Elon 53 | RECAP | STATS

 

Semifinals - Saturday, March 4 (at North Charleston Coliseum)

Game 7, Session IV — #1 Chattanooga 77, #5 Western Carolina 73  | RECAP | STATS

Game 8, Session IV — #2 UNC Greensboro 69, #3 Davidson 58 | RECAP | STATS

                       

Final - Sunday, March 5 (at North Charleston Coliseum)

Game 9 — Championship Game: #1 Chattanooga 91, #2 UNC Greensboro 79 | RECAP | STATS

 

 

The Defending Champions:

The 2005 tournament proved to be an exciting one in Chattanooga, TN. Records were broken, two new champions were crowned and rookie coaches captured the spotlight.

 

MEN:

The Chattanooga Mocs were crowned the Southern Conference Tournament champions for the first time since

Chattanooga Mocs, 2005 SoCon Tournament Champs

1996-97...and did it on their home court.  Head coach John Shulman became the first rookie coach to win the championship title since Western Carolina’s Phil Hopkins in 1996. UTC topped UNCG 66-62 in the title game. Chattanooga’s Mindaugas Katelynas earned Most Outstanding Player honors as he averaged 15.7 points and 13.0 rebounds including a tourney-high 21 rebounds in a semifinal win over Appalachian State. The championship game attendance of 7,243 was the largest since 7,100 witnessed the title game in 1978 in Roanoke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WOMEN:

Cinderella came to the dance...and found her glass slipper. In the 2004 tournament, Western Carolina made its way

Western Carolina Lady Catamounts, 2005 SoCon Tournament Champs

to the championship game as the sixth seed but fell to Chattanooga in the final. In 2005, the Lady Catamounts went one step further, becoming only the second #6 seed in conference history to win the tournament title with a 97-95 double overtime win over Georgia Southern. The tournament saw 16 tournament records broken and two tied, with WCU’s Jennifer Garner setting six of those records. Western Carolina head coach Kellie Harper became the first women’s basketball head coach to win the tournament in her rookie season.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Men’s Basketball Tournament History

Women’s Basketball Tournament History