2005 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2005 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200405
Teams 8
Site Campus sites
Finals site Winthrop Coliseum
Rock Hill, SC
Champions Winthrop Eagles (6th title)
Winning coach Gregg Marshall (5th title)
MVP Torrell Martin (Winthrop)
Attendance 16,212
Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2004  2006»
2004–05 Big South Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Winthrop 15 1   .938     27 6   .818
Liberty 11 5   .688     13 15   .464
UNC Asheville 8 8   .500     11 17   .393
Birmingham–Southern 7 9   .438     16 14   .533
Charleston Southern 7 9   .438     13 17   .433
Radford 7 9   .438     12 16   .429
High Point 7 9   .438     13 18   .419
Coastal Carolina 7 9   .438     10 19   .345
VMI 3 13   .188     9 18   .333
2005 Big South Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 1–5, 2005 at campus sites. The tournament was won by the Winthrop Eagles, their first of what would become four consecutive titles, led by head coach Gregg Marshall. They defeated the #7 Charleston Southern Buccaneers in the championship game 68–46.[1]

Format

The top eight of the conference's nine teams were eligible for the tournament, seeded by conference winning percentage. All games were hosted at campus sites, with home-field advantage going to the higher seed. This gave the #1 seed Winthrop home-court advantage throughout the tournament.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 1
Semifinals
March 3
Finals
March 5
         
1 Winthrop 74
8 Coastal Carolina 62
1 Winthrop 78
4 Birmingham–Southern 64
4 Birmingham–Southern 69
5 Radford 40
1 Winthrop 68
7 Charleston Southern 46
3 UNC Asheville 93
6 High Point 98
6 High Point 55
7 Charleston Southern 58
2 Liberty 60
7 Charleston Southern 66

*Asterisk indicates overtime game

All-Tournament Team

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