2010 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2010 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2010 Big South Championship logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	8
Site	campus sites
Finals site	Kimbel Arena Conway, South Carolina
Champions	Winthrop (10th title)
Winning coach	Randy Peele (2nd title)
Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2009  2011»

2009–10 Big South men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Coastal Carolina	15	–	3		.833			28	–	7		.800
Radford	13	–	5		.722			19	–	12		.613
Winthrop †	12	–	6		.667			19	–	14		.576
UNC Asheville	11	–	7		.611			15	–	16		.484
High Point	10	–	8		.556			15	–	15		.500
Liberty	10	–	8		.556			15	–	16		.484
Charleston Southern	7	–	11		.389			13	–	17		.433
VMI	5	–	13		.278			10	–	19		.345
Gardner-Webb	5	–	13		.278			8	–	21		.276
Presbyterian	2	–	16		.111			5	–	26		.161
† 2010 Big South Tournament winner As of March 16, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Big South Men's Basketball Tournament was played for March 2, 4, 6, 2010 on campus sites. The semifinal round will be televised on ESPNU, and the finals will be seen on ESPN2.

Format

The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Big South Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 18 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record. Since the Winthrop Eagles won the tournament, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Also, the #1 seed Coastal Carolina Chanticleers received an automatic bid to the NIT.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 2					Semifinals March 4					Finals March 6
	1	Coastal Carolina	82
	8	VMI	73
						1	Coastal Carolina	92
						4	UNC Asheville	73
	4	UNC Asheville	84
	5	High Point	73
											1	Coastal Carolina	53
											3	Winthrop	64
	3	Winthrop	80
	6	Liberty	72
						3	Winthrop	61
						2	Radford	46
	2	Radford	64*
	7	Charleston Southern	61

• asterisk indicates overtime game

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