2012 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2012 Big South men's basketball tournament took place February 27, 29, March 1, and March 3, 2012. The semifinals were televised on ESPNU, and the championship on ESPN2. It was the first year the Big South introduced a first round that consisted of 2 games to be held on campus sites of the higher seeds. VMI and High Point defeated Radford and Gardner-Webb, respectively, to advance to the quarterfinals, held at UNC Asheville's Kimmel Arena along with the semifinals.

2012 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201112
Teams10
First round siteCampus sites
Quarterfinals siteKimmel Arena
Asheville, NC
Semifinals siteKimmel Arena
Asheville, NC
Finals siteKimmel Arena
Asheville, NC
ChampionsUNC Asheville (4th title)
Winning coachEd Biedenbach (3rd title)
MVPJ. P. Primm (UNC Asheville)
Top scorerJ. P. Prim (UNC Asheville)
(58 points)
2011–12 Big South men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UNC Asheville162 .8892410  .706
Coastal Carolina126 .6671912  .613
Campbell117 .6111715  .531
Charleston Southern117 .6111912  .613
Liberty99 .5001517  .469
Winthrop810 .4441220  .375
VMI810 .4441716  .515
High Point810 .4441318  .419
Presbyterian*810 .4441415  .483
Gardner–Webb612 .3331220  .375
Radford216 .111626  .188
2012 Big South tournament winner
As of March 15, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for conference tournament

The quarterfinals featured a pair of upsets, the first from the hands of VMI. The 7-seeded Keydets used a huge 2nd half run to pull away from #2 seed Coastal Carolina 85–68. Later that day, #6 Winthrop defeated #3 Campbell 71–55 thanks to 25 points from Reggie Middleton. Top-seed UNC Asheville blew away High Point 86–61, followed by Charleston Southern beating Liberty 89–72.

VMI continued their upset run with a 20-point drubbing over Winthrop 75–55. Asheville defeated Charleston Southern 91–64, thus gaining home-court advantage for the championship game on March 3. In a game that flip-flopped leads in the first half, Asheville used a 9–0 run to break a 47–47 tie with VMI and take the lead for good. After the Keydets got 2 to make the score 58–52, the Bulldogs ended the game on a 22–12 run to win the Big South crown for a second straight year.

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