The 1931–32 Southern Conference men's basketball season consisted of a record 23 member institutions. The regular season champions were Maryland and Kentucky. They each had .900%. The tournament champion was Georgia.

Southern Conference standings # Team Conference Pct. Overall Pct. 1 Maryland 9–1 .900 16–4 .800 2 Kentucky 9–1 .900 15–2 .882 3 Auburn 9–2 .818 12–3 .800 4 Alabama 11–3 .786 16–4 .800 5 North Carolina 6–3 .667 16–5 .762 6 Virginia 6–3 .667 13–8 .619 7 Georgia 7–4 .636 19–7 .731 8 Georgia Tech 5–3 .625 7–6 .539 9 Mississippi 8–5 .615 9–6 .600 10 North Carolina State 6–4 .600 10–6 .625 11 Duke 6–5 .546 14–11 .560 12 Louisiana State 8–8 .500 11–9 .550 13 Tennessee 5–5 .500 8–7 .533 14 South Carolina 2–2 .500 9–7 .565 15 Vanderbilt 5–7 .417 8–11 .421 16 Mississippi State 4–7 .364 5–10 .333 17 Tulane 5–9 .357 6–10 .375 18 Florida 4–10 .286 8–12 .400 19 Washington & Lee 3–8 .273 9–10 .474 20 Virginia Tech 3–8 .273 8–9 .471 21 Clemson 2–9 .182 8–12 .400 22 South 1–7 .125 3–9 .250 23 VMI 0–9 .000 0–14 .000

Conference Tournament The tournament was seeded so that no team would face a school that they had faced in the regular season in the first round of the tournament.

First round Mississippi and South Carolina did not participate Atlanta, Georgia February 26, 1932 Virginia 20, Alabama 16 North Carolina 35, Tennessee 25 Duke 44, Vanderbilt 32 Kentucky 50, Tulane 30 Florida 39, Maryland 24 Auburn 34, North Carolina State 33 Georgia 48, Mississippi State 26 Louisiana State 36, Georgia Tech 33

Quarterfinals February 27, 1932 Duke 33, Florida 22 North Carolina 43, Kentucky 42 Auburn 30, Louisiana State 22 Georgia 40, Virginia 19

Semifinals February 29, 1932 North Carolina 52, Auburn 31 Georgia 43, Duke 32

Championship March 1, 1932 Georgia 26, North Carolina 24

All-Tournament team

First Team Tom Alexander, North Carolina T.W. Lumpkin, Auburn Bill Strickland, Georgia Virgil Weathers, North Carolina Leroy Young, Georgia

Second Team Louis Berger, Maryland Wilmer Hines, North Carolina Forest Sale, Kentucky Vernon Smith, Georgia James Thompson, Duke

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