The 1940 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from February 29–March 2, 1940, at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The North Carolina Tar Heels won their seventh Southern Conference title, led by head coach Bill Lange.Southern Conference tournament Results. p. 10. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
Format The top eight finishers of the conference's fifteen members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.
Bracket
* Overtime game
See also List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions
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