Southern Conference men’s basketball tournament

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college basketball conference tournament

The Southern Conference men’s basketball tournament is the annual postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Southern Conference men's basketball	1
Southern Conference men’s basketball champion	1
Southern Conference men’s basketball tournament canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5634857 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Southern Conference men’s basketball tournament
Context triple: [Richmond Coliseum, hostedEvent, Southern Conference men’s basketball tournament]

A. Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the annual postseason championship event for SEC men's basketball teams, determining the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
B. Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason championship event that determines the conference's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
C. Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference known for sponsoring Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) programs primarily in the southeastern United States.
D. Southern Association championships
The Southern Association championships were the league titles awarded in the historic Southern Association, a prominent minor league baseball circuit in the early-to-mid 20th century United States.
E. Big South Conference
The Big South Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference primarily comprising universities in the southeastern United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Southern Conference men’s basketball tournament
Target entity description: The Southern Conference men’s basketball tournament is the annual postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament.

A. Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the annual postseason championship event for SEC men's basketball teams, determining the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
B. Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason championship event that determines the conference's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
C. Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference known for sponsoring Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) programs primarily in the southeastern United States.
D. Southern Association championships
The Southern Association championships were the league titles awarded in the historic Southern Association, a prominent minor league baseball circuit in the early-to-mid 20th century United States.
E. Big South Conference
The Big South Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference primarily comprising universities in the southeastern United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	college basketball conference tournament ⓘ
category	College basketball tournaments in the United States ⓘ NCAA Division I men’s basketball conference tournaments ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division I men's basketball conference championships Southern Conference men’s basketball ⓘ linked to: Southern Conference
competitionLevel	NCAA Division I ⓘ
confersTitle	Southern Conference men’s basketball champion ⓘ linked to: Southern Conference men’s basketball tournament
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
determines	Southern Conference automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderCategory	men’s ⓘ
hasParticipant	East Tennessee State University men’s basketball team ⓘ linked to: East Tennessee State Buccaneers Furman University men’s basketball team ⓘ linked to: Furman Paladins Mercer University men’s basketball team ⓘ linked to: Mercer Bears Samford University men’s basketball team ⓘ linked to: Samford Bulldogs The Citadel men’s basketball team ⓘ linked to: The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball University of North Carolina at Greensboro men’s basketball team ⓘ linked to: UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s basketball team ⓘ linked to: Chattanooga Mocs Virginia Military Institute men’s basketball team ⓘ linked to: VMI Keydets Western Carolina University men’s basketball team ⓘ linked to: Western Carolina Catamounts men's basketball Wofford College men’s basketball team ⓘ linked to: Wofford College
involves	Southern Conference men’s basketball teams ⓘ linked to: Southern Conference
isBracketed	true ⓘ
organizedBy	Southern Conference ⓘ
partOf	NCAA Division I men’s basketball postseason ⓘ linked to: NCAA tournament
region	Southern United States ⓘ
season	postseason ⓘ
seedingBasis	regular-season conference record ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
sportGoverningBody	NCAA ⓘ linked to: National Collegiate Athletic Association
tournamentFormat	single-elimination ⓘ
usesSeeding	true ⓘ
winnerReceives	automatic qualifier berth in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richmond Coliseum → hostedEvent → Southern Conference men’s basketball tournament ⓘ

Chattanooga Mocs → conference → Southern Conference men's basketball ⓘ

linked to: Southern Conference men’s basketball tournament

Southern Conference men’s basketball tournament → confersTitle → Southern Conference men’s basketball champion ⓘ