2025 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
2025 Conference USA men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2024–25 |
Teams | 10 |
Site | Propst Arena Huntsville, Alabama |
Champions | Liberty (1st title) |
Winning coach | Ritchie McKay (1st title) |
Television | ESPN+, CBSSN |
Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 28 | – | 7 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kennesaw State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 10 | – | 23 | .303 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† winner |
The 2025 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2024–25 season in the Conference USA. The tournament was held at the Propst Arena in Huntsville, Alabama, from March 11–15, 2025.[1] The winner, Liberty, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
Seeds
All of the conference's ten teams competed in the tournament. The top six teams received byes to the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed | School | Conference record |
Tiebreaker |
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1 | Liberty | 13–5 | |
2 | Jacksonville State | 12–6 | 1–1 vs. Liberty |
3 | Middle Tennessee | 12–6 | 0–2 vs. Liberty |
4 | Kennesaw State | 10–8 | 1–1 vs. Liberty |
5 | New Mexico State | 10–8 | 0–2 vs. Liberty |
6 | Louisiana Tech | 9–9 | |
7 | Western Kentucky | 8–10 | |
8 | UTEP | 7–11 | |
9 | Sam Houston | 6–12 | |
10 | FIU | 3–15 |
Schedule
Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | |
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First round – March 11, 2025 | ||||||
1 | 5:30 pm | No. 8 UTEP vs. No. 9 Sam Houston | 79–65 | ESPN+ | ||
2 | 8:00 pm | No. 7 Western Kentucky vs. No. 10 FIU | 61–64 | |||
Quarterfinals – March 12, 2025 | ||||||
3 | 5:30 pm | No. 1 Liberty vs. No. 8 UTEP | 81–60 | ESPN+ | ||
4 | 8:00 pm | No. 2 Jacksonville State vs. No. 10 FIU | 65–56 | |||
Quarterfinals – March 13, 2025 | ||||||
5 | 5:30 pm | No. 4 Kennesaw State vs. No. 5 New Mexico State | 80–77 | ESPN+ | ||
6 | 8:00 pm | No. 3 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 6 Louisiana Tech | 77–75 2OT | |||
Semifinals – March 14, 2025 | ||||||
7 | 11:30 am | No. 1 Liberty vs. No. 4 Kennesaw State | 81–79 | CBSSN | ||
8 | 2:00 pm | No. 2 Jacksonville State vs. No. 3 Middle Tennessee | 70–68 | |||
Championship – March 15, 2025 | ||||||
9 | 7:30 pm | No. 1 Liberty vs No. 2 Jacksonville State | 79–67 | CBSSN | ||
*Game times in CDT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Source:[2]
Bracket
First round Tuesday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 12 Thursday, March 13 | Semifinals Friday, March 14 | Championship Saturday, March 15 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Liberty | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | UTEP | 79 | 8 | UTEP | 60 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Sam Houston | 65 | 1 | Liberty | 81 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Kennesaw State | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Kennesaw State | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | New Mexico State | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Liberty | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Jacksonville State | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Jacksonville State | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Western Kentucky | 61 | 10 | Florida International | 56 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Florida International | 64 | 2 | Jacksonville State | 70 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Middle Tennessee | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Middle Tennessee | 772OT | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Louisiana Tech | 75 |
Source:[3]
See also
References
- ^ "2025 CUSA Basketball Championships". www.vonbrauncenter.com. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- ^ "MBB: CUSA Announces Men's Basketball Broadcast Schedule". conferenceusa.com. October 17, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- ^ "BKBCH25_Bracket (PDF) - Conference USA" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Retrieved December 14, 2024.