2025 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

2025 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2024–25
Teams10
SitePropst Arena
Huntsville, Alabama
ChampionsLiberty (1st title)
Winning coachRitchie McKay (1st title)
TelevisionESPN+, CBSSN
2024–25 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
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
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
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

  1. ^ "2025 CUSA Basketball Championships". www.vonbrauncenter.com. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "MBB: CUSA Announces Men's Basketball Broadcast Schedule". conferenceusa.com. October 17, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "BKBCH25_Bracket (PDF) - Conference USA" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Retrieved December 14, 2024.