2025 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
2025 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament | |
---|---|
Classification | Division I |
Season | 2024–25 |
Teams | 10 |
Site | Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, North Carolina |
Champions | Wofford (6th title) |
Winning coach | Dwight Perry (1st title) |
Attendance | 6,332 (championship) |
Television | ESPN+, Nexstar, ESPNU/ESPN2, ESPN |
Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 29 | – | 9 | .763 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford † | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 16 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 15 | – | 19 | .441 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 0 | – | 18 | .000 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† winner |
The 2025 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2024–25 season. All tournament games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 7–10, 2025. The winner of the tournament, Wofford, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
Seeds
All ten teams in the Southern Conference will be eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[1] The top six teams will receive first-round byes.
Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Chattanooga | 15–3 | |
2 | UNC Greensboro | 13–5 | |
3 | East Tennessee State | 12–6 | 2–0 vs. Samford |
4 | Samford | 12–6 | 0–2 vs. East Tennessee State |
5 | Furman | 11–7 | |
6 | Wofford | 10–8 | |
7 | VMI | 7–11 | |
8 | Mercer | 6–12 | |
9 | Western Carolina | 4–14 | |
10 | The Citadel | 0–18 |
Schedule and results
Game | Time[2] | Matchup | Score | Television |
---|---|---|---|---|
First round – Friday, March 7 | ||||
1 | 5:00 pm | No. 8 Mercer vs. No. 9 Western Carolina | 67–66 | ESPN+/Nexstar |
2 | 7:30 pm | No. 7 VMI vs. No. 10 The Citadel | 73–62 | |
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8 | ||||
3 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 8 Mercer | 76–61 | ESPN+ |
4 | 2:30 pm | No. 2 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 7 VMI | 57–64 | |
5 | 6:00 pm | No. 3 East Tennessee State vs. No. 6 Wofford | 60–72 | |
6 | 8:30 pm | No. 4 Samford vs. No. 5 Furman | 78–95 | |
Semifinals – Sunday, March 9 | ||||
7 | 4:00 pm | No. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 5 Furman | 77–80OT | ESPNU |
8 | 6:30 pm | No. 7 VMI vs No. 6 Wofford | 65–85 | |
Championship – Monday, March 10 | ||||
9 | 7:00 pm | No. 5 Furman vs. No. 6 Wofford | 85–92 | ESPN |
*Game times in EST for the first round and quarterfinals and EDT for the semifinals and championship. Rankings denote tournament seed |
Bracket
First round March 7 ESPN+/Nexstar | Quarterfinals March 8 ESPN+ | Semifinals March 9 ESPN2/ESPNU | Championship March 10 ESPN | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Chattanooga | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Mercer | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Mercer | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Western Carolina | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Chattanooga | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Furman | 80OT | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Samford | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Furman | 95 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Furman | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Wofford | 92 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | UNC Greensboro | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | VMI | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | VMI | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | The Citadel | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | VMI | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Wofford | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | East Tennessee State | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Wofford | 72 |
Source:[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Tie-Breaking Formula" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ "2025 Ingles SoCon Basketball Championships". Southern Conference. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ "Bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference.