2025 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

2025 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2024–25
Teams10
SiteHarrah's Cherokee Center
Asheville, North Carolina
ChampionsWofford (6th title)
Winning coachDwight Perry (1st title)
Attendance6,332 (championship)
TelevisionESPN+, Nexstar, ESPNU/ESPN2, ESPN
2024–25 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
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

  1. ^ "Tie-Breaking Formula" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "2025 Ingles SoCon Basketball Championships". Southern Conference. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  3. ^ "Bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference.