2025 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 SoCon tournament winner As of March 19, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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 | ||||