2025 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

Not to be confused with 2025 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament.

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.

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
Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 2024 2026 →

2024–25 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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
† 2025 SoCon tournament winner

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

• 2025 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament