# 2025 Southern 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.

## 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. 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 | 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 | ESPN+/Nexstar |
| 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 | ESPN+ |
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 3 East Tennessee State vs. No. 6 Wofford | 60–72 | ESPN+ |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 4 Samford vs. No. 5 Furman | 78–95 | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 9 |||||
| 7 | 4:00 pm | No. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 5 Furman | 77–80$^{OT}$ | ESPNU |
| 8 | 6:30 pm | No. 7 VMI vs No. 6 Wofford | 65–85 | ESPNU |
| 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 | First round March 7 ESPN+/Nexstar | First round March 7 ESPN+/Nexstar | Quarterfinals March 8 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals March 8 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals March 8 ESPN+ | Semifinals March 9 ESPN2/ESPNU | Semifinals March 9 ESPN2/ESPNU | Semifinals March 9 ESPN2/ESPNU | Championship March 10 ESPN | Championship March 10 ESPN | Championship March 10 ESPN |
| | | | 1 | Chattanooga | 76 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Mercer | 61 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Mercer | 67 | 8 | Mercer | 61 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Western Carolina | 66 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Western Carolina | 66 | | | | 1 | Chattanooga | 77 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Furman | 80$^{OT}$ | | | |
| | | | 4 | Samford | 78 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Furman | 95 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Furman | 85 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Wofford | 92 |
| | | | 2 | UNC Greensboro | 57 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | VMI | 64 | | | | | | |
| 7 | VMI | 73 | 7 | VMI | 64 | | | | | | |
| 10 | The Citadel | 62 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | The Citadel | 62 | | | | 7 | VMI | 65 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Wofford | 85 | | | |
| | | | 3 | East Tennessee State | 60 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Wofford | 72 | | | | | | |
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