Seedings Announced for 2025 Hercules Tires Men's Basketball Championship
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – The seedings and pairings for next week’s Hercules Tires Big South Conference Men’s Basketball Championship at Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tenn., have been determined following the conclusion of the conference’s regular-season schedule this afternoon.
BRACKET
Regular-season champion
High Point (14-2) is the No. 1 seed –- its second consecutive No. 1 seed in the Big South Tournament and the first league member with back-to-back top seeds since 2010 and 2011.
UNC Asheville and
Winthrop tied for second in Big South play at 11-5. The teams split the season series, and the Bulldogs earned the No. 2 seed based on their 1-1 record vs. High Point (WU went 0-2 vs. HPU), with the Eagles in the No. 3 slot.
Radford ended league play in fourth-place at 9-7 and will be No. 4.
Presbyterian and
Longwood tied for fifth in the standings at 7-9, and the Blue Hose clinched the No. 5 seed based on its season sweep of the Lancers -- PC’s highest-ever seeding in the Big South Tournament, with the defending champion Lancers in the No. 6 slot.
Charleston Southern (6-10) secured the No. 7 spot for the final auto-berth into the quarterfinals.
Gardner-Webb finished the league slate at 5-11 for the No. 8 seed
, with
USC Upstate (2-14) at No. 9. Those two teams will go head-to-head in the first round on Wednesday, March 5 at 7:30pm.
The GWU-Upstate winner will advance to the quarterfinals on Friday, March 7, and play No. 1 High Point at 12:00pm. No. 4 Radford vs. No. 5 Presbyterian will follow at 2:30pm, with No. 2 UNC Asheville vs. No. 7 Charleston Southern at 6:00pm. No. 3 Winthrop vs. No. 6 Longwood will conclude quarterfinal day at 8:30pm. The semifinals will be Saturday, March 8 at 12:00pm and 2:30pm, with the Championship game on Sunday, March 9 scheduled for 12:00pm.
The 2025 Hercules Tires Big South Men’s Basketball Championship will be televised on ESPN+ Wednesday-through-Saturday, while Sunday’s Championship game will air live on ESPN2. The title game will also be broadcast nationally on Westwood One Sports. The Big South’s Tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The Conference Championship schedule is below, and tickets are available at
www.BigSouthSports.com/Tickets.
First Round – Wednesday, March 5 – ESPN+
Game 1: (8) Gardner-Webb vs. (9) USC Upstate, 7:30pm
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 7 – ESPN+
Game 2: (1) High Point vs. 8/9 winner, 12:00pm
Game 3: (4) Radford vs. (5) Presbyterian, 2:30pm
Game 4: (2) UNC Asheville vs (7) Charleston Southern, 6:00pm
Game 5: (3) Winthrop vs. (6) Longwood, 8:30pm
Semifinals - Saturday, March 8 – ESPN+
Game 6: Semifinals – Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 12:00pm
Game 7: Semifinals – Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 2:30pm
Championship - Sunday, March 9 – ESPN2
Game 8: Championship – Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 12:00pm