2025 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
Appearance
2025 Conference USA men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2024–25 |
Teams | 10 |
Site | Propst Arena Huntsville, Alabama |
Champions | Liberty (1st title) |
Winning coach | Ritchie McKay (1st title) |
Television | ESPN+, CBSSN |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 28 | – | 7 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kennesaw State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 10 | – | 23 | .303 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 CUSA tournament winner |
The 2025 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2024–25 season in the Conference USA. The tournament was held at the Propst Arena in Huntsville, Alabama, from March 11–15, 2025.[1] The winner, Liberty, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
Seeds
[edit]All of the conference's ten teams competed in the tournament. The top six teams received byes to the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed | School | Conference record |
Tiebreaker |
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1 | Liberty | 13–5 | |
2 | Jacksonville State | 12–6 | 1–1 vs. Liberty |
3 | Middle Tennessee | 12–6 | 0–2 vs. Liberty |
4 | Kennesaw State | 10–8 | 1–1 vs. Liberty |
5 | New Mexico State | 10–8 | 0–2 vs. Liberty |
6 | Louisiana Tech | 9–9 | |
7 | Western Kentucky | 8–10 | |
8 | UTEP | 7–11 | |
9 | Sam Houston | 6–12 | |
10 | FIU | 3–15 |
Schedule
[edit]Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | |
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First round – March 11, 2025 | ||||||
1 | 5:30 pm | No. 8 UTEP vs. No. 9 Sam Houston | 79–65 | ESPN+ | ||
2 | 8:00 pm | No. 7 Western Kentucky vs. No. 10 FIU | 61–64 | |||
Quarterfinals – March 12, 2025 | ||||||
3 | 5:30 pm | No. 1 Liberty vs. No. 8 UTEP | 81–60 | ESPN+ | ||
4 | 8:00 pm | No. 2 Jacksonville State vs. No. 10 FIU | 65–56 | |||
Quarterfinals – March 13, 2025 | ||||||
5 | 5:30 pm | No. 4 Kennesaw State vs. No. 5 New Mexico State | 80–77 | ESPN+ | ||
6 | 8:00 pm | No. 3 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 6 Louisiana Tech | 77–75 2OT | |||
Semifinals – March 14, 2025 | ||||||
7 | 11:30 am | No. 1 Liberty vs. No. 4 Kennesaw State | 81–79 | CBSSN | ||
8 | 2:00 pm | No. 2 Jacksonville State vs. No. 3 Middle Tennessee | 70–68 | |||
Championship – March 15, 2025 | ||||||
9 | 7:30 pm | No. 1 Liberty vs No. 2 Jacksonville State | 79–67 | CBSSN | ||
*Game times in CDT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Source:[2]
Bracket
[edit]First round Tuesday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 12 Thursday, March 13 | Semifinals Friday, March 14 | Championship Saturday, March 15 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Liberty | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | UTEP | 79 | 8 | UTEP | 60 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Sam Houston | 65 | 1 | Liberty | 81 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Kennesaw State | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Kennesaw State | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | New Mexico State | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Liberty | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Jacksonville State | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Jacksonville State | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Western Kentucky | 61 | 10 | Florida International | 56 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Florida International | 64 | 2 | Jacksonville State | 70 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Middle Tennessee | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Middle Tennessee | 772OT | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Louisiana Tech | 75 |
Source:[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2025 CUSA Basketball Championships". www.vonbrauncenter.com. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- ^ "MBB: CUSA Announces Men's Basketball Broadcast Schedule". conferenceusa.com. October 17, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- ^ "BKBCH25_Bracket (PDF) - Conference USA" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Retrieved December 14, 2024.