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2025 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

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2025 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2024–25
Teams10
SitePropst Arena
Huntsville, Alabama
ChampionsLiberty (1st title)
Winning coachRitchie McKay (1st title)
TelevisionESPN+, CBSSN
← 2024
2026 →
2024–25 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
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

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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
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

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Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
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

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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


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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2025 CUSA Basketball Championships". www.vonbrauncenter.com. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "MBB: CUSA Announces Men's Basketball Broadcast Schedule". conferenceusa.com. October 17, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "BKBCH25_Bracket (PDF) - Conference USA" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Retrieved December 14, 2024.