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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Chattanooga15–32UNC Greensboro13–53East Tennessee State12–62–0 vs. Samford 4Samford12–60–2 vs. East Tennessee State5Furman11–76Wofford10–87VMI7–118Mercer6–129Western Carolina4–1410The Citadel0–18
Schedule and results GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionFirst round – Friday, March 715:00 pmNo. 8 Mercer vs. No. 9 Western Carolina6766ESPN+/Nexstar27:30 pmNo. 7 VMI vs. No. 10 The Citadel7362Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8312:00 pmNo. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 8 Mercer7661ESPN+42:30 pmNo. 2 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 7 VMI576456:00 pmNo. 3 East Tennessee State vs. No. 6 Wofford607268:30 pmNo. 4 Samford vs. No. 5 Furman7895Semifinals – Sunday, March 974:00 pmNo. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 5 Furman7780ESPNU86:30 pmNo. 7 VMI vs No. 6 Wofford6585Championship – Monday, March 1097:00 pmNo. 5 Furman vs. No. 6 Wofford8592ESPN*Game times in EST for the first round and quarterfinals and EDT for the semifinals and championship. Rankings denote tournament seed
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See also 2025 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
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