The 2026 Big South men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that ended the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season of the Big South Conference. It was held from March 4–8 and played at the Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. The tournament winner, High Point, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.

Seeds All of the conference teams will compete in the tournament. The top seven teams will receive a first-round bye. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

The tiebreakers operate in the following order:

Head-to-head record. Record against the top-ranked conference team not involved in the tie, going down the standings until the tie is broken. For this purpose, teams with the same conference record are considered collectively. If two teams were unbeaten or winless against an opponent but did not play the same number of games against that opponent, the tie is not considered broken.

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker1High Point15–127–42Winthrop13–321–103Radford9–716–154UNC Asheville8–814–162–0 vs. Longwood5Longwood8–816–150–2 vs. UNC Asheville6Presbyterian7–914–177Charleston Southern6–1015–168USC Upstate5–1113–189Gardner–Webb1–153–28

Schedule GameTime*MatchupScoreChannelOpening round - Wednesday, March 417:30 p.m.No. 8 USC Upstate vs No. 9 Gardner–Webb64–65ESPN+Quarterfinals - Friday March 6212:00 p.m.No. 1 High Point vs No. 9 Gardner–Webb81–59ESPN+32:30 p.m.No. 2 Winthrop vs No. 7 Charleston Southern86–8146:00 p.m.No. 4 UNC Asheville vs. No. 5 Longwood85–8258:30 p.m.No. 3 Radford vs No. 6 Presbyterian85–91Semifinals - Saturday, March 7612:00 p.m.No. 1 High Point vs No. 4 UNC Asheville75–71ESPN+72:30 p.m.No. 2 Winthrop vs No. 6 Presbyterian73–71Championship - Sunday, March 8812:00 p.m.No. 1 High Point vs No. 2 Winthrop91–76ESPN2*Game times in ET

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* denotes overtime period

Awards and Honors All-Tournament Team Player Team Terry Anderson High Point Rob Martin Scotty Washington Logan Duncomb Winthrop Kody Clouet Toyaz Solomon UNC Asheville

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