2025 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
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| 2025 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, North Carolina |
| Television | Nexstar, ESPN+, ESPNU |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Greensboro † | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wofford | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 SoCon tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Southern Conference women's Basketball tournament took place March 6–9, 2025, at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The winner will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1]
Seeds
[edit]Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[2]
| Seed | School | Conf | Overall | Tiebreaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | UNC Greensboro | 13–1 | 22–6 | |
| #2 | Chattanooga | 9–5 | 14–13 | |
| #3 | East Tennessee State | 8–6 | 17–12 | 2–0 vs. Wofford |
| #4 | Wofford | 8–6 | 16–11 | 0–2 vs. East Tennessee State |
| #5 | Samford | 7–7 | 12–18 | |
| #6 | Furman | 5–9 | 14–15 | |
| #7 | Mercer | 3–11 | 9–21 | 2–0 vs. Western Carolina |
| #8 | Western Carolina | 3–11 | 13–16 | 0–2 vs. Mercer |
Schedule
[edit]All tournament games are streamed on ESPN+. The championship will be televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPNU.
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 6 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 AM | No. 1 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 8 Western Carolina | 50–43 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 1:15 PM | No. 2 Chattanooga vs. No. 7 Mercer | 68–47 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 3:30 PM | No. 3 East Tennessee State vs. No. 6 Furman | 58–64 | |
| 4 | 5:45 PM | No. 4 Wofford vs. No. 5 Samford | 58–56 | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 7 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 11:00 AM | No. 1 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 4 Wofford | 54–50 | ESPN+ |
| 6 | 1:15 PM | No. 2 Chattanooga vs. No. 6 Furman | 63–55 | ||
| Championship Game – Sunday, March 9 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | Noon | No. 1 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 2 Chattanooga | 64–57OT | ESPNU |
| Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding. | |||||
Bracket
[edit]- All times are Eastern.[3]
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 6 ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 7 ESPN+ | Championship Game Sunday, March 9 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UNC Greensboro | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Western Carolina | 43 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UNC Greensboro | 54 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Wofford | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Wofford | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Samford | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UNC Greensboro | 64* | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Chattanooga | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Chattanooga | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Mercer | 47 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Chattanooga | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Furman | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | East Tennessee State | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Furman | 64 | ||||||||||||
* denotes overtime period
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2025 SoCon Basketball Championships". Archived from the original on February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ "Tie-Breaking Formula" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ "2025 SoCon Basketball Championships Bracket". Archived (PDF) from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2024.