Rock Hill, S.C. – The  2025 Hercules Tires Big South Basketball Championships seedings have been announced as Winthrop will be seeded 3^rd and face 6^th seeded Longwood on Friday, Mar. 7 at 8:30 p.m. in a quarterfinal matchup.
 
This is rematch from the 2024 tournament when the 4^th seeded Winthrop fell 69-56 to 5^th seeded Longwood. In fact, this is the third time in the last four conference tournaments that Winthrop and Longwood square off.
 
Winthrop finished tied for second in the conference standings with UNC Asheville at 11-5, but the Bulldogs received the second seed via tie breaker. The Eagles are 21-10 overall, earning their 9^th 20-win season at the NCAA D1 level and 15^th all-time 20-win season.
 
The 2025 Big South Conference is taking place inside the Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tenn. Mar. 5-9. The tournament opens Mar. 5 with the 8-9 game between Gardner-Webb and USC Upstate. Then an action paced Friday with all four matchups beginning at 12 p.m. with top-seeded High Point against the winner between Gardner-Webb and USC Upstate.
 
The 2025 Hercules Tires Big South Men's Basketball Championship will be televised on ESPN+ Wednesday-through-Saturday, while Sunday's Championship game will air live on ESPN2.  The title game will also be broadcast nationally on Westwood One Sports.  The Big South's Tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.  The Conference Championship schedule is below, and tickets are available at www.BigSouthSports.com/Tickets.  
 
TOURNAMENT CENTRAL

First Round – Wednesday, March 5 – ESPN+
Game 1: (8) Gardner-Webb vs. (9) USC Upstate, 7:30pm
 
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 7 – ESPN+
Game 2: (1) High Point vs. 8/9 winner, 12:00pm
Game 3: (4) Radford vs. (5) Presbyterian, 2:30pm
Game 4: (2) UNC Asheville vs (7) Charleston Southern, 6:00pm
Game 5: (3) Winthrop vs. (6) Longwood, 8:30pm
 
Semifinals - Saturday, March 8 – ESPN+
Game 6:  Semifinals – Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 12:00pm
Game 7:  Semifinals – Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 2:30pm
 
Championship - Sunday, March 9 – ESPN2
Game 8:  Championship – Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 12:00pm