Men’s Basketball to Face No. 7 VMI or No. 10 The Citadel in SoCon Quarterfinals
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's basketball team, who received the No. 2 seed, is set to compete in the 2025 Southern Conference (SoCon) Tournament at Harrah's Cherokee Center. The Spartans will face the winner of the first-round contest between No. 7 VMI and No. 10 The Citadel.
The SoCon Men's Basketball Championship takes place March 7-10 at Harrah's Cherokee Center – Asheville in Asheville, North Carolina.
The Spartans are entering the tournament with a 20-11 overall mark and a 13-5 SoCon record.
The tournament begins Friday, March 7, with a pair of first-round games. Four quarterfinal games follow on Saturday, March 8, with the semifinals on Sunday, March 9, and the title game on Monday, March 10, at 7 p.m. The semifinals will air on ESPNU, while Monday's championship game will air live on ESPN or ESPN2. The other six games will air on ESPN+, with Friday's first round matchups also appearing on select Nexstar affiliates.
Chattanooga locked up the outright regular season crown with a 75-63 win at UNCG on Feb. 27.
Friday's second contest will see No. 7 seed VMI (13-18, 7-11) take on No. 10 seed The Citadel (5-24, 0-18) at 7:30 p.m. VMI will be looking for its first win over The Citadel in the SoCon tournament as the Bulldogs won the previous three meetings in postseason play by an average of 9.7 points. This season, the Keydets won the regular season games on Jan. 18 and Feb. 8, 75-70 and 82-70, respectively.
The winner of that contest will advance to face No. 2 seed UNCG on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The Spartans, who turned in their third straight 20-win season at 20-11 overall and 13-5 in SoCon play, swept both VMI and The Citadel this season. UNCG will be looking for its first conference title since 2021.
2025 Ingles Southern Conference Men's Basketball Championship
Friday, March 7 (ESPN+/Nexstar)
Game 1 - (8) Mercer vs. (9) Western Carolina, 5 p.m.
Game 2 - (7) VMI vs. (10) The Citadel, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 8 (ESPN+)
Game 3 - (1) Chattanooga vs. Game 1 winner, Noon
Game 4 - (2) UNCG vs. Game 2 winner, 2:30 p.m.
Game 5 - (3) ETSU vs. (6) Wofford, 6 p.m.
Game 6 - (4) Samford vs. (5) Furman, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 9 (ESPNU)
Game 7 - Game 3 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4 p.m.
Game 8 - Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, March 10 (ESPN or ESPN2)
Championship game, 7 p.m.
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