2026 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
| 2026 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2025–26 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Site | Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, Tennessee |
| Television | ESPN+, ESPN2 |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High Point | 12 | – | 1 | .923 | 24 | – | 4 | .857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winthrop | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 19 | – | 8 | .704 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radford | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 12 | – | 14 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Longwood | 6 | – | 7 | .462 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC Upstate | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 3 | – | 24 | .111 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2026 Big South tournament winner As of February 14, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Big South men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament that will end the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season of the Big South Conference.[1] It will be held from March 4–8 and played at the Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee.[2][3] The tournament winner will receive 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.
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | – | ||
| 2 | – | – | ||
| 3 | – | – | ||
| 4 | – | – | ||
| 5 | – | – | ||
| 6 | – | – | ||
| 7 | – | – | ||
| 8 | – | – | ||
| 9 | – | – |
Schedule
| Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening round - Wednesday, March 4 | ||||
| 1 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 8 vs No. 9 | – | ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals - Friday March 6 | ||||
| 2 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 1 vs Winner Game 1 | – | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 2 vs No. 7 | – | |
| 4 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 4 vs. No. 5 | – | |
| 5 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 3 vs No. 6 | – | |
| Semifinals - Saturday, March 7 | ||||
| 6 | 12:00 p.m. | Winner Game 2 vs Winner Game 4 | – | ESPN+ |
| 7 | 2:30 p.m. | Winner Game 3 vs Winner Game 5 | – | |
| Championship - Sunday, March 8 | ||||
| 8 | TBD | Winner Game 6 vs Winner Game 7 | – | ESPN2 |
| *Game times in ET | ||||
Bracket
| Opening round Wednesday, March 4 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Friday, March 6 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 7 ESPN+ | Championship Sunday, March 8 ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||
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Source:[4]
References
- ^ "2026 Air Force Reserve Big South Basketball Championships - Big South Conference". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
- ^ "Johnson City, Tennessee Selected as Host Site of 2025 and 2026 Basketball Championships". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ Lee, Murray. "Johnson City looking forward to welcoming back Big South basketball championships". WJHL.
- ^ "2026 Air Force Reserve Men's Basketball Championship Bracket (PDF) - Big South Conference" (PDF). bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved December 19, 2025.