2025 CAC Men’s Basketball Tournament Field Announced

The Continental Athletic Conference has announced the eight teams and seeds along with the schedule for next week's 2025 Men's Basketball Championship Tournament, being hosted by Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas.

Defending champion Florida College will be the top seed when tournament play begins on Thursday, February 27. Arkansas Baptist College has been selected the No. 2 seed, followed by Washington Adventist University (Maryland) and Fisher College (Massachusetts) as the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds, respectively.

Northern New Mexico stands as the No. 5 seed while Spartanburg Methodist College (South Carolina) makes its CAC postseason debut as the No. 6 seed. Tournament host Haskell Indian Nations is the No. 7 seed and another league newcomer, Carolina University (North Carolina), rounds out the postseason field as the No. 8 seed.

Quarterfinal games on Thursday, February 27, will have Florida College facing Carolina at 3 p.m., followed by Arkansas Baptist playing Haskell Indian Nations at 7 p.m.

The quarterfinal round continues Friday, February 28, with Washington Adventist playing Spartanburg Methodist at 3 p.m. and Fisher facing Northern New Mexico at 5 p.m.

The quarterfinal round winners advance to the semifinal games on Saturday, March 1. The tournament champion will be crowned on Sunday, March 2, with a game starting at 7 p.m. All game times in the four-day, seven-game tournament are in the central time zone.

2025 Continental Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Schedule (All times in central time zone)

Thursday, February 27 – Quarterfinal Round

Game 1: No. 1 Florida College vs. No. 8 Carolina University, 3 p.m.

Game 2: No. 2 Arkansas Baptist vs. No. 7 Haskell Indian Nations, 7 p.m.

Friday, February 28 – Quarterfinal Round

Game 3: No. 3 Washington Adventist vs. No. 6 Spartanburg Methodist, 3 p.m.

Game 4: No. 4 Fisher vs. No. 5 Northern New Mexico, 5 p.m.

Saturday, March 1 – Semifinal Round

Game 5: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 4, TBD

Game 6: Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3, TBD

Sunday, March 2 – Championship Game

Game 7: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6, 7 p.m.