2025 Horizon League men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2025
Conference:Horizon League
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:11
Arena:Campus sites
(First Round and Quarterfinals)
Corteva Coliseum
City:Indianapolis, Indiana
(Semifinals and Finals)
Television:ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN

The 2025 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament will be the final event of the 2024–25 men's basketball season for the Horizon League. It will be held from March 4–11, 2025; first-round and quarterfinal games will be played at the home courts of the higher seeds, with all remaining games at Corteva Coliseum in Indianapolis.[1] The winner will receive the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. The tournament is sponsored by Barbasol for the third consecutive year.[2]

Seeds

All of the teams in the conference will participate in the tournament, with the top five teams receiving byes to the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker
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5
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7
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9
10
11

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
First Round – Tuesday, March 4
17:00 pmNo. 11 at No. 6ESPN+
27:00 pmNo. 10 at No. 7
37:00 pmNo. 9 at No. 8
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 6
47:00 pmTBD at No. 1ESPN+
57:00 pmTBD at No. 2
67:00 pmTBD at No. 3
77:00 pmNo. 5 at No. 4
Semifinals – Monday, March 10
at Corteva Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN
87:00 pmTBD vs. TBDESPN2/ESPNU
99:30 pmTBD vs. TBDESPN2/ESPNU
Championship – Tuesday, March 12
at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN
107:00 pmWinner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10ESPN/ESPN2
First round and quarterfinals game times are local. Semifinals and championship game times are Eastern. Rankings denote tournament seed

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2025 Barbasol Horizon League Men's & Women's Basketball Championships. Horizon League. November 26, 2024.
  2. Web site: Barbasol Extends Title Partnership Agreement with Horizon League. Horizon League. November 26, 2024.