Field Set for WinWon Men's Basketball Tournament; Pikeville Earns No. 1 Seed

2025 AAC Men's Basketball Tournament
February 22, 2025

WALESKA, Ga. - The field for the 2025 WinWon Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) Men's Basketball Tournament is set, and Pikeville grabbed the top seed.

The top 10 teams advanced to the tournament, and the opening round will be played on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The tournament is being played at the MeadowView Marriott Convention Center & Conference Resort in Kingsport, Tenn.

Pikeville is the regular-season champion with a 16-4 conference record, is the No. 1 seed, and receives an automatic berth to the NAIA National Championship Tournament.

The tournament champion will receive an automatic berth to the national tournament.

All games will be live-streamed on the AAC Digital Network for free. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students each day. To purchase tickets, click here.

Here are the seeds for the tournament:

  1. Pikeville (23-5, 16-4 AAC)
  2. Milligan (19-9, 14-6 AAC)*
  3. Columbia International (19-6, 14-6 AAC)*
  4. Johnson (18-9, 14-6 AAC)*
  5. Bryan (15-10, 13-7 AAC)
  6. Montreat (18-10, 12-8 AAC)
  7. Tennessee Wesleyan (12-13, 11-9 AAC)
  8. Reinhardt (12-15, 9-11 AAC)**
  9. Truett McConnell (12-14, 9-11 AAC)**
  10. Union Commonwealth (12-14, 8-12 AAC)

*-Milligan went 2-1 vs. CIU and Johnson and CIU went 2-1 vs. Milligan and Johnson while Johnson went 0-2 vs. Milligan and CIU, putting Johnson at the No. 4 seed. Milligan and CIU split their season series, but Milligan went 1-1 vs. Pikeville, while CIU went 0-1 vs. Pikeville to give Milligan the No. 2 seed.
**-Reinhardt and Truett McConnell split their season series, but Reinhardt went 1-0 vs. Pikeville while Truett McConnell went 0-2 vs. Pikeville to give Reinhardt the No. 8 seed.

Tournament Schedule
Wednesday, Feb. 26
 Game 1 - No. 8 Reinhardt (12-15) vs. No. 9 Truett McConnell (12-14), 2:30 pm
Game 2 - No. 7 Tennessee Wesleyan (12-13) vs. No. 10 Union Commonwealth (12-14), 4:15 pm

Thursday, Feb. 27
 Game 3 - No. 1 Pikeville (23-5) vs. Game 1 Winner, 12 pm
Game 4 - No. 4 Johnson (18-9) vs. No. 5 Bryan (15-10), 1:45 pm
Game 5 - No. 2 Milligan (19-9) vs. Game 2 Winner, 7:30 pm
Game 6 - No. 3 Columbia International (19-6) vs. No. 6 Montreat (18-10), 9:15 pm

Friday, Feb. 28
 Game 7 - Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner, 6 pm
Game 8 - Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner, 8 pm

Saturday, March 1
Game 9 - Championship Game - Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner, 3 pm