HPU Invites Community to NCAA Tournament Selection Show Watch Party

HIGH POINT, N.C., March 12, 2025 – High Point University invites the community to join its men’s and women’s basketball teams for a special NCAA Tournament Selection Show watch party at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 16, in the Nido and Mariana Qubein Arena and Conference Center.

This high-energy, family-friendly event is free and open to the public. To attend, community members must register at www.highpoint.edu/ncaa-bound.

Community members will receive free food, a free HPU March Madness T-shirt and the chance to appear on national TV when it is announced where HPU’s basketball teams will play in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Children can also take part in a shootaround with HPU’s players and get autographs and photos with coaches and players from both teams.

“This is a remarkable achievement for High Point University,” HPU President Nido Qubein said. “A very small percentage of schools across the country can say that both their men’s and women’s basketball teams made the NCAA Tournament in the same year. We’re High Point’s university, and we’d love for our fans to join us to celebrate this accomplishment and show their support as we get ready for March Madness.”

The HPU men’s and women’s basketball teams earned automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament after they each overcame a second-half deficit to win the Big South Conference championship in Johnson City, Tennessee, on March 9. This is the first time in school history that both teams have made the NCAA Tournament in the same season.

The brackets for the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments will be revealed live on March 16. CBS will air the men’s Selection Show at 6 p.m., while ESPN will telecast the women’s Selection Show at 8 p.m. Community members can watch both Selection Shows on the large screens inside HPU’s arena during the watch party.