BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- The 2026 Mid-South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament begins on Saturday with quarterfinal action at Bowling Green Arena.

All tournament games will be free to watch on the Mid-South Conference Network hosted by the Urban Edge Network.

Tickets are available for purchase at the door or in advance through the MSC's Ticketing Center. The MSC Men's Basketball Tournament is a cashless event.

Three quarterfinal games are on tap on Saturday, with the semifinals scheduled for Sunday and the finals on Monday.

The tournament winner earns the conference's automatic bid into the NAIA National Championship later this month.

Top-seeded and regular-season champion Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) earns a bye into Sunday's semifinals. The Lions (27-1, 12-0 in the MSC) await the winner of fourth-seeded Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) and fifth-seeded Campbellsville (Ky.).

Lindsey Wilson (18-10, 6-6) and Campbellsville (18-10, 3-9) open the tournament at 2:30 p.m. CT on Saturday. Lindsey Wilson swept the season series, winning 76-74 on Jan. 8 in Campbellsville and 83-68 on Jan. 29 in Columbia.

Tip-off for the first men's semifinal on Sunday is at 5 p.m. CT.

No. 2-seed Georgetown (Ky.) faces seventh-seeded Bethel (Tenn.) at 5 p.m. CT. The Tigers (22-6, 8-4) won both meetings with the Wildcats (17-11, 3-9). Georgetown won 70-66 on Jan. 10 in McKenzie and 100-62 on Jan. 31 in Georgetown.

Third-seeded Cumberlands (Ky.) and sixth-seeded Cumberland (Tenn.) meet in the nightcap at 7:30 p.m. CT. The Patriots (22-6, 7-5) won both regular-season meetings 93-75 on Jan. 15 in Williamsburg and 66-51 on Feb. 12 in Lebanon.

The Georgetown-Bethel winner faces the Cumberlands-Cumberland winner in the second semifinal at 7:30 p.m. CT on Sunday.