For most mid-major teams, winning the league tournament is the only way to earn a bid to the Big Dance. Below, Sports Illustrated is tracking every men's conference championship winner, along with a schedule of title games and which channel they will be broadcast on. Conference finals will begin on Saturday, March 6 and wrap up on the afternoon of March 14, which is also Selection Sunday. Morehead State became the first team to clinch an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament via a conference tournament championship, beating top-seeded Belmont 86—71 in Saturday's Ohio Valley Conference final.
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When : March Big East Tournament schedule. What to watch : Oddsmakers would tell you that the Big East Tournament is not wide open and that Villanova and Creighton are deserved favorites, but it just feels wide open because of the way things unfolded for both programs over the past week. Villanova lost Collin Gillespie to a season-ending knee injury in a win over Creighton, and then its backcourt took another hit with Justin Moore suffering an ankle injury in a loss to Providence. Creighton beat Butler handily in its regular-season finale over the weekend after losing two straight, but did so with coach Greg McDermott suspended because of racially-insensitive language.
The obvious candidate for a third option is a UConn team that has won six of its last seven with the only loss coming by eight at Villanova.
James Bouknight has raised the ceiling for Dan Hurley's Huskies, without a doubt, but I wouldn't be surprised if this a year that produces a deep run from Seton Hall , Providence or another team from the middle of the standings.
Like the ACC, the league has pretty well-defined tiers and a decent number of NCAA Tournament teams but no juggernaut that is out ahead of everyone else. When : March Big Ten Tournament schedule. What to watch : The best league in the country has no shortage of interesting storylines heading into its conference tournament.
No other league tourney will feature as many top teams and provide the potential for quality wins for teams looking to solidify their at-large profiles. While Michigan, Illinois and Iowa are gearing up for potential Final Four runs, Ohio State enters with real desperation after finishing the regular season on a four-game losing streak.
Michigan State is another team that will warrant plenty of intrigue as the Spartans look for at least one more quality win to add to their resume after a strong finish that included wins over Illinois, Ohio State and Michigan. When : March Big 12 Tournament schedule. What to watch : Baylor had a tremendous week as it closed the regular season with three wins against ranked opponents, giving a sense that the Bears are close -- if not already there -- to the form they displayed prior to their lengthy COVID pause.
They've been at an elite level from the start of the season, and now comes the final stand against their league rivals in a single-elimination tournament. If you can beat Baylor, you can hang with anyone in the country. The biggest developing story around the Big 12 Tournament is the status of Oklahoma State star Cade Cunningham, who missed the win at West Virginia while still dealing with an ankle injury suffered in a loss to Baylor earlier this week.
If Cunningham is back, Oklahoma State becomes a trendy pick from the "field" in the "Baylor vs.
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