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Welcome to an incredible Saturday in college basketball. We’ve got 14 automatic bids getting handed out, leagues big and small. There’s plenty to look forward to. Selection Sunday is less than 48 hours away. Can ya believe it? This is, by far, the best time of the year. The day starts with the America East, and that’s going to have Vermont trying to go perfect in league play against Albany. If UVM wins, it should be a 13 seed. Tip is 11 a.m. in one of the best small-college towns in America, Burlington.
Games will go for more than 13 hours. Duke trying to become the first ACC team ever to win four games in four days, and if that happens, Duke could have a No. 2. seed as its reward.
Hey, how about Iowa State? The Cyclones have been playing as good as almost anyone over over the past two weeks. Steve Prohm winning a league title in his second year would be a good story, but West Virginia has rated as a better team all season.
If Middle Tennessee gets past Marshall in the C-USA title game, the Blue Raiders would deserve an 11 seed. Rhode Island gets Davidson in the A-10 semis, and their case looks fairly good if it can win there.
In the Big East, Villanova probably has the No. 1 overall seed locked up. If Creighton wins, it would be a stunner. The Pac-12 title game is a terrific nightcap, and with UNC losing on Saturday, why not put the champ of that league as the final No. 1 seed? It’s going to be an interesting decision for the committee.
We’ll have you covered all day and all night again. Commentary, videos, GIFs, the latest reports, and Norlander will be on the scene at MSG and Barclays for the Big East and ACC championship games. Settle in, because there’s still plenty to be decided.
Here’s the full schedule of conference tournament games below (all times Eastern):
America East Conference |
Championship |
Albany 56, Vermont 53 (Final) |
American Athletic Conference |
At The XL Center - Hartford, Conn. |
Semifinals |
SMU 70, UCF 59 (Final) |
Cincinnati 81, UConn 71 (Final) |
Atlantic Coast Conference |
At The Barclays Center - New York |
Championship |
Duke 75, Notre Dame 69 (Final) |
Atlantic 10 Conference |
At PPG Paints Arena - Pittsburgh |
Semifinals |
Rhode Island 84, Davidson 60 (Final) |
VCU 87, Richmond 77 (Final) |
Big East Conference |
At Madison Square Garden - New York |
Championship |
Villanova 74, Creighton 60 (Final) |
Big Sky Conference |
At The Reno Events Center - Reno, Nev. |
Championship |
North Dakota 93, Weber State 89 (Final, OT) |
Big Ten Conference |
At The Verizon Center - Washington |
Semifinals |
Michigan 84, Minnesota 77 (Final) |
Wisconsin 76, Northwestern 48 (Final) |
Big 12 Conference |
At The Sprint Center - Kansas City, Mo. |
Championship |
Iowa State 80, West Virginia 74 (Final) |
Big West Conference |
At The Honda Center - Anaheim, Calif. |
Championship |
UC Irvine vs. UC Davis, 11:30 p.m. |
Conference USA |
At Legacy Arena - Birmingham, Ala. |
Championship |
Middle Tennessee 83, Marshall 72 (Final) |
Ivy League |
At The Palestra - Philadelphia |
First Round |
Princeton 72, Pennsylvania 64 (Final, OT) |
Yale 73, Harvard 71 |
Mid-American Conference |
At Quicken Loans Arena - Cleveland |
Championship |
Kent State 70, Akron 65 (Final) |
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
At Scope Arena - Norfolk, Va. |
Championship |
N.C. Central 67, Norfolk State 59 (Final) |
Mountain West Conference |
At The Thomas & Mack Center - Las Vegas |
Semifinals |
Nevada 79, Colorado State 71 |
Pacific-12 Conference |
At T-Mobile Center - Las Vegas |
Championship |
Oregon vs. Arizona, 11 p.m. |
Southeastern Conference |
At Bridgestone Arena - Nashville, Tenn. |
Semifinals |
Kentucky 79, Alabama 74 (Final) |
Arkansas 76, Vanderbilt 62 (Final) |
Southland Conference |
At The Leonard E. Merrell Center - Katy, Texas |
Championship |
New Orleans vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 9:30 p.m. |
Southwestern Athletic Conference |
At The Toyota Center - Houston |
Championship |
Texas Southern 53, Alcorn State 50 |
Sun Belt Conference |
At Lakefront Arena - New Orleans |
Semifinals |
Texas State 83, UT-Arlington 62 (Final) |
Troy 74, Georgia St. 63 (Final) |
Western Athletic Conference |
At Orleans Arena - Las Vegas |
Championship |
Cal State Bakersfield vs. New Mexico State-UMKC winner, 11 p.m. |
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Conference | Tournament site | Dates (TV for Championship) | Tickets/Champion |
AAC | Hartford, Conn. | March 9-12 (ESPN2) | Buy now! |
ACC | Brooklyn | March 7-11 (ESPN) | Buy now! |
America East | Campus sites | March 1, 6 & 11 (ESPN2) | Buy now! |
Atlantic 10 | Pittsburgh | March 8-12 (CBS) | Buy now! |
Atlantic Sun | Campus sites | Feb. 27, March 2 & 5 | FGCU (26-7) |
Big East | New York | March 8-11 (FOX) | Buy now! |
Big Sky | Reno, Nev. | March 7, 9-11 (ESPNU) | Buy now! |
Big South | Campus sites | Feb. 28, March 2-3 & 5 | Winthrop (26-6) |
Big Ten | Washington D.C. | March 8-12 (CBS) | Buy now! |
Big 12 | Kansas City | March 8-11 (ESPN) | Buy now! |
Big West | Anaheim | March 9-11 (ESPN2) | Buy now! |
Colonial | North Charleston, S.C. | March 3-6 | UNC-Wilmington (29-5) |
Conference USA | Birmingham, Ala. | March 8-11 (CBSSN) | Buy now! |
Horizon League | Detroit | March 3-7 | N. Kentucky (24-10) |
Ivy League | Philadelphia | March 11-12 (ESPN2) | Buy now! |
MAAC | Albany, N.Y. | March 2-6 | Iona (22-12) |
MAC | Cleveland, Ohio | March 9-11 (ESPN2) | Buy now! |
MEAC | Norfolk, Va. | March 6-11 (ESPN2) | Buy now! |
Missouri Valley | St. Louis | March 2-5 | Wichita State (30-4) |
Mountain West | Las Vegas | March 8-11 (CBS) | Buy now! |
Northeast | Campus sites | March 1, 4, 7 | Mount St. Mary’s (19-15) |
Ohio Valley | Nashville | March 1-4 | Jacksonville State (20-14) |
Pac-12 | Las Vegas | March 8-11 (ESPN) | Buy now! |
Patriot | Campus sites | March 2, 5, 8 | Bucknell (26-8) |
SEC | Nashville | March 8-12 (ESPN) | Buy now! |
Southern | Asheville, N.C | March 3-6 | E. Tennessee State (27-7) |
Southland | Katy, Texas | March 8-11 (ESPN2) | Buy now! |
Summit | Sioux Falls, S.D. | March 4-7 | S. Dakota State (18-16) |
Sun Belt | New Orleans | March 8, 10-12 (ESPN2) | Buy now! |
SWAC | Campus sites | March 7, 10-11 (ESPNU) | Buy now! |
WAC | Las Vegas | March 9-11 (ESPNU) | Buy now! |
West Coast | Las Vegas | March 3-7 | Gonzaga (32-1) |