There are only a few days to go until Selection Sunday, which means most of the conferences area in the midst or about to begin their season-ending tournaments. For some of the mid-majors, teams are fighting tooth and nail for single bids to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. For the seven primary conferences below, teams are not only battling for titles but for tournament seeding and to jump off the bubble to get into the field.

So who will win? That remains to be seen, but our fives experts decided to take a stab with their picks and predictions. There was only one unanimous selection among them, and they all settled on two or three choices overall. Let's take a look at their selections below.  

Conference tournament picks


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AAC
Houston
Cincinnati
Houston
Houston
UCF
ACC
Duke
Virginia
Duke
N. Carolina
Duke
Big East
Villanova
Villanova
Villanova
Villanova
Villanova
Big Ten
Michigan
Michigan St.
Michigan
Purdue
Michigan
Big 12
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Kansas
Kansas
SEC
Tennessee
Kentucky
Kentucky
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pac-12
Oregon
Washington
Oregon
Arizona St.
Washington

Conference tournament odds

All odds courtesy of Caesars Palace

AAC
Houston: 7/5
Cincinnati: 5/2 
UCF: 4-1 
Memphis: 6-1 
Temple: 10-1 
Wichita State: 25-1 
South Florida: 50-1 
SMU: 50-1 
Tulsa: 60-1 
UConn: 60-1 
East Carolina: 200-1 
Tulane: 300-1 

Big East 
Villanova: 2-1
Marquette: 6-1 
St. John's: 6-1 
Creighton: 6-1 
Seton Hall: 8-1 
Xavier: 10-1 
Georgetown: 15-1 
Providence: 20-1 
Butler: 20-1 
DePaul: 30-1

ACC
Virginia: 3/2 
Duke: 3/2 
North Carolina: 3/2
Florida State: 12-1
Virginia Tech: 15-1 
Louisville: 30-1
Syracuse: 40-1 
Clemson: 50-1 
NC State: 50-1 
Miami: 200-1 
Georgia Tech: 500-1
Boston College: 500-1  
Notre Dame: 500-1  
Pitt: 500-1
Wake Forest: 500-1

Big Ten 
Michigan State: 7/4
Michigan: 5/2
Purdue: 3-1 
Wisconsin: 8-1 
Maryland: 10-1 
Penn State: 25-1 
Indiana: 30-1
Minnesota: 50-0
Iowa: 50-1
Nebraska: 75-1 
Ohio State: 75-1 
Illinois: 100-1 
Northwestern: 200-1 
Rutgers: 200-1 

Big 12
Texas Tech: 3/2
Kansas State: 7/2 
Kansas: 5-1 
Iowa State: 6-1 
Texas: 8-1 
Baylor: 8-1 
TCU: 20-1 
Oklahoma: 20-1 
West Virginia: 200-1 
Oklahoma State: 200-1 

SEC
Tennessee: 7/4
Kentucky: 2-1
LSU: 9/2
Auburn: 6-1 
Florida: 15-1 
Mississippi State: 15-1 
South Carolina: 25-1 
Ole Miss: 50-1 
Arkansas: 50-1 
Alabama: 50-1 
Missouri: 200-1 
Texas A&M: 20-1 
Georgia: 500-1 
Vanderbilt: 500-1

Pac-12
Washington: 5/2
Oregon: 4-1
Arizona State: 5-1 
Colorado: 6-1 
Oregon State: 6-1 
Utah: 8-1 
Arizona: 15-1 
USC: 20-1 
UCLA: 20-1 
Stanford: 30-1 
Cal: 100-1 
Washington State: 100-1