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Results from 3/8:

-In the lone tournament championship game tonight, #3 Lehigh traveled to the home gym of #1 Bucknell in Lewisburg, PA for the Patriot League Final. The Bison led by 1 at half then outscored the Mountain Hawks by 15 in the second half to win by a final of 81-65. A court storming ensued. This is the 7th appearance for Bucknell in the NCAA Tourney, with their last coming in 2013. This is the final NCAA ticket to be punched until the America East crowns their tournament champ on Saturday at 11:00am. 12/32 NCAA tickets have now been punched. In total, 14 tournament championships will take place on Saturday while the remaining 6 will take place on Sunday.

One of the best all around college basketball days of the year. Conference tournament championship games all day long, highlighted by Creighton vs. Nova at 5:30pm. In all, there are 14 conference champ games today. Here's the complete schedule for today, March 11:

America East: #3 Albany @ #1 Vermont, 11:00am, ESPN2
MEAC: #2 Norfolk State vs. #1 North Carolina Central, 1:00pm, ESPN2
Big East: #6 Creighton vs. #1 Villanova, 5:30pm, FOX
Big 12: #4 Iowa State vs. #2 West Virginia, 6:00pm, ESPN
Mountain West: #2 Colorado State vs. #1 Nevada, 6:00pm, CBS
SWAC: #2 Alcorn State vs. #1 Texas Southern, 6:15pm, ESPNU
MAC: #6 Kent State vs. #1 Akron, 7:30pm, ESPN2
Big Sky: #3 Weber State vs. #1 North Dakota, 8:30pm, ESPNU
C-USA: #6 Marshall vs. #1 Middle Tennessee, 8:30pm, CBSSN
ACC: #5 Duke vs. #3 Notre Dame, 9:00pm, ESPN
Southland: #2 Texas A&M Corpus Christi vs. #1 New Orleans, 9:30pm, ESPN2
Pac-12: #2 Arizona vs. #1 Oregon, 11:00pm, ESPN
WAC: #2 New Mexico State vs. #1 Cal State Bakersfield, 11:00pm, ESPNU
Big West: #2 UC Davis vs. #1 UC Irvine, 11:30pm, ESPN2

Full results from 3/11:

ACC: #5 Duke (75) - #3 Notre Dame (69)
America East: #3 Albany (53) @ #1 Vermont (56)
Big 12: #4 Iowa State (80) - #2 West Virginia (74)
Big East: #6 Creighton (60) - #1 Villanova (74)
Big Sky: #3 Weber State (89) - #1 North Dakota (93) F/OT
Big West: #2 UC Davis (50) - #1 UC Irvine (47)
C-USA: #6 Marshall (72) - #1 Middle Tennessee (83)
MAC: #6 Kent State (70) - #1 Akron (65)
MEAC: #2 Norfolk State (59) - #1 North Carolina Central (67)
Mountain West: #2 Colorado State (71) - #1 Nevada (79)
Pac-12: #2 Arizona (83) - #1 Oregon (80)
Southland: #2 Texas A&M Corpus Christi (65) - #1 New Orleans (68) F/OT
SWAC: #2 Alcorn State (50) - #1 Texas Southern (53)
WAC: #2 New Mexico State (70) - #1 Cal State Bakersfield (60)

It's Selection Sunday! On the slate we have the remaining 6 conference tournament championship games. Complete schedule for today, March 12:

Ivy: #3 Yale vs. #1 Princeton, 12:00pm, ESPN2
A-10: #4 Rhode Island vs. #2 VCU, 12:30pm, CBS
SEC: #3 Arkansas vs. #1 Kentucky, 1:00pm, ESPN
Sun Belt: #4 Texas State vs. #6 Troy, 2:00pm, ESPN2
Big 10: #8 Michigan vs. #2 Wisconsin, 3:00pm, CBS
American: #2 Cincinnati vs. #1 SMU, 3:15pm, ESPN

Packed house at the AAC tournament...lol.

Jet915 wrote:Packed house at the AAC tournament...lol.

LOL! I'm watching the Big 10 championship from D.C. It's hard to tell but it looks like the entire upper deck is empty. Maybe they should have stuck with Chicago.

Results from 3/12:

American: #2 Cincinnati (56) vs. #1 SMU (71)
A-10: #4 Rhode Island (70) vs. #2 VCU (63)
Big 10: #8 Michigan (71) vs. #2 Wisconsin (56)
Ivy: #3 Yale (59) vs. #1 Princeton (71)
SEC: #3 Arkansas (65) vs. #1 Kentucky (82)
Sun Belt: #4 Texas State (53) vs. #6 Troy (59)

Well that’s all she wrote folks. Conference Tournament Champ Week 2017 is officially in the books. Below is a list of all 32 conference tournament winners, the amount of times they’ve made it to the NCAA Tournament, and the last time they made it. Now we sit and wait for 5:30. GO FRIARS!

ACC: Duke, 41st appearance, last appearance: 2016
America East: Vermont, 6th appearance, last appearance: 2012
American: SMU, 12th appearance, last appearance: 2015
A-10: Rhode Island, 9th appearance, last appearance: 1999
Atlantic Sun: Florida Gulf Coast, 3rd appearance, last appearance: 2016
Big 10: Michigan, 27th appearance, last appearance: 2016
Big 12: Iowa State, 19th appearance, last appearance: 2016
Big East: Villanova, 36th appearance, last appearance: 2016
Big Sky: North Dakota, 1st appearance, last appearance: never
Big South: Winthrop, 10th appearance, last appearance: 2010
Big West: UC Davis, 1st appearance, last appearance: never
CAA: UNC Wilmington, 6th appearance, last appearance: 2016
C-USA: Middle Tennessee, 9th appearance, last appearance: 2016
Horizon: Northern Kentucky, 1st appearance, last appearance: never
Ivy: Princeton, 25th appearance, last appearance: 2011
MAAC: Iona, 11th appearance, last appearance: 2016
MAC: Kent State, 6th appearance, last appearance: 2008
MEAC: North Carolina Central, 2nd appearance, last appearance: 2014
Mountain West: Nevada, 7th appearance, last appearance: 2007
MVC: Wichita State, 14th appearance, last appearance: 2016
NEC: Mount St. Mary's, 5th appearance, last appearance: 2014
OVC: Jacksonville State, 1st appearance, last appearance: never
Pac-12: Arizona, 34th appearance, last appearance: 2016
Patriot: Bucknell, 7th appearance, last appearance: 2013
SEC: Kentucky, 57th appearance, last appearance: 2016
Southern: East Tennessee State, 10th appearance, last appearance: 2010
Southland: New Orleans, 5th appearance, last appearance: 1996
Summit: South Dakota State, 4th appearance, last appearance: 2016
Sun Belt: Troy, 2nd appearance, last appearance: 2003
SWAC: Texas Southern, 7th appearance, last appearance: 2015
WAC: New Mexico State, 23rd appearance, last appearance: 2015
West Coast: Gonzaga, 20th appearance, last appearance: 2016