
They are sure to produce plenty of joyful and chaotic scenes to highlight the days leading up to Selection Sunday.

To check which version of Teams you are using: Select Settings and more. Though the power conference tournaments don't begin for a few more days, many of the tournaments underway are for one-bid leagues. The version number will start with a one, e.g. With teams fighting to extend their seasons and Big Dance bids on the line, it is officially the best time of year in college basketball. 1 seed Merrimack on Tuesday, they are guaranteed to go dancing since Merrimack is still ineligible for the NCAA Tournament amid the final year of its transition to Division I. Though the Knights will play in the NEC title game against No. Fairleigh Dickinson locked up the Northeastern Conference's automatic bid with a 70-50 semifinal victory over Saint Francis (PA). In addition to the Redhawks, there was another team that claimed a spot in the Big Dance on Saturday night under slightly different circumstances. The OVC title caps an impressive turnaround for the program under third-year coach Brad Korn. 5 seed Redhawks, who secured their first bid to the Big Dance since 2000, got team-best 26 points from Chris Harris. Southeast Missouri State became college basketball's first conference tournament champion of 2023 on Saturday when it edged Tennessee Tech 89-82 in overtime for the Ohio Valley Tournament title and secured an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


Those games are just a sampling of the menu with 10 different conference tournaments in action throughout the day. 2 seed Liberty for the Atlantic Sun title. Then comes the Missouri Valley final between No. First up Sunday is the Big South Tournament title game between No. The first two bids for the 2023 NCAA Tournament were secured on Saturday, and three more tickets will be punched on Sunday as college basketball's postseason ramps up.
