Big East Conference March 9-12. All games at New York. kPOY: Josh Hart, Villanova. The Big East tournament gets underway on Wednesday with two games at Madison Square Garden. Outside of the jubilation that comes with winning a conference tournament, there’s not much at stake in this event. Five teams are projected to be in […]

Southland Conference March 8-12. All games at Katy, Texas. kPOY: Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin. The Southland tournament gets underway on Wednesday with two first-round games at the Merrell Center. Stephen F. Austin is the biggest favorite in any tournament this March. Part of it is the Jacks’ dominance of the league – they were […]

Atlantic Coast Conference March 8-12. All games at Washington, D.C. kPOY: Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia. The ACC gets underway on Tuesday afternoon with two first-round games at the Verizon Center. Virginia’s bludgeoning of Louisville on Saturday vaulted it to the top of the ratings and added about 3% to its chances of winning this event. No […]

Southwestern Athletic Conference March 8-12. All games at Houston. kPOY: Chris Thomas, Texas Southern. The SWAC gets underway on Tuesday with two first-round games at the Toyota Center. Hey, for once Grambling is not the team with the lowest chance of winning the SWAC tournament. In fact, the Tigers’ chances are equivalent to what Austin […]

Conference USA March 8-12. All games at Birmingham. kPOY: Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech. Conference USA gets underway Tuesday afternoon with a first-round game at Bartow Arena. UAB rolled through Conference USA with a 16-2 record, finishing the season 26-5 overall. However, the Blazers didn’t play a single game against Tier A competition and they are […]

Big Sky Conference March 8, 10-12. All games at Reno. kPOY: Joel Bolomboy, Weber State. Big Sky action gets underway on Tuesday with four first-round games at the Reno Events Center. Tournament play is a conflict between fairness and fun and the Big Sky has elected to go in the fun direction this season. The […]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference March 7-11. All games at Norfolk. kPOY: James Daniel, Howard. The MEAC gets underway with two quarterfinal games Monday evening at the Scope. For the first time since 2003, the MEAC is the worst-rated conference in the land. I am fairly sure the conference went 0-for-whatever against all Tier A and B […]

Mid-American Conference March 7,10-12. First round at higher seed, remaining games at Cleveland. kPOY: Nathan Boothe, Toledo. The MAC gets underway on Monday evening with four first round games at campus sites. Akron won the league by two games and is the favorite to win in Cleveland. But as usual, there are plenty of MAC […]

Horizon League March 5-8. All games at Detroit. kPOY: Kay Felder, Oakland. The Horizon League tournament begins on Saturday with four first-round games at Joe Louis Arena. The most famous basketball game in the history of Joe Louis Arena was when the Knicks upset the Pistons 127-123 in a thrilling fifth and deciding game of […]

Summit League March 5-8. All games at Sioux Falls. kPOY: Mike Daum, South Dakota State. The Summit League gets underway on Saturday with two quarterfinal games at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. The top two seeds both finished with 12-4 conference records this season, but IPFW won the tiebreaker by sweeping Omaha. However, the ratings […]