Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (conference rank: 31st) March 6-11 All games at Norfolk, Va. kPOY: Patrick Cole, N.C. Central. Regular season champ: N.C. Central (preseason #288 / 3rd MEAC, current #159) Overachiever: N.C. Central Underachiever: Howard (preseason #275, current #335) The MEAC’s regular season concluded last night with North Carolina A&T upsetting conference-leader N.C. Central 68-63. It was A&T’s first win over […]

Summit League (conference rank: 16th) March 4, 6, 7 All games at Sioux Falls, S.D. kPOY: Mike Daum, South Dakota State Regular season champ: South Dakota (preseason #274 / 9th Summit, current #134) Overachiever: South Dakota Underachiever: South Dakota State (preseason #113, current #191) I’m not sure there was a more surprising conference champ than South Dakota. Picked seventh […]

Southern Conference (conference rank: 13th) March 3-6 All games at Asheville, N.C. kPOY: TJ Cromer, East Tennessee State Regular season champ: Furman (preseason #220 / 5th SoCon, current #106, UNC Greensboro (preseason #176 / 3rd SoCon, current #121), and East Tennessee State (preseason #182 / 4th SoCon, current #69) Overachiever: East Tennessee State Underachiever: VMI (preseason #266, current #327) […]

Horizon League (conference rank: 19th) March 3-7 All games at Detroit (Joe Louis Arena). kPOY: Alec Peters, Valparaiso Regular season champ: Valparaiso (preseason #69 / 1st HL, current #94) and Oakland (preseason #163 / 3rd HL, current #110) Overachiever: Northern Kentucky (preseason #277, current #155) Underachiever: Milwaukee (preseason #227, current #280) The big story out of the Horizon League is that […]

West Coast Conference (conference rank: 11th) March 3-7 All games at Las Vegas. kPOY: Jock Landale, Saint Mary’s Regular season champ: Gonzaga (preseason #22 / 2nd WCC, current #1) Overachiever: Gonzaga Underachiever: Pepperdine (preseason #139, current #295) Pacism is alive and well in college basketball and one need look no further than the WCC, where Jock Landale was as productive as any human […]

Colonial Athletic Association (conference rank: 12th) March 3-6 All games at North Charleston, S.C. kPOY: TJ Williams, Northeastern Regular season champ: UNC-Wilmington (preseason #72 / 1st CAA, current #58) Overachiever: Northeastern (preseason #201, current #137) Underachiever: James Madison (preseason #109, current #229) The preseason ratings were very high on the CAA and for the most part, the conference lived up to the […]

Missouri Valley Conference (conference rank: 10th) March 2-6 All games at St. Louis. kPOY: Markis McDuffie, Wichita State Regular season champ: Wichita State (preseason #34 / 1st MVC, current #10) and Illinois State (preseason 94th / 3rd MVC, current 45th) Overachiever: Loyola Chicago (preseason #215, current #98) Underachiever: Northern Iowa (preseason #82, current #165) The Valley features the most unusual conference table in the […]

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (conference rank: 18th) March 2-6 All games at Siena. kPOY: Justin Robinson, Monmouth Regular season champ: Monmouth (preseason #93 / 2nd MAAC, current #81) Overachiever: Saint Peter’s (preseason #161, current #114) Underachiever: Manhattan (preseason #175, current #283) Monmouth is looking to get to the NCAA tournament after going 35-5 in MAAC regular season play the past two […]

Patriot League (conference rank: 23rd) Feb. 28, Mar. 2, 5, 8 All games at higher seeds. kPOY: Tim Kempton, Lehigh Regular season champ: Bucknell (preseason #189 / 3rd PL, current #78) Overachiever: Bucknell Underachiever: Lafayette (preseason #301, current #330) My apologies to the Patriot League for this belated preview. (A couple of sources on reputable web sites had this tournament […]

Ohio Valley Conference (conference rank: 22nd) March 1-4 All games at Nashville. kPOY: Evan Bradds, Belmont Regular season champ: Belmont (preseason #112 / 1st OVC, current #85) Overachiever: Jacksonville State (preseason #293, current #187) Underachiever: Murray State (preseason #142, current #196) Whatever you want. Whatever it is. Whatever you want. Think Belmont.