Four automatic offers from the NCAA tournament were obtained on Tuesday, while championship week in university basketball continued to accelerate. Among these, the teams to strike the tickets were Saint Francis, who will go to the Big Dance for the first time since 1991.
The seeded n ° 3 Red Flash upset the seeded n ° 1 Central Connecticut State in the title match of the NEC 46-43 tournament. In the process, they broke the best sequence of consecutive victories of the CCSU nation. However, it was not bad for the n ° 1 seeds Wednesday. Robert Morris, the seeded of the horizon League, beat the head of 4 Youngstown State 89-78 to guarantee the first trip of the NCAA tournament of the program since 2015.
In the match for the title CAA, the seeded n ° 2 UNCW put an end to the series of tournament n ° 12 of the seeded Delaware. The Blue Hens won four games in four days but could not win a fifth because they fell 76-72 in a thriller. The UNCW will play for the first time in the NCAA tournament since 2017.
After losing the two games of the regular season against Saint Mary’s, Gonzaga delivered one of his most impressive performances of the season with a 58-51 wired victory in the match for the title of the conference on the west coast. After Saint Mary equalized the match at 33-33 in the first seconds of the second half, Gonzaga outlined his seeded n ° 1 in the conference tournament 25-18. Strong Braden Huff scored an 18 -point summit and Khalif Battle finished with 14. Battle launched an alley dunk with 36 seconds to stretch the lead. The Bulldogs have won 11 of the last 13 COE title games and will enter the tournament with a positive momentum.
On Wednesday, three additional conferences will determine their representatives of the NCAA tournament, while on Sunday from walking to the selection continues with championship matches in the Big Sky conference, Patriot League and Southland.
For the first time since 2018, a team from the Patriot League other than Colgate will arrive at the big dance. The seeded n ° 1 American eliminated the seeded n ° 3 Colgate in the semi-finals and will face the n ° 5 of the navy in the match for the title at 7 p.m. in the east of the CBS Sports Network.
On Wednesday also marks a day of rise on the top front while the Big East, Big Ten and Dry join the scrum with round opening matches. All in all, it is one of the busiest days of the year in university basketball while the post-season game strikes at full speed.
Tuesday conference tournament scores
2025 conference tournaments / champions
Conference | Location | Dates | Championship game / Tournament champion |
Catchy | Charlotte, North Carolina | March 11-15 | Sam., March 15, 8:30 p.m. | Espn |
America is | Campus sites | March 8, 11.15 | Sam., March 15, 11 a.m. | Espn2 |
American | Fort Worth, Texas | March 12-16 | Sun, March 16, 3:15 p.m. | Espn |
Outfit | Campus sites | March 2.3,9 | Lips (25-9) |
Atlantic 10 | Washington DC | March 12-16 | Sun, March 16, 1 p.m. | CBS |
Big 12 | Kansas City | March 11-15 | Sam., March 15, 6 p.m. | Espn |
Large east | new York | March 12-15 | Sam., March 15, 6.30 p.m. | Fox |
Tall sky | Boise, Idaho | March 8-12 | Sea, March 12, 11:30 p.m. | Espn2 |
South | Johnson City, Tennessee | March 5.7-9 | High point (29-5) |
Big Dix | Indianapolis | March 12-16 | Sun, March 16, 3.30 p.m. | CBS |
Big West | Henderson, Nevada | March 12-15 | Sam., March 15, 9:40 p.m. | Espn2 |
Coastal athletic | Washington DC | March 7-11 | UNCW (27-7) |
USA conference | Huntsville, Alabama | March 11-15 | Sam., March 15, 8:30 p.m. | Cbssn |
Horizon league | Campus sites | March 4, 6,10,11 | Robert Morris (25-8) |
Ivy | Providence, Rhode Island | March 15-16 | Sun, March 16, 12 p.m. | Espn2 |
Maac | Atlantic City, New Jersey | March 11-15 | Sam., March 15, 7:30 p.m. | Expensive |
Mac | Cleveland | March 13-15 | Sam., March 15, 7:40 p.m. | Espn2 |
Brand | Norfolk, Virginie | March 12-15 | Sam., March 15, 1 p.m. | Espn2 |
Missouri Valley | St. Louis | March 6-9 | Duck (30-3) |
West mountain | Las Vegas | March 12-15 | Sam., March 15, 6 p.m. | CBS |
Northeast | Campus sites | March 5.8.11 | Saint-François (15-17) |
Ohio Valley | Evansville, Indiana | March 5-8 | Soy (22-11) |
Patriot | Campus sites | March 4, 6,9,12 | Sea, March 12, 7 p.m. | Cbssn |
SECOND | Nashville | March 12-16 | Sun, March 16, 1 p.m. | Espn |
South | Asheville, North Carolina | March 7-10 | Wofford (19-15) |
South-Planche | Lake Charles, Louisiana | March 9-12 | Sea, March 12, 5 p.m. | Espn2 |
Summit | Sioux Falls, southern Dakota | March 5-9 | Omaha (22-12) |
Solar belt | Reflected, flowery | March 4 to 10 | Troy (23-10) |
Escape | Atlanta | March 11-15 | Sam., March 15, 9:30 p.m. | Expensive |
Wac | St. George, Utah / Las Vegas | March 11-15 | Sam., March 15, 11:40 p.m. | Espn2 |
WCC | Las Vegas | March 6-11 | Gonzaga (25-8) |