So long sir streak - Texas Tech and K-State finally wrestled away the Big-12 title belt from Kansas, but the Jayhawks get another crack at reasserting their place as the league’s alpha-dog in nearby Kansas City this weekend.
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Kentucky and Tennessee have 1-seed aspirations, but it was LSU that captured the regular season conference crown. Can the Bayou Bengals win the conference tourney sans Will Wade? Or will a team like Auburn send them packing early?
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In a league with a clear top two and an 8-team morass below them, it seems like a Villanova/Marquette collision course at Madison Square Garden - or it did until recently. Can any of the bubbly teams get hot and play spoiler?
Read moreConference USA Tournament Preview 2019
The Monarchs were anointed kings of the C-USA in the regular season, but ODU will have to maneuver through a deep 12-team field to lock up the automatic bid in Frisco this weekend.
Read moreSouthland Tournament Preview 2019
The Southland Tourney will be won by a team not named Stephen F. Austin for just the 2nd time in six years. Sam Houston State and Abilene Christian are the heavy favorites, but SE Louisiana and Lamar have the talent to pull the upset.
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I have very few nice things to say about the Pac 12, but how about this: I hope that Washington State wins the tournament so that Robert Franks can play in the Big Dance (and Ernie Kent gets a monster extension)! Really though, this sucker is wide open
Read moreMountain West Tournament Preview 2019
Nevada looks to reassert its dominance and prove it is the clear #1 team in the MWC, but pesky Utah State doesn’t appear to be going anywhere. Can Fresno join the MWC Big Dance party with a surprise run to the title? Will SDSU finally live up to preseason expectations? Can UNLV protect its home floor?
Read moreBig Sky Tournament Preview 2019
Jordan Davis elevated Northern Colorado to new heights this year, but a catastrophic letdown on the last day of the regular season helped Montana take home a second straight Big Sky regular season crown. The Bears now seek redemption when they head to Boise, along with a deep field of worthy challengers.
Read moreAtlantic 10 Tournament Preview 2019
Injury repercussions - both good (VCU) and bad (St. Joseph’s and George Mason) - have had a giant influence on the A-10 this year. With everything reset in a “win or go home” scenario, who will emerge victorious in Brooklyn?
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Four teams outpaced the rest of the league during the regular season but only one can advance to the Big Dance. Can senior PG Tookie Brown take his Georgia Southern Eagles to the Promised Land since 1992, or will D’Marcus Simonds and Georgia State clinch Ron Hunter’s 3rd auto-bid of his career?
Read moreACC Tournament Preview 2019
Duke got all the headlines but Virginia is the team to beat in the ACC Tournament. Will Zion’s return vault Duke to the #1 overall seed? Will UVA avenge its embarrassing loss to UMBC? Will good ole Roy Williams capture yet another ACC title and make the Heels a surprise 1-seed? All will be revealed in arguably the greatest conference tourney in the country.
Read moreSWAC Tournament Preview 2019
It’s been three seasons since someone other than Texas Southern claimed the SWAC’s auto-bid, but is this the year Prairie View A&M or another thirsty challenger finally restores order?
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The MAC was one of the best mid-major conferences throughout the season and features a locked in at-large team in Nate Oats’ Buffalo Bulls. Can title contenders Toledo and Bowling Green crash the Dance and make the MAC a 2-bid league?
Read moreMEAC Tournament Preview 2019
The plucky upstarts from the MEAC once again descend on the Scope Center in Norfolk for MEAC Madness. They aren’t quite home games for Norfolk State, but it’s going to be tough to unseat the favorite so close to the Spartans’ campus…
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Mike Daum and the Jackbunnies set out for a fourth straight Summit championship this week at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls…
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After winning their third straight regular season conference title, the Catamounts now seek to avenge UMBC’s soul-crushing buzzer beater in last year’s America East championship game.
Read moreColonial Tournament Preview 2019
The prolific offenses of the CAA descend on Charleston for what is always one of most entertaining conference tournaments every year. Hofstra is the favorite, but the Pride’s late season struggles leave this one up for grabs…
Read moreSoCon Tournament Preview 2019
Wofford achieved regular season perfection, but can the Terriers hold off the hungry three-headed monster that is Furman, UNCG, and ETSU?? Two-bid SoCon?? Yes Please!!
Read moreMissouri Valley Tournament Preview 2019
Will we get a repeat of Sister Jean voodoo magic? Or will a deep field of challengers put an end to the Ramblers run? All will be settled in what should be another unpredictable Arch Madness in St. Louis.
Read moreMAAC Tournament Preview 2019
The MAAAAAAAC, as we affectionately call it, massively underperformed as a whole this year, but the conference tournament offers a shot for every team to redeem itself and go dancing. Who will emerge victorious in Albany?
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