Five more spots in the Big Dance will be secured Tuesday, when the CAA, Horizon League, NEC, Summit League and WCC each crown tournament champions. The America East, Big Sky and Southland Conference will be in semifinal action, while the ACC Tournament and Big 12 also begin with preliminary action.
Charleston, the No. 1 seed in the CAA, rallied to beat No. 5 seed Towson in the semifinals. The Cougars will be looking to make their second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament and will face No. 7 seed Stony Brook in the CAA final after the Seawolves upset No. 3 seed Hofstra in a semifinal Monday.
The tally of automatic bids clinched for the NCAA Tournament increased to six on Monday night, when two more conferences crowned tournament champions with under a week to go until Selection Sunday.
James Madison secured its first NCAA Tournament trip since 2013 seed by topping Arkansas State 91-71 in the Sun Belt Tournament title game behind a scorching offensive performance. The No. 2 seed Dukes shot 62.5% from the floor and hit 11 of 19 shots from 3-point range while improving to 31-3.JMU began its season by winning at then-No. 4 Michigan State and proceeded to set a program record for victories under fourth-year coach Mark Byington. The Dukes are a projected No. 12 seed for the Big Dance in Jerry Palm’s Bracketology and have all the makings of a potential Cinderella.
Samford, the SoCon’s no. 1 seed, punched its first ticket to the NCAA Tournament since 2000 with a 76-69 win over East Tennessee State in the SoCon Tournament title game behind 25 points from Achor Achor and 23 from Jermaine Marshall. The Bulldogs, who are projected as a No. 13 seed in Palm’s Bracketology, employ one of the nation’s deepest rotations with a relentless, up-tempo style that could wreak havoc in the right matchup.
As automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament are secured, we’ll be noting each of them here.
Tuesday’s conference tournament scoreboard
Coastal Athletic Association: Championship
(7) Stony Brook vs. (1) College of Charleston, 7 p.m. | CBS Sports Network
Horizon League: Championship
(6) Milwaukee vs. (1) Oakland, 7 p.m. | ESPN, fuboTV (Try for free)
NEC: Championship
(6) Wagner vs. (2) Merrimack, 7 p.m. | ESPN2, fuboTV (Try for free)
Summit League: Championship
(7) Denver vs. (1) South Dakota State, 9:30 p.m. | CBS Sports Network
WCC: Championship
(2) Gonzaga vs. (1) St. Mary’s. 9 p.m. | ESPN, fuboTV (Try for free)
OTHER TOURNAMENTS IN ACTION
2024 conference tournament schedules, champions
All times ET
| Conference | City | Dates | Final (TV) / Champion |
| ACC | Washington D.C. | March 12-16 | Saturday, March 16 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) |
| America East | Campus Sites | March 9, 12, 16 | Saturday, March 16 11 a.m. (ESPN2) |
| American | Fort Worth, Texas | March 13-17 | Sunday, March 17 3:15 p.m. (ESPN) |
| ASUN | Campus Sites | March 4-5, 7, 10 | Stetson (22-12) |
| Atlantic 10 | Brooklyn | March 12-14, 16-17 | Sunday, March 17 1 p.m. (CBS) |
| Big 12 | Kansas City | March 12-16 | Saturday. March 16 6 p.m. (ESPN) |
| Big East | New York City | March 13-16 | Saturday, March 16 6:30 p.m. (Fox) |
| Big Sky | Boise, Idaho | March 9, 10-13 | Wednesday, March 13 11:30 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| Big South | High Point, North Carolina | March 6, 8-10 | Longwood (21-13) |
| Big Ten | Minneapolis | March 13-17 | Sunday, March 17 3:30 p.m. (CBS) |
| Big West | Henderson, Nevada | March 13-16 | Saturday, March 16 9:30 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| Coastal Athletic | Washington, D.C. | March 8-12 | Tuesday, March 12 7 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) |
| Conference USA | Huntsville, Alabama | March 12-16 | Saturday, March 16 8:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) |
| Horizon League | Campus sites | Indianapolis | March 5, 7, 11-12 | Tuesday, March 12 7 p.m. (ESPN) |
| Ivy | New York City | March 16-17 | Sunday, March 17 12 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| MAAC | Atlantic City, New Jersey | March 12-16 | Saturday, March 16 7:30 p.m. (ESPNU) |
| MAC | Cleveland | March 14-16 | Saturday, March 16 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| MEAC | Norfolk, Virginia | March 13-16 | Saturday, March 16 1 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| Missouri Valley | St. Louis | March 7-10 | Drake (28-6) |
| Mountain West | Las Vegas | March 13-16 | Saturday, March 16 6 p.m. (CBS) |
| Northeast | Campus Sites | March 6, 9, 12 | Tuesday, March 12 7 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| Ohio Valley | Evansville, Indiana | March 6-9 | Morehead State (26-8) |
| Pac-12 | Las Vegas | March 13-16 | Saturday, March 16 9 p.m. (Fox) |
| Patriot | Campus Sites | March 5, 7, 10, 13 | Wednesday, March 13 7 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) |
| SEC | Nashville | March 13-17 | Sunday, March 17 1 p.m. (ESPN) |
| Southern | Asheville, North Carolina | March 8-11 | Samford (29-5) |
| Southland | Lake Charles, Louisiana | March 10-13 | Wednesday, March 13 5 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| Summit | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | March 8-12 | Tuesday, March 12 9:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) |
| Sun Belt | Pensacola, Florida | March 5, 7, 9, 10-11 | James Madison (31-3) |
| SWAC | Birmingham, Alabama | March 13-16 | Saturday, March 16 5:30 p.m. (ESPNU) |
| WAC | Las Vegas | March 13-16 | Saturday, March 16 11:30 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| WCC | Las Vegas | March 7-9, 11-12 | Tuesday, March 12 9 p.m. (ESPN) |
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