Conference Tournament Discussion

[sportznut02]

Conference tournaments started this week, a few actually started Tuesday. I figured we will have a few threads up for some of the bigger conferences.

[sportznut02]

The Missouri Valley Conference is big for bubble teams. If Creighton or Wichita State does not win it there will be one less bubble spot. Indiana State and Evansville are both capable of winning it.

[sportznut02]

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Automatic bids to the NCAA tournament are handed out to 30 conference tournament champions. The Ivy League does not hold a conference tournament. Its regular-season champion earns the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

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2013 Conference Tournaments
Conference	Tournament site	Dates	Champion
ACC	Greensboro, NC	March 14-17
America East	Albany (high seed hosts final)	March 8-10, 16
Atlantic Sun	Macon, Ga.	March 6-9
Atlantic 10	Brooklyn	March 14-17
Big East	New York	March 12-16
Big Sky	Regular Season Champ	March 14-16
Big South	Conway, S.C.	March 5, 7, 9-10
Big Ten	Chicago	March 14-17
Big 12	Kansas City, Mo.	March 13-16
Big West	Anaheim, Calif.	March 14-16
Colonial	Richmond, Va.	March 9-11
Conference USA	Tulsa, Okla.	March 13-16
Horizon	Campus sites (higher seeds)	March 5-12
Ivy League		No Tournament
MAAC	Springfield, Mass.	March 8-11
MAC	Cleveland	March 11, 13-16
MEAC	Norfolk, Va.	March 11-16
Missouri Valley	St. Louis	March 7-10
Mountain West	Las Vegas	March 13-16
Northeast	Campus sites (higher seeds)	March 6, 9, 12
Ohio Valley	Nashville, Tenn.	March 6-9
Pac-12	Las Vegas	March 13-16
Patriot	Campus sites (higher seeds)	March 6, 9, 13
SEC	Nashville	March 13-17
Southern	Asheville, N.C.	March 8-11
Southland	Katy, Texas	March 13-16
Summit	Sioux Falls, S.D.	March 9-12
Sun Belt	Hot Springs, Ark.	March 8-11
SWAC	Garland, Texas	March 12-16
WAC	Las Vegas	March 12, 14-16
West Coast	Las Vegas	March 6-9, 11

[phenom1990]

One of my favorite weeks of the year. I love watching as many of these conference tournaments and championships that I can. Two tournaments that I think will be great are the A-10 and Pac-12.

[tbwhhs01]

The A10 is going to be a great tournament with so many good teams and not a clear favorite.

[phenom1990]

Quote: Originally Posted by tbwhhs01

The A10 is going to be a great tournament with so many good teams and not a clear favorite.

Yeah I'm thinking of taking the train up to see the quarterfinal games next Friday since I haven't been to Brooklyn arena yet. I got work on Saturday (semi-finals), so I doubt I will make another trip to see the title game on Sunday. Since I went to a ton of games when it was in Atlantic City, I want to see this tournament before the A-10 goes through major changes.

The other tournament I used to love to watch on TV was the CAA. All of the games were great but with all of the changes in the league, I'm not so sure what to expect.

[sportznut02]

Three auto-bids could be handed out today: Ohio Valley (Belmont/Murray State), Atlantic Sun (Mercer/FGCU), Ivy (Harvard, w/ W & Princeton L)

[phenom1990]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportznut02

Three auto-bids could be handed out today: Ohio Valley (Belmont/Murray State), Atlantic Sun (Mercer/FGCU), Ivy (Harvard, w/ W & Princeton L)

Belmont Murray State should be a good game.