Category: College Basketball
Conference Tournament Preview: Big East
History: Georgetown has fallen on hard times, but they have the most tournament tiles (8). It can be hard to believe that the Hoyas won the title as recently as 2021. Syracuse, long gone from the conference, has reached the title game the most often (15). Winning the Big East Tournament doesn’t typically equate to NCAA Tournament success. Villanova is […]
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History: The wacky MAC typically produces a winner that teams don’t wish to see in the NCAA Tournament. Their most recent conquest was in 2021 when Ohio (who has a history of NCAA Tournament upsets) knocked off Virginia in a 13-vs-4 game. The past two years have produced close calls: Akron lost by four to UCLA in 2022 while Kent State lost to Indiana by 11 […]
Continue reading Conference Tournament Preview: MACConference Tournament Preview: MEAC
History: North Carolina A&T has 16 conference titles, or 31.4% of all titles combined. However, they have won only once since their 1995 title (2013). The MEAC traditionally doesn’t do well in the NCAA Tournament, but there are a few notable upsets in its history. In 2012, #15 Norfolk State knocked off #2 Missouri. In 2001, Hampton pulled off the 15-vs-2 […]
Continue reading Conference Tournament Preview: MEACConference Tournament Preview: Southland Conference
History: Unlike other conferences, no one team has dominated this league. The leader in tournament titles is Northeast Louisiana, who won six titles between 1986 and 1996. Now known as Louisiana-Monroe, they left the conference after the 2006 season. Lamar is the active leader in titles, with four (none since 2012). In 2021, little Abilene Christian pulled off a massive upset […]
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History: Vermont has ten conference tournament wins, all since 2003. They have won two in a row and three of the last four. That said, the biggest story out of this conference happened in 2018 when UMBC took down the tournament as a #2 seed and went on to defeat Virginia in the first-ever 16-over-1. Despite their conference success and […]
Continue reading Conference Tournament Preview: America East ConferenceConference Tournament Preview: Big Sky
History: In a world of constant flux, the Big Sky Conference has remained mostly intact. Southern Utah left the league in 2022, but that is a rarity (and they were only in the conference for ten years). Montana and Weber State have traditionally dominated this league, with Montana winning 11 titles while Weber State has ten. However, Montana hasn’t won since […]
Continue reading Conference Tournament Preview: Big SkyConference Tournament Preview: Coastal Athletic Association
History: Formerly known as the Colonial Athletic Association, the Coastal Athletic Association has some history of NCAA Tournament success, though their last conquest was in 2012 when former member VCU upset Wichita State in a 12-vs-5 matchup. One year earlier, as an at-large team, VCU made it to the Final Four, where they lost to Butler by eight. On their […]
Continue reading Conference Tournament Preview: Coastal Athletic AssociationConference Tournament Preview: Summit League
History: While South Dakota State (6 titles) and North Dakota State (4) have dominated this tournament since 2012, Oral Roberts has taken home the crown two of the past three years. In 2021, Oral Roberts rode the wave of winning this tournament to make it to the Sweet 16 as a #15 seed (where they lost to Alabama by two). Returning Champion: Oral Roberts. […]
Continue reading Conference Tournament Preview: Summit LeagueConference Tournament Preview: Southern Conference
History: The Southern Conference has roots going back to the 1920s. There was a time when Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia, Alabama, and Georgia played in this league. Heck, Washington & Lee has a pair of tournament wins to brag about. More recently, this is the conference that Stephen Curry called home during his days at Davidson. Before […]
Continue reading Conference Tournament Preview: Southern ConferenceConference Tournament Preview: West Coast Conference
History: Gonzaga has won this tournament four straight years and 20 times since 1999. The last time they didn’t appear in the title game was in 1997 when Saint Mary’s knocked off San Francisco. No team other than Saint Mary‘s or Gonzaga has won the title since San Diego defeated Gonzaga back in 2008. Barring a strange outcome, the two superpowers will once […]
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