2026 Men’s D1 College Basketball Conference Tournament Central
Schedule For Saturday, March 14
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In-Progress Tournaments
America East
Higher seeds host
Saturday, Tuesday, and Saturday, March 7, 10, and 14
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Champion: UMBC
NOTE: Binghamton (8-23, 4-12, 9th) did not qualify.
Quarterfinals (Sat. 3/7)
Gm. 1: (8) New Hampshire (9-21, 5-11) 69, (1) UMBC 84
Gm. 2: (7) Bryant (9-22, 5-11) 57, (2) Vermont 77
Gm. 3: (5) UAlbany (11-21, 7-9) 76, (4) UMass Lowell 81
Gm. 4: (6) Maine (8-24, 6-10) 58, (3) NJIT 60
Semifinals (Tues. 3/10)
Gm. 5: (4) UMass Lowell (15-18, 9-7) 69, (1) UMBC91
Gm. 6: (3) NJIT (16-17, 10-6) 54, (2) Vermont 63
Championship (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 7: (2) Vermont (22-12, 12-4) 59, (1) UMBC (24-8, 14-2) 74
American
Birmingham, Ala.
Wednesday–Sunday, March 11–15
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2025 Champion: Memphis
NOTE: Rice (13-18, 7-11, 11th), East Carolina (11-20, 6-12, 12th), and UTSA (5-25, 1-17, 13th) did not qualify.
First Round (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 1:(9) Tulane 81, (8) Memphis (13-19, 8-10) 69
Gm. 2: (10) Temple (16-16, 8-10) 59, (7) Florida Atlantic 63
Second Round (Thurs. 3/12)
Gm. 3: (9) Tulane (18-15, 8-10) 60, (5) Charlotte 74
Gm. 4: (7) Florida Atlantic (18-15, 9-9) 70, (6) North Texas 74
Quarterfinals (Fri. 3/13)
Gm. 5:(5) Charlotte 83, (4) UAB (20-12, 11-7) 78
Gm. 6: (6) North Texas (19-14, 9-9) 84, (3) Tulsa 90 (3OT)
Semifinals (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 7: (5) Charlotte (17-17, 9-9) 64, (1) South Florida 86
Gm. 8: (3) Tulsa (26-7, 13-5) 68, (2) Wichita State 81
Championship (Sun. 3/15)
Gm. 9: (2) Wichita State (22-10, 13-5) vs. (1) South Florida (24-8, 15-3), 3:15 (ESPN)
Atlantic 10
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Wednesday–Sunday, March 11–15
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2025 Champion: VCU
First Round (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 1:(13) St. Bonaventure 99, (12) La Salle (9-23, 5-13) 80
Gm. 2: (14) Loyola Chicago 75, (11) Richmond (15-17, 5-13) 65
Second Round (Thurs. 3/12)
Gm. 3:(9) George Washington 66, (8) Fordham (17-15, 8-10) 62
Gm. 4: (13) St. Bonaventure 63, (5) George Mason (23-9, 11-7) 57
Gm. 5: (10) Rhode Island (16-16, 7-11) 61, (7) Duquesne 67
Gm. 6: (14) Loyola Chicago (9-24, 4-14) 59, (6) Davidson 64 (OT)
Quarterfinals (Fri. 3/13)
Gm. 7: (9) George Washington (18-15, 8-10) 81, (1) Saint Louis 84
Gm. 8: (13) St. Bonaventure (17-17, 4-14) 63, (4) Dayton 68
Gm. 9: (7) Duquesne (18-15, 9-9) 66, (2) VCU 77
Gm. 10: (6) Davidson (20-13, 10-8) 58, (3) Saint Joseph’s 70
Semifinals (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 11:(4) Dayton 70, (1) Saint Louis (28-5, 15-3) 69
Gm. 12: (3) Saint Joseph’s (22-11, 13-5) 64, (2) VCU 77
Championship (Sun. 3/15)
Gm. 13: (4) Dayton (23-10, 12-6) vs. (2) VCU (26-7, 15-3) , 1 (CBS)
ACC
Charlotte, N.C.
Tuesday–Saturday, March 10–14
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2025 Champion: Duke
NOTE: Notre Dame (13-18, 4-14, t-16th), Boston College (11-20, 14-14, t-16th), and Georgia Tech (11-20, 2-16, 18th) did not qualify.
First Round (Tues. 3/10)
Gm. 1:(15) Pitt 64, (10) Stanford (20-12, 9-9) 63
Gm. 2: (14) Syracuse (15-17, 6-12) 69, (11) SMU 86
Gm. 3: (13) Wake Forest 95, (12) Virginia Tech (19-13, 8-10) 89 (OT)
Second Round (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 4: (15) Pitt (13-20, 5-13 88, (7) NC State 98
Gm. 5: (11) SMU (20-13, 8-10) 58, (6) Louisville 62
Gm. 6: (9) California (21-11, 9-9) 89, (8) Florida State 95
Gm. 7: (13) Wake Forest (17-16, 7-11) 62, (5) Clemson 71
Quarterfinals (Thurs. 3/12)
Gm. 8: (7) NC State (20-13, 10-8) 74, (2) Virginia 81
Gm. 9: (6) Louisville (23-10, 11-7) 73, (3) Miami (Fla.) 78
Gm. 10: (8) Florida State (18-15, 10-8) 79, (1) Duke 80
Gm. 11: (5) Clemson 80, (4) North Carolina (24-8, 12-6) 79
Semifinals (Fri. 3/13)
Gm. 12: (3) Miami (Fla.) (25-8, 13-5) 62, (2) Virginia 84
Gm. 13: (5) Clemson (24-10, 12-6) 61, (1) Duke 73
Championship (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 14: (2) Virginia (29-4, 15-3) vs. (1) Duke (31-2, 17-1), 8:30 (ESPN)
Big 12
Kansas City, Mo.
Tuesday–Saturday, March 10–14
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Champion: Arizona
First Round (Tues. 3/10)
Gm. 1: (13) Baylor (16-16, 6-12) 79, (12) Arizona State 83
Gm. 2: (16) Utah (10-22, 2-16) 66, (9) Cincinnati 73
Gm. 3: (15) Kansas State (12-20, 3-15) 91, (10) BYU 105
Gm. 4: (14) Oklahoma State 92, (11) Colorado (17-15, 7-11) 83
Second Round (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 5: (12) Arizona State (17-16, 7-11) 42, (5) Iowa State 91
Gm. 6: (9) Cincinnati (18-15, 9-9) 65, (8) UCF 66 (OT)
Gm. 7: (10) BYU 68, (7) West Virginia (18-14, 9-9) 48
Gm. 8: (14) Oklahoma State (19-14, 6-12) 88, (6) TCU 95
Quarterfinals (Thurs. 3/12)
Gm. 9: (5) Iowa State 75, (4) Texas Tech (22-10, 12-6) 53
Gm. 10: (8) UCF (21-11, 9-9) 59, (1) Arizona 81
Gm. 11: (10) BYU (23-11, 9-9) 66, (2) Houston 73
Gm. 12: (6) TCU (22-11, 11-7) 73, (3) Kansas 78
Semifinals (Fri. 3/13)
Gm. 13: (5) Iowa State (27-7, 12-6) 80, (1) Arizona 82
Gm. 14: (3) Kansas (23-10, 12-6) 47, (2) Houston 69
Championship (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 15: (2) Houston (28-6, 14-4) 74, (1) ARIZONA (32-2, 16-2) 79
Big East
New York
Wednesday–Saturday, March 11–14
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Champion: St. John’s
First Round (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 1: (9) Providence 91, (8) Butler (16-16, 7-13) 81
Gm. 2: (10) Xavier 89, (7) Marquette (12-20, 7-13) 87
Gm. 3: (11) Georgetown 63, (6) DePaul (16-16, 8-12) 56
Quarterfinals (Thurs. 3/12)
Gm. 4: (9) Providence (15-18, 7-13) 72, (1) St. John’s 85
Gm. 5: (5) Creighton (15-17, 9-11) 61, (4) Seton Hall 72
Gm. 6: (10) Xavier (15-18, 6-14) 68, (2) UConn 93
Gm. 7: (11) Georgetown 78, (3) Villanova (24-8, 15-5) 64
Semifinals (Fri. 3/13)
Gm. 8: (4) Seton Hall (21-12, 10-10) 68, (1) St. John’s 78
Gm. 9: (11) Georgetown (16-18, 6-14) 51, (2) UConn 67
Championship (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 10: (2) UConn (29-5, 17-3) 52, (1) ST. JOHN’S (28-6, 18-2) 72
Big Ten
Chicago
Tuesday–Sunday, March 10–15
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2025 Champion: Michigan
First Round (Tues. 3/10)
Gm. 1:(17) Maryland 70, (16) Oregon (12-20, 5-15) 60
Gm. 2: (18) Penn State (12-20, 3-17) 66, (15) Northwestern 76
Second Round (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 3: (17) Maryland (12-21, 4-16) 64, (9) Iowa 75
Gm. 4: (13) USC (18-14, 7-13) 79, (12) Washington 83 (OT)
Gm. 5:(15) Northwestern 74, (10) Indiana (18-14, 9-11) 61
Gm. 6:(14) Rutgers 72, (11) Minnesota (15-17, 8-12) 67
Third Round (Thurs. 3/12)
Gm. 7: (9) Iowa (21-12, 10-10) 69, (8) Ohio State 72
Gm. 8: (12) Washington (16-17, 7-13) 82, (5) Wisconsin 85
Gm. 9: (15) Northwestern (15-19, 5-15) 68, (7) Purdue 81
Gm. 10: (14) Rutgers (14-19, 6-14) 59, (6) UCLA 72
Quarterfinals (Fri. 3/13)
Gm. 11: (8) Ohio State (21-12, 12-8) 67, (1) Michigan 71
Gm. 12: (5) Wisconsin 91, (4) Illinois (24-8, 15-5) 88 (OT)
Gm. 13: (7) Purdue 74, (2) Nebraska (26-6, 15-5) 58
Gm. 14:(6) UCLA 88, (3) Michigan State (25-7, 15-5) 84
Semifinals (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 15: (5) Wisconsin (24-10, 14-6) 65, (1) Michigan 68
Gm. 16: (7) Purdue 73, (6) UCLA (23-11, 13-7) 66
Championship (Sun. 3/15)
Gm. 17: (7) Purdue (26-8, 13-7) vs. (1) Michigan (31-2, 19-1), 3:30 (CBS)
Big West
Henderson, Nev.
Wednesday–Saturday, March 11–14
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2025 Champion: UC San Diego
NOTE: Long Beach State (10-22, 6-14, 9th), UC Riverside (10-22, 5-15, 10th), and Cal State Bakersfield (8-24, 2-18, 11th) did not qualify.
First Round (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 1: (8) Cal Poly (14-19, 10-10) 69, (5) UC San Diego 72
Gm. 2: (7) UC Santa Barbara (18-14, 11-9) 73, (6) UC Davis 79
Quarterfinals (Thurs. 3/12)
Gm. 3: (5) UC San Diego (23-11, 12-8) 70, (4) CSUN 80
Gm. 4: (6) UC Davis (19-14, 11-9) 70, (3) Cal State Fullerton 82
Semifinals (Fri. 3/13)
Gm. 5: (4) CSUN (20-13, 12-8) 78, (1) UC Irvine93
Gm. 6: (3) Cal State Fullerton (18-16, 12-8) 63, (2) Hawai’i 78
Championship (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 7: (2) Hawai’i (23-8, 14-6) vs. (1) UC Irvine (23-10, 15-5), 10 (ESPN2)
Conference USA
Huntsville, Ala.
Tuesday–Saturday, March 10–14
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2025 Champion: Liberty
NOTE: UTEP (11-20, 7-13, 11th) and Delaware (10-21, 6-14, 12th) did not qualify.
First Round (Tues. 3/10)
Gm. 1:(9) Missouri State 75, (8) FIU (15-17, 8-12) 72
Gm. 2:(10) New Mexico State 68, (7) Jacksonville State (15-17, 10-10) 63
Quarterfinals (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 3:(9) Missouri State 77, (1) Liberty (25-7, 17-3) 69
Gm. 4: (10) New Mexico State (16-16, 8-12) 61, (2) Sam Houston 69
Quarterfinals (Thurs. 3/12)
Gm. 5: (5) Middle Tennessee (17-15, 11-9) 69, (4) Louisiana Tech 80
Gm. 6: (6) Kennesaw State 96, (3) Western Kentucky (18-14, 11-9) 87
Semifinals (Fri. 3/13)
Gm. 7: (9) Missouri State (16-18, 8-12) 66, (4) Louisiana Tech 69
Gm. 8: (6) Kennesaw State 79, (2) Sam Houston (22-11, 13-7) 73
Championship (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 9: (6) Kennesaw State (20-13, 10-10) vs. (4) Louisiana Tech (20-13, 11-9), 8:30 (CBSSN)
Ivy League
Ithaca, N.Y.
Saturday and Sunday, March 14 and 15
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2025 Champion: Yale
NOTE: Columbia (16-12, 5-9, t-5th), Princeton (9-20, 5-9, t-5th), Dartmouth (11-6, 5-9, t-5th), and Brown (9-18, 3-11, 8th) did not qualify.
Semifinals (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 1: (4) Cornell (15-13, 8-6) 76, (1) Yale 88
Gm. 2: (3) Penn 62, (2) Harvard (17-12, 10-4) 60
Championship (Sun. 3/15)
Gm. 3: (3) Penn (17-11, 9-5) vs. (1) Yale (24-5, 11-3), 12 (ESPN2)
Mid-American
Cleveland, Ohio
Thursday–Saturday, March 12–14
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2025 Champion: Akron
NOTE: Ball State (12-19, 7-11, t-8th), Central Michigan (10-21, 6-12, 10th), Eastern Michigan (10-21, 4-14, t-11th), Western Michigan (10-21, 4-14, t-11th), and Northern Illinois (9-21, 4-14, t-11th) did not qualify.
Quarterfinals (Thurs. 3/12)
Gm. 1: (8) UMass 87, (1) Miami (Ohio) (31-1, 18-0) 83
Gm. 2: (5) Bowling Green (18-14, 9-9) 76, (4) Toledo 77
Gm. 3: (7) Buffalo (17-15, 7-11) 70, (2) Akron 73
Gm. 4: (6) Ohio (15-17, 9-9) 75, (3) Kent State 86
Semifinals (Fri. 3/13)
Gm. 5: (8) UMass (17-16, 7-11) 67, (4) Toledo 77
Gm. 6: (3) Kent State (24-8, 14-4) 68, (2) Akron 75
Championship (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 7: (4) Toledo (19-14, 11-7) vs. (2) Akron (28-5, 11-1), 8 (ESPN2)
MEAC
Norfolk, Va.
Wednesday–Saturday, March 11–14
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Champion: Howard
NOTE: Coppin State (7-24, 5-9, t-6th) will not participate as it is ineligible for the postseason due to APR violations.
Game numbering includes the women’s tournament.
Quarterfinals (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 3: (7) Delaware State 75, (2) Morgan State (14-16, 10-4) 70 (OT)
Quarterfinals (Thurs. 3/12)
Gm. 6:(5) South Carolina State 88, (4) Norfolk State (15-17, 8-6) 82
Gm. 7: (6) Maryland-Eastern Shore (9-23, 5-9) 76, (3) North Carolina Central 83 (OT)
Semifinals (Fri. 3/13)
Gm. 10: (5) South Carolina State (10-22, 7-7) 61, (1) Howard 78
Gm. 11: (7) Delaware State (8-23, 2-12) 53, (3) North Carolina Central 59
Championship (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 12: (3) North Carolina Central (14-18, 8-6) 63, (1) HOWARD (23-10, 11-3) 70
Mountain West
Las Vegas
Wednesday–Saturday, March 11–14
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Champion: Utah State
First Round (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 1: (9) Wyoming (18-14, 9-11) 70, (8) UNLV 73
Gm. 2: (12) Air Force (3-29, 0-20) 45, (5) Nevada 80
Gm. 3: (10) Fresno State (13-19, 7-13) 63, (7) Colorado State 67
Gm. 4:(11) San José State 84, (6) Boise State (20-12, 12-8) 74
Quarterfinals (Thurs. 3/12)
Gm. 5: (8) UNLV (17-16, 11-9) 60, (1) Utah State 80
Gm. 6:(5) Nevada 84, (4) Grand Canyon (20-12, 13-7) 80
Gm. 7: (7) Colorado State (21-12, 11-9) 62, (2) San Diego State 71
Gm. 8: (11) San José State (9-24, 3-17) 77, (3) New Mexico 93
Semifinals (Fri. 3/13)
Gm. 9: (5) Nevada (22-12, 12-8) 66, (1) Utah State 79
Gm. 10: (3) New Mexico (23-10, 13-7) 62, (2) San Diego State 64
Championship (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 11: (2) San Diego State (22-11, 14-6) 62, (1) UTAH STATE (28-6, 15-5) 73
SEC
Nashville, Tenn.
Wednesday–Sunday, March 11–15
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2025 Champion: Florida
First Round (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 1: (16) LSU (15-17, 3-15) 82, (9) Kentucky 87
Gm. 2: (13) Mississippi State (13-19, 5-13) 61, (12) Auburn77
Gm. 3:(15) Mississippi 76, (10) Texas (18-14, 9-9) 66
Gm. 4: (14) South Carolina (13-19, 4-14) 74, (11) Oklahoma 86
Second Round (Thurs. 3/12)
Gm. 5: (9) Kentucky 78, (8) Missouri (20-12, 10-8) 72
Gm. 6: (12) Auburn (17-16, 7-11) 62, (5) Tennessee 72
Gm. 7: (15) Mississippi 76, (7) Georgia (22-10, 10-8) 72
Gm. 8:(11) Oklahoma 83, (6) Texas A&M (21-11, 11-7) 63
Quarterfinals (Fri. 3/13)
Gm. 9: (9) Kentucky (21-13, 10-8) 63, (1) Florida 71
Gm. 10: (5) Tennessee (22-11, 11-7) 68, (4) Vanderbilt 75
Gm. 11: (15) Mississippi 80, (2) Alabama (23-9, 13-5) 79
Gm. 12: (11) Oklahoma (19-15, 7-11) 79, (3) Arkansas 82
Semifinals (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 13: (4) Vanderbilt 91, (1) Florida (26-7, 16-2) 74
Gm. 14: (15) Mississippi (15-20, 4-14) 90, (3) Arkansas 93 (OT)
Championship (Sun. 3/15)
Gm. 15: (4) Vanderbilt (26-7, 11-7) vs. (3) Arkansas (25-8, 13-5), 1 (ESPN)
SWAC
Atlanta
Monday–Saturday, March 9–14
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2025 Champion: Alabama State
First Round (Mon. 3/9)
Gm. 1:(11) Alcorn State 77, (10) Alabama State (10-22, 7-11) 65
Gm. 2: (12) Mississippi Valley State (3-30, 2-16) 52, (9) Grambling State 77
Second Round (Tues. 3/10)
Gm. 3: (11) Alcorn State (9-23, 7-11) 56, (8) Prairie View A&M 65
Gm. 4: (9) Grambling State (14-19, 7-11) 65, (7) Jackson State 68
Quarterfinals (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 5:(8) Prairie View A&M 71, (1) Bethune-Cookman (17-15, 14-4) 67
Gm. 6: (7) Jackson State (12-21, 10-8) 60, (2) Florida A&M 70
Quarterfinals (Thurs. 3/12)
Gm. 7: (5) Alabama A&M85, (4) Texas Southern (12-18, 10-8) 74 (OT)
Gm. 8: (6) Arkansas-Pine Bluff (13-19, 10-8) 81, (3) Southern 84
Semifinals (Fri. 3/13)
Gm. 9: (8) Prairie View A&M 74, (5) Alabama A&M (18-15, 10-8) 55
Gm. 10:(3) Southern 73, (2) Florida A&M (15-16, 11-7) 70
Championship (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 11: (8) Prairie View A&M (17-17, 9-9) vs. (3) Southern (17-16, 11-7), 7:30 (ESPNU)
Western Athletic
Las Vegas
Wednesday–Saturday, March 11–14
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2025 Champion: Grand Canyon (now in the Mountain West)
NOTE: Utah Valley may not participate if its dispute with the conference over exit fees is not resolved.
First Round (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 1: (7) Tarleton State (14-18, 5-13) 78, (6) Abilene Christian 84
Quarterfinals (Thurs. 3/12)
Gm. 2: (5) Southern Utah (10-22, 6-12) 63, (4) UT Arlington 69
Gm. 3: (6) Abilene Christian (14-19, 5-13) 74, (3) Utah Tech 80
Semifinals (Fri. 3/13)
Gm. 4: (4) UT Arlington (18-14, 9-9) 65, (1) Utah Valley 67
Gm. 5: (3) Utah Tech (19-15, 11-7) 72, (2) California Baptist 86
Championship (Sat. 3/14)
Gm. 6: (2) California Baptist (24-8, 13-5) vs. (1) Utah Valley (25-7, 14-4), 12 a.m. (ESPN2)
Completed Tournaments
ASUN
Jacksonville, Fla.
Wednesday, March 4 (UNF Arena and Swisher Gym) and Friday–Sunday, March 6–8 (Veterans Memorial Arena)
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Champion: Queens
NOTE: West Georgia participated but was ineligible for the automatic bid as the Wolves are reclassifying.
First Round (Wed. 3/4)
Gm. 1: (9) Jacksonville (12-20, 7-11) 79, (8) Bellarmine 82
Gm. 2: (12) North Alabama (9-21, 4-14) 58, (5) FGCU 69
Gm. 3:(10) Stetson 92, (7) Eastern Kentucky (11-21, 7-11) 76
Gm. 4: (11) North Florida (7-25, 5-13) 85, (6) West Georgia 93
Quarterfinals (Fri. 3/6)
Gm. 5: (8) Bellarmine (13-19, 7-11) 73, (1) Central Arkansas 86
Gm. 6:(5) FGCU 77, (4) Lipscomb (19-13, 12-6) 53
Gm. 7: (10) Stetson (12-21, 7-11) 60, (2) Austin Peay 69
Gm. 8: (6) West Georgia (15-17, 8-10) 63, (3) Queens 71
Semifinals (Sat. 3/7)
Gm. 9: (5) FGCU (16-18, 8-10) 53, (1) Central Arkansas 73
Gm. 10:(3) Queens 90, (2) Austin Peay (22-9, 15-3) 83
Championship (Sun. 3/8)
Gm. 11: (3) QUEENS (21-13, 13-5) 98, (1) Central Arkansas (22-12, 15-3) 93
Big Sky
Boise, Idaho
Saturday–Wednesday, March 7–11
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Champion: Idaho
First Round (Sat. 3/7)
Gm. 1: (10) Northern Arizona (10-22, 4-14) 65, (9) Idaho State 73
Gm. 2: (8) Sacramento State (10-21, 6-12) 45, (7) Idaho 68
Quarterfinals (Sun. 3/8)
Gm. 3: (9) Idaho State (13-20, 5-13) 78, (1) Portland State 85
Gm. 4: (7) Idaho 78, (2) Montana State (18-14, 12-6) 74
Quarterfinals (Mon. 3/9)
Gm. 5: (5) Northern Colorado (20-12, 10-8) 89, (4) Montana 95
Gm. 6: (6) Weber State (16-16, 10-8) 79, (3) Eastern Washington 84
Semifinals (Tues. 3/10)
Gm. 7: (4) Montana 75, (1) Portland State (20-11, 13-5) 72
Gm. 8: (7) Idaho 81, (3) Eastern Washington (14-19, 11-7) 68
Championship (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 9:(7) IDAHO (21-14, 9-9) 77, (4) Montana (18-16, 10-8) 66
Big South
Johnson City, Tenn.
Wednesday, March 4 and Friday–Sunday, March 6–8
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Champion: High Point
First Round (Wed. 3/4)
Gm. 1:(9) Gardner-Webb 65, (8) USC Upstate (13-19, 5-11) 64
Quarterfinals (Fri. 3/6)
Gm. 2: (9) Gardner-Webb (4-29, 1-15) 59, (1) High Point 81
Gm. 3: (7) Charleston Southern (15-17, 6-10) 81, (2) Winthrop 86
Gm. 4: (5) Longwood (16-16, 8-8) 82, (4) UNC Asheville 85 (OT)
Gm. 5:(6) Presbyterian 91, (3) Radford (16-16, 9-7) 85 (OT)
Semifinals (Sat. 3/7)
Gm. 6: (4) UNC Asheville (15-17, 8-8) 71, (1) High Point 75
Gm. 7: (6) Presbyterian (15-18, 7-9) 71, (2) Winthrop 73
Championship (Sun. 3/8)
Gm. 8: (2) Winthrop (23-11, 13-3) 76, (1) HIGH POINT (30-4, 15-1) 91
Coastal Athletic
Washington, D.C.
Friday–Tuesday, March 6–10
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Champion: Hofstra
First Round (Fri. 3/6)
Gm. 1: (13) Northeastern 88, (12) North Carolina A&T (11-19, 4-14) 72
Second Round (Sat. 3/7)
Gm. 2:(9) Campbell 96, (8) Stony Brook (17-15, 9-9) 89
Gm. 3: (13) Northeastern (7-24, 2-16) 77, (5) Drexel 84
Gm. 4: (10) Hampton (13-19, 7-11) 68, (7) Towson 74
Gm. 5: (11) Elon (14-18, 6-12) 62, (6) William & Mary 72
Quarterfinals (Sun. 3/8)
Gm. 6: (9) Campbell 85 , (1) UNCW (26-6, 15-3) 70
Gm. 7: (5) Drexel (17-16, 10-8) 57, (4) Monmouth 65
Gm. 8:(7) Towson 81, (2) Charleston (21-11, 14-4) 56
Gm. 9: (6) William & Mary (20-12, 10-8) 61, (3) Hofstra 92
Semifinals (Mon. 3/9)
Gm. 10: (9) Campbell (16-18, 8-10) 64, (4) Monmouth 74
Gm. 11: (7) Towson (19-15, 9-9) 65, (3) Hofstra 68
Championship (Tues. 3/10)
Gm. 12: (4) Monmouth (19-15, 11-7) 69, (3) HOFSTRA (24-10, 12-6) 75
Horizon
Higher seeds
Monday and Wednesday, March 2 and 4
Indianapolis
Sunday–Tuesday, March 8–10
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Champion: Wright State
Play-In (Mon. 3/2)
Gm. 1: (11) IU Indianapolis (7-25, 3-17) 93, (10) Cleveland State 101
First Round (Tues. 3/3)
Gm. 6: (6) Purdue Fort Wayne (17-15, 11-9) 56, (5) Green Bay 64
First Round (Wed. 3/4)
Gm. 2: (10) Cleveland State (11-22, 6-14) 61, (1) Wright State 90
Gm. 3: (9) Youngstown State (15-17, 8-12) 53, (2) Robert Morris 68
Gm. 4: (8) Milwaukee (12-20, 8-12) 63, (3) Detroit Mercy 84
Gm. 5:(7) Northern Kentucky 85, (4) Oakland (16-16, 12-8) 84
Second Round (Sun. 3/8)
Gm. 7:(7) Northern Kentucky 96, (5) Green Bay (18-15, 12-8) 76
Semifinals (Mon. 3/9)
Gm. 8: (7) Northern Kentucky (20-14, 10-10) 90, (1) Wright State 103
Gm. 9: (3) Detroit Mercy 70, (2) Robert Morris (22-11, 13-7) 64
Championship (Tues. 3/10)
Gm. 10: (3) Detroit Mercy (17-15, 12-8) 63, (1) WRIGHT STATE (23-11, 15-5) 66
Metro Atlantic
Atlantic City, N.J.
Thursday–Sunday, March 5–8 and Tuesday, March 10
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Champion: Siena
NOTE: Niagara (8-22, 5-15, 11th), Canisius (10-21, 5-15, 12th), and Rider (4-25, 3-17, 13th) did not qualify.
First Round (Thurs. 3/5)
Gm. 1: (9) Sacred Heart 91, (8) Iona (18-14, 10-10) 80
Gm. 2: (10) Manhattan (12-20, 8-12) 60, (7) Fairfield 71
Quarterfinals (Fri. 3/6)
Gm. 3: (9) Sacred Heart (14-19, 9-11) 48, (1) Merrimack 70
Gm. 4: (7) Fairfield 74, (2) Saint Peter’s (17-12, 14-6) 55
Quarterfinals (Sat. 3/7)
Gm. 5: (5) Marist 77, (4), Quinnipiac (19-13, 12-8) 75
Gm. 6: (6) Mount St. Mary’s (15-17, 11-9) 58, (3) Siena 63
Semifinals (Sun. 3/8)
Gm. 7: (5) Marist (19-12, 12-8) 57, (1) Merrimack 58
Gm. 8: (7) Fairfield (21-13, 11-9) 61, (3) Siena 76
Championship (Tues. 3/10)
Gm. 9:(3) SIENA (23-11, 13-7) 64, (1) Merrimack (23-11, 17-3) 54
MVC
St. Louis, Mo.
Thursday–Sunday, March 5–8
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Champion: Northern Iowa
First Round (Thurs. 3/5)
Gm. 1: (9) Drake 67, (8) Southern Illinois (16-16, 10-10) 63
Gm. 2: (10) Indiana State (11-21, 4-16) 62, (7) Valparaiso 63
Gm. 3: (11) Evansville (7-25, 3-17) 59, (6) Northern Iowa 68
Quarterfinals (Fri. 3/6)
Gm. 4: (9) Drake100, (1) Belmont (26-6, 16-4) 81
Gm. 5:(5) UIC 92, (4) Murray State (20-12, 12-8) 79
Gm. 6: (7) Valparaiso (18-15, 11-9) 84, (2) Bradley 90 (2OT)
Gm. 7: (6) Northern Iowa 74, (3) Illinois State (20-12, 12-8) 52
Semifinals (Sat. 3/7)
Gm. 8: (9) Drake (14-20, 6-14) 51, (5) UIC 72
Gm. 9: (6) Northern Iowa 73, (2) Bradley (21-12 13-7) 69
Championship (Sun. 3/8)
Gm. 10:(6) NORTHERN IOWA (23-12, 11-9)84, (5) UIC (19-15, 12-8) 69
NEC
Higher seeds host
Wednesday, Saturday, and Tuesday, March 4, 7, and 10
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Champion: LIU
NOTES:
- New Haven (14-17, 9-9, 5th) is not participating as the Chargers are in their first reclassification year, so only one team missed the field of eight on record.
- Saint Francis (7-24, 5-13, 10th) did not qualify in the Red Flash’s final season as a D1 member.
- Le Moyne and Mercyhurst are ineligible for the automatic bid as they are reclassifying.
Quarterfinals (Wed. 3/4)
Gm. 1: (8) Chicago State (7-25, 5-13) 75, (1) LIU 79
Gm. 2:(7) Wagner 70, (2) Central Connecticut State (18-12, 12-6) 62
Gm. 3: (6) Fairleigh Dickinson (11-21, 8-10) 61, (3) Mercyhurst 70
Gm. 4:(5) Stonehill 81, (4) Le Moyne (15-17, 10-8) 71
Semifinals (Sat. 3/7)
Teams were reseeded.
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Gm. 5: (5) Stonehill (12-21, 8-10) 51, (3) Mercyhurst 56
Gm. 6: (7) Wagner (14-17, 8-10) 56, (1) LIU 64
The winner of this game claimed the automatic bid, as Mercyhurst is ineligible.
Championship (Tues. 3/10)
Gm. 7: (3) Mercyhurst(17-17, 10-8) 70, (1) LIU (24-10, 15-3) 79
OVC
Evansville, Ind.
Wednesday–Saturday, March 4–7
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Champion: Tennessee State
NOTE: Tennessee Tech (13-18, 8-12, 9th), Southern Indiana (7-23, 4-16, 10th), and Western Illinois (5-26, 1-19, 11th) did not qualify.
First Round (Wed. 3/4)
Gm. 1:(8) Eastern Illinois 77, (5) SIUE (19-13, 12-8) 71 (OT)
Gm. 2: (7) Little Rock (12-20, 9-11) 62, (6) Lindenwood 72
Quarterfinals (Thurs. 3/5)
Gm. 3: (8) Eastern Illinois (13-20, 8-12) 63, (4) UT Martin 66
Gm. 4: (6) Lindenwood (18-15, 11-9) 66, (3) Southeast Missouri 68
Semifinals (Fri. 3/6)
Gm. 5: (4) UT Martin (22-11, 13-7) 55, (1) Tennessee State 68
Gm. 6: (3) Southeast Missouri (20-13, 14-6) 61, (2) Morehead State 66
Championship (Sat. 3/7)
Gm. 7: (2) Morehead State (20-13, 15-5) 67, (1) TENNESSEE STATE (23-9, 15-5) 93
Patriot
Higher seeds host
Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Wednesday, March 3, 5, 8, and 11
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Champion: Lehigh
First Round (Tues. 3/3)
Gm. 1: (9) Army West Point (11-21, 5-13) 55, (8) Bucknell 65
Gm. 2:(10) Holy Cross 82, (7) Lafayette (11-21, 8-10) 77
Quarterfinals (Thurs. 3/5)
Gm. 3: (8) Bucknell (10-23, 6-12) 69, (1) Navy 74
Gm. 4: (5) American (16-16, 9-9) 73, (4) Boston U. 75
Gm. 5: (6) Loyola Maryland (12-20, 8-10) 77, (3) Colgate 90
Gm. 6: (10) Holy Cross (11-22, 5-13) 66, (2) Lehigh 69
Semifinals (Sun. 3/8)
Gm. 7: (3) Colgate (18-15, 11-7) 69, (2) Lehigh 76
Gm. 8: (4) Boston U. 73, (1) Navy (26-7, 17-1) 72
Championship (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 9: (4) Boston U. (17-17, 10-8) 60, (2) LEHIGH (18-16, 11-7) 74
SoCon
Asheville, N.C.
Friday–Monday, March 6–9
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Champion: Furman
First Round (Fri. 3/6)
Gm. 1:(9) The Citadel 88, (8) Chattanooga (13-19, 7-11) 85
Gm. 2: (10) VMI (6-26, 1-17) 70, (7) UNCG 84
Quarterfinals (Sat. 3/7)
Gm. 3: (9) The Citadel (11-22, 7-11) 76, (1) ETSU 83
Gm. 4: (7) UNCG 75, (2) Wofford (19-13, 11-7) 72
Gm. 5:(6) Furman 86, (3) Samford (18-14, 11-7) 81
Gm. 6:(5) Western Carolina 77, (4) Mercer (19-13, 11-7) 73
Semifinals (Sun. 3/8)
Gm. 7: (5) Western Carolina (15-16, 10-8) 67, (1) ETSU 69
Gm. 8: (7) UNCG (15-19, 9-9) 75, (6) Furman 81
Championship (Mon. 3/9)
Gm. 9:(6) FURMAN (22-12, 10-8) 76, (1) ETSU (23-11, 13-5) 61
Southland
Lake Charles, La.
Sunday–Wednesday, March 8–11
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Champion: McNeese
NOTE: Lamar (12-19, 7-15, t-9th), Incarnate Word (12-19, 7-15, t-9th), Southeastern Louisiana (9-22, 6-16, t-11th), and East Texas A&M (11-21, 6-16, t-11th) did not qualify.
First Round (Sun. 3/8)
Gm. 1: (8) Houston Christian (12-20, 8-14) 60, (5) New Orleans 73
Gm. 2: (7) Northwestern State (10-22, 8-14) 47, (6) Nicholls 61
Quarterfinals (Mon. 3/9)
Gm. 3: (5) New Orleans (15-18, 12-10) 61, (4) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 74
Gm. 4: (6) Nicholls (14-19, 12-10) 68, (3) UTRGV 86
Semifinals (Tues. 3/10)
Gm. 5: (4) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (18-15, 13-9) 58, (1) Stephen F. Austin 60
Gm. 6: (3) UTRGV (19-14, 14-8) 80, (2) McNeese 85 (3OT)
Championship (Wed. 3/11)
Gm. 7:(2) MCNEESE (28-5, 19-3) 76, (1) Stephen F. Austin (28-5, 20-2) 59
Summit
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Wednesday–Sunday, March 4–8
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Champion: North Dakota State
First Round (Wed. 3/4)
Gm. 1: (9) Kansas City (4-27, 1-15) 62, (8) Oral Roberts 84
Quarterfinals (Thurs. 3/5)
Gm. 2: (8) Oral Roberts (10-23, 4-12) 65, (1) North Dakota State 76
Gm. 3: (7) South Dakota State (14-18, 7-9) 67, (2) St. Thomas 80
Quarterfinals (Fri. 3/6)
Gm. 4: (5) Omaha 76, (4) South Dakota (16-16, 8-8) 62
Gm. 5: (6) Denver (15-17, 8-8) 67, (3) North Dakota 83
Semifinals (Sat. 3/7)
Gm. 6: (5) Omaha (16-17, 8-8) 50, (1) North Dakota State 74
Gm. 7: (3) North Dakota 67, (2) St. Thomas (24-9, 12-4) 66
Championship (Sun. 3/8)
Gm. 8: (3) North Dakota (18-17, 10-6) 62, (1) NORTH DAKOTA STATE (27-7, 14-2) 70
Sun Belt
Pensacola, Fla.
Tuesday–Monday, March 3–9
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Champion: Troy
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First Round (Tues. 3/3)
Gm. 1: (13) Georgia State (10-22, 7-11) 75, (12) Louisiana 84
Gm. 2: (14) ULM (4-28, 1-17) 80, (11) Old Dominion 87
Second Round (Wed. 3/4)
Gm. 3: (12) Louisiana (11-22, 7-11) 72, (9) James Madison 87
Gm. 4: (11) Old Dominion (12-21, 7-11) 84, (10) Georgia Southern 88
Third Round (Thurs. 3/5)
Gm. 5: (9) James Madison (18-15, 9-9) 80, (8) Southern Miss 86
Gm. 6:(10) Georgia Southern 80, (7) Arkansas State (20-12, 11-7) 77
Fourth Round (Fri. 3/6)
Gm. 7: (8) Southern Miss 81, (5) Texas State (19-13, 11-7) 77
Gm. 8:(10) Georgia Southern 94, (6) South Alabama (21-11, 11-7) 85
Quarterfinals (Sat. 3/7)
Gm. 9: (8) Southern Miss 86, (4) App State (19-13, 11-7) 73
Gm. 10:(10) Georgia Southern96, (3) Coastal Carolina (19-13, 11-7) 72
Semifinals (Sun. 3/8)
Gm. 11: (8) Southern Miss (19-16, 9-9) 70, (1) Troy 78
Gm. 12:(10) Georgia Southern 82, (2) Marshall (19-13, 11-7) 78
Championship (Mon. 3/9)
Gm. 13: (10) Georgia Southern (20-17, 8-10) 61, (1) TROY (22-11. 12-6) 77
West Coast
Las Vegas, Nev.
Thursday–Tuesday, March 5–10
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Champion: Gonzaga
First Round (Thurs. 3/5)
Gm. 1: (12) Pepperdine (9-23, 4-14) 68, (9) Portland 77
Gm. 2: (11) San Diego 66, (10) Loyola Marymount (15-17, 6-12) 62
Second Round (Fri. 3/6)
Gm. 3:(9) Portland 74, (8) Washington State (12-20, 7-11) 68
Gm. 4: (11) San Diego (12-21, 5-13) 56, (7) Seattle U 58
Third Round (Sat. 3/7)
Gm. 5: (9) Portland (15-19, 6-12) 65, (5) San Francisco 82
Gm. 6: (7) Seattle U (20-13, 8-10) 58, (6) Pacific 61
Quarterfinals (Sun. 3/8)
Gm. 7: (5) San Francisco (17-16, 8-10) 77, (4) Oregon State 78
Gm. 8: (6) Pacific (18-15, 8-10) 68, (3) Santa Clara 76
Semifinals (Mon. 3/9)
Gm. 9: (4) Oregon State (17-16, 9-9) 56, (1) Gonzaga 65
Gm. 10: (3) Santa Clara 76, (2) Saint Mary’s (27-5, 16-2) 71
Championship (Tues. 3/10)
Gm. 11: (3) Santa Clara (26-8, 15-3) 68, (1) GONZAGA (30-3, 16-2) 79