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Per tradition, below is a complete schedule of all 32 Division I conference tournament championship games. Once the games go final I’ll update this list to highlight all the teams who have punched their automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Crazy that the first conference champion will be crowned tomorrow, with the Ohio Valley Conference Championship game being played at 8:00pm on ESPN2. I'll keep updating this first post as the conference tournaments continue. Go Friars!

ACC: #5 Duke (75) vs. #3 Notre Dame (69), Saturday March 11, 9:00pm, ESPN
America East: #3 Albany (53) @ #1 Vermont (56), Saturday March 11, 11:00am, ESPN2
American: #2 Cincinnati (56) vs. #1 SMU (71), Sunday March 12, 3:15pm, ESPN
A-10: #4 Rhode Island (70) vs. #2 VCU (63), Sunday March 12, 12:30pm, CBS
Atlantic Sun: #3 North Florida (61) @ #1 Florida Gulf Coast (77), Sunday March 5, 3:00pm, ESPN
Big 10: #8 Michigan (71) vs. #2 Wisconsin (56), Sunday March 12, 3:00pm, CBS
Big 12: #4 Iowa State (80) vs. #2 West Virginia (74), Saturday March 11, 6:00pm, ESPN
Big East: #6 Creighton (60) vs. #1 Villanova (74), Saturday March 11, 5:30pm, FOX
Big Sky: #3 Weber State (89) vs. #1 North Dakota (93), Saturday March 11, 8:30pm, ESPNU
Big South: #7 Campbell (59) @ #1 Winthrop (76), Sunday March 5, 1:00pm, ESPN
Big West: #2 UC Davis (50) vs. #1 UC Irvine (47), Saturday March 11, 11:30pm, ESPN2
CAA: #2 Charleston (69) vs. #1 UNC Wilmington (78), Monday March 6, 7:00pm, CBSSN
C-USA: #6 Marshall (72) vs. #1 Middle Tennessee (83), Saturday March 11, 8:30pm, CBSSN
Horizon: #10 Milwaukee (53) vs. #4 Northern Kentucky (59), Tuesday March 7, 7:00pm, ESPN
Ivy: #3 Yale (59) vs. #1 Princeton (71), Sunday March 12, 12:00pm, ESPN2
MAAC: #4 Siena (86) vs. #3 Iona (87), Monday March 6, 9:00pm, ESPN2
MAC: #6 Kent State (70) vs. #1 Akron (65), Saturday March 11, 7:30pm, ESPN2
MEAC: #2 Norfolk State (59) vs. #1 North Carolina Central (67), Saturday March 11, 1:00pm, ESPN2
Mountain West: #2 Colorado State (71) vs. #1 Nevada (79), Saturday March 11, 6:00pm, CBS
MVC: #2 Wichita State (71) vs. #1 Illinois State (51), Sunday March 5, 2:00pm, CBS
NEC: #4 Saint Francis (61) @ #1 Mount St. Mary's (71), Tuesday March 7, 7:00pm, ESPN2
OVC: #4 Jacksonville State (66) vs. #2 UT Martin (55), Saturday March 4, 8:00pm, ESPN2
Pac-12: #2 Arizona (83) vs. #1 Oregon (80), Saturday March 11, 11:00pm, ESPN
Patriot: #3 Lehigh (65) @ #1 Bucknell (81), Wednesday March 8, 7:30pm, CBSSN
SEC: #3 Arkansas (65) vs. #1 Kentucky (82), Sunday March 12, 1:00pm, ESPN
Southern: #3 East Tennessee State (79) vs. #1 UNC Greensboro (74), Monday March 6, 7:00pm, ESPN
Southland: #2 Texas A&M Corpus Christi (65) vs. #1 New Orleans (68), Saturday March 11, 9:30pm, ESPN2
Summit: #4 South Dakota State (79) vs. #3 Omaha (77), Tuesday March 7, 9:00pm, ESPN2
Sun Belt: #4 Texas State (53) vs. #6 Troy (59), Sunday March 12, 2:00pm, ESPN2
SWAC: #2 Alcorn State (50) vs. #1 Texas Southern (53), Saturday March 11, 6:15pm, ESPNU
WAC: #2 New Mexico State (70) vs. #1 Cal State Bakersfield (60), Saturday March 11, 11:00pm, ESPNU
West Coast: #2 Saint Mary's (56) vs. #1 Gonzaga (74), Tuesday March 7, 9:00pm, ESPN

NCAA March Madness Selection Show: Sunday March 12, 5:30pm, CBS

NCAA Bids Punched: 32/32

what has been so crazy is so far with a lot of the tournaments deep in the process, had no NIT bid thieves as of yet I don't think. No #1 seeds have lost yet.

Nice thread! Conference tournaments to keep track of if you're rooting against potential bid thieves:

A10 - VCU or Dayton

American - SMU or Cincinnati

CUSA - Middle Tenn State

MVC - Wichita State or Illinois State

MWC - Nevada

Sun Belt - UT Arlington

WCC - Gonzaga or St. Mary's

stever20 wrote:what has been so crazy is so far with a lot of the tournaments deep in the process, had no NIT bid thieves as of yet I don't think. No #1 seeds have lost yet.

Belmont. I think it's happened to Belmont quite frequently in recent years, too

Results from 3/4: Jacksonville State is officially the first team punch their ticket to March Madness 2017 by winning the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Championship. The #4 seed beat #2 UT Martin by a score of 66-55. This is Jacksonville State's first ever appearance in the D1 NCAA Tournament.

Results from 3/5:

-In the first game of the day, #1 Winthrop beat #7 Campbell in the Big South Tournament Championship held on the campus of Winthrop. This marks Winthrop's 10th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, with their last coming in 2010.

-Next up we had what was expected to be the best matchup of the day with #1 Illinois State taking on #2 Wichita State for the MVC crown taking place St. Louis. So much for that good matchup, as Wichita State won by 20. The chances of the MVC gaining two bids to the Tourney is now slimmer. This is Wichita State's 14th appearance in the NCAA Tourney, with their last being last year.

-Lastly we had the Atlantic Sun Championship with #1 Dunk City taking on #3 North Florida taking place on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast. FGCU pulled away in the second half and won 77-61. This is FGCU's 3rd all-time appearance in the NCAA Tourney, with their last being last year.

Monmouth joins Belmont and Oakland into the NIT. They were considered snubs last season, but the matrix says no shot to dance this year. Tough loss, but I think the NIT is more than adequate compensation.

ESPN has made moves against Fox in recent years and put their top product (ACC) in prime Time on Sat night, whilst the ACC has moved for now (2-3 yr deal) into NYC at the Barclays Ctr for their tourney.

Fox has responded by moving the BET to an earlier time slot. I noticed we tip at 5:30pm, this seems earlier than ever. And B12 on ESPN tips at 6pm. I am guessing Fox wanted the jump on them? Does anyone remember the tip time last year?

PC_Friars wrote:ESPN has made moves against Fox in recent years and put their top product (ACC) in prime Time on Sat night, whilst the ACC has moved for now into NYC at the Barclays Ctr.

Fox has responded by moving the BET to an earlier time slot. I noticed we tip at 5:30pm, this seems earlier than ever. And B12 on ESPN tips at 6pm. I am guessing Fox wanted the jump on them? Does anyone remember the tip time last year?

it was 530 last year as well.

stever20 wrote:

PC_Friars wrote:ESPN has made moves against Fox in recent years and put their top product (ACC) in prime Time on Sat night, whilst the ACC has moved for now into NYC at the Barclays Ctr.

Fox has responded by moving the BET to an earlier time slot. I noticed we tip at 5:30pm, this seems earlier than ever. And B12 on ESPN tips at 6pm. I am guessing Fox wanted the jump on them? Does anyone remember the tip time last year?

it was 530 last year as well.

2014: #4 Providence vs. #2 Creighton, 8:30pm, FS1, Rating= 0.5, Attendance= 15,290
2015: #6 Xavier vs. #1 Villanova, 8:00pm, FS1, Rating= 0.3, Attendance= 13,471
2016: #3 Seton Hall vs. #1 Villanova, 5:30pm, FOX, Rating= 1.0, Attendance= 19,812
2017: 5:30pm, FOX