2023 March Madness, conference tournament brackets, automatic bids: Drake wins Missouri Valley crown
Two more conferences will crown tournament champions on Monday as college basketball’s postseason enters a new week with just six days remaining until Selection Sunday for the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Louisiana and South Alabama are set to square off in the Sun Belt final while Furman and Chattanooga will play in the SoCon title game.
The matchup between the No. 1 seed Paladins and No. 7 seed Mocs in the SoCon is a rematch of last year’s thriller that Chattanooga won at the buzzer. Though the Mocs are just 18-16, they have won three games in the past three days amid the return of sharpshooting center Jake Stephens from injury.
In the Sun Belt, South Alabama is just the No. 8 seed and is tasked with facing a Louisiana team that it lost to twice during the regular season. But the Jaguars have emerged as one of the nation’s hottest teams in recent weeks with eight wins in their last nine games and 11 in their past 13 since a 2-7 start to league play.
Six other league tournaments are also in action on Monday, including the Big Sky, which produced a stunning upset on Sunday when No. 9 seed Northern Arizona beat top-seeded Eastern Washington 81-80 on a buzzer beater to end EWU’s hopes of reaching the NCAA Tournament.
With teams fighting to extend their seasons and Big Dance bids on the line, it is officially the best time of year in college basketball. Though the power conference tournaments don’t begin for a few more days, many of the tournaments underway are for one-bid leagues. They are sure to produce plenty of joyful and chaotic scenes to highlight the days leading up to Selection Sunday.
Monday conference tournament schedule, scores
2023 conference tournament schedules, champions
| Conference | Tournament site | Dates (Final TV) | 2023 Champion |
| AAC | Fort Worth, Texas | March 9-12 (ESPN) | |
| ACC | Greensboro, N.C. | March 7-11 (ESPN) | |
| America East | Campus sites | March 4, 7 & 11 (ESPN2) | |
| Atlantic 10 | Brooklyn, NY | March 7-9, 11-12 (CBSSN) | |
| ASUN | Campus sites | Feb. 27-28, March 2, 5 (ESPN2) | Kennesaw State |
| Big East | New York | March 8-11 (Fox) | |
| Big Sky | Boise, Idaho | March 4-8 (ESPN2) | |
| Big South | Charlotte, N.C. | March 1, 3-5 (ESPN2) | UNC-Asheville |
| Big Ten | Chicago | March 8-12 (CBS) | |
| Big 12 | Kansas City | March 8-11 (ESPN) | |
| Big West | Henderson, Nev. | March 7, 9-11 (ESPN2) | |
| Colonial | Washington D.C. | March 3-7 (CBSSN) | |
| Conference USA | Frisco, Texas | March 8-11 (CBSSN) | |
| Horizon League | Indianapolis | Feb. 28, March 2, 6-7 (ESPN) | |
| Ivy League | Princeton, N.J. | March 11-12 (ESPN2) | |
| MAAC | Atlantic City, N.J. | March 7-11 (ESPNU) | |
| MAC | Cleveland | March 9-11 (ESPN2) | |
| MEAC | Norfolk, Va. | March 8-11 (ESPN2) | |
| Missouri Valley | St. Louis | March 2-5 (CBSSN) | Drake |
| Mountain West | Las Vegas | March 8-11 (CBS) | |
| Northeast | Campus sites | March 1, 4 & 7 (ESPN2) | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| Ohio Valley | Evansville, Ind. | March 1-4 (ESPN2) | Southeast Missouri |
| Pac-12 | Las Vegas | March 8-11 (ESPN) | |
| Patriot | Campus sites | Feb. 28, March 2,5 & 8 (CBSSN) | |
| SEC | Nashville | March 8-12 (ESPN) | |
| Southern | Asheville, N.C | March 3-6 (ESPN) | |
| Southland | Lake Charles, La. | March 5-8 (ESPN2) | |
| Summit | Sioux Falls, S.D. | March 3-7 (ESPN2) | |
| Sun Belt | Pensacola, Fla. | Feb. 28, March 2, 4 & 6 (ESPN2) | |
| SWAC | Birmingham, Ala. | March 8-11 (ESPNU) | |
| WAC | Las Vegas | March 7, 9-11 (ESPN2) | |
| West Coast | Las Vegas | March 2-4 & 6-7 (ESPN) |
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