College basketball conference tournaments were held these past two weeks, meaning the automatic bids to the 2018 NCAA Tournament were awarded. It’s an important time of year for all college teams, but particularly small-conference schools that were ready to earn their one shining moment.
Below are the results of all 32 Division I conference championship games.
Saturday, March 3
Ohio Valley champion: Murray State (68-51 win over Belmont)
Sunday, March 4
Atlantic Sun: Lipscomb (108-96 win over Florida Gulf Coast)
Big South: Radford (55-52 win over Liberty)
Missouri Valley: Loyola-Chicago (65-49 win over Illinois State)
Big Ten: Michigan (75-66 win over Purdue)
Monday, March 5
Metro Atlantic: Iona (83-71 win over Fairfield)
Southern: UNC-Greensboro (62-47 win over East Tennessee State)
Tuesday, March 6
Colonial: College of Charleston (83-76 overtime win over Northeastern)
Horizon: Wright State (74-57 win over Cleveland State)
Northeast: LIU Brooklyn (71-61 win over Wagner)
West Coast: Gonzaga (74-54 win over BYU)
Summit: South Dakota State (97-87 win over South Dakota)
Wednesday, March 7
Patriot: Bucknell (83-54 win over Colgate)
Saturday, March 10
America East: UMBC (65-62 win over Vermont)
MEAC: North Carolina Central (71-63 win over Hampton)
SWAC: Texas Southern (84-69 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff)
Big 12: Kansas (81-70 win over West Virginia)
Mountain West: San Diego State (82-75 win over New Mexico)
Big East: Villanova (76-66 overtime win over Providence)
MAC: Buffalo (76-66 win over Toledo)
Big Sky: Montana (82-65 win over Eastern Washington)
C-USA: Marshall (67-66 win over Western Kentucky)
ACC: Virginia (71-63 win over North Carolina)
Southland: Stephen F. Austin (59-55 win over Southeastern Louisiana)
Pac-12: Arizona (75-61 win over USC)
WAC: New Mexico State (72-58 win over Grand Canyon)
Big West: Cal State Fullerton (71-55 win over UC Irvine)
Sunday, March 11
Ivy: Pennsylvania (68-65 win over Harvard)
SEC: Kentucky (77-72 win over Tennessee)
Atlantic 10: Davidson (58-57 win over Rhode Island)
Sun Belt: Georgia State (74-61 win over UT-Arlington)
American: Cincinnati (56-55 win over Houston)
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