Ohio Valley
The Ohio Valley had a three way tie for the top of the league in the regular season. Morehead State has the highest NET at 117. Little Rock and UT Martin were the other teams at the top of the league. Those two teams have bye games into the semi-finals. Western Illinois and Tennessee State …
Patriot League
Colgate is the clear favorite after going 16-2 in the league this season. Colgate has a NET ranking of 131 and an overall record of 22-9. Five teams finished 10-8 in the league including American & Lafayette who beat Colgate Favorite: Colgate Contender: All five 10-8 teams Upset candidate: American At large possibilities: None Winner: …
Horizon
The Horizon league will have a competitive tournament. There are eight teams with winning conference records and the tournament is wide open. The conference is led by Oakland and Youngstown St. Look out for Green Bay as they have had a resurgence this season. Favorite: Oakland Contender: Youngstown State Green Bay Northern Kentucky Wright State …
Atlantic Sun
The ASUN conference kicks off the conference tournament season. Eastern Kentucky won the regular season title and is the number 1 seed. Four other teams have above .500 conference records. Lipscomb has won 6 of last 7 including a 14 point win over Eastern in the last game of the season. Favorite: Eastern Kentucky Contender: …
Mid Major Teams With Quality Opportunites in Multi-Team Events
When the locations of “Maui” “The Bahamas” or “Cancun” are referenced in the context of college basketball, you know it is about to be a fun time of year to be fan. These Muti-Team Events (MTEs) unwrap looming question marks surrounding teams such as coaching changes, transfers, and personnel rotations. For some teams, these tournaments …
Conference USA
Conference USA is quickly becoming one of the better mid major conferences. Florida Atlantic has had an outstanding regular season. Both UAB and North Texas are very good basketball teams. This conference is usually a one bid league, and may yet be that this year. It deserves at least two bids in our opinion Favorite: …
Mid-Eastern
Favorite: Howard Contender: Norfolk St Upset candidate: North Carolina Central Maryland Eastern Shore At large possibilities: None Winner: Norfolk St
American East
Favorite: Vermont Contender: UMass Lowell Upset candidate: UMBC At large possibilities: None Winner: UMass Lowell
MAC
Four 20 win teams take a shot at earning a bid to the big dance. This tourney will see some quality basketball every match up. There are some really talented teams and coaches in this league Favorite: Toledo Contender: Kent St Akron Upset candidate: Ball State At large possibilities: None Winner: Kent State
Big West
Favorite: UC Santa Barbara Contender: UC Irvine UC Riverside Upset candidate: Hawaii UC Davis At large possibilities: None Winner: UC Irvine