Conference finals decide bids
Eleven men’s conference tournaments are handing out automatic NCAA bids today — those results will reshape the final 68 ahead of Selection Sunday tomorrow, March 15, when the bracket is revealed that evening. Expect bubble teams and seeding to shift fast; CBS is updating live schedules and results as games finish and the SEC bracket is also active through Sunday tracking live scores SEC update Selection Sunday time.
The day’s championship slate features the ACC, Big 12 and Big East finals alongside title games in America East, MEAC, Mountain West, SWAC, MAC, C-USA, Big West and WAC. (cbssports.com) Big 12 semifinals match Iowa State vs. Arizona and Houston vs. Kansas, while the ACC semifinal pits Duke against Clemson with the winner to face either Miami or Virginia in the conference final. (cbssports.com) CBS’s bracketology currently slots Texas, Santa Clara, Missouri and VCU into the First Four play‑in spots. (cbssports.com) Joe Lunardi warns that a VCU loss would be the clearest path to opening an additional at‑large berth. (espn.com) Lunardi adds that Michigan and Arizona remain in play for the No. 1 overall seed if Duke slips in the ACC, and he singles out New Mexico vs. San Diego State in the Mountain West as a win‑or‑go‑home game to stay on the NCAA radar. (espn.com)
