Selection Sunday updates: VCU & Penn clinch
Selection Sunday confirmed automatic bids for VCU and Penn after conference tournament wins — the full 68-team bracket is now public and printable for March Madness pools auto-bids tracker official bracket/schedule. Bracketologists are already mapping likely upset paths using 20-year models to flag potential giant killers this year upset methodology.
VCU beat Dayton 70-62 in the Atlantic 10 final, with Nyk Lewis finishing with 17 points and 11 rebounds. espn.com The Rams improved to 27-7 and will make their 21st March Madness appearance, a program mark that includes a Final Four run in 2011. nbcsports.com VCU entered the A‑10 title game as the conference’s No. 2 [seed nbcsports.com] after sharing the regular‑season crown with a 15‑3 league record. vcuathletics.com Penn upset top‑seeded Yale 88-84 in overtime in the Ivy League final, as junior TJ Power poured in 44 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. pennathletics.com Power hit multiple late 3s — including a pair in the final seconds that forced overtime with about 6.7 seconds remaining — and Penn became the first No. 3 seed to win the eight‑year‑old Ivy Tournament after earlier knocking off Harvard. sports.yahoo.com Penn’s title delivers the program’s 25th NCAA Tournament berth and its first trip to the Big Dance since 2018, while both wins are counted among the 31 automatic qualifiers the Selection Committee uses to fill the 68‑team field. pennathletics.com
