2025 March Madness: Michigan, Florida among conference tournament winners to punch final tickets to Big Dance

With Selection Sunday here, check out the the teams who have earned AQ bids to the NCAA Tournament

The hours leading up to Sunday's NCAA Tournament selection show on CBS were packed with drama and intrigue as the final conference tournament champions were crowned in the build-up to the 68-team bracket reveal. 

Memphis and Michigan claimed the final titles of conference championship week in college basketball on Sunday in the hour leading up to the NCAA Tournament selection show on CBS. The top-seeded Tigers took down No. 3 seed UAB 84-72 in the AAC Tournament title game to prevent the Blazers from becoming a bid thief. Michigan rallied from an 11-point deficit to edge Wisconsin 59-53 in the Big Ten Tournament final. While that game will no have implications for who makes the field of 68, it will send the Wolverines into the Big Dance with momentum under first-year coach Dusty May.

Florida took control against Tennessee and won the SEC Tournament. The Gators are one of the hottest teams in college basketball entering the NCAA Tournament and may have done enough to lock up a No. 1 seed. 

VCU took fate into its own hands on Sunday by defeating George Mason 68-63 in the Atlantic 10 Tournament title game. The top-seeded Rams would have faced an uncomfortable Sunday afternoon had they lost amid life on the wrong side of the bubble in Jerry Palm's Bracketology. But coach Ryan Odom's club is now guaranteed a spot in the Big Dance after improving to 2-0 against George Mason on the season.

Yale is headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the second season in a row and for the fifth time in the past nine seasons under coach James Jones. The top-seeded Bulldogs defeated No. 2 seed Cornell 90-84 in the Ivy League final. A year after upsetting No. 4 seed Auburn in the first round of the Big Dance, the Bulldogs will be a team no one wants to see in the first round. 

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Sunday's conference tournament scores

• Ivy League final: No. 1 Yale 90, No. 2 Cornell 84
• Atlantic 10 final: No. 1 VCU 68, No. 2 George Mason 63
• SEC final: No. 2 Florida 86, No. 4 Tennessee 77
• American final: No. 1 Memphis 84, No. 3 UAB 72
• Big Ten final: No. 3 Michigan 59, No. 5 Wisconsin 53

2025 conference tournaments/champions

Conference	Location	Dates	Championship game / Tournament champion
ACC	Charlotte, North Carolina	March 11-15	Duke (31-3)
America East	Campus sites	March 8,11,15	Bryant (23-11)
American	Fort Worth, Texas	March 12-16	Memphis (29-5)
ASUN	Campus sites	March 2,3,6,9	Lipscomb (25-9)
Atlantic 10	Washington D.C.	March 12-16	VCU (28-6)
Big 12	Kansas City	March 11-15	Houston (30-4)
Big East	New York City	March 12-15	St. John's (30-4)
Big Sky	Boise, Idaho	March 8-12	Montana (25-9)
Big South	Johnson City, Tennessee	March 5,7-9	High Point (29-5)
Big Ten	Indianapolis	March 12-16	Michigan (25-9)
Big West	Henderson, Nevada	March 12-15	UC San Diego (30-4)
Coastal Athletic	Washington D.C.	March 7-11	UNCW (27-7)
Conference USA	Huntsville, Alabama	March 11-15	Liberty (28-6)
Horizon League	Campus sites	March 4,6,10,11	Robert Morris (25-8)
Ivy	Providence, Rhode Island	March 15-16	Yale (22-7)
MAAC	Atlantic City, New Jersey	March 11-15	Mount St. Mary's (22-12)
MAC	Cleveland	March 13-15	Akron (28-6)
MEAC	Norfolk, Virginia	March 12-15	Norfolk State (24-10)
Missouri Valley	St. Louis	March 6-9	Drake (30-3)
Mountain West	Las Vegas	March 12-15	Colorado State (25-9)
Northeast	Campus sites	March 5,8.11	Saint Francis (15-17)
Ohio Valley	Evansville, Indiana	March 5-8	SIUE (22-11)
Patriot	Campus sites	March 4,6,9,12	American (22-12)
SEC	Nashville	March 12-16	Florida (30-4)
Southern	Asheville, North Carolina	March 7-10	Wofford (19-15)
Southland	Lake Charles, Louisiana	March 9-12	McNeese (27-6)
Summit	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	March 5-9	Omaha (22-12)
Sun Belt	Pensacola, Florida	March 4-10	Troy (23-10)
SWAC	Atlanta	March 11-15	Alabama State (19-15)
WAC	St. George, Utah / Las Vegas	March 11-15	Grand Canyon (26-7)
WCC	Las Vegas	March 6-11	Gonzaga (25-8)