2025 March Madness: Conference tournament scores, automatic bids, tickets punched to Big Dance, brackets

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

Bubble teams across college basketball will be rooting for No. 1 seed Memphis to beat No. 3 seed UAB in the AAC Tournament final so that the Blazers don't become a bid thief. If the Tigers win, the AAC will be a one-bid league, but a UAB victory would double that number and knock an at-large candidate out of the field.

VCU could have a case for NCAA Tournament inclusion even if the top-seeded Rams lose to No. 2 seed George Mason in the A10 Tournament title game. But VCU can take matters into its own hands with a conference tournament crown. In the Ivy League, No. 1 seed Yale will play No. 2 seed Cornell as the Bulldogs seek their third victory over the Big Red.

A couple of high-major conferences will also be in action as the Big Ten and SEC crown champions. No. 2 seed Florida and No. 4 seed Tennessee will tangle in the SEC Tournament title game, and No. 2 seed Maryland will take on No. 3 seed Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament championship.

A "bid thief" emerged on Saturday as No. 2 seed Colorado State topped No. 5 seed Boise State to win the Mountain West Tournament. With the victory, the Rams clinched an automatic bid to  the NCAA Tournament after they entered the day on the wrong side of the bubble in Jerry Palm's Bracketology.

It's possible Colorado State may have stolen a bid from a member of its own league as Mountain West bubble teams Boise State and San Diego State will be sweating it out leading up to Sunday's Selection Show on CBS. New Mexico and Utah State are regarded as safely in the Big Dance field by Palm.

With Colorado State punching its ticket, the league is on track to get a minimum of three teams in the field. But that number could rise to five if both Boise State and San Diego State make the cut. Palm projected after the Mountain West Tournament title game that the Broncos will remain in the field as the last team in and that San Diego State will make it as well.

The Mountain West Tournament title game was just one of several in the works on Saturday during a loaded slate of conference tournament action.

No. 1 seed Akron rallied from a 12-point halftime deficit to edge No. 2 seed Miami (Ohio) 76-74 in a MAC Tournament final that featured a dramatic ending. Nate Johnson clinched it for the Zips with a transition lay-up with 2.3 seconds remaining before a desperation heave from the Redhawks that was off the mark. It was a bittersweet win for Zips coach John Groce, who took down his brother, Travis Steele, on the opposing sideline as their mother watched on.

NATE JOHNSON SENDS AKRON DANCING 🚨

His game-winner wins the MAC title for the Zips 🏆pic.twitter.com/3bSFlB0jkj

— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 16, 2025

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Sunday's conference tournament scores

• Ivy League final: No. 1 Yale vs. No. 2 Cornell, 12 p.m. | ESPN2
• Atlantic 10 final: No. 1 VCU vs. No. 2 George Mason, 1 p.m. | CBS
• SEC final: No. 2 Florida vs. No. 4 Tennessee, 1 p.m. | ESPN
• American final: No. 1 Memphis vs. No. 3 UAB, 3:15 p.m. | ESPN
• Big Ten final: No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 5 Wisconsin, 3:30 p.m. | CBS

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	Sun., Mar. 16, 3:15 p.m. | ESPN
ASUN	Campus sites	March 2,3,6,9	Lipscomb (25-9)
Atlantic 10	Washington D.C.	March 12-16	Sun., Mar. 16, 1 p.m. | CBS
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	Sun., Mar. 16, 3:30 p.m. | CBS
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	Sun., Mar. 16, 12 p.m. | ESPN2
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	Sun., Mar. 16, 1 p.m. | ESPN
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)