Saint Mary’s would have made the NCAA Match as an at-large group, however it snagged the WCC’s automated bid for good measure by edging No. 2 seed Gonzaga 69-60 to win the season sequence 2-1. The No. 1 seed Gaels are projected as a No. 7 seed in Jerry Palm’s Bracketology after defeating their convention rival.
South Dakota State clinched the Summit League’s automated bid for the seventh time within the final 13 seasons by outlasting No. 7 seed Denver 76-68. The No. 1 seed Jackrabbits have gained eight straight getting into the Large Dance, the place they’re projected as a No. 15 seed in Jerry Palm’s Bracketology.
Three extra automated bids to the NCAA Match might be secured Wednesday as Choice Sunday approaches with convention tournaments each ramping up and winding down throughout the nation. The highest six league tournaments will all be underway by night time’s finish, however the stakes are highest within the Large Sky, Patriot League and Southland Convention.
No. 6 seed Wagner upset No. 2 seed Merrimack 54-47 within the NEC Match ultimate to safe this system’s first NCAA Match bid since 2003. By main his program to the Large Dance, second-year Seahawks coach Donald Copeland has now completed one thing even Dan Hurley by no means did in his two-year stint Wagner stint from 2010-12.
No. 1 seed Charleston goes dancing for the second 12 months in a row after besting No. 7 seed Stony Brook 82-79 in additional time for the CAA Match title. The Cougars have gained 12 straight getting into Choice Sunday and will not be intimidated in any matchup after taking No. 5 seed and eventual Closing 4 group San Diego State all the way down to the wire in final 12 months’s first spherical.
High-seeded Oakland secured its first NCAA Match bid since 2011 and third total underneath veteran coach Greg Kampe by profitable the Horizon League ultimate 83-76 over No. 6 seed Milwaukee. Trey Townsend led the way in which with a career-high 38 factors and 11 rebounds for the Golden Grizzlies.
As automated bids to the NCAA Match are secured, we’ll be noting every of them right here.
Tuesday’s convention match scoreboard
Coastal Athletic Affiliation: Championship
(1) Faculty of Charleston 82, (7) Stony Brook 79
Horizon League: Championship
(1) Oakland 83, (6) Milwaukee 76
NEC: Championship
(6) Wagner 54, (2) Merrimack 47
Summit League: Championship
(1) South Dakota State 76, (7) Denver 68
WCC: Championship
(1) Saint Mary’s 69, (2) Gonzaga 60
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2024 convention match schedules, champions
All occasions ET
| Convention | Metropolis | Dates | Closing (TV) / Champion |
| ACC | Washington D.C. | March 12-16 | Saturday, March 16 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) |
| America East | Campus Websites | March 9, 12, 16 | Saturday, March 16 11 a.m. (ESPN2) |
| American | Fort Price, Texas | March 13-17 | Sunday, March 17 3:15 p.m. (ESPN) |
| ASUN | Campus Websites | March 4-5, 7, 10 | Stetson (22-12) |
| Atlantic 10 | Brooklyn | March 12-14, 16-17 | Sunday, March 17 1 p.m. (CBS) |
| Big 12 | Kansas Metropolis | March 12-16 | Saturday. March 16 6 p.m. (ESPN) |
| Big East | New York Metropolis | March 13-16 | Saturday, March 16 6:30 p.m. (Fox) |
| Big Sky | Boise, Idaho | March 9, 10-13 | Wednesday, March 13 11:30 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| Big South | Excessive Level, North Carolina | March 6, 8-10 | Longwood (21-13) |
| Big Ten | Minneapolis | March 13-17 | Sunday, March 17 3:30 p.m. (CBS) |
| Big West | Henderson, Nevada | March 13-16 | Saturday, March 16 9:30 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| Coastal Athletic | Washington, D.C. | March 8-12 | Charleston (27-7) |
| Conference USA | Huntsville, Alabama | March 12-16 | Saturday, March 16 8:30 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Community) |
| Horizon League | Campus websites | Indianapolis | March 5, 7, 11-12 | Oakland (23-11) |
| Ivy | New York Metropolis | March 16-17 | Sunday, March 17 12 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| MAAC | Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey | March 12-16 | Saturday, March 16 7:30 p.m. (ESPNU) |
| MAC | Cleveland | March 14-16 | Saturday, March 16 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| MEAC | Norfolk, Virginia | March 13-16 | Saturday, March 16 1 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| Missouri Valley | St. Louis | March 7-10 | Drake (28-6) |
| Mountain West | Las Vegas | March 13-16 | Saturday, March 16 6 p.m. (CBS) |
| Northeast | Campus Websites | March 6, 9, 12 | Wagner (16-15) |
| Ohio Valley | Evansville, Indiana | March 6-9 | Morehead State (26-8) |
| Pac-12 | Las Vegas | March 13-16 | Saturday, March 16 9 p.m. (Fox) |
| Patriot | Campus Websites | March 5, 7, 10, 13 | Wednesday, March 13 7 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Community) |
| SEC | Nashville | March 13-17 | Sunday, March 17 1 p.m. (ESPN) |
| Southern | Asheville, North Carolina | March 8-11 | Samford (29-5) |
| Southland | Lake Charles, Louisiana | March 10-13 | Wednesday, March 13 5 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| Summit | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | March 8-12 | South Dakota State (22-12) |
| Sun Belt | Pensacola, Florida | March 5, 7, 9, 10-11 | James Madison (31-3) |
| SWAC | Birmingham, Alabama | March 13-16 | Saturday, March 16 5:30 p.m. (ESPNU) |
| WAC | Las Vegas | March 13-16 | Saturday, March 16 11:30 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| WCC | Las Vegas | March 7-9, 11-12 | Saint Mary’s (26-7) |
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