Updated Championship Week Predictions: "Cowboy Song"

Five more bids were clinched yesterday!  And several high seeds lost earlier than they should have (CUSA 2-seed Louisiana Tech in the quarterfinals, SWAC 2-seed Alcorn State in the quarterfinals, ACC 6-seed Clemson in the second round, Big 12 6-seed Kansas in the second round). We had a bunch of close games, a few OT games, and some last-second winners.  If you get a chance, watch the highlights of the buzzer beater at end of the Stephen F. Austin/Abilene Christian game in the WAC.  Madness!  Some teams' bubbles were burst, while some others will keep their NCAA Tournament hopes alive for at least another day.

Today, from the tip of the Toledo/Kent State game in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals at 11 a.m. ET to the finish of four games (in the Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and WAC Tournament quarterfinals) that tip off at 11:30 p.m. ET, we have 52 college basketball games in 16 conferences across over about 15 hours.  Today's song is a sublime ode to Americana -- with not one, but two, wicked guitar solos -- from the greatest Irish rock band there ever was, "Cowboy Song" by Thin Lizzy, in honor of the McNeese Cowboys' Southland Tournament championship victory.

Here's what happened in yesterday's action and what we have to look forward to:

• In the Big Sky title game and the battle for Treasure State bragging rights, 5-seed Montana State surged in the second half to overtake 3-seed Montana and win 85-70.  The Bobcats clinched their 6th NCAA Tournament bid and third in a row.
• In the Patriot League title game, 1-seed Colgate destroyed 6-seed Lehigh, 74-55.  The Raiders will be going to their 7th NCAA Tournament and fourth in a row.
• In the Southland championship, 1-seed McNeese dominated 3-seed Nicholls, 92-76, to clinch the Cowboys' 3rd trip to the NCAA Tournament and first since 2002 -- and they became the second D-1 team this year to reach the 30-win mark.
• In the first half of the C-USA quarterfinals, top seed Sam Houston State made easy work of 9-seed FIU, 78-59, and 7-seed Middle Tennessee State upset 2-seed Louisiana Tech, 70-67, to advance to tomorrow's semifinals.
• In the first half of the MAAC quarters, 1-seed Quinnipiac crushed 9-seed Canisius, 76-52, and 2-seed Fairfield slayed perennial MAAC Tournament stalwart (regardless of seed) 7-seed Iona, 68-63, to advance to tomorrow's semifinals.
• In the first half of the MEAC quarterfinals, top seed Norfolk State bombarded 8-seed Coppin State, 75-51, and 2-seed North Carolina Central held off 7-seed Maryland Eastern Shore, 87-81, to advance to tomorrow's semifinals.
• In the first half of the SWAC quarters, 1-seed Grambling held off 8-seed Alabama State, 56-50, and 7-seed Alabama A&M upset 2-seed Alcorn State, 75-63, to advance to tomorrow's semifinals.
• In the Second Round of the ACC, 5-seed Wake Forest bounced 12-seed Notre Dame, 72-59, 11-seed Boston College convincingly upset 6-seed Clemson (who several "experts" had as a dark horse ACC Tournament champ candidate), 76-55, 10-seed NC State upset 7-seed Syracuse in commanding fashion, 83-65 (likely ending the Orange's NCAA Tournament hopes), and 9-seed Florida State beat 8-seed Virginia Tech, 86-76, to advance to today's quarterfinals. 
• In the Second Round of the A-10, 5-seed VCU topped 12-seed Fordham, 69-62, 6-seed Duquesne beat 14-seed St. Louis, 83-73, 7-seed St. Bonaventure staved off 10-seed LaSalle, 75-73, and 9-seed St. Joseph's dropped 8-seed George Mason, 64-57, to advance to today's quarterfinals.
• In the Second Round of the Big 12, 5-seed BYU downed 12-seed UCF, 87-73, 11-seed Cincinnati led by double digits for nearly the entire game on the way to upsetting an injury-riddled 6-seed Kansas, 72-52, 10-seed Kansas State upset 7-seed Texas, 78-74, and 8-seed TCU beat 9-seed Oklahoma, 77-70, to advance to today's quarterfinals.
• In the First Round of the AAC, 11-seed Temple eked out a 64-61 win over 14-seed UTSA, and 12-seed Wichita State beat 13-seed Rice, 88-81, to advance to today's second round.
• In the First Round of the Big East, 6-seed Villanova avoided being bounced from the bubble by hitting a game-winning three with 9 seconds left to beat 11-seed DePaul, 58-57, 7-seed Providence trounced 10-seed Georgetown, 74-56, and 9-seed Xavier topped 8-seed Butler, 76-72, to advance to today's quarterfinals.
• In the First Round of the Big Ten, 11-seed Penn State beat 14-seed Michigan (whose season ends at 8-24, which is the most losses in a season in program history), 66-57, and 12-seed Maryland trucked 13-seed Rutgers, 65-51, to advance to today's second round.
• In the First Round of the Big West, 5-seed UC Riverside topped 8-seed Cal State Bakersfield, 83-78, and 7-seed Cal State Northridge beat 6-seed UC Santa Barbara, 87-84 in OT (for the Matadors' first Big West Tournament win in ten years), to advance to today's quarterfinals.
• In the First Round of the Mountain West, 6-seed New Mexico grounded 11-seed Air Force, 82-56, 7-seed Colorado State beat 10-seed San Jose State, 72-62, and 9-seed Fresno State topped 8-seed Wyoming, 77-73, to advance to today's quarterfinals.
• In the First Round of the Pac-12, 5-seed UCLA beat 12-seed Oregon State, 67-57, 6-seed Utah curbstomped 11-seed Arizona State, 90-57, 10-seed Stanford beat archrival 7-seed Cal, 87-76 in OT, and 9-seed USC bounced 8-seed Washington, 80-74, to advance to today's quarterfinals.
• In the First Round of the SEC, 11-seed Georgia outlasted 14-seed Missouri, 64-59, and 12-seed Arkansas needed OT to get by 13-seed Vanderbilt, 90-85, to advance to today's second round.
• In the First Round of the wiggity-wiggity-wiggity-wiggity-wiggity-wiggity-WAC, 8-seed Cal Baptist upset 5-seed Utah Valley, 74-63 in OT, and in the craziest finish of the day, after a frantic back-and-forth sequence in the last ten seconds, 6-seed Stephen F. Austin had a long pass to get a three at the buzzer to beat 7-seed Abilene Christian, 60-57, to advance to today's quarterfinals.
• One conference tournament starts today (MAC), and 16 conference tournaments have games today.
• No conference tournaments have title games today (the next title games will be Saturday), no conference tournaments have semifinals today, and 13 conference tournaments have quarterfinals today (ACC, A-10, Big 12, Big East, Big West, C-USA, MAAC, MAC, MEAC, Mountain West, Pac-12, SWAC, WAC).
• Here are the teams still playing in the conference tournaments that have never been to the NCAA Tournament (not including teams who are ineligible for this year's NCAA Tournament):
• America East:  2-seed UMass Lowell
• Big West:  5-seed UC Riverside
• MAAC:  1-seed Quinnipiac
• SWAC:  1-seed Grambling, 5-seed Bethune-Cookman
• WAC:  8-seed Cal Baptist
• Bubble teams that won yesterday (in conference tournaments):  Colorado State, Kansas State, McNeese, New Mexico, Providence, TCU, Utah, Villanova
• Bubble teams that lost yesterday (in conference tournaments):  Oklahoma, Syracuse, Texas
• Bubble teams that did not play yesterday (in conference tournaments) or whose conference tournaments have not yet started:  Boise State, Colorado, Florida Atlantic, Iowa, Memphis, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Nevada, Northwestern, Pittsburgh, Princeton, Seton Hall, South Florida, St. John's, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Virginia, Wake Forest
• Bubble teams whose regular seasons are done (and how they finished in their conference tournaments):  
• Drake (MVC champ)
• Indiana State (lost in MVC title game)
• James Madison (Sun Belt champ)
• McNeese (Southland champ)
• Oklahoma (lost in Big 12 second round)
• Syracuse (lost in ACC second round)
• Texas (lost in Big 12 second round)

With that, here are the tournaments starting today, the tournaments with games today, bids up for grab today, who has already clinched an automatic berth, and my predictions for the remaining conference tournaments.

Tournaments starting today

-MAC

Tournaments with games today

-AAC

-ACC

-Atlantic 10

-Big 12

-Big East

-Big Ten

-Big West

-Conference USA

-MAAC

-MAC

-MEAC

-Mountain West

-Pac-12

-SEC

-SWAC

-WAC

Bids up for grabs today (all times Eastern)

-None

Already clinched automatic berths (I will add in parentheses the NCAA tournament appearances for each school, including the bid just clinched and last NCAA Tournament appearance where applicable, and for conferences whose tournaments have not yet ended, I'll list the date of the championship game)

-AAC (March 17)

-ACC (March 16)

-America East (March 16)

-Atlantic 10 (March 17)

-Atlantic Sun:  Stetson (1)

-Big 12 (March 16)

-Big East (March 16)

-Big Sky:  Montana State (6; 2023)

-Big South:  Longwood (2; 2022)

-Big Ten (March 17)

-Big West (March 16)

-Coastal:  Charleston (7; 2023)

-Conference USA (March 16)

-Horizon:  Oakland (4; 2011)

-Ivy League (March 17)

-MAAC (March 16)

-MAC (March 16)

-MEAC (March 16)

-Missouri Valley:  Drake (7; 2023)

-Mountain West (March 16)

-Northeast Conference:  Wagner (2; 2003)

-Ohio Valley:  Morehead State (9; 2016)

-Pac-12 (March 16)

-Patriot League:  Colgate (7; 2003)

-SEC (March 17)

-Southern Conference:  Samford (3; 2000)

-Southland:  McNeese (3; 2002)

-Summit:  South Dakota State (7; 2022)

-Sun Belt:  James Madison (6; 2013)

-SWAC (March 16)

-WAC (March 16)

-West Coast:  St. Mary's (13; 2023)

Remaining Tournaments (all times are Eastern)

AAC (March 13-17; Fort Worth)

3/14 – Second Round

12:30 p.m. (ESPNU) (8) East Carolina vs. (9) Tulsa.  Predicted winner:  Tulsa

2:30 p.m. (ESPNU) (5) Memphis vs. (12) Wichita State.  Predicted winner:  Memphis

7 p.m. (ESPNU) (7) North Texas vs. (10) Tulane.  Predicted winner:  North Texas

9 p.m. (ESPNU) (6) SMU vs. (11) Temple.  Predicted winner:  SMU

3/15 – Quarterfinals

1 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) South Florida vs. (9) Tulsa.  Predicted winner:  South Florida

3 p.m. (ESPN2) (4) UAB vs. (5) Memphis.  Predicted winner:  Memphis

7 p.m. (ESPNU) (2) Florida Atlantic vs. (7) North Texas.  Predicted winner:  Florida Atlantic

9 p.m. (ESPNU) (3) Charlotte vs. (6) SMU.  Predicted winner:  SMU

3/16 – Semifinals

3 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) South Florida vs. (5) Memphis.  Predicted winner:  South Florida

5 p.m. (ESPN2) (2) Florida Atlantic vs. (6) SMU.  Predicted winner:  Florida Atlantic

3/17 – Finals

3:15 p.m. (ESPN) (1) South Florida vs. (2) Florida Atlantic.  Predicted winner:  Florida Atlantic

ACC (March 12-16; Washington, DC)

3/14 – Quarterfinals

12 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (1) North Carolina vs. (9) Florida State.  Predicted winner:  North Carolina

2:30 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (4) Pittsburgh vs. (5) Wake Forest.  Predicted winner:  Pittsburgh

7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (2) Duke vs. (10) NC State.  Predicted winner:  Duke

9:30 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (3) Virginia vs. (11) Boston College.  Predicted winner:  Virginia

3/15 – Semifinals

7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (1) North Carolina vs. (4) Pittsburgh.  Predicted winner:  North Carolina

9:30 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (2) Duke vs. (3) Virginia.  Predicted winner:  Duke

3/16 – Finals

8:30 p.m. (ESPN) (1) North Carolina vs. (2) Duke.  Predicted winner:  Duke

America East (March 9, 12, 16; campus of higher seed)

3/16 – Finals

11 a.m. (ESPN2) (2) UMass Lowell at (1) Vermont.  Predicted winner:  Vermont

Atlantic 10 (March 12-14, 16-17; Brooklyn)

3/14 – Quarterfinals

11:30 a.m. (USA) (1) Richmond vs. (9) St. Joseph's.  Predicted winner:  Richmond

2 p.m. (USA) (4) UMass vs. (5) VCU.  Predicted winner:  VCU

5 p.m. (USA) (2) Loyola (IL) vs. (7) St. Bonaventure.  Predicted winner:  Loyola (IL)

7:30 p.m. (USA) (3) Dayton vs. (6) Duquesne.  Predicted winner:  

3/16 – Semifinals

1 p.m. (CBSSN) (1) Richmond vs. (5) VCU.  Predicted winner:  Richmond

3:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (2) Loyola (IL) vs. (3) Dayton.  Predicted winner:  Dayton

3/17 – Finals

1 p.m. (CBS) (1) Richmond vs. (3) Dayton.  Predicted winner:  Dayton

Big 12 (March 12-16; Kansas City)

3/14 – Quarterfinals

12:30 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (4) Texas Tech vs. (5) BYU.  Predicted winner:  BYU

3 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (1) Houston vs. (8) TCU.  Predicted winner:  Houston

7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (2) Iowa State vs. (10) Kansas State.  Predicted winner:  Iowa State

9:30 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (3) Baylor vs. (11) Cincinnati.  Predicted winner:  Baylor

3/15 – Semifinals

7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (1) Houston vs. (5) BYU.  Predicted winner:  Houston

9:30 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (2) Iowa State vs. (3) Baylor.  Predicted winner:  Baylor

3/16 – Finals

6 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Houston vs. (3) Baylor.  Predicted winner:  Houston

Big East (March 13-16; New York)

3/14 – Quarterfinals

12 p.m. (FS1) (1) UConn vs. (9) Xavier.  Predicted winner:  UConn

2:30 p.m. (FS1) (4) Seton Hall vs. (5) St. John's.  Predicted winner:  Seton Hall

7 p.m. (FS1) (2) Creighton vs. (7) Providence.  Predicted winner:  Creighton

9:30 p.m. (FS1) (3) Marquette vs. (6) Villanova.  Predicted winner:  Marquette

3/15 – Semifinals

5:30 p.m. (Fox) (1) UConn vs. (4) Seton Hall.  Predicted winner:  UConn

8 p.m. (FS1) (2) Creighton vs. (3) Marquette.  Predicted winner:  Marquette

3/16 – Finals

6:30 p.m. (Fox) (1) UConn vs. (3) Marquette.  Predicted winner:  UConn

Big Ten (March 13-17; Minneapolis)

3/14 – Second Round

12 p.m. (BTN) (8) Michigan State vs. (9) Minnesota.  Predicted winner:  Michigan State

2:30 p.m. (BTN) (5) Wisconsin vs. (12) Maryland.  Predicted winner:  Wisconsin

6:30 p.m. (BTN) (7) Iowa vs. (10) Ohio State.  Predicted winner:  Iowa

9 p.m. (BTN) (6) Indiana vs. (11) Penn State.  Predicted winner:  Indiana

3/15 – Quarterfinals

12 p.m. (BTN) (1) Purdue vs. (8) Michigan State.  Predicted winner:  Michigan State

2:30 p.m. (BTN) (4) Northwestern vs. (5) Wisconsin.  Predicted winner:  Northwestern

6:30 p.m. (BTN) (2) Illinois vs. (7) Iowa.  Predicted winner:  Illinois

9 p.m. (BTN) (3) Nebraska vs. (6) Indiana.  Predicted winner:  Indiana

3/16 – Semifinals

1 p.m. (CBS) (4) Northwestern vs. (8) Michigan State.  Predicted winner:  Northwestern

3:30 p.m. (CBS) (2) Illinois vs. (6) Indiana.  Predicted winner:  Indiana

3/17 – Finals

3:30 p.m. (CBS) (4) Northwestern vs. (6) Indiana.  Predicted winner:  Northwestern

Big West (March 13-16; Henderson, NV)

3/14 – Quarterfinals

9 p.m. (ESPN+) (3) Hawaii vs. (7) Cal State Northridge.  Predicted winner:  Hawaii

11:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (4) Long Beach State vs. (5) UC Riverside.  Predicted winner:  Long Beach State

3/15 – Semifinals

9 p.m. (ESPN+) (1) UC Irvine vs. (4) Long Beach State.  Predicted winner:  UC Irvine

11:30 p.m. (ESPNU) (2) UC Davis vs. (3) Hawaii.  Predicted winner:  UC Davis

3/16 – Finals

9:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) UC Irvine vs. (2) UC Davis.  Predicted winner:  UC Irvine

Conference USA (March 12-16; Huntsville, AL)

Quarterfinals

3/14

6:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (4) Liberty vs. (5) UTEP.  Predicted winner:  Liberty

9 p.m. (ESPN+) (3) Western Kentucky vs. (6) New Mexico State.  Predicted winner:  Western Kentucky

3/15 – Semifinals

12:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (1) Sam Houston State vs. (4) Liberty.  Predicted winner:  Sam Houston State

3 p.m. (CBSSN) (7) Middle Tennessee State vs. (3) Western Kentucky.  Predicted winner:  Western Kentucky

3/16 – Finals

8:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (1) Sam Houston State vs. (3) Western Kentucky.  Predicted winner:  Louisiana Tech

Ivy League (March 16-17; New York)

3/16 - Semifinals

11 a.m. (ESPNU) (1) Princeton vs. (4) Brown.  Predicted winner:  Princeton

2 p.m. (ESPNews) (2) Yale vs. (3) Cornell.  Predicted winner:  Cornell

3/17 - Finals

12 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Princeton vs. (3) Cornell.  Predicted winner:  Princeton

MAAC (March 12-16; Atlantic City, NJ)

Quarterfinals

3/14

6:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (3) Marist vs. (6) Niagara.  Predicted winner:  Marist

9 p.m. (ESPN+) (4) Rider vs. (5) St. Peter's.  Predicted winner:  St. Peter's

3/15 – Semifinals

6:30 p.m. (ESPNews) (1) Quinnipiac vs. (5) St. Peter's.  Predicted winner:  Quinnipiac

9 p.m. (ESPNews) (2) Fairfield vs. (3) Marist.  Predicted winner:  Fairfield

3/16 – Finals

7:30 p.m. (ESPNU) (1) Quinnipiac vs. (2) Fairfield.  Predicted winner:  Quinnipiac

MAC (March 14-16; Cleveland)

3/14 – Quarterfinals

11 a.m. (ESPN+) (1) Toledo vs. (8) Kent State.  Predicted winner:  Toledo

1:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (4) Central Michigan vs. (5) Bowling Green.  Predicted winner:  Bowling Green

4 p.m. (ESPN+) (2) Akron vs. (7) Miami (OH).  Predicted winner:  Akron

6:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (3) Ohio vs. (6) Western Michigan.  Predicted winner:  Ohio

3/15 – Semifinals

5 p.m. (CBSSN) (1) Toledo vs. (5) Bowling Green.  Predicted winner:  Toledo

7:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (2) Akron vs. (3) Ohio.  Predicted winner:  Akron

3/16 – Finals

7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Toledo vs. (2) Akron.  Predicted winner:  Akron

MEAC (March 13-16; Norfolk, VA)

Quarterfinals

3/14

6 p.m. (ESPN+) (4) Howard vs. (5) Morgan State.  Predicted winner:  Howard

8 p.m. (ESPN+) (3) South Carolina State vs. (6) Delaware State.  Predicted winner:  South Carolina State

3/15 – Semifinals

6 p.m. (ESPN+) (1) Norfolk State vs. (4) Howard.  Predicted winner:  Norfolk State

8 p.m. (ESPN+) (2) North Carolina Central vs. (3) South Carolina State.  Predicted winner:  North Carolina Central

3/16 – Final

1:00 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Norfolk State vs. (2) North Carolina Central.  Predicted winner:  Norfolk State

Mountain West (March 13-16; Paradise, NV)

3/14 – Quarterfinals

3 p.m. (CBSSN) (1) Utah State vs. (9) Fresno State.  Predicted winner:  Utah State

5:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (4) UNLV vs. (5) San Diego State.  Predicted winner:  San Diego State

9 p.m. (CBSSN) (2) Nevada vs. (7) Colorado State.  Predicted winner:  Nevada

11:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (3) Boise State vs. (6) New Mexico.  Predicted winner:  New Mexico

3/15 – Semifinals

9:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (1) Utah State vs. (5) San Diego State.  Predicted winner:  San Diego State

11:59 p.m. (CBSSN) (2) Nevada vs. (6) New Mexico.  Predicted winner:  Nevada

3/16 – Finals

6 p.m. (CBS) (2) Nevada vs. (5) San Diego State.  Predicted winner:  San Diego State

Pac-12 (March 13-16; Paradise, NV)

3/14 – Quarterfinals

3 p.m. (Pac-12 Network) (1) Arizona vs. (9) USC.  Predicted winner:  Arizona

5:30 p.m. (Pac-12 Network) (4) Oregon vs. (5) UCLA.  Predicted winner:  Oregon

9 p.m. (Pac-12 Network) (2) Washington State vs. (10) Stanford.  Predicted winner:  Washington State

11:30 p.m. (FS1) (3) Colorado vs. (6) Utah.  Predicted winner:  Colorado

3/15 – Semifinals

8 p.m. (Pac-12 Network) (1) Arizona vs. (4) Oregon.  Predicted winner:  Arizona

10:30 p.m. (FS1) (2) Washington State vs. (3) Colorado.  Predicted winner:  Colorado

3/16 – Finals

9 p.m. (Fox) (1) Arizona vs. (3) Colorado.  Predicted winner:  Arizona

SEC (March 13-17; Nashville)

3/14 – Second Round

1 p.m. (SEC Network) (8) LSU vs. (9) Mississippi State.  Predicted winner:  Mississippi State

3:30 p.m. (SEC Network) (5) South Carolina vs. (12) Arkansas.  Predicted winner:  South Carolina

7 p.m. (SEC Network) (7) Texas A&M vs. (10) Mississippi.  Predicted winner:  Mississippi

9:30 p.m. (SEC Network) (6) Florida vs. (11) Georgia.  Predicted winner:  Florida

3/15 – Quarterfinals

1 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Tennessee vs. (9) Mississippi State.  Predicted winner:  Tennessee

3:30 p.m. (ESPN) (4) Auburn vs. (5) South Carolina.  Predicted winner:  Auburn

7 p.m. (SEC Network) (2) Kentucky vs. (10) Mississippi.  Predicted winner:  Kentucky

9:30 p.m. (SEC Network) (3) Alabama vs. (6) Florida.  Predicted winner:  Alabama

3/16 – Semifinals

1 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Tennessee vs. (4) Auburn.  Predicted winner:  Auburn

3:30 p.m. (ESPN) (2) Kentucky vs. (3) Alabama.  Predicted winner:  Alabama

3/17 – Finals

1 p.m. (ESPN) (3) Alabama vs. (4) Auburn.  Predicted winner:  Auburn

SWAC (March 13-16; Birmingham, AL)

Quarterfinals

3/14

3 p.m. (ESPN+) (3) Texas Southern vs. (6) Jackson State.  Predicted winner:  Texas Southern

9:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (4) Southern vs. (5) Bethune-Cookman.  Predicted winner:  Bethune-Cookman

3/15 – Semifinals

3 p.m. (ESPN+) (1) Grambling vs. (5) Bethune-Cookman.  Predicted winner:  Grambling

9:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (7) Alabama A&M vs. (3) Texas Southern.  Predicted winner:  Texas Southern

3/16 – Finals

9:30 p.m. (ESPNU) (1) Grambling vs. (3) Texas Southern.  Predicted winner:  Texas Southern

WAC (March 13-16; Paradise, NV)

3/14 – Quarterfinals

9 p.m. (ESPN+) (4) Seattle vs. (8) Cal Baptist.  Predicted winner:  Seattle

11:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (3) UT Arlington vs. (6) Stephen F. Austin.  Predicted winner:  UT Arlington

3/15 – Semifinals

9 p.m. (ESPN+) (1) Grand Canyon vs. (4) Seattle.  Predicted winner:  Grand Canyon

11:30 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU) (2) Tarleton* vs. (3) UT Arlington.  Predicted winner:  Tarleton*

3/16 – Finals

11:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Grand Canyon vs. (2) Tarleton*.  Predicted winner:  Grand Canyon

*Ineligible for the NCAA Tournament because still in transition period from D-II.  If Tarleton wins the tournament, Grand Canyon will get the automatic bid.