Two more tickets to the NCAA Tournament were officially punched Tuesday night. In the Southern Conference, two years after learning they were the last team in the field only to have the bid stolen from them by Oregon, UNC Greensboro took care of business in what was a pretty close game against No. 7 Mercer. But the Spartans are dancing for the fourth time in school history and second time under coach Wes Miller.
Over in the Sun Belt, Appalachian State completed their magical run of winning four games in four days, culminating with an 80-73 victory over Georgia State. The school that has produced NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah, among other alumni, is dancing for only the third time in school history and first time since 2000.
So here's a quick list of the current automatic qualifiers to get you up to speed.
Liberty - Atlantic Sun
Winthrop - Big South
Loyola-Chicago - Missouri Valley
Morehead State - Ohio Valley
UNC Greensboro - Southern
Appalachian State - Sun Belt
Five more teams will join the party tonight. Let's check out the updated bracket and run through today's action.
Last Four Byes: VCU, Louisville, Maryland, Michigan State
Last Four In: Drake, Xavier, Boise State, Colorado State
First Four Out: Utah State, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Saint Louis
Next Four Out: Ole Miss, Stanford, St. John's, Memphis
Bids by Conference:
Big Ten - 9
ACC - 7
Big 12 - 7
SEC - 6
Big East - 4
Pac-12 - 4
Mountain West - 3
American Athletic - 2
Atlantic 10 - 2
Missouri Valley - 2
West Coast - 2
One-bid leagues - 20
Plenty of conference tournament action today with five championship games and the start of the ACC Tournament, featuring Duke in an opening round game.
Colonial Championship (Harrisonburg, VA)
No. 8 Elon vs. No. 6 Drexel, 7:00, CBSSN
Horizon League Championship (Indianapolis, IN)
No. 3 Oakland vs. No. 1 Cleveland State, 7:00, ESPN
Northeast Championship
No. 4 Mount St. Mary's at No. 2 Bryant, 7:00, ESPN2
Summit League Championship (Sioux Falls, SD)
No. 4 Oral Roberts vs. No. 3 North Dakota State, 9:00, ESPN2
West Coast Championship (Las Vegas, NV)
No. 2 BYU vs. No. 1 Gonzaga, 9:00, ESPN
ACC First Round (Greensboro, NC)
No. 13 Miami (FL) vs. No. 12 Pittsburgh, 2:00, ACCN
No. 15 Boston College vs. No. 10 Duke, 4:30, ACCN
No. 14 Wake Forest vs. No. 11 Notre Dame, 7:00, ACCN
Big West First Round (Las Vegas, NV)
No. 9 Long Beach State vs. No. 8 Cal State Northridge, 6:00, ESPN3
No. 10 Cal Poly vs. No. 7 Cal State Fullerton, 9:00, ESPN3
Conference USA First Round (Frisco, TX)
(Note: Florida International had to drop out due to COVID issues, so Middle Tennessee advances to tomorrow's second round)
West No. 7 Southern Mississippi vs. West No. 6 Rice, 8:00, ESPN+
MAAC First Round (Atlantic, NJ)
No. 9 Iona vs. No. 8 Quinnipiac, 5:00, ESPN+
No. 10 Manhattan vs. No. 7 Fairfield, 7:30, ESPN+
Southland First Round (Katy, TX)
No. 9 McNeese vs. No. 8 Southeastern Louisiana, 6:00, ESPN+
No. 10 Houston Baptist vs. No. 7 Incarnate Word, 9:00, ESPN+
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