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Conference tournament season is quickly approaching and it's something we should start keeping an eye on as it may impact the number of bubble spots remaining. The hope is that all current at-large bid teams end up winning their conference tournament. Listed below are the dates of each conference tournament along with the current leader of each tournament (as of Feb. 25): Feb. 26-Mar. 4: Atlantic Sun (Florida Gulf Coast) Feb. 27-Mar. 7: Patriot (Bucknell) Feb. 27-Mar. 4: Big South (UNC Asheville) Feb. 28-Mar. 3: Ohio Valley (Murray State) Feb. 28-Mar. 6: Northeast (Wagner) Feb. 28-Mar. 4: Big Ten (Michigan State) Mar. 1-Mar. 4: Missouri Valley (Loyola-Chicago) Mar. 1-Mar. 5: MAAC (Rider) Mar. 1-Mar. 5: Southern (East Tennessee State) Mar. 1-Mar. 6: West Coast (Gonzaga) Mar. 2-Mar. 6: Horizon League (Northern Kentucky) Mar. 3-Mar. 10: America East (Vermont) Mar. 3-Mar. 6: Colonial (Charleston) Mar. 3-Mar. 6: Summit (South Dakota State) Mar. 5-Mar. 10: MAC (Buffalo) Mar. 5-Mar. 10: MEAC (Bethune-Cookman) Mar. 6-Mar. 10: Big Sky (Montana) Mar. 6-Mar. 10: SWAC (Grambling) Mar. 6-Mar. 10: ACC (Virginia) Mar. 7-Mar. 10: Big East (Xavier) Mar. 7-Mar. 10: Big 12 (Kansas) Mar. 7-Mar. 10: Conference USA (Middle Tennessee) Mar. 7-Mar. 10: Mountain West (Nevada) Mar. 7-Mar. 10: Pac-12 (Arizona) Mar. 7-Mar. 10: WAC (New Mexico State) Mar. 7-Mar. 11: Atlantic 10 (Rhode Island) Mar. 7-Mar. 11: SEC (Auburn) Mar. 7-Mar. 11: Southland (Nicholls) Mar. 7-Mar. 11: Sun Belt (Louisiana) Mar. 8-Mar. 10: Big West (UC Irvine) Mar. 8-Mar. 11: AAC (Cincinnati) Mar. 10-Mar. 11: Ivy League (Pennsylvania)

Something to start keeping on the radar. Conference tournament dates and current leaders (as of Feb. 25): Feb. 26-Mar. 4: Atlantic Sun (Florida Gulf Coast) Feb. 27-Mar. 7: Patriot (Bucknell) Feb. 27-Mar. 4: Big South (UNC Asheville) Feb. 28-Mar. 3: Ohio Valley (Murray State) Feb. 28-Mar. 6: Northeast (Wagner) Feb. 28-Mar. 4: Big Ten (Michigan State) Mar. 1-Mar. 4: Missouri Valley (Loyola-Chicago) Mar. 1-Mar. 5: MAAC (Rider) Mar. 1-Mar. 5: Southern (East Tennessee State) Mar. 1-Mar. 6: West Coast (Gonzaga) Mar. 2-Mar. 6: Horizon League (Northern Kentucky) Mar. 3-Mar. 10: America East (Vermont) Mar. 3-Mar. 6: Colonial (Charleston) Mar. 3-Mar. 6: Summit (South Dakota State) Mar. 5-Mar. 10: MAC (Buffalo) Mar. 5-Mar. 10: MEAC (Bethune-Cookman) Mar. 6-Mar. 10: Big Sky (Montana) Mar. 6-Mar. 10: SWAC (Grambling) Mar. 6-Mar. 10: ACC (Virginia) Mar. 7-Mar. 10: Big East (Xavier) Mar. 7-Mar. 10: Big 12 (Kansas) Mar. 7-Mar. 10: Conference USA (Middle Tennessee) Mar. 7-Mar. 10: Mountain West (Nevada) Mar. 7-Mar. 10: Pac-12 (Arizona) Mar. 7-Mar. 10: WAC (New Mexico State) Mar. 7-Mar. 11: Atlantic 10 (Rhode Island) Mar. 7-Mar. 11: SEC (Auburn) Mar. 7-Mar. 11: Southland (Nicholls) Mar. 7-Mar. 11: Sun Belt (Louisiana) Mar. 8-Mar. 10: Big West (UC Irvine) Mar. 8-Mar. 11: AAC (Cincinnati) Mar. 10-Mar. 11: Ivy League (Pennsylvania)

Sunday's Games of Interest: Michigan State/Wisconsin - knock MSU to #2 UCF/Temple - RPI boost Furman/East Tennessee State - should be done, but one more for good measure Marist/Canisius - as if we didn't get enough Marist hoops in life Illinois/Rutgers - going with Illinois since it was our only bad loss UCLA/Colorado - really need some help from CU Penn State/Nebraska - no brainer Florida State/NC State - knock off NC State BONUS (women's hoops): Nebraska/#13 Maryland - final regular season game; Nebraska is currently in the "First Four Out" Monday's Games of Interest: Duke/Virginia Tech - beat VaTech Marquette/Georgetown - need Georgetown to win Delaware State/Marland-Eastern Shore - our favorite opponent Stetson/Lipscomb - RPI boost Texas/Kansas - knock off Texas Tuesday's Games of Interest: Tennessee/Mississippi State - knock off MSU Florida/Alabama - tough one, going with Florida Missouri/Vanderbilt - need Vandy Oklahoma State/Iowa State - need ISU to win Akron/Buffalo - get the final knockout on Buffalo Vermont/Maine - just beat Vermont already Miami/North Carolina - may not matter, but beating Miami wouldn't hurt Auburn/Arkansas - need Auburn DePaul/Creighton - sure. Oklahoma/Baylor - flipping and going with OU on this one due to last games' results Kansas State/TCU - knock off KSU Davidson/St. Bonaventure - need some Steph Curry magic Boise State/San Diego State - knock off BSU And then we start the one-week-early Big Ten Tournament this Wednesday, sit around on our hands, and hope other teams find a way to collapse.

I can see Lunardi putting Oregon in the "Last Four In" after that victory over Arizona and justifying it by saying "I just don't like Nebraska."

Updated. More bad than good. Two bad Saturdays in a row. Only one more Saturday to take advantage of this season.

I suppose that's one way to improve your team's FT percentage...

That's what I said three weeks ago...

I'm only giving you an up arrow because I'm now thinking "What do those fans in Tennessee say to other fans when they're watching the game on TV? Or what do they say when they cross paths on campus?" Let's go Peay.

They can't afford to pay their players, let alone their roofs.

I want to have this conversation/rant before the next bubble watch comes out. Syracuse HAS to be out of the conversation at this point, right??? I know they beat the surging Buffalo, but c'mon man!

Unrelated game, but here's a random delay during the Murray State/Austin Peay game:

Updated.

Do you even need to have a coach if you pay these players?

Optimistically NCAA Tourney Team, Big Ten Seed #4 Other team that lost to Michigan in the regular season Good?

We really can't be having two disastrous Saturdays in a row. Such a great opportunity to make moves. Only one more weekend in the regular season to go...

Reeeeeeal tough slump on the day. Hopefully this will turn around by the end of the night.

Louisville not doing us any favors.

We've got called for a technical foul just using our eyes this year

The Big East is so deep this year though...

Seton Hall and St. John's in overtime right now. Could be a big win/win for us.

Updating intermittently throughout the day.

0-9 Tier 1 wins. Makes complete sense why they should be in the field. Nebraska? The Big Ten is down so their win doesn't count.

Michigan is looking real good right now. Don't care though because our first round game is against Penn State tomorrow. Gotta win that one first.

I can only foresee self bans happening right now unless the NCAA actually steps in for once during this whole debacle. Should make for an interesting Selection Sunday.