Conference Tourneys Coming Down to the Wire

Fourteen more men's basketball teams will earn automatic berths into the NCAA tournament by the end of the night.

The inaugural American Athletic Conference title game has fifth-ranked Louisville against No. 21 Connecticut. No. 16 Iowa State will face Baylor for the Big 12 crown. The Big East finale has Providence versus 14th-ranked Creighton, North Dakota will battle it out with Weber State for the Big Sky championship, and the Big West final has Cal Poly against Cal State Northridge.

Tulsa and Louisiana Tech will vie for the Conference USA title. The Mid-American championship game has Western Michigan against Toledo. It's North Carolina Central versus Morgan State for the MEAC (MEE'-ak) title. Eighth-ranked San Diego State needs to beat No. 20 New Mexico to claim the Mountain West championship. The Pac 12 Conference final has Arizona against UCLA. Stephen F. Austin faces Sam Houston for the Southland Conference championship. Texas Southern goes against Prairie View for the Southwestern Athletic Conference title. The Sunbelt final has Arkansas State versus Louisiana-Lafayette. And it's Idaho against New Mexico St. for the WAC (wak) title.

That's just part of today's college basketball slate. There's also semifinal action in the Atlantic 10, the ACC, the Big Ten and the SEC.

Saint Joseph's plays St. Bonaventure in the first A-10 semifinal before No. 23 VCU takes on George Washington.

Sixth-ranked Virginia battles Pittsburgh and N.C. State faces No. 7 Duke in the ACC semis.

Michigan and Ohio State renew their Big Ten rivalry, with the winner taking on either Wisconsin or Michigan State in Sunday's final.

And No. 1 Florida is in the SEC semifinals against Tennessee before Kentucky takes on Georgia.