Thirty-two NCAA Division I men's basketball conferences will crown champions over a nine-day stretch that begins Saturday, March 4, with the Ohio Valley Conference tournament final and comes to an end on March 12 with five leagues: the Ivy League, Atlantic 10, SEC, American and Big Ten.
Who will earn the automatic bid in each conference? Will it be the regular-season champions or a team with an upset up its sleeve? ESPN's men's college basketball experts Myron Medcalf, Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway and Joe Lunardi have picked their choice for each league below.
American: Houston (unanimous) ACC: No consensus (Miami, Duke) America East: Vermont (unanimous) Atlantic 10: Dayton ASUN: Liberty Big East: UConn Big Sky: Eastern Washington Big South: Longwood Big 12: No consensus (Baylor, Kansas) Big Ten: No consensus (Purdue, Indiana) Big West: UC Santa Barbara CAA: Charleston Conference USA: No consensus (UAB, Florida Atlantic) Horizon: Youngstown State (unanimous) Ivy: Yale (unanimous) MAAC: Iona (unanimous) MAC: Kent State (unanimous) MEAC: No consensus (North Carolina Central, Norfolk State) Missouri Valley: Drake Mountain West: San Diego State (unanimous) Northeast: No consensus (St. Francis [PA], Merrimack, Fairleigh Dickinson) Ohio Valley: No consensus (Tennessee State, Morehead State) Pac-12: UCLA Patriot: Colgate (unanimous) SEC: Alabama Southern: Furman Southland: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (unanimous) Summit: Oral Roberts (unanimous) Sun Belt: No consensus (South Alabama, Marshall) SWAC: Grambling (unanimous) WAC: Sam Houston State West Coast: No consensus (Gonzaga, Saint Mary's)
