Bullet Points
- Wright State are double-champions of the Horizon League, having beaten a Butler team that's been all up in the national grill this season. Do you take the Raiders seriously yet?
- Oral Roberts, repeat double champions of the mighty mighty Mid-Con, and North Texas has claimed the championship Belt in the SBC. All hail, all hail!
- Two championships are settled tonight: the NEC and Big Sky. The MEAC quarters overlap with the end of its first round, and the SWAC quarters get underway. First rounds also tip off in the Mid-American and Big West.
Autobids: Pennsylvania, Winthrop, Eastern Kentucky, Davidson, Creighton, Virginia Commonwealth, Niagara, Wright State, Oral Roberts, North Texas.
NIT: Austin Peay, Marist, East Tennessee State, South Alabama and Southern Illinois (SIU won't need it, though).
Brackets
(4) North Texas 83, 2) Arkansas State 75 | GameFlo
(1) Oral Roberts 71, (2) Oakland 67 | GameFlo
(1) Wright State 60, (2) Butler 55 | GameFlo
(1) Weber State 77, (4) Portland State 74 | GameFlo
(2) Northern Arizona 78, (3) Montana 71 | GameFlo
(8) Coppin State 56, (9) Bethune-Cookman 44 | GameFlo
(7) Hampton 76, (10) Howard 61 | GameFlo
(9) Idaho 50, (8) San Jose State 49 | GameFlo
Previews
Will turn into boxscores once play is compete.
Northeast Final
Sacred Heart vs. Central Connecticut State
Big Sky Final
Northern Arizona vs. Weber State
Mid-Eastern Quarterfinals
Morgan State vs. South Carolina State
Southwestern Athletic Quarterfinals
Southern vs. Jackson State
Alabama State vs. Mississippi Valley State
Big West First Round
California-Riverside vs. California-Irvine
Pacific vs. Cal State Northridge
Mid-American First Round
Ball State vs. Eastern Michigan
Bowling Green vs. Ohio
Buffalo vs. Central Michigan
Northern Illinois vs. Western Michigan
Mid-Eastern First Round
Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. Norfolk State
Good Night
Do not go gentle into that good night, Oakland, Portland State and Montana. Bethune-Cookman and Howard and San Jose State: rage, rage against the dying of your basketball seasons.
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