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2024 March Madness, conference tournament brackets, scores: Morehead State wins OVC, first automatic bid


Michael Dann/OVC

No. 3 seed Morehead State outlasted No. 1 seed Little Rock 69-55 in the Ohio Valley Tournament title game Saturday to claim the first automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament. The Eagles also went dancing in 2021 at the beginning of what is now a streak of four straight seasons with 20 or more wins under coach Preston Spradlin. Riley Minix led the way for Morehead State with 26 points while Drew Thelwell added 21.

Little Rock wasn’t the only No. 1 seed to meet its demise Saturday. Top-seeded Central Connecticut State bowed out of the NEC Tournament with a 66-56 loss to No. 6 seed Wagner in the semifinals. In the Big South, No. 1 seed High Point found itself on the wrong end of second-half rally from No. 5 seed Longwood, falling 80-79 in overtime to the Lancers.

Three more NCAA Tournament bids will be awarded Sunday as the ASUN, Big South and Missouri Valley crown their tournament champions. No. 2 seed Stetson is hosting No. 4 seed Austin Peay in the ASUN title game, while No. 2 seed UNC Asheville is taking on No. 5 seed Longwood for the Big South crown. 

The headliner of Sunday’s action will be in the Missouri Valley Tournament, where No. 1 seed Indiana State is battling No. 2 seed Drake for a title after the two split their regular-season series. Also in Sunday’s action: the Patriot League and SoCon will be winnowing their fields from four to two in semifinal action while the Big Sky, CAA and Summit each play quarterfinal games.

As automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament are secured, we’ll be noting each of them here.  

Saturday’s conference tournament scoreboard

2024 conference tournament schedules, champions

All times ET

Conference City Dates Final (TV) / Champion
ACC Washington D.C. March 12-16 Saturday, March 16
8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
America East Campus Sites March 9, 12, 16 Saturday, March 16
11 a.m. (ESPN2)
American Fort Worth, Texas March 13-17 Sunday, March 17
3:15 p.m. (ESPN)
ASUN Campus Sites March 4-5, 7, 10 Sunday, March 10
2 p.m. (ESPN2)
Atlantic 10 Brooklyn March 12-14, 16-17 Sunday, March 17
1 p.m. (CBS)
Big 12 Kansas City March 12-16 Saturday. March 16
6 p.m. (ESPN)
Big East New York City March 13-16 Saturday, March 16
6:30 p.m. (Fox)
Big Sky Boise, Idaho March 9, 10-13 Wednesday, March 13
11:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
Big South High Point, North Carolina March 6, 8-10 Sunday, March 10
Noon (ESPN2)
Big Ten Minneapolis March 13-17 Sunday, March 17
3:30 p.m. (CBS)
Big West Henderson, Nevada March 13-16 Saturday, March 16
9:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
Coastal Athletic Washington, D.C. March 8-12 Tuesday, March 12
7 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
Conference USA Huntsville, Alabama March 12-16 Saturday, March 16
8:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
Horizon League Campus sites | Indianapolis March 5, 7, 11-12 Tuesday, March 12
7 p.m. (ESPN)
Ivy New York City March 16-17 Sunday, March 17
12 p.m. (ESPN2)
MAAC Atlantic City, New Jersey March 12-16 Saturday, March 16
7:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
MAC Cleveland March 14-16 Saturday, March 16
7:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
MEAC Norfolk, Virginia March 13-16 Saturday, March 16
1 p.m. (ESPN2)
Missouri Valley St. Louis March 7-10 Sunday, March 10
2 p.m. (CBS)
Mountain West Las Vegas March 13-16 Saturday, March 16
6 p.m. (CBS)
Northeast Campus Sites March 6, 9, 12 Tuesday, March 12
7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Ohio Valley Evansville, Indiana March 6-9 Morehead State
Pac-12 Las Vegas March 13-16 Saturday, March 16
9 p.m. (Fox)
Patriot Campus Sites March 5, 7, 10, 13 Wednesday, March 13
7 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
SEC Nashville March 13-17 Sunday, March 17
1 p.m. (ESPN)
Southern Asheville, North Carolina March 8-11 Monday, March 11
7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Southland Lake Charles, Louisiana March 10-13 Wednesday, March 13
5 p.m. (ESPN2)
Summit Sioux Falls, South Dakota March 8-12 Tuesday, March 12
9:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
Sun Belt Pensacola, Florida March 5, 7, 9, 10-11 Monday, March 11
7 p.m. (ESPN2)
SWAC Birmingham, Alabama March 13-16 Saturday, March 16
5:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
WAC Las Vegas March 13-16 Saturday, March 16
11:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
WCC Las Vegas March 7-9, 11-12 Tuesday, March 12
9 p.m. (ESPN)

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