ESPNET SportsZone | Men's college basketball
NCAA's field of 64 begins to take shape
Division I tournament schedules and results
Austin Peay prevails on last-second free throws
Central Florida's lovable losers win the TAAC
N.C.-Greensboro earns first invitation to Big Dance
South Carolina State wins battle of top MEAC seeds
March Madness is off to a flying start.
Central Florida, a team with a sub-.500 record at 11-18, earned
the first automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament by defeating Mercer 86-77 Saturday in the Trans America Athletic Conference championship game at Deland, Fla.
North Carolina-Greensboro (20-9) earned its first-ever NCAA
Tournament berth after routing Liberty, 79-53, today in the Big
South Conference championship game at Lynchburg, Va.
South Carolina State (22-7) beat Coppin
State 69-56 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
championship game at Tallahassee, Fla, to earn its first
NCAA Tournament berth since 1989.
Austin Peay defeated Murray State 70-68 in the Ohio Valley Conference championship game at Nashville, Tenn.
Purdue, ranked No. 5 in the nation, officially clinched the
outright Big Ten title and an automatic berth to the NCAA
Tourney when Penn State suffered a 65-60 loss at Minnesota on Saturday. The Big Ten does not conduct a post-season tournament.
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