Who is in the tournament?

Collegiate Sports
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#2 Mississippi Valley State squeaks by #4 Jackson State 59-58 for the SWAC title.

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MEAC title goes to #7 Coppin State, a 62-60 winner over #1 Morgan State. Here is your #65 team, they are 16-20.

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In addition to the automatic bids in Post #1, there are also 34 at-large bids to award. From ESPN’s ‘bubble watch’:

[U]ESPN “Locks”[/U] (24-26 schools)
Arkansas*
Wisconsin*
UNC-Chapel Hill & Clemson loser
Texas & Kansas loser
Georgetown & Pittsburgh loser
Duke
Miami (Fl.)
Connecticut
Notre Dame
Louisville
Marquette
West Virginia
Indiana
Michigan St.
Purdue
Oklahoma
Stanford
Southern California
Washington St.
Vanderbilt
Mississippi St.
Tennessee
[B]Xavier[/B]
Brigham Young
Gonzaga
St. Mary’s
*A potential automatic bid

[U]ESPN “Should be ins”[/U] (6 schools)
Texas A&M
Baylor
Kansas St.
Kentucky
[B]St. Joseph’s[/B]
South Alabama

(2-4 bids remaining)

[U]Bubbles[/U]
Virginia Tech
Villanova
Syracuse
Ohio State
Arizona
Oregon
Arizona St.
Mississippi
[B]Dayton
Massachusetts[/B]
Illinois St.
UAB
VCU
New Mexico
Houston

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Hey HP, the Big East tourney is actually from the 12 to the 15th and Pitt won it tonight. So they’re in.

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I know EE, I was too busy watching Boise vs NM State.

Big East Conference Championship - #7 Pittsburgh 74, #1 Georgetown 65

Western Athletic Conference Championship - #3 Boise State 107, #4 New Mexico State 102, 3OT

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#5 Cal Irvine 27, #3 Cal Fullerton 37 at halftime of the Big West Conference final. I’m not gonna make the final 20 of it.

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#3 Cal Fullerton over #5 Cal Irvine, 81-66, for the Big West Conference title.

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Five automatic bids remain…

[SIZE=2]Atlantic Coast Conference, 1:00 - #3 Clemson (24-8, 10-6) vs UNC-Chapel Hill (31-2, 14-2)
Southland Conference, 1:00 - #7 Texas Arlington (20-11, 7-9) vs #5 Northwestern State (15-17, 7-9)
Big 12 Conference, 3:00 - #2 Kansas (30-3, 13-3) vs #1 Texas (28-5, 13-3)
Big Ten Conference, 3:30 - #9 Illinois (16-18, 5-13) vs #1 Wisconsin (28-4, 16-2)
Southeastern Conference, 3:30 - #E6 Georgia (16-16, 4-12) vs #W2 Arkansas (22-10, 9-7)[/SIZE]

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UVA says it will take a bid to the CBI if it doesn’t get an invite to the NIT (Do not ask me how they think they’ll get an NIT Invite.)

http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/032008/03162008/363916

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[B]Southland Conference Championship[/B]
#7 Texas Arlington 82
#5 Northwestern State 79

[B]Atlantic Coast Conference Championship[/B]
#3 Clemson 76
#1 UNC-Chapel Hill 81

[B]Big 12 Conference Championship[/B]
#2 Kansas 84
#1 Texas 74

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#1 Wisconsin is the Big 10 champion over #9 Illinois, 61-48.

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The final regular season game for the Southeastern Conference Championship…

[B][SIZE=4]#E6 Georgia, the World Beaters 66[/SIZE][/B]
#W2 Arkansas 57