The latest from NCAA Tournament selection Sunday (all times EDT): ___ 3:45 p.m. Alabama, St. Bonaventure and Colgate locked up automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament by wining conference championships a few hours before the field of 68 was revealed.
Selection Sunday featured five conference tournament title games as a undercard to the main event starting around 6 p.m. EDT: the unveiling of the NCAA bracket.
There were no potential “bid stealers” in the early games. No. 6 Alabama won the Southeastern Conference by beating LSU, but the Tigers are in good shape to earn an at-large bid.
The Crimson Tide closed its case for a No. 1 seed with an 80-79 victory. St. Bonaventure beat VCU to win the Atlantic 10’s automatic bid as the top seed in the