2020-21 Men’s College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Neutral-Site Games (CoVID Changes)
A regularly-updated list of the 2020-21 men’s college basketball season’s exempt multiple-team events (MTEs) and other neutral-site/bubble contests, including TV/streaming information. If you have any additions, email them to bloggingthebracket at gmail dot com or tweet them to me @ChrisDobbertean.
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LARGELY CANCELED: Conference Tournament Central 2020
03/12/2020: Just about every remaining conference tournament has now been canceled due to COVID-19. This was the one stop shop for all 32 conference tournament brackets, along with scores and updated matchup and TV information, though that really doesn’t matter quite so much now.
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Bracketology 2020: NC State the biggest winner of a surreal Wednesday
At the moment, there’s a very real possibility that there won’t be an NCAA tournament this season. However, until there’s an official announcement, bracketology will press on.
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Bracketology 2020: The bubble is about to boil over
Just a single NCAA tournament automatic bid is up for grabs tonight, but the at-large picture could see some changes as Wednesday unfolds.
2020 Patriot League Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Boston University won at Colgate to clinch its first NCAA bids since 2011.
College Basketball Coast To Coast: March 9, 2020
Selection Week’s early episode, T.J. Rives and I discuss Sesame Street, the most interesting conference tournament of the week from a bubble perspective, and play another round of "In or Out."
Conference Tournaments 2020: What’s New
The Mountain West is playing earlier this year, but not the Pac-12 and WAC, while the MAAC’s tournament is later. More on those changes and others to this March’s conference tournament formats, sites, and TV streaming information is below.
2020 ACC Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Florida State heads to Greensboro as the No. 1 seed for the first time an a legitimate threat to earn a top spot in the NCAA Tournament with a title win on Saturday night.
2020 Big Ten Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
With tri-champions and 10 teams in just about every projected NCAA field, it’s going to be an exciting five days in Indianapolis.
2020 SEC Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Kentucky had an unexpectedly easy time in winning the regular-season title, and now the Wildcats will go for their fifth title in six years.
2020 Pac-12 Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Oregon won the regular-season title, but UCLA might be the favorite to win the championship in Vegas, given the Bruins’ scorching finish.
2020 Big East Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Like the Big Ten, the Big East had three teams share its regular-season title, and all three will like their chances to walk away from Madison Square Garden with the title.
2020 Big 12 Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Kansas and Baylor dominated the regular season, and it’s a good bet that one of the two will rise above the conference’s muddled middle-class in Kansas City.
2020 Atlantic 10 Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Will Dayton add three conference tournament wins to its 18-0 regular-season mark? Or will someone else win the title in Brooklyn—something that might be a necessity for the conference to place more than just the Flyers to the field of 68.
2020 Horizon League Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
The Northern Kentucky Norse repeated by defeating UIC in Indianapolis.
2020 America East Playoffs: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
While Vermont is favored to reach the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season, second-seeded Stony Brook has a decent shot at dethroning the Catamounts.
2020 SWAC Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Eight of the conference’s 10 teams are in the race for what’s likely yet another 16 seed and trip to Dayton, with top-seeded Prairie View A&M looking for a repeat.
2020 MAAC Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Iona has represented the conference in each of the last four NCAA Tournaments, but the Gaels won’t be the favorites in 2020.
2020 Conference USA Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Once again, this tournament will take place in one of college basketball’s most bizarre environments.
2020 MEAC Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
As usual, this season’s champ is likely to be one of the six lowest-seeded teams in the entire field. Top-seeded NCCU is in search of its fourth consecutive title in Norfolk.
2020 Big Sky Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
The regular-season race saw Eastern Washington, Montana, and Northern Colorado separate themselves from the pack.
2020 Southland Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Stephen F. Austin won at Duke earlier this season, but the Lumberjacks will need to win two games in Katy, Texas to get another shot at a highly-ranked team.
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Bracketology 2020: The bracket picture with one week to go to Selection Sunday
The final Saturday of the regular season provided some bubble clarity, while the first championship games of 2020 placed two teams in the NCAA tournament ... one of which burst a bubble.
2020 MAC Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Buffalo dominated this conference over the past two seasons, and while Akron enters this season’s event as a slight favorite, the 2020 edition of the MAC Tournament should be much more open than recent ones.
2020 Sun Belt Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
This season’s event will be the seventh and last (for now) in New Orleans, though the semifinals and finals shift to the home of the Pelicans.
2020-21 Men’s College Basketball Early Season Tournaments (CoVID Archive)
A regularly updated list of the 2020-21 men’s college basketball season’s exempt multiple-team events (MTEs), which will eventually include schedule and TV information. If you have any additions (non-Rothstein tweets, I already see those), email them to bloggingthebracket at gmail dot com or tweet them to me @ChrisDobbertean.
2020 WAC Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
New Mexico State will be the heavy favorite to earn a fourth straight bid and ninth since 2010.
2020 Big West Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
Can UC Irvine earn its second NCAA bid in a row?
2020 American Athletic Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Recent History, TV/Streaming Info
With tri-champs in the regular season and four others competitive, it should be a wild four days in Fort Worth.