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We now know 9 winners of the women's college basketball tournaments and 5 on the men's side with a lot left to be decided before Sunday's selection shows. The men's 2025 NCAA Basketball Tournament field will be announced beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern time on CBS and First Four games will take place Tuesday & Wednesday, March 18 & 19 in Dayton. First round games will be held on March 20 & 21. This year's Final Four games will take place April 5 & 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
The women's field will be revealed at 8 p.m. eastern time Sunday on ESPN and the First Four games will be held March 18 & 19 with the Final Four April 4-6 at Amalie Arena in Tampa.
There are conference semifinal matchups today and championship games tomorrow (Tuesday, March 11) in the CAA and Horizon, and the title game is already set for NEC on Tuesday when 1-seed CCSU will take on 3-seed St. Francis (PA). The Patriot League championship will beheld Wednesday with 5-seed Navy vs. 2-seed American after 1-seed Bucknell was ousted by Navy in the quarterfinals.
The SoCon championship tonight (7 pm, ESPN) pits 5-seed Furman against 6-seed Wofford after the 1, 2, 3 and 4-seeds all lost in the second round after gaining 1st-round byes.
The Sun Belt championship (7 pm, ESPN2) has 3-seed Troy taking on 4-seed Arkansas State. The Trojans defeated 2-seed JMU in the semis and the Red Wolves upset 1-seed South Alabama. Arkansas State is among tonight's favorites in conference tourney action.
The Southland has quarters today, semis tomorrow and the title game Wednesday. McNeese is the 1-ssed and earned a double-bye alongside 2-seed Lamar.
The West Coast has semis today at 9 (ESPN) and 11:30 (ESPN2) and the championship game Tuesday at 9 (ESPN).
In the ACC women's event, 3-seed Duke toppled 1-seed NC State 76-62 to hand the Wolfpack their first loss all year when they had led at halftime (now 22-1). The Blue Devils outscored the Wolfpack 47-26 in the second half. NCSU entered the tourney ranked 7th in the nation while Duke was 11th.
The No. 4 AP-ranked team, UCLA won the B1G women's tourney, taking down their 2nd-ranked cross-city rival, USC, 72-67. The Trojans had won both regular season encounters. This is only UCLA's second conference title, and first since 2006. The Bruins took the victory by outscoring USC 37-22 in the second half
Top-seed TCU was a 64-59 winner over 2-seed Baylor to claim their first conference title in the sport since 2005 when the Horned Frogs were members of Conference USA. Nationally, TCU was ranked 8th and Baylor 17th.
South Carolina, ranked 5th nationally by the AP, took down No. 1 Texas with ease, 64-45. In the tournament, the Gamecocks were the 1-seed via coin toss and the Longhorns were the 2-seed. It was the third straight SEC Championship title for Dawn Staley and Company and her team will be among the 2025 Women's NCAA Tournament favorites to claim a third national title in the last four seasons. In mid-January, Staley agreed to an extension that keeps her in Columbia through 2029-30 and a raise to an average $4 million annually to make her the top-paid coach in the sport. Kim Mulkey of LSU ($3.2) and Geno Auriema of UConn ($3.1) rank 2nd and 3rd.
Atlantic 10 - George Mason
Big South - High Point
Big 12 - TCU
Ohio Valley - Tennessee Tech
Southern - UNC Greensboro
Summit - South Dakota State
SIUE was the only one of the first five men's conference championship winners that wasn't a one-seed. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville routed Southeast Missouri State 69-48. The victory secures the school's first NCAA berth, joining High Point from the Big South and Omaha from the Summit.
ASUN- (1) Lipscomb
Big South - (1) High Point - First NACC berth
MVFC - (1) Drake - Third straight conference title
OVC - (2) Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (SIUE) - First NCAA berth
Summit - (1) Omaha - First NACC berth
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