The first 3 teams punched their tickets to March Madness today as Belmont, UNC-Asheville, and Morehead State all won their conferences. Harvard also is a Princeton loss away from securing their first NCAA tournament bid since 1946. If Princeton can beat Penn on Tuesday night, then the Crimson and the Tigers will play a one game playoff to decide the Ivy League's representative in the tournament.
North Carolina upset (4)Duke at home in Chapel Hill to take the regular season ACC title. The Tar Heels finished the season unbeaten at home as they staged off a late attempt at a rally by the Blue Devils. Due to Duke's poor shooting and great play out of freshman Kendall Marshall and Harrison Barnes, the Tar Heels extended their lead throughout the second half to an eventual 81-67 win. Look out for the Tar Heels in the NCAA tourney, as no one seems to be talking about them.
Pittsburgh, Arizona, Florida and Kansas all wrapped up their regular season conference championships as well, and will enjoy the 1-seed in their various conference tourneys. The Panthers defeated Villanova at home 60-50. Arizona beat the Ducks 90-82 in Tucson in front of over 13,000 fans. Florida took out Vanderbilt in Nashville 86-76, and Kansas held on to defeat Missouri 70-66.
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