by The number of teams that have secured applications for the 2023 NCAA tournament rose to five on Sunday. Three conferences crowned the tournament winners, but the number of leagues participating in the post-season promotion hit double digits.
Kennesaw State beat Liberty 67-66 to win the Atlantic Sun Tournament and win its first NCAA tournament appearance — all just three seasons after a 1-28. In the Big South, UNC-Asheville bested Campbell 77-73 to earn a spot in the Big Dance. Eventually, Drake Bradley dominated 77-51 to win the Missouri Valley Tournament and earn the program’s second NCAA tournament appearance under fifth-year coach Darian DeVries.
These three joined OVC’s Southeast Missouri and NEC’s Fairleigh Dickinson as automatic qualifiers at the end of the first weekend of March. Seven other conference tournaments were also held on Sunday, and eight will be played on Monday when the Southern Conference and Sun Belt each crown the champions.
With teams struggling to extend their seasons and Big Dance bids at stake, it’s officially the best time of the year in college basketball. Although the Power Conference tournaments are only a few days away, many of the ongoing tournaments are for one-bid leagues. They’re sure to produce plenty of happy and chaotic scenes to mark the days leading up to Selection Sunday.
Tournament schedule for the Sunday conference, results
2023 Conference Tournament Schedule, Champions
| conference | tournament page | Dates (End TV) | Champion 2023 |
| Supported communication | Fort Worth, Texas | March 9-12 (ESPN) | |
| Acc | Greensboro, NC | 7th-11th March (ESPN) | |
| America East | Campus Locations | March 4, 7 & 11 (ESPN2) | |
| Atlantic 10 | Brooklyn, NY | 7th-9th March 11-12 March (CBSSN) | |
| A SUN | Campus Locations | 27-28 February, March 2 & 5 (ESPN2) | Kennesaw State |
| Great East | new York | 8th-11th March (fox) | |
| big sky | Boise, Idaho | 4th-8th March (ESPN2) | |
| Big South | Charlotte, NC | March 1, March 3-5 (ESPN2) | UNC Asheville |
| big ten | Chicago | 8th-12th March (CBS) | |
| big 12 | Kansas City | 8th-11th March (ESPN) | |
| Great West | Henderson, Nev. | March 7, 9-11 (ESPN2) | |
| Colonial | Washington, D.C | 3rd–7th March (CBSSN) | |
| Conference United States | Frisko, Texas | 8th-11th March (CBSSN) | |
| horizon league | Indianapolis | Feb 28, Mar 2, 6-7 (ESPN) | |
| Ivy League | Princeton, NJ | 11-12 March (ESPN2) | |
| MAAC | Atlantic City, NJ | 7th-11th March (ESPNU) | |
| MAC | Cleveland | March 9-11 (ESPN2) | |
| MEAC | Norfolk, Va. | March 8-11 (ESPN2) | |
| Missouri Valley | st louis | March 2-5 (CBSSN) | drake |
| mountain west | Las Vegas | 8th-11th March (CBS) | |
| Northeast | Campus Locations | March 1, 4 & 7 (ESPN2) | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| Ohio Valley | Evansville, Ind. | 1st-4th March (ESPN2) | Southeast Missouri |
| Pac-12 | Las Vegas | 8th-11th March (ESPN) | |
| patriot | Campus Locations | 28 Feb, 2, 5 & 8 Mar (CBSSN) | |
| SEC | Nashville | 8th-12th March (ESPN) | |
| South | Asheville, NC | 3rd–6th March (ESPN) | |
| southland | Lake Charles, La. | 5th-8th March (ESPN2) | |
| summit | Sioux Falls, SD | March 3-7 (ESPN2) | |
| sunbelt | Pensacola, Fla. | February 28, March 2, 4 & 6 (ESPN2) | |
| SWAC | Birmingham, Ala. | 8th-11th March (ESPNU) | |
| WAC | Las Vegas | March 7, 9-11 (ESPN2) | |
| West Coast | Las Vegas | 2nd-4th & 6th–7th March (ESPN) |
