The first conference tournament for the 2025-26 college basketball season began Monday with a play-in game in the Horizon League. No. 10 seed Cleveland State defeated No. 11 seed IU Indianapolis 101-93 to advance to the first round of the Horizon League tournament.
Cleveland State will face No. 1 seed Wright State on Wednesday with a trip to the second round on the line.
While all Power Five leagues will finish the regular season this week and begin their respective conference tournament next week, there will be plenty of postseason action starting on Tuesday. The Patriot League and the Sun Belt will be the second and third conferences to start postseason play.
In the Patriot League, Navy earned the No. 1 overall seed and earned a first-round bye. Navy will face the winner of No. 9 seed Army and No. 8 Bucknell on Thursday. No. 7 seed Lafayette will face No. 10 Holy Cross in the opening round, with the winner of that game getting a date with No. 2 seed Lehigh.
Troy captured the Sun Belt title after defeating UL Monroe to earn the No. 1 seed. Marshall earned the No. 2 seed and the bye into the semifinals, despite losing to Georgia Southern. There was a six-way tie (with 11-7 conference records) for second place in the conference standings.
Because of the Sun Belt’s tournament format which places the top two seeds in the conference’s semifinals, Troy and Marshall will need to win just one game next weekend (March 8) to advance to the Sun Belt Tournament championship game. The tournament gets started in Pensacola, Florida, when No. 14 seed UL Monroe faces No. 11 seed Old Dominion before No. 13 seed Georgia State meets No. 12 seed Louisiana.
When conference tournament results roll in, we’ll be keeping track of them here as teams begin to claim automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament with the first ticket punched on Saturday when the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament crowns its champion with No. 1 seed Tennessee State and No. 2 seed Morehead State expected to battle for the conference’s AQ spot in the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
Monday’s conference tournament results
Tuesday’s conference tournament schedule
Wednesday’s conference tournament schedule
2025-26 conference tournament champions
CONFERENCEDATESLOCATIONCHAMPIONSHIP (TV) / CHAMPIONAmerica EastMarch 7, 10, 14Higher seed hostsMarch 14, 11 a.m. ESPN2AmericanMarch 11-15Birmingham, Ala.March 15, 3:15 p.m. ESPNAtlantic 10March 11-15Pittsburgh, Pa.March 15, 1 p.m. CBSACCMarch 10-14Charlotte, N.C.March 14, 8:30 p.m. ESPNASUNMarch 4,6-8Jacksonville, Fla.March 8, 2 p.m. ESPN2Big 12March 10-14Kansas City, Mo.March 14, 6 p.m. ESPNBig EastMarch 11-14New York CityMarch 14, 6:30 p.m. FOXBig SkyMarch 7-11Boise, IdahoMarch 11, 11:30 p.m. ESPN2Big SouthMarch 4, 6-8Johnson City, Tenn.March 8, 12 p.m. ESPN2Big TenMarch 10-15ChicagoMarch 15, 3:30 p.m. CBSBig WestMarch 11-14Henderson, Nev.March 14, 10 p.m. ESPN2CAAMarch 6-10Washington, D.C.March 10, 7 p.m. CBS Sports NetworkConference USAMarch 10-14Huntsville, Ala.March 14, 8:30 p.m. CBS Sports NetworkHorizon LeagueMarch 2,4,8-10IndianapolisMarch 10, 7 p.m. ESPNIvy LeagueMarch 14-15Ithaca, N.Y.March 15, 12 p.m. ESPN2MAACMarch 5-10Atlantic City, N.J.March 10, 9 p.m. ESPN2MACMarch 12-14ClevelandMarch 14, 8 p.m. ESPN2MEACMarch 11-14Norfolk, Va.March 14, 1 p.m. ESPN2Missouri ValleyMarch 5-8St. LouisMarch 8, 12 p.m. CBSMountain WestMarch 11-14Las VegasMarch 14, 6 p.m. CBSNortheastMarch 4,7,10Higher seed hostsMarch 10, 7 p.m. ESPN2Ohio ValleyMarch 4-7Evansville, Ind.March 7, 8 p.m. ESPN2Patriot LeagueMarch 3,5,8,11Higher seed hostsMarch 11, 7 p.m. CBS Sports NetworkSECMarch 11-15Nashville, Tenn.March 15, 1 p.m. ESPNSoConMarch 6-9Asheville, N.C.March 9, 7 p.m. ESPNSouthlandMarch 8-11Lake Charles, La.March 11, 5 p.m. ESPN2SWACMarch 9-14AtlantaMarch 14, 7:30 p.m. ESPNUSummit LeagueMarch 4-8Sioux Falls, S.D.March 8, 9 p.m. CBS Sports NetworkSun BeltMarch 3-9Pensacola, Fla.March 9, 6 p.m. ESPN2West CoastMarch 5-10Las VegasMarch 10, 9 p.m. ESPNWACMarch 11-14Las VegasMarch 14, 12 a.m. ESPN2
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