The final days of conference basketball tournaments produce some of the highest highs and lowest lows of the season. Win the title game of your league tournament, and you are in the NCAA tournament. Lose that game — or an earlier game — and ... well, the wait can be excruciating. With the field of 68 now official, we give you a look at some of the teams from the weekend that experienced the high.
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Forward Will Magarity celebrates after Davidson upset Rhode Island 58-57 to win the Atlantic 10 conference tournament at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
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Kansas’ Devonte’ Graham reacts in the second half during the Big 12 Tournament championship game, which the Jayhawks won 81-70 against West Virginia in Kansas City, Mo.
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North Carolina Central celebrates after beating Hampton 71-63 to capture the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament title in Norfolk, Va.
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Nick Perkins (33) and Brock Bertram (41) celebrate as Toledo’s Taylor Adway (2) and Nate Navigato (35) walk away after Buffalo won the Mid-American Conference championship game 76-66 in Cleveland.