Selection Sunday

Who gets invited to the dance

From Kyle Boone , Cameron Salerno & David Cobb & marchmadman

Updated 03/17/24, 11:30am

March Madness and the 2024 NCAA Tournament won't start for another few days, but the mayhem synonymous with this incredible sport delivered the goods well in advance of Selection Sunday. With conference tournaments wrapping up across the country on Saturday and five still unsettled into Sunday, we had buzzer-beaters, upsets, Cinderellas, Cinderella-hopefuls and more emerge.

No. 1 seeds Purdue, Houston and North Carolina all exited in their respective conference tournaments, continuing a wild week of unexpected outcomes. UNC's loss to NC State on Saturday night in Washington DC made the Tar Heels the 21st No. 1 seed to lose in a conference tournament this postseason, the most in at least a decade.

NC State also made some history along the way with its upset win by becoming the first double-digit seed to win a conference tournament in more than a decade. Even more surprising is that No. 11 seed Temple can join the Pack on Sunday in the AAC title game if they beat No. 4 seed UAB.

Temple's win over FAU in the AAC semifinal stole an invitation from a bubble team. Texas A&M and South Florida will be waiting anxiously to hear if they get an inviation to the dance or if they are left to mop the floors.

Temple's emergence is particularly stunning since it lost 10 straight games over the course of January and February while starting 1-11 in AAC play. The Owls have also reportedly been under scrutiny for unusual betting activity related to their games. But after five straight wins, first-year coach Adam Fisher has his team on the cusp of making the NCAA Tournament with a sub .500 record (Temple is 16-19 overall).

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Here is today's Championship schedule:

Sunday's Conference Championships
MATCHUP		TIME	TV	LOCATION
Brown	@ Yale	12:00 PM	ESPN2	Francis S. Levien Gymnasium, New York, NY
Florida	@ 12 Auburn	1:00 PM	ESPN	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
Duquesne	@ VCU	1:00 PM	CBS	Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
Temple	@ UAB	3:15 PM	ESPN	Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, TX
Wisconsin	@ 13 Illinois	3:30 PM	CBS	Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

Selection Show is at 6pm on CBS.

There are numerous bracket breakdown shows on ESPN and CBSSN aftewards if you want to hear what the exeprts think.

By the way, HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY!!!