Some of the games tonight should be really good – Virginia Tech is at home trying to upset Duke, Texas has a huge bubble game at Kansas, and what should be a fantastic game between #12 Texas Tech and #20 West Virginia.

But quietly without much fanfare, in the arenas of four small colleges, the Atlantic Sun’s Conference Tournament has begun tonight.  It even has begun with some of the normal chaos – as #1 seed Florida Gulf Coast found themselves only up 3 at halftime against last place USC Upstate before running away in the second half, and #2 seed Lipscomb is currently only up 1 at halftime against 7 seed Stetson.

It is only two weeks away – the Madness is coming.   Bubble teams try to get one more win so that they don’t need to depend on winning a couple games in their conference tourney (as I am typing this, the Hokies just got a tip-in with 4 seconds to pull off a 64-63 upset over Duke).  Small conference regular season champions try to figure out how to win three more games so they get their deserved invitation to the Big Dance.

Two weeks of huge drama will be happening on the court.  Buzzer beaters and Cinderella runs all leading up to Selection Sunday.  It is almost March!!!!!