At this point, barring a couple of potential late games tonight, I believe everyone has completed their regular season. Championship Week is ready to truly begin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In most years, winning the regular season conference championship meant a lot more than simply a banner. For many of the smaller conferences, it also meant a guarantee that you would be playing somewhere in March. If you won the conference tournament, you were dancing. But even if you were upset, you got a chance to play in the NIT. For a small conference, getting exposure from a deep NIT run can help their program. And at a minimum, it was a chance to play one more game that mattered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, with the NIT being shrunk to 16 teams, that guarantee is gone this year. And there are already 5 regular season champs who have been eliminated from their conference tournament. You never know who the NCAA will pick for the 16 teams, but I suspect that the regular season champ of a small conference isn’t likely tops on their list. They know they will make more money if the bigger schools are there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I feel it is important at this time to congratulate all those regular season champions – especially those who might already have fallen in their conference tournaments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Editors note: A few conferences have not posted their full bracket yet – so I used the standings page to determine their regular season champion – so a couple of these might be unofficial. If I notice a change, we will edit this – especially since I might use this to track the tournament champions<\/p>\n\n\n\n At this point, barring a couple of potential late games tonight, I believe everyone has completed their regular season. Championship Week is ready to truly begin! In most years, winning the regular season conference championship meant a lot more than simply a banner. 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