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The final five automatic bids to the 2026 NCAA Tournament will be handed out on Sunday. The conferences that will be crowning a champion are in the Big Ten, SEC, American, Atlantic 10 and the American.

The first game of the day proved to be one of the best of the entire week. Pennsylvania defeated Yale 88-84 in overtime to punch its ticket to the Big Dance. Penn star TJ Power, a former Duke and Virginia player, proceeded to knock down a 3-pointer at the end of regulation to send the game to overtime.

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Power finished with 44 points and 14 rebounds. Penn is coached by former Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. With the win, McCaffery becomes the fifth coach in Division I history to lead at least five different teams to the NCAA Tournament.

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In the SEC, No. 3 seed Arkansas defeated No. 4 seed Vanderbilt 86-75 in the SEC Tournament title game. The Razorbacks captured their first SEC title since 2000 with the dramatic victory over Vandy. Arkansas coach John Calipari won his first SEC title since 2018, when he was with Kentucky.

The Big Ten title game will feature Purdue facing Michigan, while South Florida plays Wichita State in the American title game.

Get up-to-date results, plus what they mean for the NCAA Tournament bubble and seeding with our CBS Sports Selection Sunday LIVE BLOG.

Sunday’s conference tournament schedule

AAC Birmingham, Ala. Finals Scoreboard
Atlantic 10 Pittsburgh, Pa. Finals Scoreboard
Big Ten Chicago Finals Scoreboard
Ivy League Ithaca, N.Y. Finals Scoreboard
SEC Nashville, Tenn. Finals Scoreboard

2025-26 conference tournament champions

CONFERENCE DATES LOCATION CHAMPIONSHIP (TV) / CHAMPION
America East March 7, 10, 14 Higher seed hosts UMBC Retrievers (24-8)
American March 11-15 Birmingham, Ala. Sunday, 3:15 p.m. ESPN
Atlantic 10 March 11-15 Pittsburgh, Pa. VCU Rams (27-7)
ACC March 10-14 Charlotte, N.C. Duke Blue Devils (32-2)
ASUN March 4,6-8 Jacksonville, Fla. Queens Royals (21-13)
Big 12 March 10-14 Kansas City, Mo. Arizona Wildcats (32-2)
Big East March 11-14 New York City St. John’s Red Storm (28-6)
Big Sky March 7-11 Boise, Idaho Idaho Vandals (21-14)
Big South March 4, 6-8 Johnson City, Tenn. High Point Panthers (30-4)
Big Ten March 10-15 Chicago Sunday, 3:30 p.m. CBS
Big West March 11-14 Henderson, Nev. Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (24-8)
CAA March 6-10 Washington, D.C. Hofstra Pride (24-10)
Conference USA March 10-14 Huntsville, Ala. Kennesaw State Owls (21-13)
Horizon League March 2,4,8-10 Indianapolis Wright State Raiders (23-11)
Ivy League March 14-15 Ithaca, N.Y. Pennsylvania Quakers (18-11)
MAAC March 5-10 Atlantic City, N.J. Siena Saints (23-11)
MAC March 12-14 Cleveland Akron Zips (29-5)
MEAC March 11-14 Norfolk, Va. Howard Bison (23-10)
Missouri Valley March 5-8 St. Louis Northern Iowa Panthers (23-12)
Mountain West March 11-14 Las Vegas Utah State Aggies (28-6)
Northeast March 4,7,10 Higher seed hosts Long Island Sharks (24-10)
Ohio Valley March 4-7 Evansville, Ind. Tennessee State Tigers (23-9)
Patriot League March 3,5,8,11 Higher seed hosts Lehigh Mountain Hawks (18-16)
SEC March 11-15 Nashville, Tenn. Arkansas Razorbacks (26-8)
SoCon March 6-9 Asheville, N.C. Furman Paladins  (22-12)
Southland March 8-11 Lake Charles, La. McNeese Cowboys (28-5)
SWAC March 9-14 Atlanta Prairie View A&M Panthers (18-17)
Summit League March 4-8 Sioux Falls, S.D. North Dakota State Bison (27-7)
Sun Belt March 3-9 Pensacola, Fla. Troy Trojans (22-11)
West Coast March 5-10 Las Vegas Gonzaga Bulldogs (30-3)
WAC March 11-14 Las Vegas California Baptist Lancers (25-8)