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Championship Week Preview: Everything You Need to Know About the Early Mid-Major Tournaments

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Conference tournament season is upon us. For college basketball fans with ESPN+ and plenty of time on their hands, these two weeks are a fittingly wild precursor to the NCAA tournament, with automatic bids to the Big Dance on the line and wall-to-wall drama leading up to Selection Sunday, which falls on March 17 this year. We have the first week of conference tournaments previewed so you know exactly what to watch:

Championship info: Sunday, March 10, 3 p.