Ahead of March Madness, conference tournament season is here, and there are 32 automatic bids ready to be handed out for the 2019 NCAA tournament. The rest of the field of 68 will be determined via at-large bids, with the majority of those spots coming from the power conferences. A few mid-major teams like Nevada, Wofford and Buffalo have put themselves in position to go dancing even if they fall short in their respective conference tourneys, but for most, all hope likely rests with the automatic bid.
Last March, we saw plenty of noise from mid-majors, from UMBC making history as the first No.