Cincinnati beat Wichita State and Houston beat Memphis, both in tight American Conference semifinals. Then Buffalo spurted away from Bowling Green in the Mid-American title game. And Utah State held off San Diego State in the Mountain West championship.
The teams on the NCAA bubble were breathing a lot easier Saturday night. Then Oregon smashed Washington in the Pac-12 championship game, and the Ducks had secured that league’s automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament, sending the Huskies to at-large status and taking up one of the coveted berths from the bubble.
Who did that verdict cost? Ohio State?