Colgate is headed to the NCAA Tournament once again as the program’s Patriot League dominance continued Wednesday night with a 79-61 victory over Lafayette in the conference tournament final. This will mark Colgate’s fourth straight appearance in the Big Dance under 12th-year head coach Matt Langel. The win marks 20 in the last 21 games for the No. 1 seed Raiders, who got double-digit scoring totals from five different players in a dominant performance against the No. 2 seed Leopards.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi will make its second straight NCAA Tournament appearance under second-year coach Steve Lutz after edging Northwestern State 75-71 in the Southland Conference tournament final. The Islanders shot 57.4% and got 30 points off their bench while winning their 13th game in their last 14 attempts. Jaylen Jackson led Texas A&M-Corpus Christi with 17 points, including 13 in the second half after the teams entered tied at 31 apiece.
Wednesday’s conference championships
Patriot League: No. 1 Colgate 79, No. 6 Lafayette 61
Southland: No. 1 Texas A&M Corpus Christi 75, No. 2 Northwestern State 71
Big Sky: No. 9 Northern Arizona vs. No. 2 Montana State
11:30 pm | ESPN2
Other conference tournaments in action Wednesday
2023 Conference Tournament Schedules Champions
| Conference | Tournament website | Dates (Final TV) | Champion 2023 |
| AAC | Fort Worth, Texas | March 9-12 (ESPN) | |
| ACC | Greensboro, NC | March 7-11 (ESPN) | |
| America East | Campus locations | March 4, 7 and 11 (ESPN2) | |
| Atlantic 10 | Brooklyn, New York | March 7-9, 11-12 (CBSSN) | |
| ASUN | Campus locations | February 27-28, March 2 5 (ESPN2) | Kennesaw State |
| Great East | New York | March 8-11 (Fox) | |
| Big Sky | Boise, Idaho | March 4-8 (ESPN2) | |
| Great South | Charlotte, NC | March 1, 3-5 (ESPN2) | UNC-Asheville |
| Big Ten | Chicago | March 8-12 (CBS) | |
| Big 12 | Kansas City | March 8-11 (ESPN) | |
| Great West | Henderson, Nev. | March 7, 9-11 (ESPN2) | |
| Colonial | Washington | March 3-7 (CBSSN) | Charleston |
| USA Conference | Frisco, Texas | March 8-11 (CBSSN) | |
| Horizon League | Indianapolis | Feb. 28, March 2 6-7 (ESPN) | Northern Kentucky |
| Ivy League | Princeton, NJ | March 11-12 (ESPN2) | |
| MAAC | Atlantic City, NJ | March 7-11 (ESPNU) | |
| MAC | Cleveland | March 9-11 (ESPN2) | |
| MEAC | Norfolk, Va. | March 8-11 (ESPN2) | |
| Missouri Valley | St. Louis | March 2-5 (CBSSN) | Drake |
| Mountain West | Las Vegas | March 8-11 (CBS) | |
| Northeastern | Campus locations | March 1, 4 and 7 (ESPN2) | Fairleigh Dickinson-x |
| Ohio Valley | Evansville, Ind. | March 1-4 (ESPN2) | Southeast Missouri |
| Pac-12 | Las Vegas | March 8-11 (ESPN) | |
| patriot | Campus locations | February 28, March 2, 5 & 8 (CBSSN) | Colgate |
| SEC | Nashville | March 8-12 (ESPN) | |
| Southern | Asheville, NC | March 3-6 (ESPN) | Furman |
| Southland | Lake Charles, La. | March 5-8 (ESPN2) | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
| Peak | Sioux Falls, SD | March 3-7 (ESPN2) | Oral Roberts |
| Solar belt | Pensacola, Fla. | February 28, March 2, 4 and 6 (ESPN2) | Louisiana |
| SWAC | Birmingham, Ala. | March 8-11 (ESPNU) | |
| WAC | Las Vegas | March 7, 9-11 (ESPN2) | |
| West coast | Las Vegas | March 2-4 & 6-7 (ESPN) | Gonzaga |
x – Merrimack won the NEC Tournament, but it’s a no-brainer for the NCAA Tournament, so Fairleigh Dickinson gets the automatic championship bid.
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