If you are a college basketball fan, today is your lucky day.
Starting at 11:00 a.m. Eastern, over 12-straight hours of critical college basketball awaits you. Over this period of time, 23 critical conference tournament games will be played, including 13 conference tournament finals.
That means 13 tickets to the big dance will be punched, and ten more teams will inch closer to the big dance.
Unfortunately, it also means some bubbles will be burst along the way.
It all kicks off with a pair of games in the 11:00 a.m. Eastern time slot. First is the America East final, pitting Vermont versus UMass Lowell. At the same time, the first Ivy League semifinal tips off, which sees Yale take on Cornell.
The long day of basketball ends with the WAC final, which sees Grand Canyon take on … That game tips off at 11:30 p.m. Eastern. Also, don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead before you go to bed after the WAC final.
For a look at how our SB Nation staff thought these tournaments were going to play out, you can check out our lengthy conference tournament predictions piece here. Hey, we got some of them right, and are on track to get a few more right today!
But for the real good stuff, here is the Saturday slate. Enjoy the games everyone!
Conference Tournament Saturday Schedule
Matchup
Conference
Round
Time (Eastern)
Network
Matchup
Conference
Round
Time (Eastern)
Network
Vermont vs. UMass Lowell
America East
Final
11:00 AM
ESPN2
Yale vs. Cornell
Ivy League
Semifinal
11:00 AM
ESPNU
VCU vs. St. Louis
Atlantic 10
Semifinal
1:00 PM
CBSSN
Purdue vs. Ohio State
Big Ten
Semifinal
1:00 PM
CBSSN
Howard vs. Norfolk State
MEAC
Final
1:00 PM
ESPN2
Alabama vs. Missouri
SEC
Semifinal
1:00 PM
ESPN
Penn vs. Princeton
Ivy League
Semifinal
1:30 PM
ESPNU
Houston vs. Cincinnati
AAC
Semifinal
3:00 PM
ESPN2
Texas A&M vs. Vanderbilt
SEC
Semifinal
3:00 PM
ESPN
Dayton vs. Fordham
Atlantic 10
Semifinal
3:30 PM
CBSSN
Penn State vs. Indiana
Big Ten
Semifinal
3:30 PM
CBS
Memphis vs. Tulane
AAC
Semifinal
5:30 PM
ESPN2
Texas Southern vs. Grambling State
SWAC
Final
5:30 PM
ESPNU
Kansas vs. Texas
Big 12
Final
6:00 PM
ESPN
San Diego State vs. Utah State
Mountain West
Final
6:00 PM
CBS
Marquette vs. Xavier
Big East
Final
6:30 PM
FOX
Toledo vs. Kent State
MAC
Final
7:30 PM
ESPN2
Iona vs. Marist
MAAC
Final
7:30 PM
ESPNU
Duke vs. Virginia
ACC
Final
8:30 PM
ESPN
FAU vs. UAB
C-USA
Final
8:30 PM
CBSSN
Cal State Fullerton vs. UC Santa Barbara
Big West
Final
9:30 PM
ESPN2
UCLA vs. Arizona
Pac 12
Final
10:30 PM
ESPN
Grand Canyon vs. Southern Utah
WAC
Final
11:30 PM
ESPN2
Source : SBNation