Conference Tournament Predictions - Week 1

These are my picks for the winners and runners-up for the 12 conferences that have finished their regular season schedule and are getting ready to begin their conference tournaments, which determine which teams get an automatic bid to March Madness, with seed in parentheses:

America East

Winner: (1) Vermont, Runner-Up: (2) UMBC

Atlantic Sun

Winner: (1) Florida Gulf Coast, Runner-Up: (2) Lipscomb

Big South

Winner: (3) Winthrop, Runner-Up: (1) UNC Asheville

Big Ten

Winner: (3) Purdue, Runner-Up: (1) Michigan State

Colonial

Winner: (5) Towson, Runner-Up: (3) Hofstra

Horizon

Winner: (1) Northern Kentucky, Runner-Up: (2) Wright State

MAAC

Winner: (2) Canisius, Runner-Up: (8) Monmouth

Missouri Valley

Winner: (1) Loyola-Chicago, Runner-Up: (10) Valparaiso

Northeast

Winner: (1) Wagner, Runner-Up: (3) St. Francis (PA)

Ohio Valley

Winner: (2) Belmont, Runner-Up: (1) Murray State

Patriot

Winner: (1) Bucknell, Runner-Up: (2) Colgate

Southern

Winner: (3) Furman, Runner-Up: (1) UNC Greensboro

Summit

Winner: (2) South Dakota, Runner-Up: (1) South Dakota State

West Coast

Winner: (2) Saint Mary's, Runner-Up: (1) Gonzaga

This page was updated on 3/1 to add in the America East and Colonial tournaments.