Men’s conference tournament finals tend to be lost in the Selection Sunday sauce, but this year’s grand finales — and the 21 top seeds who were left hoping for an at-large natty bid — were too wild to ignore.

Let’s break down some Selection Sunday stats.

As legendary Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo said, the regular-season slate is wiped clean when single-elimination conference tournaments begin — and this week served as a perfect reminder of that as last night’s shocking scores set up some unexpected matchups today.

The list of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Award — one of college hoops’ most prestigious MVP awards — dropped yesterday. The stand-outs? The only underclassmen: Three freshmen guards who already led their squads to conference tourney titles.

The 2023-24 NCAA women’s basketball season was one for the books, and it’s not even over yet. Leading up to March Madness, women’s collegiate conference tournaments shattered records across the board, with the Big Ten and SEC tournaments drawing viewership in the millions.

As of today, nearly all of the 32 conference tournaments are underway, with automatic March Madness bids and a whole lotta confetti awaiting the winners.

Eight women’s squads booked March Madness tickets in this weekend’s jaw-dropping conference tourney finals, even as injuries continued piling up.

As you heard on yesterday’s episode of The GIST of It, conference tournament tension will reach a fever pitch as squads scramble for automatic bids to March Madness this weekend. A whopping 32 conferences are currently duking it out, but three in particular are must-see TV.

The regular season wraps up tomorrow, and while some squads have already secured conference titles, others are still fighting for their crowns — and top seeding in next week’s conference tourneys.

The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted 13-2 to unionize yesterday, taking a first step toward recognized university employment in a jarring rebuke of the NCAA’s long-suffering amateurism model.

Canadian billionaire Larry Tanenbaum is reportedly working to bring a WNBA franchise to Toronto after previous efforts stalled last year. Tanenbaum is chairman of the Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) sports group — owner of Toronto’s NHL, NBA, and MLS franchises — and is hoping to add women’s basketball to his sports portfolio.

Financial services company Ally — a women’s sports sponsorship heavy-hitter — inked a multiyear deal with the two-time WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces yesterday, marking the brand’s first foray into the league.