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We would like to congratulate the following teams that have clinched auto bids as of yesterday:

America East: Binghamton (defeated Maine 7-3)
Atlantic Sun: Lipscomb (defeated North Alabama 5-4 in 10 innings)
Big 12: Kansas (defeated West Virginia 9-0)
Horizon: Milwaukee (defeated Wright State 5-4)
Ivy: Yale (already clinched)
Metro Atlantic: Rider (defeated Fairfield 6-1)
MAC: Northern Illinois (defeated Toledo 5-1)
Patriot: Holy Cross (already clinched)
Southern: The Citadel (defeated Samford 3-1)
Southland: Lamar (already clinched)
Summit: South Dakota State (defeated Oral Roberts 9-6)
West Coast: Saint Mary’s (defeated San Francisco 7-6)
WAC: Tarleton (defeated Sacramento State 12-11)

And here are the other conferences to be determined today:

AMERICAN (12:00 PM, ESPNEWS)

UTSA defeated East Carolina 4-2 in the winners’ bracket; ECU defeated Wichita State 13-3 to advance to the winner-take-all championship game.

ACC (12:00 PM, ESPN2)

Pittsburgh’s Cinderella run for an auto bid ended with a 13-5 loss to North Carolina; they will take on Georgia Tech who defeated Miami 9-3.

ATLANTIC 10 (12:00 PM, ESPN+)

Today’s championship game is necessary since VCU defeated Rhode Island 18-16 to stave off elimination.

BIG EAST (9:00 AM, ESPN+)

St. John’s scored 11 runs in the 3rd and 4th innings en route to a 17-6 victory over Xavier; Creighton would eliminate the Musketeers in the nightcap with a 7-4 victory. St. John’s can clinch with one victory in the morning game; a 2nd game would start at approximately 12 PM should Creighton win the morning game.

BIG SOUTH (12:00 PM, ESPN+)

Longwood advanced to the title game against USC-Upstate with a win over Winthrop in the baseball Winwood Cup and then eliminated top-seeded High Point to advance to the championship. Upstate needs one win to clinch the auto bid; Longwood would need 2 wins to go dancing.

B1G (12:00 PM, Big 10 Network)

Top-ranked UCLA defeated USC 7-5 in the opener while Oregon beat Nebraska 8-0 in a de facto road game to advance to this afternoon’s championship game.

BIG WEST (3 PM, ESPN+)

UC-San Diego defeated Cal Poly 12-2 via mercy rule in 8 innings to force a winner-take-all championship game today.

COASTAL (1 PM, FloSports)

Northeastern won a pair of games to force a winner-take-all game; they defeated Hofstra 5-4 and then beat Campbell 7-4 in the championship round to force today’s game.

CONFERENCE USA (approx. 12 PM, CBS Sports Network)

Jacksonville State defeated Dallas Baptist 6-5 in the opener; this likely means DBU will miss the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013 (excluding the 2020 Covid season). Liberty leads Missouri State 6-4 in the bottom of the 6th inning before lightning suspended play for the night. That game will resume at 10 AM this morning before this afternoon’s winner-take-all championship game.

MISSOURI VALLEY (2:00 PM, ESPN+)

Illinois-Chicago advanced to the title game with a 6-0 win over Murray State; the Racers advanced from the losers’ bracket with a 9-7 win over Southern Illinois. Should a second game be necessary with a Murray State win, that game would begin at approximately 5:30 PM today.

MOUNTAIN WEST (3:00 PM, Moutain West Network)

Washington State advanced to the title game with a 14-9 victory over top seeded San Diego State; the Aztecs advanced to the title game with an 11-8 victory over Air Force in the nightcap. Wazzu needs one win for the auto bid; San Diego State can force a winner-take-all game at approximately 6 PM with a win this afternoon.

NEC (11 AM, ESPN+)

With Long Island already in the title game, Fairleigh Dickinson beat Wagner 11-10 to advance to today’s championship round. Long Island needs one win for the auto bid; a second winner-take-all game would start at 2:30 PM should FDU win in the morning game.

OHIO VALLEY (1 PM, ESPN+)

The Little Roccos made today’s game necessary with a win against top-seeded SIU-E in the losers’ bracket along with a 3-2 win in 10 innings against Eastern Illinois in the first leg of the championship round.

SEC (2:00 PM, ABC)

Both Georgia and Arkansas won to advance to today’s title game; this all but assures that the Razorbacks will likely be one of the 16 host sites in the NCAA Tournament now.

SUN BELT (SEMIFINAL 10 AM ESPN+/CHAMPIONSHIP 2 PM ESPN+)

Louisiana advanced to the winner-take-all championship game the hard way with 12-6 and 7-4 wins against Texas State; they await the second semifinal between Troy and Southern Miss after the Trojans defeated USM 9-6 that forced the winner-take-all semifinal in the top bracket. The Sun Belt will be assured of 3 bids with Southern Miss and Coastal Carolina safely in the field at this point.

SWAC (2:00 PM, SWAC TV)

Alabama State and Florida A&M both won yesterday to advance to today’s winner-take-all championship game in Birmingham.

The number of auto bids will start to really crank up today; here’s a summary of where things stand after last night’s games:

AMERICA EAST (CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND) – ESPN+

Binghamton clinched the first spot in the championship game with a win over Maine and are one win away from the America East title. Maine survived with a win against UMBC and must win twice today if they are to win the title.

AMERICAN (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

UTSA and East Carolina will square off in the first game today to determine the first spot in the winner-take-all championship game tomorrow. The loser will take on the winner of the UAB/Wichita State elimination game; both elimination games will take place later this afternoon.

ACC (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ACC Network

Pitt continues to be the story of this tournament; they had a late comeback to defeat Florida State 8-6 last night. They will play North Carolina today while Georgia Tech takes on Miami in the first semifinal game.

ATLANTIC SUN (CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND) – ESPN+

Lipscomb outlasted North Alabama with a 4-3 victory in 14 innings; they await the winner of this morning’s North Alabama-Florida Gulf Coast winner in the championship game(s) this afternoon. Either the Lions or the Eagles would have to win 3 games today to end up as the A-Sun champion.

ATLANTIC 10 (CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND) – ESPN+

The festivities began with VCU surviving against Richmond in the completion of Thursday’s suspended game. George Mason eliminated Richmond in the losers’ bracket before they themselves lost to top-seeded Saint Joe’s in the next elimination round. With Rhode Island beating VCU to earn a spot into the championship round, VCU will play Saint Joe’s for the second spot into the championship game.

BIG EAST (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

Mother Nature wiped out the St. John’s/Xavier game yesterday; that has been rescheduled for a 2 PM start today. The winner advances to the championship tomorrow; the loser will play Creighton no earlier than 6 PM earlier today to clinch the second spot in the Big East Championship Round.

BIG SOUTH (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

The first semifinal will pit High Point against USC-Upstate at 9 AM this morning. In the loser’s bracket, we get the Winwood Cup between Winthrop and Longwood at approximately 1 PM. The winner there will play the High Point/Upstate loser at approximately 5 PM for the second spot in the Big South championship round.

B1G (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – B1G Network

3 of the 4 scheduled quarterfinal games were completed yesterday; top-ranked UCLA had to come back in the late innings to defeat Purdue (and effectively eliminating all the legacy Big 10 teams) to advance to the semifinal round. USC and Nebraska also won; the quarterfinal round will be done when Oregon and Washington play each other at 11 AM this morning. The semifinal games will begin no sooner than 3 PM.

BIG TWELVE (CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND) – ESPN2

While chalk has held, we still get a Kansas/West Virginia matchup in the title game that no one would have seen coming at the beginning of the year.

BIG WEST (SEMIFINAL AND CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS) – ESPN+

Cal Poly beat top-seeded UC-Santa Barbara 4-2 to advance to the Big West championship. The Gauchos will need to beat UC-San Diego if they are to advance to the championship round. Cal Poly can wrap up the title with a win tonight; the UCSB/UCSD winner would need to force a winner-take-all game tomorrow if they are to win the Big West.

COASTAL (SEMIFINAL AND CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS) – FloSports

Campbell and Hofstra will square off in the winner’s bracket for the first spot into the championship round. The loser of that game will play Northeastern for the second spot into the championship. The Campbell/Hofstra winner can wrap up the title tonight with a win, but a winner-take-all game would be played tomorrow if necessary.

CONFERENCE USA (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

Jacksonville State, Liberty and Missouri State each won their respective pools with 2-0 records and will advance to the single-elimination semifinals today. Dallas Baptist will be the #4 seed by virtue of being the best 1-1 team in pool play.

HORIZON LEAGUE (SEMIFINAL AND CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND) – ESPN+

Milwaukee upset top-seeded Wright State with a rain-soaked 2-1 win in the morning before rain postponed a scheduled elimination game between Wright State and Oakland. The winner will play Milwaukee in the championship round; game times have yet to be announced.

METRO ATLANTIC (CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND) – ESPN+

Rider defeated Fairfield to advance to the championship and are 1 win away from the MAAC auto bid. Fairfield eliminated Niagara in the nightcap and will need to beat Rider twice if they are to win the auto bid.

MID AMERICAN (SEMIFINAL AND CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS) – ESPN+

Kent State survived two games in the elimination bracket with wins over Mother Miami and Western Michigan; they need to beat Toledo to advance to the championship round while fighting to avoid potentially needing an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Waiting in the wings is Northern Illinois; the Huskies are already in the championship round with their win over Toledo earlier in the day.

MISSOURI VALLEY (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

Illinois-Chicago and Murray State will play at noon for the first spot into the championship game; the loser will play the winner of the Indiana State/Southern Illinois elimination game later in the evening.

MOUNTAIN WEST (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – Mountain West Network

San Diego State and Washington State won their opening games to advance to the semifinal round; the winner advances to the championship round while the loser plays the winner of the Air Force/New Mexico elimination game in the nightcap.

NEC (SEMIFINAL AND CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS) – ESPN+

With Le Moyne having been eliminated, the auto bid will be up for grabs in the championship round today. Long Island defeated Fairleigh Dickinson to clinch the first spot in the championship. FDU will play Wagner in an elimination game this morning to determine the second spot in the championship game to be played later today. If a second championship game is needed, that will be played tomorrow.

OHIO VALLEY (SEMIFINAL AND CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS) – ESPN+

Eastern Illinois outlasted SIU-Edwardsville 3-2 in 10 innings to advance to the championship round. SIUE will play Little Rock in an elimination game in the morning to see who clinches the spot into the championship game round. Should a second championship game be necessary, that will be played tomorrow.

SEC (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – SEC Network

Both teams from the state of Texas were one-and-done in Birmingham; Arkansas and Auburn both won to advance to the semifinals where they will play each other in today’s second game. Georgia and Florida will face off in the first semifinal game.

SOUTHERN (CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND) – ESPNU

The Citadel and Samford advanced to tonight’s winner-take-all game in the SoCon; this means that a bid thief will now emerge with the auto bid. Mercer will be sweating through Selection Monday in the hopes that their bid won’t be the one that’s stolen.

SOUTHLAND

Lamar will make their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 16 years after defeating McNeese 2-1 to clinch the auto bid for the Southland conference.

SUMMIT LEAGUE (CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND) – Summit League Network

Oral Roberts defeated Northern Colorado in the losers’ bracket yesterday to advance to the championship series this afternoon. ORU would need two wins to win the auto bid, but South Dakota State needs only one more win to claim the Summit League crown.

SUN BELT (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

In the top bracket, Southern Miss will play the winner of the Troy/South Alabama game for a spot in tomorrow’s winner-take-all championship game. In the bottom bracket, Texas State needs one win against Louisiana (who would need two wins against TSU) to advance to the championship tomorrow. Texas State is on the bubble for an at-large, so there are definitely higher stakes for them this weekend while Southern Miss and Coastal Carolina (already eliminated) are safely in the NCAA Tournament field.

SWAC (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – SWAC TV

In the top bracket, Alabama State will play the winner of the Arkansas-Pine Bluff/Bethune-Cookman elimination game and needs one more win to advance to the winner-take-all SWAC championship game. In the bottom bracket, Florida A&M will play Southern in the semifinals; FAMU needs one win to advance while Southern needs two wins to advance to the championship game.

WEST COAST (CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND) – ESPNU

Saint Mary’s defeated Pacific to clinch the first spot in the championship round; they will take on San Francisco who eliminated Pacific from the tournament. The Gaels need one win for the auto bid; USF would need two wins to clinch the auto bid. Game 1 will be on ESPNU, but should a second game be needed, that game will be on ESPN+.

WAC (CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND) – ESPN+

Tarleton defeated California Baptist 5-3 to advance to the championship round; Sacramento State won two elimination games against Utah Tech and California Baptist to advance to the championship. Tarleton needs one win for the auto bid; Sacramento State needs two wins in what will be the final event hosted by the WAC.

Despite Mother Nature bringing a deluge to parts of the country, action is starting to heat up in advance of Selection Monday:

AMERICA EAST (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

Binghamton and Maine advanced to the semifinal round; UMBC defeated UMass-Lowell to advance in the losers’ bracket and will play the loser of Binghamton/Maine to advance to the conference championship on Saturday.

AMERICAN (QUARTERFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

Both Rice and Memphis advanced to the quarterfinals; UAB and Wichita State will play the losers of the morning games in the losers’ bracket portion of the quarterfinals later this afternoon/evening.

ACC (QUARTERFINAL ROUND) – ACC Network

The top half of the ACC Bracket took the field yesterday; Georgia Tech began their quest for the #1 overall seed with a 16-10 win over Virginia and the Miami Hurricanes defeated Boston College to advance to the semis tomorrow.

ATLANTIC SUN (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

North Alabama upset top seeded North Florida to advance to the semifinals; they will take on Lipscomb after the Bisons defeated Florida Gulf Coast. Both North Florida and FGCU potentially need to win 2 games to advance to the conference championship out of the losers’ bracket.

ATLANTIC 10 (MULTIPLE ROUNDS) – ESPN+

The Puppet may get a quintuple header in the A-10 today; following George Mason’s win over Davidson to advance in the loser’s bracket, Rhode Island’s defeated top-seeded Saint Joe’s to advance to the semifinal round. VCU was leading Richmond 4-1 in the 6th inning before play was suspended. George Mason will play the loser of VCU/Richmond and the winner of that game will play Saint Joe’s to advance in the loser’s bracket. Rhode Island will play the winner of VCU/Richmond around 2:30 PM this afternoon.

BIG EAST (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

The Big East got underway with both St. John’s and Xavier winning their opening round games to advance to the semifinals; that game will be played at 9 AM this morning as they try to get ahead of the rain that is forecast to last throughout the afternoon and evening. The loser of that game will play Creighton on Saturday; the Bluejays eliminated UConn in the nightcap last night.

UPDATE: Game has been postponed to tomorrow. They will now reschedule for tomorrow along with the subsequent elimination game; game times TBD.

BIG SOUTH (MULTIPLE ROUNDS) – ESPN+

USC-Upstate defeated Winthrop to advance to the semifinals; High Point led Charleston 3-2 in the top of the 2nd before play was suspended. While the winner will play Upstate in the semifinals, Longwood won yesterday to advance in the losers’ bracket and will play the lower seed of either Winthrop or Charleston Southern in the next round of the losers’ bracket.

B1G (QUARTERFINAL ROUND) – B1G Network

Purdue and Michigan won their games last night to clinch the final 2 spots in the single-elimination 8-team bracket in Omaha. Washington (#11) and Michigan State (#12) were the only lower-seeded teams that already advanced to the quarterfinals; all 4 games are scheduled for today.

BIG 12 (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

Oklahoma State was the only lower seeded team to advance to the semifinals; they will face Kansas in the first semifinal game today. West Virginia will play Arizona State in the nightcap.

BIG WEST (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

UC-Santa Barbara and Cal Poly advanced to the semifinal round with wins yesterday; Cal State-Fullerton and UC-San Diego will play each other in the losers’ bracket and will play the loser of UCSB/Cal Poly to try to advance to the Big West championship round.

CAA (MULTIPLE ROUNDS) – FloSports

Campbell and Hofstra won yesterday’s games to advance to the semifinals; Monmouth eliminated Charleston and will play UNC-Wilmington in the loser’s bracket. The winner of that game will play Northeastern to advance to the semifinal round out of the losers’ bracket.

CONFERENCE USA (POOL PLAY) – ESPN+

Sam Houston failed to sweep their pool; their -5 run differential makes it very unlikely that they will advance any further. Jacksonville State will play Western Kentucky in Pool A and Missouri State will play Dallas Baptist in Pool C with both winners advancing to the single elimination semifinal round. Liberty is in the driver’s seat in Pool B and can advance with a win over Louisiana Tech today. Whichever 1-1 team wins the tiebreaker will be the fourth team to advance to the semifinals.

HORIZON LEAGUE (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

Wright State edged Oakland and Milwaukee blew out NKU to advance to the semifinal round; Oakland beat NKU in the loser’s bracket and will play the WSU/Milwaukee loser later this afternoon (weather permitting).

METRO ATLANTIC (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

Rider and Fairfield advanced to the semifinals in the winner’s bracket; Marist has survived two games in the losers’ bracket and now has to play Niagara with the winner of that game playing the Rider/Fairfield loser in the second semifinal.

MAC (MULTIPLE ROUNDS) – ESPN+

Both Northern Illinois and Toledo pulled off upsets to advance to the semifinal round; this relegated the top seeds Mother Miami and Kent State down to the losers’ bracket. Both teams play at 10 AM today in what is essentially an NCAA Tournament elimination game. The winner will play Western Michigan right after that game.

MISSOURI VALLEY (MULTIPLE ROUNDS) – ESPN+

Illinois-Chicago advanced via mercy rule to the semifinal round and will play Murray State at noon today. The loser will play the winner of the Indiana State/Southern Illinois game in the losers’ bracket.

MOUNTAIN WEST (2ND ROUND) – Mountain West Network

Air Force and New Mexico won their tournament openers yesterday; they both advance to the 4-team double elimination bracket and will take on San Diego State and Washington State today.

NEC (MULTIPLE ROUNDS) – ESPN+

Long Island and Fairleigh Dickinson won their opening round games; both teams will play for the first spot in the NEC Championship Round. Le Moyne will play Wagner in the first game in the losers’ bracket.

OHIO VALLEY (MULTIPLE ROUNDS) – ESPN+

Both the top 2 seeds SIU-Edwardsville and Eastern Illinois advanced to the semifinals; the winner will advance to the championship round on Saturday. Southern Indiana and Little Rock both won in the losers’ bracket and will play each other in today’s first game. The winner will play the SIUE/EIU loser in today’s nightcap.

SEC (QUARTERFINAL ROUND) – SEC Network

Georgia and Florida won the first two SEC quarterfinal games and will play each other tomorrow in the semifinals. Today, Texas and Texas A&M each play their openers against Arkansas and Auburn, respectively.

SOUTHERN (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

In the top bracket, The Citadel continued their possible Cinderella run and beat top-seeded Mercer to advance to today’s semifinal round. Mercer survived against Wofford and must beat Citadel twice to advance to tomorrow’s championship game. Samford beat second-seeded Western Carolina and only needs to beat the Catamounts one more time to advance to the single elimination championship game to be played tomorrow.

SOUTHLAND (CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND) – ESPN+

Lamar defeated McNeese 9-3 in Game 1 of the best-of-3 championship series; the Cardinals can wrap up an auto bid with a win today.

SUMMIT (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – Summit Sports Network

South Dakota State defeated Northern Colorado to advance to the championship round to be played tomorrow. Top seed Oral Roberts staved off elimination with a 9-0 win against Omaha; they will play Northern Colorado for the right to play South Dakota State in the championship on Saturday.

SUN BELT (MULTIPLE ROUNDS) – ESPN+

Texas State defeated Louisiana to advance to the semifinals; they will get a day to rest as there are 3 other games to be played today. Southern Miss and Troy will play for a semifinal spot in the top bracket; the loser will play South Alabama for another semifinal spot. In the bottom bracket, Coastal Carolina (a likely at-large NCAA Tournament team) will play Louisiana for a spot in the semifinal round.

SWAC (MULTIPLE ROUNDS) – SWAC TV

Weather is also dragging out the schedule in SWAC play; the Pine Bluff-Alabama State quarterfinal game will be played at 10 AM (Eastern Time). The loser will play Bethune-Cookman in the top half of the losers’ bracket. Florida A&M beat Southern to advance to the semifinals; they will play the winner of the Southern/Texas Southern game in the bottom half of the bracket at around 7 PM tonight.

WEST COAST (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

Saint Mary’s and Pacific advanced to the semifinal round; top seeded Gonzaga will play San Francisco in the losers’ bracket. This likely means Gonzaga will now need the auto bid to be assured of qualifying for the NCAA Tournament.

WAC (SEMIFINAL ROUND) – ESPN+

The game of the day was California Baptist beating Utah Tech in a 10-7 game that lasted 14 innings; the Lancers will play Tarleton for the first spot into the WAC Championship. Utah Tech did survive in one elimination game against Abilene Christian; they will have to beat Sacramento State and the loser of the Cal Baptist/Utah Tech game if they wish to advance to the WAC Championship game.