Thus begins the best month of the entire sports calendar. We have two teams locked into the NCAA Tournament field and by Sunday we’ll have all 68 schools settled on the 2022 bracket. I’m giddy with excitement. Let’s talk Memphis, one-seeds, Longwood and Murray State, Loyola-Chicago and the Champ Week schedule.
Conference Champs
The first three conference tournament championships finished up this weekend. From the Ohio Valley Conference, Kentucky-based foes Morehead State and Murray State squared off on Saturday night just across the border in Evansville, Indiana.
Murray led for most of the game but Morehead stayed neck-and-neck down the stretch.