On Tuesday night, five teams won conference tournament titles, with four qualifying for the 2023 edition of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament as a result. The one who didn’t is Northeast Conference champion Merrimack which edged tournament rep Fairleigh Dickinson, 67-66, which means the Warriors will enter their first season of tourney eligibility as the defending regular-season and conference tournament champs.
The quartet of qualifiers include a Gonzaga team that was already an NCAA lock (and a 77-51 winner over Saint Mary’s, another at-large squad) and Charleston and Oral Roberts teams that would have had a long wait had they each fallen yesterday evening.