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Ohio Valley will give out first auto-bid on Saturday

It was a crazy Friday in college hoops. Between Austin Peay going back and forth with Belmont, Indiana State upsetting Illinois State, Monmouth struggling with Rider, Gardner-Webb upsetting top-seeded Coastal Carolina and Drexel knocking off Elon, the unexpected results are just beginning.

And now on Saturday night the first auto-bid will be given out in the Ohio Valley, as 8-seeded Austin Peay will take the floor against UT Martin.

Ohio Valley (Championship)

No. 8 Austin Peay vs. No. 2 UT Martin (in Nashville) 6 p.m. ET on ESPN2

The Governors have won five straight games, including their last three in the postseason tournament, and will look to be the first cinderella to make the Big Dance.