Champ Week

Sunday’s Bid Thieves: Northern Iowa, Queens Punch NCAA Tournament Tickets as Lower Seeds

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Champ Week Sunday scoreboard showing Northern Iowa 84-69 over UIC as 6-seed in MVC championship, Queens 98-93 OT over Central Arkansas in ASUN, Boston University 73-72 buzzer beater over Navy in Patriot League. Key stats: Campbell 23 pts, Ashby 34 pts with 10 threes, Gladden 26 pts with 40-foot game winner.

Four Games, Three Bid Thieves, and a Buzzer Beater Sunday delivered exactly the kind of conference tournament chaos that contrarian bettors live for. Three more automatic bids were punched for the 2026 NCAA Tournament, and two of them went to lower seeds who had no business winning according to the betting market. A third game … Read more

Champ Week Bid Thieves: Which Conference Tournaments Produce the Most Upsets?

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Infographic comparing chaos vs chalk conference tournaments. ACC average champion seed 5.2 (highest), MAAC 4.6, Sun Belt 3.6, CAA 3.2 vs WCC 1.4, Ivy 1.4, America East 1.6, Southland 1.8. Five bid thieves in 2024. 51 of 63 tournaments in 2023-2025 won by top-2 seeds.

Champ Week Is Here. Not All Tournaments Are Created Equal. Conference tournament season tipped off this week with 31 leagues fighting for automatic bids to the 2026 NCAA Tournament. Selection Sunday is March 15. Between now and then, every game matters, and the betting market treats most of these tournaments the same way: favor the … Read more