
The final week of the regular season for power conferences is finally upon us, which means it’s nearly time to start handing out some automatic bids to the NCAA tournament. Before that, the Big Ten and Big 12 need to crown regular-season champions, Notre Dame and South Carolina must grapple over the final No. 1 seed and bubble teams will have one last chance to make their mark before entering the postseason.
Here’s what to watch in the coming days before conference tournaments tip off: