Doyel: Reality Hits Tar Heels
While UNC players and fans knew it was coming, a season ending without March Madness was tough for UNC to swallow.

Bracket's Only Change: Geography
When the NCAA Tournament bracket is released Sunday, it will have the familiar look. The big difference will be geography.

Katz: Hit the Road, Champ
Making the NCAA Tournament is sometimes as easy as just hosting a mid-major conference tournament.

TOURNAMENT BRACKETS  SITE, DATE/WINNER America East  Boston University Terriers take home first NCAA bid since '97 ACC  Duke Devils win record 4th straight tourney title Atlantic 10  Xavier Musketeers deny upstart Spiders trip to party Atlantic Sun  Florida Atlantic Owls punch first dance ticket in school history Big East  Connecticut Brown's 30-footer clinches classic 2OT win Big Sky  Montana First stop for Grizzlies: NCAA play-in game Big South  Winthrop Eagles win fourth straight title Big Ten  Ohio State Ohio State wins its first Big Ten tourney title Big 12  Oklahoma Sooners shock top-seeded Jayhawks Big West  UC Santa Barbara Less-physical Gauchos pull off the upset Colonial Athletic  NC-Wilmington Seahawks book return to NCAA Tournament Conference USA  Cincinnati Bearcats cruise past Marquette behind Logan Horizon  Illinois-Chicago Banks' OT jumper lifts Illinois-Chicago to title Ivy League  Pennsylvania Quakers turn back Yale in playoff MAAC  Siena Archbold carries Siena with 30 points in finale Mid-American  Kent State Golden Flashes complete MAC tour de force Mid-Continent  Valparaiso Valpo wins seventh MidCon title in last eight years MEAC  Hampton Perfect? No, but Pirates are dancing Missouri Valley  Creighton Creighton doesn't fall a third time to Salukis Mountain West  San Diego State Aztecs back in dance after three wild MWC days Northeast  Central Connecticut State Blue Devils ride 19-game streak into tourney Ohio Valley  Murray State Racers knock off Tennessee Tech for ticket Pac-10  Arizona 'Cat reluctant Pac-10 tourney champs Patriot  Holy Cross Crusaders win at American to get second-straight bid SEC  Mississippi State Unheralded Bulldogs show plenty of bite Southern  Davidson Wildcats back in dance with big dreams Southland  McNeese State Cowboys end 13-year NCAA Tourney drought SWAC  Alcorn State Revenge is NCAA sweet for Braves Sun Belt  Western Kentucky Hilltoppers extend win streak to 18 West Coast  Gonzaga Dickau's 29 have Zags dancing a 4th straight year WAC  Hawaii Rainbows beat Tulsa for third time to win title