Caron Butler and UConn enter the Big East tournament on a roll.

Championship Week finally gets going for the big boys in conference tournaments that actually make money and serve more of a purpose than giving the home team a chance to move from the bottom of a league to the Big Dance.

The smaller conference tournaments become upset specials (see: Horizon, OVC and MAAC), and the best teams from these conferences end up getting snubbed. The NIT is supposed to protect these regular seaosn champions this season with the expansion to 40 teams, but the NCAA Tournament doesn't owe them any favors. And the majority of the lower profile tournaments aren't playing for multiple bids.

That's not the case this week within the nation's top 10 conference's tournaments.

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Player of the Week Greer will try to carry the Owls into the NCAAs. Lynn Greer, G, Temple Greer saved his best performance for his last regular season game as an Owl. Greer was simply sensational in Sunday's double-overtime win over Saint Joseph's. He made a 3-pointer to force an overtime and then made a three-point play with a corner jumper to win the game. Greer scored 36 points, making 9 of 10 free throws, grabbing seven rebounds and playing all 50 minutes. Earlier in the week, Greer scored 31 points in a overtime win at Dayton. He was 9 of 9 from the free-throw line, playing all 45 minutes. Temple has won five straight, nine of 10 and is the most feared team in the A-10 tournament (not Xavier). Past players of the week Top Five Marcus Taylor, Michigan State: He scored 32 and 34 points to move past five players and win the Big Ten scoring title. He shot 61 percent (20 of 38) for the week and 67 percent on 3s (8 of 12). He averaged 33 points and six assists to lead the Spartans to their fifth straight win and close out the regular season as the Big Ten's No. 5 seed. Hollis Price, Oklahoma: He averaged 23.5 points, five rebounds and four steals in two wins last week for the Sooners. The wins over Iowa State and at Colorado helped lock in the Sooners as a candidate for a No. 1 seed. Price continues to be the leader on this team and makes them a strong national contender. His point totals last week gave him nine 20-or more point games. Juan Dixon, Maryland: In his final game at home, the final game at Cole Field House, Dixon scored 23 points to help lead the Terps over Virginia. He scored 25 in 27 minutes earlier in the week to beat Florida State. Dixon continued to be the master of consistency for the Terps and his leadership should prove vital in the Terps' Final Four run. Casey Jacobsen, Stanford: Jacobsen won the Pac-10 scoring title with an average of 22.2 points a game. He scored 29 points in a win at Arizona State Saturday to help lead the Cardinal to a sweep of the Arizona schools. He was shut down two days earlier, scoring only six points at Arizona, but he still had seven assists to contribute in another fashion. Jacobsen continues to show tremendous leadership for a team that was facing some must win games on the road after getting swept at home by the L.A. schools. Nick Collison, Kansas: He scored a career-high 28 points at Missouri Sunday to lead the Jayhawks to the victory. Collison's numbers mean the Jayhawks have three legit big-time scorers with Drew Gooden and Kirk Hinrich. Collison had struggled at times putting up monster numbers but Sunday he proved that he should be forgotten about just yet. Team of the Week Oregon The Ducks pulled what seemed like the impossible by sweeping the L.A. schools on the road last week. Oregon showed true grit in surviving the overtime victory at USC to win a share of the Pac-10 title. The win over UCLA at Pauley Pavilion, the first since 1984 (which was also the last time they swept the Bruins), gave the Ducks their first outright Pac-10 title since 1939. Oregon coach Ernie Kent probably locked up the Pac-10 coach of the year award and the trio of Luke Ridnour, Luke Jackson and Fred Jones were the most consistent threesome of any team in the league this season. Oregon had troubles early, losing to Portland on the road, at UMass and at Minnesota, but Kent kept this team together and it matured into one of the best teams in the country. Oregon was undefeated at home and went a very respectable 6-7 away from MAC court. Past teams of the week

Rising on the Bubble	Falling on the Bubble
Louisville: The 'Ville played its way onto the bubble with wins over Cincinnati and Charlotte last weekend. The Cardinals have three wins in 10 games against the top 50. But the 11 overall losses doesn't help their case and neither does a Conference USA bracket that includes Marquette and Memphis before a potential final against host Cincinnati.	Minnesota: The Gophers are the quintessential bubble team. The Gophers are 16-11, 9-7 in an average Big Ten that in a normal season would equal a bid. A 4-8 record against the top 50 raises their stock but a 3-8 road record brings it back to Earth. A rematch with Illinois in the Big Ten quarterfinals doesn't bode well for the Gophers.
Memphis The Tigers will certainly test the committee's trust in the RPI with their No. 60 rating Sunday. The Tigers played Cincinnati to an overtime loss but lacks a win in five games against the top 50. A 6-4 road record helps the cause and so, too, do 21 Division I wins. And don't be surprised if getting Dajaun Wagner in the tournament doesn't carry a bit of cachet.	St. John's The Johnnies could have made life easier for themselves with a win over Villanova on Sunday, but it didn't happen and the Red Storm dropped to 3-8 on the road. St. John's still has a 7-5 record against the top 50 and an RPI at 31 as of Sunday night, meaning the Red Storm should make the cut. But they'll have to get by Seton Hall and Notre Dame to get to 21 wins and a potential semifinal date with Connecticut.
Wyoming The Cowboys won the Mountain West regular season title, swept Utah but the RPI of 55 doesn't do the Pokes any favors. The selection committee has been known to leap frog teams and taking Utah over Wyoming wouldn't be out of the question with the Utes No. 21 RPI if Wyoming doesn't win the conference tournament.	Butler The Bulldogs have 25 wins and a victory over Indiana -- but six losses, all against teams from the Horizon League put the Bulldogs squarely on the bubble. A 15-4 record away from home helps their case but the selection committee has to commit to two teams from the 17th rated conference. The committee might have to invoke the subjective rule and simply say this team is good enough to be in the tournament regardless of a No. 74 RPI.
Tulsa The Golden Hurricane got a piece of the WAC regular season title, 23 wins and an RPI of 33, but still don't have a quality win. The Golden Hurricane were 0 and 4 against the top 50 and got 11 wins against teams from 200 and below on the RPI. Tulsa might need to get to the WAC final, especially at home, to have a chance for a bid.	Syracuse The 'Cuse played its way onto the bubble with a loss to Boston College Sunday. The Orangemen have an average RPI of 51, lost three straight games, four home games and are 7-6 away from home. The 4-5 mark against the top 50 helps and so too does history. Every eligible Big East team with 20 or more wins has received an NCAA berth.
Virginia The Cavaliers helped their cause with a win over Duke earlier in the week but was brought back to reality with a road loss at Maryland in the final game at Cole Field House. The Cavs are on the fringe with an RPI of 42 and have two wins in nine games against the top 50. But have won three of their last 11 games entering an ACC tourney game against N.C. State.	Charlotte The 49ers could have helped their case with a win over Louisville but the buzzer beat them in regulation. The 49ers have an RPI at No. 37 but they whiffed in five tries against the top 25 and picked up one win in seven games against the top 50. The 49ers didn't get any favors in the Conference USA tournament, put in the same half of the bracket as the host Bearcats.

Andy Katz is a senior writer at ESPN.com. His Weekly Watch, a look back at the week and a preview of the week ahead, runs every Monday.