This brings to a close our series highlighting teams celebrating their conference championships, and like most televised entertainment, it comes to a somewhat anticlimactic end. Sure, FSU won the ACC for the first time ever, and Vanderbilt won the SEC tournament for the first time since 1951 (though there were…

The past ten years have been mostly forgettable for St. Bonaventure, the tenure's nadir being a 2-26 season in 2005 that came in the wake of scandal and suicide. Last season's 16-15 record was the first time the Bonnies finished above .500 since 2002, and their last NCAA appearance was in 2000.

These truly are special times for the basketball-loving Land of Enchantment, with the Lobos running off with a Mountain West tourney win and now the Aggies from Las Cruces joining the party after their Saturday Night Special 82-57 drubbing of Louisiana Tech. [ESPN2]

The Long Beach State 49ers played five teams in the RPI's top 25 this season in their out-of-conference schedule. They lost all of them, sure, but at least in this instance the burnishing of losses to quality teams prepared Dan Monson's squad for the tangled mayhem of Big West rivalries.

Maybe this is what we deserve, or what the Big East deserves, though the clefts in its foundation are not of its doing, mostly.

Congratulations to the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils, who in beating Texas Southern 71-69 won the SWAC tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPNU]

Congratulations to the Ohio Bobcats, who in beating Akron 64-63 won the MAC tournament and punched their ticket to the dance.

Congratulations to the New Mexico Lobos, who in beating San Diego State 68-59 won the Mountain West tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [NBC Sports]

Congratulations to the Missouri Tigers, who in beating Baylor 90-75 won the Big 12 tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN]

Congratulations to the Colorado Buffaloes, who in beating Arizona 53-51 won the PAC-12 tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [CBS]