Step One Begins Tonight

The conference tournaments start tonight with the Horizon, Ohio Valley, and Big South conference tournaments tipping off. In the Horizon I look for Butler to run through and win the automatic bid; not that they need it. In the Ohio Valley this is Murray State's to lose. I think they'll meet up with Kenneth Faried and his Morehead State buddies in the finals but the Racers get the win. The Big South is wide open. Coastal Carolina has the one seed while Radford and Winthorp are tied for second. I see Coastal Carolina getting upset while Radford ends up getting the auto-bid and we get to cheer for Artisom Parkaruskishfskahski, their stiff 7-1 center, as a 15 seed.