The conference championship games are set...
ASC -- #4 Texas Lutheran (10, 27-1) vs. #14 Hardin-Simmons (16, 24-4)
Capital -- Catholic (43, 28-0) vs. Marymount (138, 18-10)
Centennial -- #21 Ursinus (32, 24-4) vs. Dickinson (45, 22-6)
CUNY -- Staten Island (117, 20-8) vs. Baruch (238, 14-15)
CCIW -- #16 Martin Luther (26, 24-4) vs. Illinois Wesleyan (41, 25-3)
Coast -- Wentworth (62, 24-4) vs. Salve Regina (166, 18-10)
Commonwealth -- #2 Susquehanna (3, 27-1) vs. #11 Penn St. Altoona (8, 25-3)
Empire -- Medaille (99, 20-9) vs. St. John Fisher (124, 16-13)
Freedom -- Drew (84, 22-6) vs. Lake Erie (113, 19-9)
Great NE -- #1 Johnson and Wales (1, 26-2) vs. #7 Emmanuel (2, 24-4)
Heartland -- #15 Defiance (22, 26-2) vs. #22 Transylvania (37, 23-5)
Iowa -- Buena Vista (38, 22-6) vs. Simpson (54, 25-3)
Little East -- #8 UMass Dartmouth (9, 26-2) vs. Bridgewater St (82, 24-4)
Michigan -- #18 Calvin (23, 23-5) vs. Olivet (133, 18-11)
Midwest -- Beloit (64, 22-6) vs. Lake Forest (163, 16-13)
Minnesota -- Concordia Moorhead (147, 18-11) vs. St. John's (162, 17-12)
NESCAC -- #19 Bates (21, 24-4) vs. Connecticut (42, 22-6)
New Jersey -- Rutgers at Newark (69, 24-4) vs. Kean (98, 18-10)
N. Atlantic -- Thomas (100, 24-4) vs. Johnson St. (102, 24-4)
NCAC -- Wittenberg (36, 20-8) vs. Wabash (40, 23-6)
Northwest -- #25 Whitworth (30, 21-7) vs. Willamette (33, 20-8)
Ohio -- John Carroll (68, 23-5) vs. Otterbein (85, 20-8)
ODAC -- Lynchburg (44, 24-4) vs. Emory and Henry (106, 21-7)
Penn -- Babson (120, 17-11) vs. Springfield (129, 22-6)
Skyline -- #3 US Merchant Marines (7, 26-2) vs. Old Westbury (53, 22-6)
So. Cal -- #9 Whittier (11, 25-3) vs. #12 CSU Eastbay (13, 25-3)
St. Louis -- Webster (46, 21-7) vs. Westminster (MO) (157, 15-14)
SUNY -- Brockport (86, 22-6) vs. US Coast Guard (119, 21-8)
University -- #6 Ozarks (6, 25-3) vs. Emory (28, 22-6)
Upstate -- New York (88, 19-9) vs. Case Western Reserve (95, 22-7)
USA South -- #5 North Carolina Wesleyan (5, 24-4) vs. Greensboro (25, 20-8)
Wisconsin -- #23 Wisconsin Superior (39, 26-2) vs. Concordia (WI) (50, 21-7)
LAST-IN PROJECTION -- There are 10 conferences whose tournament champions will likely be ranked 65+ in the projection report, bumping the break line to 54. This move creates two more conferences where the champion will steal a tournament spot from another at-large, moving the cut to 52. There are currently seven conferences then that feature championship games where one of the two teams is ranked 52+ on the current projection report, meaning that based on the outcome they, too, might steal a spot in the national tournament field from another at-large. Therefore, I project that all teams ranked 45 or lower in tonight's projection report should be in the national tournament field. Those ranked 46-52 are at risk currently. Those ranked 53+ can sit by the phone and join me in waiting for a call from the PIT selection committee.