Some years, we undervalue Champ Week because conference tournaments do not always create waves in the NCAA tournament field. In other years, the conference tournaments serve as the final slabs of wet cement on a sidewalk that leads to Selection Sunday.
This week's slate feels like the latter. So much still written in pencil. So many questions remain.
Will Michigan State earn a top seed? Which team(s) will represent the West Coast Conference? Will the ACC lock up two top seeds? Will the American Athletic Conference get off the bubble?
This week's conference tournaments will answer these questions.