conference tournament
League playoff competition
A conference tournament is a championship competition held at the end of a regular season among teams from the same athletic conference.
Common in American college sports, especially basketball, these tournaments determine conference champions and often affect postseason eligibility: Their conference tournament win earned them an automatic bid to March Madness.
The format typically involves single-elimination play over several days.
- bracketSupport or category
- championshipCompetition for top rank
- seedsPlant embryos in casings
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- one and doneSingle unrepeated occurrence
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- Basketball EventsNBA Finals, playoffs, championship, finals, draft day
- College Athleticsbasketball, football, NCAA, baseball, Division II
- tournamentsbracket, brackets, final, finals, semifinals
- Big EastGeorgetown, Villanova, UConn, St. John's, Providence
- school athleticsbasketball game, football game, baseball game, volleyball game, track meet
- Sports Divisionsdivision one, division two, NFC, AFC, American League
conference tournamentregular season
Standard competitive period before playoffs
league play · conference play · preseason · exhibition games · scrimmages
conference tournamentnational championship
Country-level competitive title
March Madness · College Football Playoff · bowl games · open tournament · world championship
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