Check Out This College Basketball Conference Tournament's Unique Bracket

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All 10 conference members qualify for the event, with the bottom four seeds meeting in the first round to whittle the field down to eight.

However, once that happens, the tournament does not automatically move on to the quarterfinals. Rather, the winner of the 8-9 seeing matchup plays the No. 5 seed, with the 7-10 winner facing the sixth seed.

Then, the winners of those two games move on to meet the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds. The top two seeds–Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s–still haven’t played at this point.


In fact, the Bulldogs and Gaels each have a bye all the way to the semifinals. That means they only have to win two games to win the tournament.

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