March 7, 2025
By Jerry Palm, CBS Sports: With conference tournament season now underway, the topic of bid-stealers comes up. That happens when a team wins its conference tournament that would not have otherwise been in the NCAA Tournaments field of 68 and takes the spot of a team that would have otherwise been an at-large team.
Sometimes, that team comes from its own conference, but often, it comes from somewhere else. People get most excited when a typical one-bid league ends up getting a second team in due to an upset in the conference tournament.
Last season, the NCAA Tournament featured a whopping six bid-stealers. This season may not be so active. Here is a look at where some think those bid-stealers could come from this season.
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