NASHVILLE, March 4 (UPI) -- The NCAA Tournament field will begin filling up Saturday with the playing of the first four conference tournament finals of March.
Champions will be determined in the Atlantic Sun, Ohio Valley, Big South and Southern Conference with the winners joining Ivy League regular-season winner Pennsylvania in the NCAA lineup.
Three of Saturday's conference finals will be played in the state of Tennessee.
There will be 30 conference tournament champions crowned over the next nine days.
The Ohio Valley winner will be decided in Nashville between Eastern Kentucky and Austin Peay, which surprised regular-season Tennessee Tech in Friday's semifinals, 67-61.
In the Southern Conference, Davidson and Chattanooga will square off in Chattanooga for the automatic NCAA bid. Those teams won the league's two divisions during the regular season.
In the Atlantic Sun Conference, also to be concluded in Nashville, top-seeded Gardner Webb will face Central Florida.
And in the Big South, Winthrop will host Charleston Southern to determine the league's representative in the NCAA Tournament.
