Welcome to Champ Week, that frenzied stretch of college basketball between the end of the regular season and Selection Sunday and the NCAA tournament — otherwise known as the best postseason in American sports.
A multitude of leagues will send their lone representatives to the NCAA tournament via conference tournament title games this week. The results of other conferences will help teams on the bubble secure at-large berths or, if they stumble early, cost them better seeding and matchups in the national tournament. Some of the top teams are vying for high seeds and hoping another significant win or two will enhance their arguments.
Champ Week is also when we get to see a repeat of memorable matchups from the regular season: an opportunity for teams to avenge losses, hold on to win streaks or keep rivalries — deep-seated or nascent — alive. The 2021-22 men’s college…
