The calendar flipping to March means the 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket is just around the corner, but college basketball conference tournaments are an important primer to the main event. Conference tournaments offer title-contenders the opportunity to experience what the main bracket could feel like, sometimes playing games on four or five consecutive days depending on where they're seeded. The conference tournament also comes with an automatic bid for the winner, which leads to Cinderella stories and heartbreaking defeats, especially in the non-power conferences.

SportsLine's team of experts have done all the research on how to bet every single conference tournament so you don't have to:

• Thomas Casale - 18-6 roll on CBB money-line picks
• Zack Cimini - 64-44 roll on CBB picks 

Before you place your conference tournament futures bets, you NEED to see what SportsLine's experts are playing.  

We can tell you Casale says Marist wins the MAAC Tournament, returning a strong +900. "Marist stumbled down the stretch, losing its last four games," he told SportsLine. "That has created value on the No. 3 seed entering the MAAC Tournament. Two weeks ago, Marist led the conference at 13-3 and is now +900 to win the tournament. The Red Foxes' lack of scoring punch is a concern, but this is still one of the best defenses in the MAAC that can grind games out playing their slow pace. There are five or six teams that can win the MAAC, but the best value on the board is Marist at +900."

In addition, our experts say one HUGE underdog wins the ACC! Anyone who backs this team could hit it BIG. You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see who it is before locking in any conference tournament picks!

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