These are the teams projected to win their conference tournaments according to my team ratings. As we well know, win your conference tournament, and you’re automatically in the NCAA Tournament.
Pre-Conference Tournament Prediction
| Conference | Projected Champion |
| ACC | Duke |
| America East | Vermont |
| American | Houston |
| Atlantic 10 | Virginia Commonwealth |
| Atlantic Sun | Lipscomb |
| Big 12 | Texas Tech |
| Big East | Marquette |
| Big Sky | Montana |
| Big South | Radford |
| Big Ten | Michigan State |
| Big West | UC Irvine |
| Colonial | Hofstra |
| CUSA | Old Dominion |
| Horizon | Northern Kentucky |
| Ivy | Yale |
| MAC | Buffalo |
| Metro Atlantic | Rider |
| Mid-Eastern | Norfolk State |
| Missouri Valley | Drake |
| Mountain West | Nevada |
| Northeast | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| Ohio Valley | Murray State |
| Pacific-12 | Washington |
| Patriot | Colgate |
| SEC | Tennessee |
| Southern | Wofford |
| Southland | Sam Houston State |
| Summit | South Dakota State |
| Sun Belt | Georgia Southern |
| SWAC | Texas Southern |
| WAC | New Mexico State |
| West Coast | Gonzaga |