text: Joe Camporeale/US PresswireLong Island head coach Jim Ferry cuts down the nets for the second straight season, as his Blackbirds won the Northeast Conference championship, beating Robert Morris.
  NEW YORK — Now the fun really gets started.
  With only three days remaining until the brackets are announced on Selection Sunday, the conference tournaments will really pick up on Thursday. The ACC, SEC and Big Ten both begin, along with the Mountain West. Three big conference tournaments with not only bubble implications, but seeding opportunities as well. Some of the teams with high-seeded dreams (Ohio State, Duke and North Carolina) aren't in action, but in those lower rounds there are some serious bubbles that could pop.
  North Carolina State? Washington? Colorado State? Miami?
  All of those teams are in action today. Most of them are favored to win their games. But if they don't?
  Then we might have some fun on our hands.
  Here's the outlook through games played on March 7:
  RPI: 62; SOS: 44
  Coming into the week, Seton Hall needed two wins assure itself of sewing up a spot in the NCAA Tournament field. It got one. Now all the Pirates can do it wait and watch to hope their bubble doesn't burst.
  RPI: 41; SOS: 28
  The Bulls still find themselves in this slot because of their weak, but impressive-appearing conference record. It's unbalanced and South Florida got a great draw and won the games. It's probably locked up a bid by beating Villanova in an ugly game Wednesday night in the Big East Tournament.