With the victory, the Rams clinched an automatic bid to  the NCAA Tournament after they entered the day on the wrong side of the bubble in Jerry Palm's Bracketology. It's possible Colorado State may have stolen a bid from a member of its own league as Mountain West bubble teams Boise State and San Diego State will be sweating it out leading up to Sunday's Selection Show on CBS.

With Selection Sunday inching closer, the NCAA Tournament field is coming into focus as teams battle in their respective conference tournaments to fill in the 31 automatic bids for the Big Dance. Subscribe to The Athletic on an exclusive offer here.

Selection Sunday is only hours away when the full 68-team bracket for the 2025 men's NCAA tournament will be revealed. Until then, we're tracking all of the automatic-qualifier bids that have been handed out for the conference tournament champions.