TOURNAMENT WATCH

A quick look at college basketball’s stretch run:

THEY’RE IN

Schools that have received automatic bids to the NCAA basketball tournament:

Butler

College of Charleston

Charleston Southern

Fairfield

Illinois State

Long Island

Minnesota

Murray State

Navy

Old Dominion

Princeton

St. Mary’s

South Alabama

Tennessee Chattanooga

UCLA

Valparaiso

UPSET AVOIDED

* Western Athletic

Keith Van Horn tipped in Andre Miller’s lob pass with three-tenths of a second left to give No. 3 Utah an improbable win over Southern Methodist.

MAKING A MOVE

* Atlantic 10

Temple continues its patented late-season surge, defeating No. 11 Xavier in overtime in the tournament quarterfinals.

ON THE BUBBLE

* Big East

Syracuse, which reached the national championship game last season, loses to Villanova in the tournament quarterfinals.

COVERAGE C5