| Twenty-six of 31 NCAA Basketball league or | | | | really counted. |
| conference titles were settled Monday (3-9-09). | | | | Sixteenth-ranked Washington won the Pacific 10 (Pac |
| Twenty-three teams won outright championships, 3 | | | | 10) title with a 14-4 mark and an 18-1 home record. The |
| wound up in ties with other teams, and playoffs will | | | | outright championship was the Huskies' first in 56 |
| decide the other 5. Here is the scorecard: | | | | years. Washington was 24-7 overall. The Huskies |
| The Dominators | | | | started the year at 3-3 and then went 21-4. |
| Teams that won outright league titles by a | | | | Seventeenth-ranked Xavier (24-6 overall) won the |
| 2-game-or-more-advantage included 2nd-ranked North | | | | Atlantic 10 title with a 12-4 mark and was 14-1 at home. |
| Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 13-3 | | | | Dayton, a runner-up, was a perfect 18-0 at home but |
| mark and an overall record of 27-3. The Tar Heels | | | | the Flyers lost more games than they won on the |
| were 14-1 at home. Two other teams also only lost | | | | road. |
| once at home-Wake Forest and Duke-but neither | | | | Jacksonville (18-3 overall) won the Atlantic Sun with a |
| could begin to match North Carolina's 8-2 road | | | | 15-5 mark. Cal State Northridge (15-13 overall) won the |
| performance. | | | | Big West title with an 11-5 mark even though Cal State |
| Eighth-ranked Michigan State took the Big Ten title with | | | | was 5-11 on the road. Virginia Commonwealth (23-9) |
| a 15-3 mark and a 4-game winning advantage. The | | | | won the Colonial Athletic Conference with a 14-4 mark. |
| Spartans were 25-5 overall with a 12-2 home showing | | | | Runner-up George Mason (22-9) was a perfect 14-0 |
| and a killer 9-1 road record. Indiana was 1-17 in | | | | at home but lost more games than it won on the road. |
| conference play, begging the question: Where are the | | | | Tulsa (22-9) won the Conference USA title with a 12-4 |
| real clowns who sent Bobby Knight packing? | | | | mark. Tennessee-Martin (22-9) won the Ohio Valley |
| Fourteenth-ranked Gonzaga ran the table in West | | | | championship with a 14-4 mark. Alabama State (19-9) |
| Coast Conference play with a perfect 14-0 mark and | | | | won the Southwestern Athletic title with a 16-2 mark. |
| a 4-game winning advantage. The Zags were 25-5 | | | | Runner-up Jackson State was a perfect 9-0 at home |
| overall with a sterling 9-1 road record. | | | | but a terrible 6-13 on the road. |
| Utah State won the Western Athletic title with a 14-2 | | | | A Tie Is Better Than Runner-Up |
| mark and a 3-game winning advantage. The Aggies | | | | Among the teams that tied for a title were Brigham |
| were 27-4 overall with a perfect 17-0 home record. | | | | Young (24-6), Utah (21-9) and New Mexico (21-10). All |
| Weber State (21-8 overall) won the Big Sky with a 15-1 | | | | three went 12-4 for a 3-way tie in the Mountain West |
| mark and a 4-game winning advantage. Radford (21-11 | | | | Conference. |
| overall) won the Big South with a 15-3 mark. Butler | | | | Vermont (23-8) and Binghamton (22-8) both went 13-3 |
| (26-4 overall) took the Horizon title with a 15-3 record. | | | | to tie for the America East title. |
| Cornell (21-9 overall) won the Ivy League with an 11-3 | | | | Creighton (26-7) and Northern Iowa (23-10) both went |
| mark and a 3-game winning advantage. Siena (25-7 | | | | 14-4 to tie for the Missouri Valley championship. |
| overall) won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | | | | Several Titles Are Still Undecided |
| with a 16-2 and a perfect 16-0 home record. | | | | Among the conferences with divisional champions but |
| Morgan State (20-11 overall) won the Mid-Eastern | | | | not league or conference champions are the |
| Conference with a 13-3 mark and a 3-game winning | | | | Mid-American Conference that has East Champion |
| advantage. Robert Morris (23-10) won the Northeast | | | | Buffalo (19-10 overall) and West Champion Ball State |
| with a 15-3 mark and 3-game winning advantage. | | | | (13-16 overall). The Southeastern (SEC) Conference |
| American University (23-7) won the Patriot League | | | | has South Carolina (21-8) and Tennessee (19-10) as |
| with a 13-1 mark. North Dakota State (24-6) took the | | | | East Champions and LSU (25-6) as the West |
| Summit League with a 16-2 mark. | | | | Champion. |
| All You Need Is One More Win | | | | The Southern Conference has Chattanooga (17-16) as |
| Teams that won outright titles by a 1-game advantage | | | | the North Champion and Davidson (26-7) as the South |
| included 6th-ranked Louisville in the Big East with a 16-2 | | | | Champion. The Southland Conference has Stephen F. |
| mark and an overall record of 25-5. No. 3-ranked | | | | Austin (21-7) as the East Champion and Sam Houston |
| Pittsburgh (28-3 overall) was a runner-up with a | | | | State (18-11) as the West Champion. The Sun Belt has |
| perfect 19-0 record at home but could not match | | | | Western Kentucky (22-8) as the East Champion and |
| Louisville's 8-1 road mark. Top-ranked Connecticut was | | | | Arkansas-Little Rock (23-7) as the West Champion. |
| also a runner-up and had a 27-3 record, but Louisville | | | | League playoffs are underway and the NCAA |
| took home the trophy. | | | | National Championship Tournament (better known as |
| Ninth-ranked Kansas won the Big 12 with a 14-2 and | | | | March Madness) will start March 19 after a play-in |
| an 18-1 home record. The Jayhawks were 25-6 | | | | game to determine the 64th team to complete the |
| overall. Fifteenth-ranked Missouri was third with a | | | | bracket for the single-elimination tournament. |
| perfect 18-0 mark at home but could not win when it | | | | |