The Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament tips off Thursday. with 12 teams fighting for an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.

And Sunday’s college basketball slate surely wet the appetite for the upcoming week of do-or-die conference tournament play.

Tournament MVP Hailey Van Lith had 20 points, including a layup with 48.8 seconds left, and top-seeded TCU beat No. 2 seed Baylor 64-59 on Sunday to win the program’s first Big 12 Championship.