The schedule includes 44 games Thursday. Among the major teams playing are Duke, UConn and North Carolina. Thirteen teams have already secured an automatic bid to the men's NCAA Tournament. Here's a breakdown of all the men's conference tournament games on the schedule for Thursday, March 13:

The Big Ten Tournament began Wednesday from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in style as every lower-seeded team downed its higher-seeded opponent to advance into the second round of the bracket. Northwestern defeated Minnesota to start the day and things escalated from there.

Iowa State men's basketball moves onto the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals, where it'll face a BYU team that's red-hot. Here is a game preview.