Jackson State faces Alabama State in the SWAC Championship Game at The Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia, on Saturday, March 15, 2025 (3/15/25). How to watch: Fans can watch the game via a free trial to DirecTVStream or fuboTV. Here’s what you need to know: What: SWAC Championship game Who: Jackson State vs. Alabama State When: March 15, 2025 Time: 9:30 p.m. EST Where: The Gateway Center Arena Channel finder: Verizon Fios, AT&T U-verse, Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice, Cox, DIRECTV,Dish, Hulu, fuboTV, Sling. Live stream: DirecTVStream or fuboTV Here’s a recent AP basketball story: A look at the NCAA Tournament bubble picture: We’ve reached the point where most bubble teams are done playing in their conference tournaments. It’s just a question of how many spots will be left for them. That depends on whether there are any more bid thieves. No. 16 Memphis held on for a one-point win over Tulane in the AAC Tournament on Saturday, and Virginia Commonwealth advanced in the Atlantic 10. If either of those teams lose, it will enter the at-large pool, which would be bad news for the rest of the bubble. The experts say ... ESPN’s last four in: Vanderbilt, San Diego State, Xavier, Boise State. CBS Sports' last four in: West Virginia, Boise State, Indiana, San Diego State. Sports Illustrated’s last four in: Arkansas, San Diego State, Indiana, Boise State. Washington Post’s last four in: San Diego State, Vanderbilt, Texas, Indiana. ESPN’s first four out: Indiana, North Carolina, Texas, Dayton. CBS Sports' first four out: Xavier, Texas, North Carolina, Wake Forest. Sports Illustrated’s first four out: Texas, North Carolina, Xavier, UC Irvine. Washington Post’s first four out: North Carolina, Xavier, Boise State, Ohio State. Another game to watch for a possible bid thief: UC San Diego faces UC Irvine on Saturday night in the Big West final. Bubble teams should be rooting for UCSD. Automatic bids so far SIU Edwardsville (Ohio Valley), Omaha (Summit), Lipscomb (Atlantic Sun), High Point (Big South), Drake (Missouri Valley), Wofford (Southern), Troy (Sun Belt), Robert Morris (Horizon), UNC-Wilmington (Coastal Athletic), St. Francis, Pa. (Northeast), Gonzaga (WCC), McNeese (Southland), American (Patriot), Montana (Big Sky), Bryant (America East), Norfolk State (MEAC). Automatic bids at stake Saturday ACC (Duke vs. Louisville) Big 12 (Houston vs. Arizona) Big East (St. John’s vs. Creighton) Big West (UC San Diego vs. UC Irvine) Conference USA (Liberty vs. Jacksonville State) MAAC (Iona vs. Mount St. Mary’s) MAC (Akron vs. Miami, Ohio) Mountain West (Boise State vs. Colorado State) SWAC (Jackson State vs. Alabama State) WAC (Utah Valley vs. Grand Canyon) Automatic bids at stake Sunday AAC (Memphis vs. North Texas-UAB winner) Atlantic 10 (VCU vs. George Mason) Big Ten (Michigan vs. Wisconsin) Ivy (Yale vs. Cornell) SEC (Florida vs. Tennessee) Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. Please consider supporting us with a subscription.