Monday Top 25 Results and NCAA auto bids

By Cheryl Coward

Monday’s Top 25 Results

• No. 3 Notre Dame 73, No. 25 West Virginia 45
• No. 4 Connecticut 74, No. 13 St. John’s 43
• Dayton 56, No. 16 St. Bonaventure 53
• BYU 78, No. 23 Gonzaga 66

Automatic NCAA Tournament Bids/Conference Winners

• Marist (MAAC) beats Fairfield, 61-35.
• BYU (WCC)
• Dayton (Atlantic 10)
• Samford (Southern) beats Appalachian State, 54-43

Previous Auto bids/Conference Winners

• Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun)
• Princeton (Ivy League)
• Tennessee Martin (Ohio Valley)
• Maryland (ACC)
• Purdue (Big Ten)
• Tennessee (SEC)