Eighth-ranked Kentucky and its freshman-heavy lineup appear to be peaking just in time to be a national championship contender, and it will try to keep its hot streak rolling in the SEC tournament title game against Arkansas on Sunday afternoon. The top-seeded Wildcats have won a season-best 10 straight contests following a 79-74 triumph over Alabama in Saturday’s semifinals.

Michigan may be able to claim to be the Big Ten's hottest team, but 23rd-ranked Wisconsin has made it clear no squad in the conference has played better over the last week. The second-seeded Badgers eye their second Big Ten tournament title in three years and fourth overall on Sunday, when they face the eighth-seeded Wolverines in the championship game in Washington D.C.

No. 15 SMU has won 15 games in a row and 25 of its last 26 as it rolls into Sunday’s American Athletic Conference tournament title game in Hartford, Conn., against 18th-ranked Cincinnati after posting its school-record 29th victory of the season in Saturday’s semifinal contest versus Central Florida. The top-seeded Mustangs shot 55 percent as their starting five accounted for all the offense in a 70-59 victory, with Sterling Brown scoring 22 points.