TGIF conference tournament open thread: America East, AAC, Big 12, Southern begin today

It's Friday, and the madness is just getting started.

A few of yesterday's highlights from around the nation (and feel free to let us know which games you found interesting in the comments):

• Florida State needed overtime to beat Miami. JP Mundy of SB Nation's Wake Forest blog Blogger So Dear recapped that one.
• North Carolina Diamond DeShields is still the truth and used her truthiness to score a team-high 17 points to help the Tar Heels' overcome a 29-point performance from Wake Forest's Dearica Hamby.
  
• In what was the last game of legendary basketball coach Paul Westhead's career at Oregon, the Ducks and Washington State Cougars set a Pac-12 tournament scoring record.
• In a game with considerably less national significance, Jennifer Azzi's San Francisco Dons pulled out another dramatic win against Loyola Marymount with junior guard getting two steals, two offensive rebounds, and a game-winning shot in the final 15 seconds. Crazy finish. Video available at our recap.
• Christina Foggie was injured in the second half of Vanderbilt's loss to Georgia.

Fun day. Here's hoping for more fun today.

Your tournament information is below. As usual, feel free to post any other links of interest you find in the comments.

Resources

Predictions: Sagarin

Bracketology: Charlie Creme | S-Factor

Statistics: WBB State

Tournaments beginning today

America East

Schedule/results: 2014 Basketball Championship Central

Broadcast: ESPN3

American Athletic

Schedule/results: 2014 Women's Basketball Championship Central

Broadcast: ESPN3

Relevant SBN sites:

• Connecticut: The UConn Blog
• Louisville: Card Chronicle

Big 12

Schedule/results: Big 12 women's basketball championship hub

Broadcast: FOX College Sports

Preview: Favorites, contenders, and pretenders

Storystream: Big 12 tournament previews and recaps

Relevant SBN sites:

• Baylor: Our Daily Bears
• Kansas State: Bring on the Cats
• Texas Tech: Viva the Matadors
• West Virginia: The Smoking Musket

Southern

Schedule/results: SoConSports.com

Broadcast: ESPN3.com

Tournaments continuing today

ACC tournament

Schedule: ACC Scores and Schedules | Bracket

Broadcast: ESPN3

Previews: Terps to open play Friday

Storystream: ACC women's basketball tournament recaps & photo galleries

Relevant SBN sites:

• Maryland: Testudo Times
• N.C. State: Backing the Pack (community member sbas2 has been doing fanposts all season)
• Syracuse: Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
• Wake Forest: Blogger So Dear

Atlantic 10 tournament

Schedule: 2014 Women's Basketball Championship Centra

Broadcast info: A10 Digital Network

Big Sky

Schedule/results: BigSkyConf.com | 2014 women's basketball championship site

Broadcast: America One (free online with registration?)

Big Ten

Schedule/results: Tournament schedule | Results

Broadcast: Big Ten Network (also accessible via BTN2GO for iPhone, iPad, and Android)

Relevant SBN sites:

• Nebraska: Corn Nation
• Purdue: Hammer and Rails

MAAC

Schedule/Results: MAAC Basketball Championships page

Broadcast: None for first rounds, ESPN3/U for later rounds

MVC

Schedule/Results: MVC Tournament Central

Broadcast: Valley-live.tv

Ohio Valley tournament

Schedule: OVCSports.com

Broadcast info: ESPN3

Pac-12

Schedule/Results: Pac-12 women's basketball schedule | 2014 Pac-12 Tournament Bracket

Broadcast: Pac-12 Networks (which offers a handy video guide to help you figure out how to view it)

Preview: Previewing the Pac-12 tournament and other news

Relevant SBN sites:

• Cal: California Golden Blogs
• Colorado: The Ralphie Report
• Oregon: Addicted to Quack
• Stanford: C&R, of course!
• USC: Conquest Chronicles
• Washington State: Coug Center

SEC women's basketball tournament

Schedule: Women's Basketball Championships

Broadcast info: TV: Fox Sports South/Sports South | Online: ESPN3

Storystream: SEC women's basketball tournament

Previews: SEC Women's Tournament Preview | Reason to Believe | "Operation: Git-R-Done"

Relevant SBN sites:

• Kentucky: A Sea of Blue
• South Carolina: Garnet & Black Attack
• Tennessee: Rocky Top Talk
• Texas A&M: Good Bull Hunting

West Coast Conference

Schedule/Results: WCC Championships Information | WCC Tournament Central

Broadcast: BYUtv

Relevant SBN sites:

• BYU: Vanquish the Foe

Feel free to drop your thoughts on the events of the day - tournaments & otherwise - in the comments as well as any other longer commentaries on the postseason in the fanshots or fanpost area.