Among the early developments in conference tournament action: no fewer than five conference champions and top seeds failed to even make the final (North Florida in the Atlantic-Sun, Bucknell in the Patriot, Belmont in the Ohio Valley, High Point in the Big South, Wichita State in the Missouri Valley); and championships have been won by a No. 8 seed (Austin Peay in the OVC) and three No. 4 seeds (Florida Gulf Coast in the A-Sun, UNC-Asheville in the Big South and Northern Iowa in the Missouri Valley). Zach Johnson (2), whose spectacular block at the rim in the closing seconds not only saved Florida Gulf Coast but the entire Atlantic Sun, because the league was dumb enough to allow a team ineligible for the NCAA tournament to play in the league tournament.