Indiana and Texas A&M might have played their way into the NCAA tournament early Friday afternoon.
The No. 9 seeded Hoosiers took down No. 1 seed Illinois 65-63 in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals while No. 8 seed Texas A&M beat No. 1 seed Auburn 67-62 in the SEC tournament quarterfinals.
Both Indiana (20-12) and Texas A&M (21-11) entered their conference tournaments needing a few wins to put themselves in tournament consideration.