Conference tournaments get underway this week for the top leagues and our experts pick who will be cutting down the nets

While Cal’s body of work in their inaugural campaign in the ACC has been less than inspiring, the Golden Bears survived yesterday in their first ACC Tourney game knocking off Virginia Tech in overtime, 82-73. Andrej Stojakovic was a force scoring 29 in the win.

Last year, 11-seed DePaul lost to the Wildcats on a 3-pointer in the final seconds. Two other times this decade, the Big East’s worst team advanced to the quarterfinals. The Pirates have just one win in the past two months,