Men's Champ Week matchups we hope to see - ESPN

While the NCAA tournament gets all of the buzz each year, Champ Week often produces the best basketball of the postseason.

Some of the one-bid leagues have already given us buzzer-beaters and game winners in the course of sending their lone representatives to the field of 68, so now we turn to the major conferences for more drama this week.

During Champ Week, some beefs need to be settled.

Here are the five games we'd love to see this week.

When we could see it: SEC tournament championship game, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, ESPN

The stakes in this game are clear. Kentucky is 7-1 in its past eight games, and a run through the SEC tournament would position the Wildcats — shaping into one of the most imposing teams in the field — to secure a top-three seed, maybe more. Tennessee is chasing a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament after its loss to Kentucky on Saturday. When the Wildcats fell to Tennessee in the first game between the two last month, John Calipari still had questions about his rotation.

But Reed Sheppard, Rob Dillingham and Antonio Reeves have emerged as the nucleus of this momentous crew. In the second meeting, Wooden Award contender and projected NBA draft lottery pick Dalton Knecht had a career-high 40 points — and the Vols still lost. The third matchup might feel like a Final Four game.

When we could see it: Big East tournament championship game, Saturday, 6:30 p.m. ET, Fox

While a third matchup against a healthy Marquette Golden Eagles would also be an interesting matchup for the Huskies, Danny Hurley's squad has had its hands full with Greg McDermott's team this season. In the first game, UConn won 62-48 but finished with its lowest scoring total in a victory this season after it connected on just 39% of its shots