My ongoing College Basketball thread

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/12 tournament slate (Part 1):

Even though this will be hard, you people demand TOTAL coverage of the major tournaments going on today, so I'll start with the lesser conferences first. (Times are Eastern)

Big Sky Quarterfinals (From Missoula, MT):
Idaho vs. Eastern Washington (1:00)
Portland State vs. Sacramento State (Around 3:30)
Northern Colorado vs. Northern Arizona (7:30)
Weber State vs. Montana (Around 10:00)

Big West Quarterfinals (From Anaheim, CA):
CS Northridge vs. UC Davis (3:00)
Hawaii vs. Long Beach State (Around 5:30)
UC Riverside vs. UC Irvine (9:00)
Cal Poly vs. UC Santa Barbara (11:30)

C-USA Quarterfinals (From Birmingham, AL):
Florida International vs. UTEP (1:00)
Middle Tennessee vs. Old Dominion (Around 3:30)
Western Kentucky vs. UAB (7:00)
Rice vs. Louisiana Tech (Around 9:30)

SWAC Quarterfinals (From Houston, TX):
Alabama A&M vs. Southern (3:30)
Jackson State vs. Prairie View (7:30)

Southland 2nd Round (From Katy, TX):
McNeese State vs. Northwestern State (6:00)
New Orleans vs. Texas A&M-CC (Around 8:30)

WAC Quarterfinals (From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, NV):
Utah Valley vs. CSU-Bakersfield (5:00)
UT-Pan American vs. UMKC (Around 7:30)
Chicago State vs. Seattle (30 minutes after above game)

MEAC Quarterfinals (From Norfolk, VA):
Hampton vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore (6:00)
Delaware State vs. Howard (Around 8:30)

Sun Belt 1st Round (From New Orleans, LA):
Texas State vs. Texas-Arlington (6:00)
Arkansas Little-Rock vs. South Alabama (30 minutes after above game)

MAC Quarterfinals (From Cleveland, OH):
Eastern Michigan vs. Toledo (6:30)
Akron vs. Kent State (9:00)
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[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/12 tournament slate (Part 2)

Atlantic 10 2nd Round (From Brooklyn, NY):
La Salle vs. UMass (12:00)
Fordham vs. VCU (Around 2:30)
Saint Joesph's vs. St. Bonaventure (6:30)
Duquense vs. George Washington (Around 9:00)

ACC Quarterfinals (From Greensboro, NC):
Florida State vs. (3)Virginia (12:00)
Great game: (19)North Carolina vs. (14)Louisville (30 minutes after above game)
NC State vs. (2)Duke (7:00)
Important game: Miami vs. (11)Notre Dame (30 minutes after above game) (If Miami pulls off the upset here, they'll definitely be in the NCAA's this year... or at least I believe so.)

Big 12 Quarterfinals (From Kansas City, MO)
Great game: (18)West Virginia vs. (16)Baylor (12:30)
TCU vs. (9)Kansas (30 minutes after above game)
Important game: Texas vs. (13)Iowa State (7:00) (Texas is in the same boat as Miami in this one)
Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State (30 minutes after above game)

SEC Quarterfinals (From Nashville, TN):
Alabama vs. Florida (1:00)
Auburn vs. Texas A&M (Around 3:30)
Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt (7:00)
Important game: South Carolina vs. Ole Miss (30 minutes after above game)

PAC-12 Quarterfinals (From the Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV):
California vs. (5)Arizona (3:00)
Important game: USC vs. UCLA (Around 5:30)
Colorado vs. Oregon (9:00)
Stanford vs. (17)Utah (Around 11:30)

Mountain West Quarterfinals (From the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV):
Air Force vs. (25)Boise State (3:00)
Utah State vs. Wyoming (Around 5:30)
UNLV vs. San Diego State (9:00)
Fresno State vs. Colorado State (Around 11:30)

American 1st Round (From Hartford, CT):
Central Florida vs. East Carolina (3:30)
Houston vs. Tulane (6:00)
South Florida vs. UConn (30 minutes after above game)

Big 10 2nd Round (From Chicago, IL):
Important game: Illinois vs. Michigan (12:00)
Penn State vs. Iowa (Around 2:30)
Important game: Northwestern vs. Indiana (6:00)
Minnesota vs. Ohio State (8:30)

Big East Quarterfinals (From Madison Square Garden, NY):
Marquette vs. (4)Villanova (12:00)
St. John's vs. Providence (2:30)
Creighton vs. (23)Georgetown (7:00)
Important game: Xavier vs. (22)Butler (Around 9:30) (Maybe it's just me, but I don't buy Xavier as an NCAA tournament team. If they beat Butler here, then maybe I will.)
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And finally, I'm done for now. As you can see, it's gonna be a great 4 days of action, so enjoy it.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/12 tournament results (Part 1):

Now, the results of all that madness yesterday. First, the smaller conferences:

Big Sky Quarterfinals:
Eastern Washington over Idaho 91-83
Sacramento State over Portland State 70-60
Northern Colorado over Northern Arizona 63-57
Montana over Weber State 76-73 in OT

Big West Quarterfinals:
UC Davis over CS-Northridge 71-67
Hawaii over Long Beach State 79-72
UC Irvine over UC Riverside 63-54
UC Santa Barbara over Cal Poly 54-50

MAC Quarterfinals:
Toledo over Eastern Michigan 78-67
Akron over Kent State 53-51

MEAC Quarterfinals:
Hampton over Maryland-Eastern Shore 76-71
Delaware State over Howard 65-60

Southland Quarterfinals:
Northwestern State over McNeese State 96-89
Texas A&M-CC over New Orleans 61-58

SWAC Quarterfinals:
Southern over Alabama A&M 64-60
Prairie View over Jackson State 62-56

Sun Belt 1st Round:
Texas State over Texas-Arlington 68-62
South Alabama over Arkansas-Little Rock 57-55

WAC Quarterfinals:
CSU-Bakersfield over Utah Valley 55-40
UMKC over UT-Pan American 70-61
Seattle over Chicago State 49-45
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[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/12 tournament results (Part 2):

And now, the big results from the big tournaments.

ACC Quarterfinals:
(3)Virginia over Florida State 58-44
(19)North Carolina over (14)Louisville 70-60
(2)Duke over NC State 77-53
(11)Notre Dame over Miami 70-63

Big 10 2nd Round:
Michigan over Illinois 73-55 (I think we can say goodbye to Illinois being in the Big Dance)
Penn State upsets Iowa 67-58
Indiana over Northwestern 71-56
Ohio State over Minnesota 79-73

Atlantic 10 2nd Round:
La Salle over UMass 76-69
VCU over Fordham 63-57
St. Bonaventure over Saint Joesph's 60-49
George Washington over Duquense 73-55

Big East Quarterfinals:
(4)Villanova over Marquette 84-49
Providence over St. John's 74-57
(23)Georgetown over Creighton 60-55
Xavier over (22)Butler 67-61 in OT (Well Xavier, you sure showed me.)

Big 12 Quarterfinals:
(16)Baylor over (18)West Virginia 80-70
(9)Kansas over TCU 64-59
(13)Iowa State over Texas 69-67
(15)Oklahoma over Oklahoma State 64-49

SEC 2nd Round:
Florida over Alabama 69-61
Auburn upsets Texas A&M 66-59 (Annnnndddd there go the Aggies, they're out of the dance)
Tennessee over Vanderbilt 67-61
South Carolina over Ole Miss 60-58 (Maybe we should say good-bye to the Rebels, too)

PAC-12 Quarterfinals:
(5)Arizona over California 73-51
UCLA over USC 96-70
Oregon over Colorado 93-85
(17)Utah over Stanford 80-56

Mountain West Quarterfinals:
(25)Boise State over Air Force 80-68
Wyoming over Utah State 67-65
San Diego State over UNLV 67-64
Colorado State over Fresno State 71-59

American 1st Round:
East Carolina over Central Florida 81-80 in OT
Houston over Tulane 66-60
UConn over South Florida 69-43

C-USA Quarterfinals:
UTEP over FIU 83-71
Middle Tennessee over Old Dominion 59-52 (Well, good bye Monarchs. See you in the NIT!)
UAB over Western Kentucky 53-52
Louisiana Tech over Rice 70-64
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[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/13 tournament slate (Part 1):

More fun awaits, as first I look at the smaller conference tournaments:

Sun Belt 2nd Round (From New Orleans, LA):
Texas State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (6:00)
South Alabama vs. Louisiana Monroe (Around 8:30)

SWAC Semifinals (From Houston, TX):
Southern vs. Alabama State (3:30)
Prairie View vs. Texas Southern (9:30)

C-USA Semifinals (From Birmingham, AL):
Middle Tennessee vs. UTEP (4:00)
UAB vs. Louisiana Tech (Around 6:30)

Southland Conference Semifinals (From Katy, TX):
Northwestern State vs. Stephan F. Austin (6:00)
Texas A&M-CC vs. Sam Houston State (Around 8:30)

MEAC Semifinals (From Norfolk, VA):
North Carolina Central vs. Delaware State (6:00)
Norfolk State vs. Hampton (8:30)

MAC Semifinals (From Cleveland, OH):
Toledo vs. Central Michigan (6:30)
Akron vs. Buffalo (Around 9:00)

Big Sky Semifinals (From Missoula, MT):
Sacramento State vs. Eastern Washington (7:30)
Montana vs. Northern Arizona (Around 10:00)

WAC Semifinals (From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, NV):
New Mexico State vs. CSU-Bakersfield (9:00)
Seattle vs. UMKC (Around 11:30)

Big West Semifinals (From Anaheim, CA):
UC Davis vs. Hawaii (9:30)
UC Santa Barbara vs. UC Irvine (Around 12:00 A.M)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/13 tournament slate (Part 2):

American Quarterfinals (From Hartford, CT):
East Carolina vs. (20)SMU (12:00)
Memphis vs. Temple (30 minutes after above game) (Temple MAY want to win this game, just to make sure they get an invite to the Big Dance.)
Houston vs. Tulsa (7:00)
UConn vs. Cincinnati (9:00)

Atlantic 10 Quarterfinals (From Brooklyn, NY):
La Salle vs. (24)Davidson (12:00)
VCU vs. Richmond (Around 2:30)
St. Bonaventure vs. Dayton (6:30)
George Washington vs. Rhode Island (Around 9:00)

Big 10 Quarterfinals (From Chicago, IL):
Michigan vs. (6)Wisconsin (12:00)
Penn State vs. Purdue (30 minutes after above game)
Indiana vs. (8)Maryland (6:30)
Ohio State vs. Michigan State (Around 9:00)

SEC Quarterfinals (From Nashville, TN):
Florida vs. (1)Kentucky (1:00)
Auburn vs. LSU (30 minutes after above game)
Tennessee vs. (21)Arkansas (7:00)
Georgia vs. South Carolina (30 minutes after above game)

Big East Semifinals (From Madison Square Garden, NY):
Providence vs. (4)Villanova (7:00)
Xavier vs. (23)Georgetown (Around 9:30)

PAC-12 Semifinals (From the Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV):
UCLA vs. (5)Arizona (9:00)
Oregon vs. (17)Utah (11:30)

ACC Semifinals (From Greensboro, NC):
(19)North Carolina vs. (3)Virginia (7:00)
Game of the Day: (11)Notre Dame vs. (2)Duke (30 minutes after above game)

Big 12 Semifinals (From Kansas City, MO):
(16)Baylor vs. (9)Kansas (7:00)
(15)Oklahoma vs. (13)Iowa State (30 minutes after above game)

Mountain West Semifinals (From the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV):
Wyoming vs. (25)Boise State (9:00)
Colorado State vs. San Diego State (Around 11:30)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/13 tournament results (Part 1)

The fun continues, as we start by looking at the smaller conferences:

Southland Semifinals:
Stephan F. Austin over Northwestern State 91-79
Sam Houston State over Texas A&M-CC 70-67

Sun Belt 2nd Round:
Louisiana-Lafayette over Texas State 53-43
Louisiana-Monroe over South Alabama 77-59

MEAC Semifinals:
Delaware State upsets North Carolina Central 63-57
Hampton over Norfolk State 75-64

MAC Semifinals:
Central Michigan over Toledo 75-66
Buffalo over Akron 68-59

Big Sky Semifinals:
Eastern Washington over Sacramento State 91-83
Montana over Northern Arizona 61-59

WAC Semifinals:
New Mexico State over CSU-Bakersfield 57-53
Seattle over UMKC 69-63

Big West Semifinals:
Hawaii upsets UC Davis 65-58 (Bubble teams across the country after UC Davis lost: "Oh, GREAT! ANOTHER bubble team to worry about!")
UC Irvine over UC Santa Barbara 72-63

SWAC Semifinal:
Texas Southern over Prairie View 90-77 (Southern won the other semi, but are ineligible for the postseason. As a result, Texas Southern wins the NCAA tournament bid.)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/13 tournament results (Part 2)

And now, let's see if anyone grabbed a NCAA bid yesterday:

American Quarterfinals:
(20)SMU over East Carolina 74-68
Temple over Memphis 80-75
Tulsa over Houston 59-51
UConn upsets Cincinnati 57-54

Atlantic 10 Quarterfinals:
(24)Davidson over La Salle 67-66
VCU over Richmond 70-67
Dayton over St. Bonaventure 75-71
Rhode Island over George Washington 71-58

ACC Semifinals:
(19)North Carolina over (3)Virginia 71-61 (Something tells me that Virginia will still get a #1 seed despite this.)
(11)Notre Dame over (2)Duke 74-64 (Duke, however... I don't think they'll be as lucky.)

Big 10 Quarterfinals:
(6)Wisconsin over Michigan 71-60
Purdue over Penn State 64-59
(8)Maryland over Indiana 75-69
Michigan State over Ohio State 76-67

Big 12 Semifinals:
(9)Kansas over (16)Baylor 62-52
(13)Iowa State over (15)Oklahoma 67-65

Big East Semifinals:
(4)Villanova over Providence 63-61
Xavier over (23)Georgetown 65-63 (Holy smokes! Forget just making the dance, Xavier's gonna win the whole damn thing!)

Conference USA Semifinals:
Middle Tennessee upsets UTEP 53-50
UAB upsets Louisiana Tech 72-62 (Sorry bubble teams. I see La Tech getting an NCAA bid despite this, so basically either MTSU or UAB is gonna steal one of your bids.)

Mountain West Semifinals:
San Diego State over Colorado State 56-43
Wyoming over (25)Boise State 71-66 in OT (Uh oh... Another bubble team could lose a spot if Wyoming wins the Mountain West.)

PAC-12 Semifinals:
(5)Arizona over UCLA 70-64
Oregon over (17)Utah 67-64

SEC Quarterfinals:
(1)Kentucky over Florida 64-49
Auburn upsets LSU 73-70 (Man, this run Auburn's having HAS to get them a CIT berth or something.)
(21)Arkansas over Tennessee 80-72
Georgia over South Carolina 74-62
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[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/14 tournament slate (Semifinals)

A glorious Saturday awaits us. First, the games that are NOT finals (because they are a LOT of championships being decided today).

Big 10 Semifinals (From Chicago, IL)
Purdue vs. (6)Wisconsin (1:00)
Michigan State vs. (8)Maryland (30 minutes after above game)

SEC Semifinals (From Nashville, TN):
Auburn vs. (1)Kentucky (1:00)
Georgia vs. (21)Arkansas (Around 3:30)

Atlantic 10 Semifinals (From Brooklyn, NY):
VCU vs. (24)Davidson (1:30)
Rhode Island vs. Dayton (4:00)

Sun Belt Semifinals (From New Orleans, LA):
Georgia State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (2:00)
Georgia Southern vs. Louisiana-Monroe (4:30)

American Semifinals (From Hartford, CT)
Temple vs. (22)SMU (3:00)
Tulsa vs. UConn (30 minutes after above game) (One more win, and I think Tulsa's got it)

SWAC Championship:
Southern vs. Texas Southern (6:30) (For the ineligible Southern Jaguars, winning the SWAC title will be as good as it gets.)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/14 tournament slate (Championships)

American East Championship:
Stony Brook @ Albany (11:00)

MEAC Championship:
Delaware State vs. Hampton (1:00)

Conference USA Championship:
Middle Tennessee vs. UAB (3:30)

Ivy League Championship:
Harvard vs. Yale (4:00)

Big 12 Championship:
(11)Iowa State vs. (8)Kansas (6:00)

Mountain West Championship:
Wyoming vs. San Diego State (6:00)

MAC Championship:
Buffalo vs. Central Michigan (7:30)

Big East Championship:
Xavier vs. (4)Villanova (8:00)

ACC Championship:
(19)North Carolina vs. (11)Notre Dame (8:30)

Big Sky Championship:
Eastern Washington vs. Montana (9:00)

Southland Championship:
Stephan F. Austin vs. Sam Houston State (9:30)

PAC-12 Championship:
Oregon vs. (5)Arizona (11:00)

WAC Championship:
New Mexico State vs. Seattle U (11:00)

Big West Championship:
UC Irvine vs. Hawaii (11:30)
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See? Told you guys this was gonna be an amazing day today.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/14 tournament results (Semifinals)

Selection Sunday is upon us! Right now, these were the games that had set up today's championship games:

American Semifinals:
(20)SMU over Temple 69-56
UConn over Tulsa 47-42 (Uh oh...)

SEC Semifinals:
(1)Kentucky over Auburn 91-67
(20)Arkansas over Georgia 60-49

Atlantic 10 Semifinals:
VCU over (24)Davidson 93-73
Dayton over Rhode Island 56-52

Big 10 Semifinals:
(6)Wisconsin over Purdue 71-51
Michigan State upsets (8)Maryland 62-58

Sun Belt Semifinals:
Georgia State over Louisiana-Lafayette 83-79
Georgia Southern over Louisiana-Monroe 44-43
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[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/14 tournament results (Finals)

And now, all of the teams that punched NCAA tickets yesterday:

American East Championship:
Albany over Stony Brook 51-50

MEAC Championship:
Hampton over Delaware State 82-61

C-USA Championship:
UAB over Middle Tennessee 73-60

Ivy League Final:
Harvard over Yale 53-51

Big 12 Championship:
(13)Iowa State over (9)Kansas 70-66

Mountain West Championship:
Wyoming over San Diego State 45-43 (A bubble team is GONE!)

MAC Championship:
Buffalo over Central Michigan 89-84

Big East Championship:
(4)Villanova over Xavier 69-52

ACC Championship:
(11)Notre Dame over (19)North Carolina 90-82

Big Sky Championship:
Eastern Washington over Montana 69-65

PAC-12 Championship:
(5)Arizona over Oregon 80-52

Southland Championship:
Stephan F. Austin over Sam Houston State 83-70

WAC Championship:
New Mexico State over Seattle 80-61

Big West Championship:
UC Irvine over Hawaii 67-58
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[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/15 tournament action

And now, at last, the last day of action before the NCAA tournament.

SEC Championship:
(1)Kentucky vs. (21)Arkansas (1:00)

Atlantic 10 Championship:
VCU vs. Dayton (1:00)

Sun Belt Championship:
Georgia State vs. Georgia Southern (1:00)

Big 10 Championship:
Michigan State vs. (6)Wisconsin (3:30)

American Championship:
Game of the Day: UConn vs. (20)SMU (3:15) (Every single bubble team in America will be rooting for SMU in this one.)
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And by the way folks, this may be my final post on this thread. I'm thinking about starting a new one tomorrow, depending on how the postseason tournaments are coming along.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/15 tournament results

SEC Championship:
(1)Kentucky over (21)Arkansas 78-63

Atlantic 10 Championship:
VCU over Dayton 71-65 (Just wanted to talk about Dayton real quick. They had a fine 26-8 season, and they were the last team to get an NCAA invite? how that happened.)

Sun Belt Championship:
Georgia State over Georgia Southern 38-36

American Championship:
(20)SMU over UConn 62-54

Big 10 Championship:
(6)Wisconsin over Michigan State 80-69 in OT (Giving Wisconsin their first ever NCAA #1 seed.)
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Now as for the NCAA's, I'll probably find a Facebook group and fill out my bracket there. Of course, if YOU guys want help with your brackets, I'll be glad to help. Just ask.