Our 2016/17 College Basketball Thread

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/1 recap (AKA: What happened while everyone continues to complain about the federal budget.)

Wake Forest upsets Louisville 88-81 (Oh no... Oh no no no NO! Do we now have to worry about Wake Forest making the NCAA's?!)
Florida over Arkansas 78-65
Georgia over Auburn 79-78
Northwestern over Michigan 67-65
Rhode Island over St. Joseph's 68-49
Dayton over VCU 79-72
Alabama over Ole Miss 70-55 (Annnnndddd there goes Ole Miss, they're done.)
Illinois over Michigan State 73-70 (And just like that, Michigan State is back on the bubble.)
Kansas State over TCU 75-74
Marquette over Xavier 95-84

Northeast Conference Quarterfinals:
Mount St. Mary's over Sacred Heart 76-73
Wagner over Fairleigh Dickinson 72-70
St. Francis-PA over Bryant 100-78
Robert Morris over LIU-Brooklyn 69-68

American East Quarterfinals:
Vermont over Maine 86-41
Stony Brook over Binghamton 70-60
New Hampshire over UMBC 74-65
Albany over Hartford 100-71

Ohio Valley 1st Round:
Southeast Missouri State over Tennessee State 78-75 in OT
Murray State over Tennessee Tech 85-84 in 2-OT's​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Thursday, March 2nd

Hey! Did you know that Rock Hill is the 5th-biggest city in the state of South Carolina? And that every November it hosts a film-festival dedicated to independent short films? The more you know...
What's all this got to do with college basketball? You'll see shortly. (All times are Eastern)

Nebraska @ Minnesota (7:00)
Houston @ Cincinnati (7:00)
Old Dominion @ UTEP (8:00)
Alcorn State @ Texas Southern (8:30)
Iowa @ Wisconsin (9:00)
Game of the Day: California @ Utah (11:00)

Big South Quarterfinals (From Rock Hill, SC):
Campbell vs. UNC-Asheville (1:00)
Radford vs. Liberty (30 minutes after above game)
Charleston Southern vs. Winthrop (7:00)
High Point vs. Gardner-Webb (Around 9:30)

MAAC 1st Round (From Albany, NY):
Niagara vs. Quinnipiac (5:00)
Marist vs. Canisius (30 minutes after above game)
Manhattan vs. Rider (10:00)

Missouri Valley 1st Round (From St. Louis, MO):
Indiana State vs. Evansville (7:00)
Drake vs. Bradley (Around 9:30)

Patriot League Quarterfinals:
Colgate @ Lehigh (7:00)
Holy Cross @ Navy (7:00)
Army @ Bucknell (7:00)
Loyola (MD) @ Boston University (7:00)

Atlantic Sun Semifinals:
Kennesaw State @ Florida-Gulf Coast (7:00)
North Florida @ Lipscomb (8:00)

Ohio Valley Quarterfinals (From Nashville, TN):
Southeast Missouri State vs. Jacksonville State (7:30)
Murray State vs. Morehead State (30 minutes after above game)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/2 recap

Did you see Middle Tennessee rally from 19 points down to beat Florida International? ...Ah, probably not. So let me see what YOU guys were watching instead:

Cincinnati over Houston 65-47
Iowa over Wisconsin 59-57
Old Dominion over UTEP 62-61
UL-Lafayette over Texas State 94-84 in OT
Texas Southern over Alcorn State 94-88 in OT
Utah over California 74-44

Big South Quarterfinals:
Campbell upsets UNC-Asheville 81-79 (Campbell's Chris Clemons scored 51 points in this game. Did you know that?)
Radford upsets Liberty 56-52
Winthrop over Charleston Southern 92-78
Gardner-Webb over High Point 91-55

MAAC 1st Round:
Niagara over Quinnipiac 88-69
Canisius over Marist 77-73
Rider over Manhattan 69-68

Patriot League Quarterfinals:
Navy over Holy Cross 49-42
Lehigh over Colgate 77-72
Bucknell over Army 78-62
Boston University over Loyola-MD 64-60

Missouri Valley 1st Round:
Evansville over Indiana State 83-72
Bradley over Drake 67-58

Ohio Valley Quarterfinals:
Jacksonville State over Southeast Missouri State 74-51
Murray State over Morehead State 75-69

Atlantic Sun Semifinals:
Florida-Gulf Coast over Kennesaw State 74-62
North Florida upsets Lipscomb 91-85​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Friday, March 3rd

Now the fun REALLY begins! Gonzaga and Wichita State will be starting their conference tournaments soon, and all the bubble teams are REALLY hoping they don't allow a nobody to steal an NCAA berth. Let's check it out: (All times are Eastern)

Non-tourney games worth watching:
Harvard @ Princeton (5:00)
Game of the Day: Iowa State @ West Virginia (7:00)
Akron @ Kent State (9:00)

Missouri Valley Quarterfinals (From St. Louis, MO):
Evansville vs. Illinois State (1:00)
Loyola-Chicago vs. Southern Illinois (30 minutes after above game)
Bradley vs. Wichita State (7:00)
Missouri State vs. Northern Iowa (Around 9:30)

Southern Conference 1st Round (From Asheville, NC):
The Citadel vs. Western Carolina (5:00)
VMI vs. Samford (Around 7:30)

Horizon 1st Round (From Detroit, MI):
Milwaukee vs. Detroit Mercy (5:30)
Youngstown State vs. Cleveland State (Around 8:00)

CAA 1st Round (From North Charleston, SC):
Delaware vs. Hofstra (6:00)
Drexel vs. James Madison (Around 8:30)

Big South Semifinals (From Rock Hill, SC):
Campbell vs. Radford (6:00)
Winthrop vs. Gardner-Webb (30 minutes after above game)

MAAC Quarterfinals (From Albany, NY):
Monmouth vs. Niagara (7:00)
Canisius vs. Saint Peter's (Around 9:30)

Ohio Valley Semifinals (From Nashville, TN):
Belmont vs. Jacksonville State (7:30)
Murray State vs. UT-Martin (30 minutes after above game)

WCC Opening Round (From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas):
Pacific vs. Pepperdine (9:00)
Portland vs. San Diego (30 minutes after above game)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/3 recap (AKA: What happened while I was watching "O.J: Made in America" for the 7th time.)

West Virginia over Iowa State 87-76
Princeton over Harvard 73-69

Missouri Valley Quarterfinals:
Wichita State over Bradley 82-56
Illinois State over Evansville 80-69
Southern Illinois over Loyola-Chicago 55-50
Missouri State over Northern Iowa 70-64

WCC Opening Round:
Pacific over Pepperdine 89-84
Portland over San Diego 60-55

MAAC Quarterfinals:
Saint Peter's over Canisius 61-58
Monmouth over Niagara 84-59

Southern Conference 1st Round:
Citadel over Western Carolina 78-72
Samford over VMI 79-61

Horizon 1st Round:
Milwaukee over Detroit Mercy 85-60
Youngstown State over Cleveland State 84-69

CAA 1st Round:
Delaware over Hofstra 81-76
James Madison over Drexel 80-70

Big South Semifinals:
Campbell over Radford 66-50
Winthrop over Gardner-Webb 80-77 in OT

Ohio Valley Semifinals:
Jacksonville State upsets Belmont 65-59
UT-Martin over Murray State 73-67​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

March 4th (Part 1: Tourney Games)

Before I go through the major-league games this Saturday, let me separate the tournament games from the others: (All times are Eastern)

Northeast Semifinals:
Wagner @ St. Francis-PA (12:00)
Robert Morris @ Mount St. Mary's (2:00)

Southern Conference Quarterfinals (From Asheville, NC):
The Citadel vs. UNC-Greensboro (12:00)
Wofford vs. Chattanooga (Around 2:30)
Furman vs. Samford (6:00)
East Tennessee State vs. Mercer (Around 8:30)

CAA Quarterfinals (From North Charleston, SC):
Delaware vs. UNC-Wilmington (12:00)
Elon vs. William & Mary (Around 2:30)
Charleston vs. James Madison (6:00)
Northeastern vs. Towson (Around 8:30)

Missouri Valley Semifinals (From St. Louis, MO):
Illinois State vs. Southern Illinois (3:30)
Wichita State vs. Missouri State (Around 6:00)

WCC Quarterfinals (From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas):
BYU vs. Loyola-Marymount (4:00)
San Francisco vs. Santa Clara (30 minutes after above game)
Pacific vs. Gonzaga (10:00)
Portland vs. Saint Mary's (30 minutes after above game)

Horizon 2nd Round (From Detroit, MI):
Oakland vs. Youngstown State (5:30)
Valparaiso vs. Milwaukee (Around 8:00)

MAAC Quarterfinals (From Albany, NY):
Rider vs. Iona (7:00)
Fairfield vs. Siena (Around 9:30)

Summit League Quarterfinals (From Sioux Falls, SD):
Western Illinois vs. South Dakota (7:00)
IUPUI vs. North Dakota State (Around 9:30)

Ohio Valley Conference Championship:
UT-Martin vs. Jacksonville State (8:00)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

March 4th (Part 2-Games outside of the Top 25)

While everyone else drools over the Duke/UNC rematch (Again), I give you the final list of "Good Games outside of the rankings" this season: (All times are Eastern)

Indiana @ Ohio State (12:00)
Providence @ St. John's (12:00)
Texas Tech @ Kansas State (1:00) (This is a BIG "elimination game" for both teams. The loser can say goodbye to an NCAA at-large berth.)
Georgia @ Arkansas (2:00)
Michigan State @ Maryland (2:00)
California @ Colorado (2:00)
George Mason @ VCU (2:00)
Georgia Southern @ Georgia State (2:15)
Creighton @ Marquette (2:30)
Georgia Tech @ Syracuse (4:00) (Speaking of "NCAA elimination games"...)
Memphis @ SMU (4:00)
Wake Forest @ Virginia Tech (4:30)
UC-Davis @ UC-Irvine (6:00)
Dayton @ George Washington (8:00)
Colorado State @ Nevada (8:00)
South Carolina @ Ole Miss (8:30)

 

[hailtoyourvictor]

Thanks for the lists

 

[Hitman Hart]

Rhode Island is failing the eye test right now.

 

[bksballer89]

Rhode Island is failing the eye test right now.

From what I heard on espn this morning, they basically need to make the conference finals to make it or to stand a chance on selection sunday

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/4 recap (Part 1: Non-tourney games)

Rhode Island is failing the eye test right now.

What, did the Rams lose again?
...Wait, no, they won that OT game over Davidson. So why did Hitman say that? Let me check the rest of the scores and see:

Top 25:
Kansas over Oklahoma State 90-85
Louisville over Notre Dame 71-64
North Carolina over Duke 90-83
Kentucky over Texas A&M 71-63
Vanderbilt upsets Florida 73-71 (Oh... I'd say this was a BIG win for the 'Dores. Well, at least it can't get worse for the Rams!)
Seton Hall upsets Butler 70-64 (Oooooo...)
Florida State over Miami 66-57

Other important games:
Rutgers over Illinois 62-59 (Aaaannnndddd, Illinois's NCAA hopes are dead!)
Indiana over Ohio State 96-92
Providence over St. John's 86-75
Kansas State over Texas Tech 61-48
Maryland over Michigan State 63-60 (Let's face it: It'll take a miracle for Michigan State to make the NCAA's now.)
Colorado over California 54-46
Marquette over Creighton 91-83 (Another blow against Rhode Island: Marquette looks NCAA-bound with this win.)
Syracuse over Georgia Tech 90-61 (Well... At least we won't have to worry about Georgia Tech stealing a spot now.)
Wake Forest over Virginia Tech 89-84 (However, we DO have to worry about the Deacons.)
George Washington upsets Dayton 87-81
Ole Miss over South Carolina 75-70

 

[Hitman Hart]

They failed the eye test, because they are a mid-major on the bubble and it took them OT to beat a sub-100 RPI team at home.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/4 recap (Part 2: Tournament games)

WCC Quarterfinals:
Gonzaga over Pacific 82-50
Saint Mary's over Portland 81-58
BYU over Loyola-Marymount 89-81
Santa Clara over San Francisco 76-69

Missouri Valley Semifinals:
Wichita State over Missouri State 78-63
Illinois State over Southern Illinois 63-50

Northeast Conference Semifinals:
St. Francis-PA over Wagner 71-70
Mount St. Mary's over Robert Morris 75-66

CAA Quarterfinals:
UNC-Wilmington over Delaware 91-82
William & Mary over Elon 71-66
Charleston over James Madison 67-62
Towson over Northeastern 82-54

Southern Conference Quarterfinals:
UNC-Greensboro over Citadel 76-67
Wofford over Chattanooga 79-67
Samford over Furman 67-63
East Tennessee State over Mercer 73-66

MAAC Quarterfinals:
Iona over Rider 88-70
Siena over Fairfield 78-66

Summit League Quarterfinals:
South Dakota over Western Illinois 78-69 in OT
IUPUI upsets North Dakota State 76-57

Horizon 2nd Round:
Youngstown State upsets Oakland 81-80
Milwaukee upsets Valparaiso 43-41

Ohio Valley Championship: Jacksonville State over UT-Martin 66-55​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Sunday, March 5th

Okay... Enough fretting over Rhode Island. Let's see who's hearts will get broken today: (All times are Eastern)

Cincinnati @ UConn (12:00)
Purdue @ Northwestern (4:30)
Minnesota @ Wisconsin (6:00)

Patriot League Semifinals:
Lehigh @ Boston University (12:00)
Navy @ Bucknell (2:00)

CAA Semifinals (From North Charleston, SC):
UNC-Wilmington vs. William & Mary (2:00)
Towson vs. Charleston (Around 4:30)

MAAC Semifinals (From Albany, NY):
Monmouth vs. Siena (4:30)
Iona vs. Saint Peter's (Around 7:00)

Horizon League Quarterfinals (From Detroit, MI):
Illinois-Chicago vs. Green Bay (5:00)
Wright State vs. Northern Kentucky (Around 7:30)

Southern Conference Semifinals (From Asheville, NC):
UNC-Greensboro vs. Wofford (5:00)
Samford vs. East Tennessee State (Around 7:30)

Summit League Quarterfinals:
Denver vs. South Dakota State (7:00)
IPFW vs. Omaha (Around 9:30)

Big South Championship:
Campbell vs. Winthrop (1:00)

Missouri Valley Championship:
Game of the day: Wichita State vs. Illinois State (2:00)

Atlantic Sun Championship:
Florida-Gulf Coast vs. North Florida (3:00)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/5 recap (AKA: What happened while Roman Reigns destroyed Braun Strowman's career in Milwaukee.)

Missouri Valley Championship:
Wichita State over Illinois State 71-51 (Oh, great! That means that the Redbirds will have to sweat it out like everybody else.)

Patriot League Semifinals:
Lehigh over Boston University 91-88 in 2-OT's
Bucknell over Navy 70-65

CAA Semifinals:
UNC-Wilmington over William & Mary 105-94
Charleston over Towson 67-59

Horizon League 2nd Round:
Illinois-Chicago over Green Bay 79-70
Northern Kentucky over Wright State 82-77

Southern Semifinals:
UNC-Greensboro over Wofford 77-73
East Tennessee State over Samford 81-72

MAAC Semifinals:
Iona over Saint Peter's 73-65
Siena upsets Monmouth 89-85 (Ohhhh NOOOOOOOOOO!)

Summit League Quarterfinals:
South Dakota State over Denver 83-73
Omaha over IPFW 84-80

Big South Championship: Winthrop over Campbell 76-59

Atlantic Sun Championship: Florida-Gulf Coast over North Florida 77-61
​

Other big games:
Cincinnati over UConn 67-47
Purdue over Northwestern 69-65
Wisconsin over Minnesota 66-49
Iowa over Penn State 90-79 (Iowa's making a late push...)
Michigan over Nebraska 93-57

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Monday, March 6th

After we weep for the dearly departed Monmouth Hawks, let us take comfort in the fact that the game goes on. Case in point, these games coming up today: (All times are Eastern)

MEAC 1st Round (From Norfolk, VA):
Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. North Carolina A&T (5:00)
Howard vs. Coppin State (30 minutes after above game)

American East Semifinals:
New Hampshire @ Vermont (7:00)
Albany @ Stony Brook (7:30)

Horizon League Semifinals (From Detroit, MI):
Northern Kentucky vs. Youngstown State (7:00)
Milwaukee vs. Illinois-Chicago (Around 9:30)

MAC 1st Round:
Northern Illinois @ Eastern Michigan (7:00)
Central Michigan @ Kent State (7:00)
Miami-Ohio @ Western Michigan (7:30)
Bowling Green @ Toledo (8:00)

Summit League Semifinals (From Sioux Falls, SD):
South Dakota vs. South Dakota State (7:00)
IUPUI vs. Omaha (Around 9:30)

WCC Semifinals (From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas):
Santa Clara vs. Gonzaga (9:00)
Game of the Day: BYU vs. Saint Mary's (Around 11:30)

CAA Championship:
Charleston vs. UNC-Wilmington (7:00)

Southern Conference Championship:
UNC-Greensboro vs. East Tennessee State (7:00)

MAAC Championship:
Siena vs. Iona (9:00)​

 

[Ron G]

Friday, March 3rd

Now the fun REALLY begins! Gonzaga and Wichita State will be starting their conference tournaments soon, and all the bubble teams are REALLY hoping they don't allow a nobody to steal an NCAA berth. Let's check it out: (All times are Eastern)

Non-tourney games worth watching:
Harvard @ Princeton (5:00)
Game of the Day: Iowa State @ West Virginia (7:00)
Akron @ Kent State (9:00)

Missouri Valley Quarterfinals (From St. Louis, MO):
Evansville vs. Illinois State (1:00)
Loyola-Chicago vs. Southern Illinois (30 minutes after above game)
Bradley vs. Wichita State (7:00)
Missouri State vs. Northern Iowa (Around 9:30)

Southern Conference 1st Round (From Asheville, NC):
The Citadel vs. Western Carolina (5:00)
VMI vs. Samford (Around 7:30)

Horizon 1st Round (From Detroit, MI):
Milwaukee vs. Detroit Mercy (5:30)
Youngstown State vs. Cleveland State (Around 8:00)

CAA 1st Round (From North Charleston, SC):
Delaware vs. Hofstra (6:00)
Drexel vs. James Madison (Around 8:30)

Big South Semifinals (From Rock Hill, SC):
Campbell vs. Radford (6:00)
Winthrop vs. Gardner-Webb (30 minutes after above game)

MAAC Quarterfinals (From Albany, NY):
Monmouth vs. Niagara (7:00)
Canisius vs. Saint Peter's (Around 9:30)

Ohio Valley Semifinals (From Nashville, TN):
Belmont vs. Jacksonville State (7:30)
Murray State vs. UT-Martin (30 minutes after above game)

WCC Opening Round (From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas):
Pacific vs. Pepperdine (9:00)
Portland vs. San Diego (30 minutes after above game)​

And therein lies the rub of the NCAA. I have always proposed that each conference be told how many of its teams will get into the tourney prior to the conference tourneys. For example, let's say the Big 10 is told 7 of its teams will get in, if they (as a conference) choose to send a tourney champion that has a record of 15 -17 because it wins the tourney, then the conference does not get to have 8 teams thereby knocking out a 29-5 non Power Five team.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/6 recap (AKA: What happened while the Undertaker said "Pppth" to John Cena and went with Roman Reigns instead.)

WCC Semifinals:
Gonzaga over Santa Clara 77-68
Saint Mary's over BYU 81-50 (Well, at least the WCC won't give us any nasty surprises this season.)

MEAC 1st Round:
Maryland-Eastern Shore over North Carolina A&T 74-67
Howard over Coppin State 79-73

American East Semifinals:
Vermont over New Hampshire 74-41
Albany over Stony Brook 63-56

MAC 1st Round:
Kent State over Central Michigan 116-106 in OT
Eastern Michigan over Northern Illinois 72-69
Western Michigan over Miami-Ohio 65-61
Toledo over Bowling Green 77-62

Summit League Semifinals:
South Dakota State over South Dakota 74-71
Omaha over IUPUI 90-62

Horizon League Semifinals:
Northern Kentucky over Youngstown State 84-74
Milwaukee over Illinois-Chicago 74-68

CAA Championship: UNC-Wilmington over Charleston 78-69

Southern Championship: East Tennessee State over UNC-Greenboro 79-74

MAAC Championship: Iona over Siena 87-86 in OT​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Tuesday, March 7th

Today, the ACC begins it's tournament from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. And I'm sure there's a thread about it on the forums somewhere, so no, I won't be covering it (and that also goes for the Big East, Big 10, Big 12, PAC-12, and SEC).
But as for everything else, it's fair game! So, let's see what else is happening: (All times are Eastern)

MEAC 1st Round (From Norfolk, VA):
Delaware State vs. Bethune-Cookman (4:00)
Florida A&M vs. South Carolina State (30 minutes after above game)

Big Sky 1st Round (From Reno, NV):
Portland State vs. Northern Arizona (5:35)
Idaho State vs. Sacramento State (8:35)
Southern Utah vs. Montana State (Around 11:05)

SWAC Quarterfinals:
Mississippi Valley State @ Alcorn State (7:00)
Alabama State @ Texas Southern (8:30)
Jackson State @ Southern (8:30)
Grambling @ Prairie View A&M (9:00)

Northeast Conference Championship:
St. Francis-PA @ Mount St. Mary's (7:00)

Horizon League Championship:
Milwaukee vs. Northern Kentucky (7:00)

Summit League Championship:
South Dakota State vs. Omaha (9:00)

WCC Championship:
Game of the Day: Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's (9:00)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/7 recap

ACC Opening Round:
Clemson over NC State 75-61
Wake Forest over Boston College 92-78
Pittsburgh over Georgia Tech 61-59 (And now the Yellow Jackets can take a hike, 'cause they're gone.)

MEAC 1st Round:
Bethune-Cookman over Delaware State 69-62
South Carolina State over Florida A&M 82-78 in OT

Big Sky 1st Round:
Portland State over Northern Arizona 80-67
Sacramento State over Idaho State 91-76
Southern Utah upsets Montana State 109-105 in 3-OT's

SWAC Quarterfinals:
Alcorn State over Mississippi Valley State 63-60
Southern over Jackson State 69-63
Texas Southern over Alabama State 87-72
Grambling over Prairie View A&M 81-77

Summit League Final: South Dakota State over Omaha 79-77

WCC Final: Gonzaga over Saint Mary's 74-56

Northeast Conference Final: Mount St. Mary's over St. Francis-PA 71-61

Horizon Final: Northern Kentucky over Milwaukee 59-53​