It's heating up so much! (2024-25 CBB thread- Part 3)

[TheGoodMan19]

Indiana is losing their coach.... Mike Woodson maybe could do something..

Also - SO stupid how UNC is looking to build off campus and an even smaller arena

GO DUKE!!!!

How about this for a head line

UNC HIRES AS NEW HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, MIKE KRZYZEWSKI

 

[PhilSimms11]

Oklahoma 76, Texas 72 (F)
Sooners improve to (19-12, 6-12), Longhorns drop to (17-14, 6-12).

 

[PhilSimms11]

Ohio Valley Championship
#2 SIU-Edwardsville 69, #1 SE Mo St 48

SIUE (21-11) is the first team to punch a ticket. It's also the program's 1st trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Congrats to the...Cougars.

 

[TheGoodMan19]

Right now, CBS Sports is reporting that #16 Memphis is the #1 seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament. Yeah, A-C-C. My wife, who loathes basketball, knows that Memphis is not in the ACC

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/8 recap (Part 1- Bubble teams)

The other people on this thread are doing a good job handling the Top 25 action, like Houston holding off Baylor and Mississippi State losing to Arkansas. As for the others, here's what happened (Games without bubble teams are in italics):

Georgia over Vanderbilt 79-68
Harvard over Dartmouth 66-58; makes Ivy League tournament
Wake Forest over Georgia Tech 69-43
Indiana over Ohio State 66-60
Oklahoma over Texas 76-72
Florida State over SMU 76-69 (Uh oh. It does NOT look good for the Mustangs right now...)
Notre Dame over California 112-110 in 4-OT's
Abilene Christian upsets Grand Canyon 82-81 in OT
Xavier over Providence 76-68
George Mason over Richmond 64-60
UC-San Diego over UC-Davis 68-57
San Diego State over Nevada 80-61

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/8 recap (Part 2- Tournament games)

And now, here was the tournament action that took place yesterday:

WCC 3rd Round:
Washington State over Loyola-Marymount 94-77
Pepperdine upsets Oregon State 77-73

Summit League Semifinals:
St. Thomas (MN) over North Dakota 85-69 (...Wait. St. Thomas is STILL ineligible for the NCAA tournament? Ugh! Well, then...)
Omaha over South Dakota 100-75; Omaha wins automatic NCAA bid

CAA 2nd Round:
Drexel over Elon 91-74
Delaware upsets Campbell 79-62
Hampton over Northeastern 70-65
Monmouth over Hofstra 65-60

SoCon Quarterfinals:
Chattanooga over Mercer 76-61
VMI upsets UNC-Greensboro 64-57
Wofford over East Tennessee State 72-60
Furman over Samford 95-78

Sun Belt Quarterfinals:
Arkansas State over Marshall 77-74
Troy over Old Dominion 75-59

American East Quarterfinals:
Vermont over New Hampshire 64-57
Bryant over UMBC 85-74
Maine over UMass-Lowell 72-64
Albany over Binghamton 69-66

Northeast Semifinals:
St. Francis (PA) over Long Island 71-68
Central Connecticut State over Fairleigh Dickinson 76-72 in OT

Big South Semifinals:
High Point over Radford 76-73
Winthrop over UNC-Asheville 86-67

Missouri Valley Semifinals:
Drake over Belmont 57-50
Bradley over Valparaiso 70-65

Big Sky 1st Round:
Weber State over Sacramento State 83-70
Northern Arizona over Eastern Washington 66-53​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Sunday, March 9th

Ohio Valley Championship
#2 SIU-Edwardsville 69, #1 SE Mo St 48

SIUE (21-11) is the first team to punch a ticket. It's also the program's 1st trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Congrats to the...Cougars.

Oops! Almost forgot this game while I was making the recaps. So with SIU-Edwardsville and Omaha now in, let's see who will join them in the Big Dance today:

CAA Quarterfinals [From Washington D.C.]:
Drexel vs. Towson (12:00)
Delaware vs. William & Mary (Around 2:30)
Hampton vs. UNC-Wilmington (6:00)
Monmouth vs. Charleston (Around 8:30)

Southland 1st Round [From Lake Charles, LA]:
Houston Christian vs. Texas A&M-CC (6:00)
Incarnate Word vs. SE-Louisiana (Around 8:30)

Big Sky 2nd Round [From Boise, ID]:
Northern Colorado vs. Weber State (7:30)
Northern Arizona vs. Montana (Around 10:00)

Patriot League Semifinals:
Navy @ Bucknell (12:00)
Colgate @ American (2:00)

SoCon Semifinals [From Asheville, NC]:
Furman vs. Chattanooga (4:00)
VMI vs. Wofford (Around 6:30)

Sun Belt Semifinals [From Pensacola, FL]:
Arkansas State vs. South Alabama (6:00)
Troy vs. James Madison (Around 8:30)

WCC Quarterfinals [From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas]:
Pepperdine vs. Santa Clara (8:30)
San Francisco vs. Washington State (Around 11:00)

Big South Championship:
Winthrop vs. High Point (12:00)

Atlantic Sun Championship:
North Alabama @ Lipscomb (2:00)

Missouri Valley Championship:
Drake vs. Bradley (2:10) (Drake can end the debate of their worthiness with a win here.)
​

Other big games:
Game of the Day: Michigan @ Michigan State (12:00)
North Texas @ Temple (2:00)

 

[TheGoodMan19]

The SMU loss to the Seminoles hurt bad. Barring an upset in the tourney, the once mighty ACC is a three bid conference. And without Duke, they would probably drop below the WCC, Mountain West and maybe the A10. Louisville is a nice story after the last two season but haven't beat anyone. Clemson beat Duke but accomplished little else. the rest are stumblebums. I don't think either make it past the first weekend

 

[TheGoodMan19]

3/8 recap (Part 2- Tournament games)

And now, here was the tournament action that took place yesterday:

WCC 3rd Round:
Washington State over Loyola-Marymount 94-77
Pepperdine upsets Oregon State 77-73

Summit League Semifinals:
St. Thomas (MN) over North Dakota 85-69 (...Wait. St. Thomas is STILL ineligible for the NCAA tournament? Ugh! Well, then...)
Omaha over South Dakota 100-75; Omaha wins automatic NCAA bid

CAA 2nd Round:
Drexel over Elon 91-74
Delaware upsets Campbell 79-62
Hampton over Northeastern 70-65
Monmouth over Hofstra 65-60

SoCon Quarterfinals:
Chattanooga over Mercer 76-61
VMI upsets UNC-Greensboro 64-57
Wofford over East Tennessee State 72-60
Furman over Samford 95-78

Sun Belt Quarterfinals:
Arkansas State over Marshall 77-74
Troy over Old Dominion 75-59

American East Quarterfinals:
Vermont over New Hampshire 64-57
Bryant over UMBC 85-74
Maine over UMass-Lowell 72-64
Albany over Binghamton 69-66

Northeast Semifinals:
St. Francis (PA) over Long Island 71-68
Central Connecticut State over Fairleigh Dickinson 76-72 in OT

Big South Semifinals:
High Point over Radford 76-73
Winthrop over UNC-Asheville 86-67

Missouri Valley Semifinals:
Drake over Belmont 57-50
Bradley over Valparaiso 70-65

Big Sky 1st Round:
Weber State over Sacramento State 83-70
Northern Arizona over Eastern Washington 66-53​

A couple of those games were interesting. Fairleigh Dickinson, 12-19, took 25-6 Central Connecticut State to OT And Valparaiso, 13-18, 6-14 in conference, gave 24 win Bradley fits before losing. Bradley wasn't going to the NCAA but if Valpo knocked off Drake in the arch madness final, would that have cost Drake a bif

 

[redseat]

How about this for a head line

UNC HIRES AS NEW HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, MIKE KRZYZEWSKI

Would never happen! But it would make one hell of a headline

 

[TheGoodMan19]

Would never happen! But it would make one hell of a headline

No, never. But imagine his first game in Cameron. Duke fans would have missile launchers

 

[redseat]

No, never. But imagine his first game in Cameron. Duke fans would have missile launchers

Oh for sure...

Thank god we will never have to see it!

 

[navamind]

This would hurt more if the conference was still at stake, but man what a beat down.

 

[TheGoodMan19]

This would hurt more if the conference was still at stake, but man what a beat down.

Nice one year turnaround for Dusty May. 2nd best hire of last cycle (Pat Kelsey at Louisville) I think he will take Michigan to a Final Four. Not this year

 

[TheGoodMan19]

High Point hits a high point and wins the Big South and gets their 1st NCAA bid. 29-5 haven't lost since January 15th. Probably a #13 seed. I wouldn't want to play them in the 1st Round