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

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Monday, March 10th (AKA: What I'll be watching after I finish putting together my mom's new shower chair)

CAA Semifinals [From Washington D.C.]:
Delaware vs. Towson (6:00)
Charleston vs. UNC-Wilmington (Around 8:30)

Southland Quarterfinals [From Lake Charles, LA]:
Northwestern State vs. Texas A&M-CC (6:00)
Incarnate Word vs. Nicholls (Around 8:30)

Big Sky 2nd Round [From Boise, ID]:
Montana State vs. Idaho State (7:30)
Idaho vs. Portland State (Around 10:00)

Horizon League Semifinals [From Indianapolis, IN]:
Oakland vs. Robert Morris (7:00)
Youngstown State vs. Cleveland State (9:30)

WCC Semifinals [From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas]:
Pepperdine vs. Saint Mary's (9:00)
Game of the Day: San Francisco vs. Gonzaga (Around 11:30)

Sun Belt Championship:
Arkansas State vs. Troy (7:00)

SoCon Championship:
Wofford vs. Furman (7:00)​

 

[TheGoodMan19]

The Big 10 is overrated as can be. 2nd best conference with 10 bids, my ass. Michigan State, yeah, very good. Maryland finished 2nd. Their big win, Wisconsin. They lost to Northwestern and Washington. Same with Michigan and the rest, not going to bore y'all. Purdue is probably 2nd best team. 10 losses but beat Ole Miss and Alabama. The Big XII is much better and it's not close.

 

[PhilSimms11]

CAA semifinals
#1 Towson (22-10) in danger of choking vs #12 Delaware (15-19).

 

[TheGoodMan19]

CAA semifinals
#1 Towson (22-10) in danger of choking vs #12 Delaware (15-19).

Wow, Delaware has won four games in four days.

 

[PhilSimms11]

SoCon Championship
#6 Wofford (19-15) 92, #5 Furman (25-9) 85

 

[Xeliou66]

Wofford and Troy punch their tickets to March Madness in entertaining games.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/10 recap

Wofford and Troy punch their tickets to March Madness in entertaining games.

Well, that takes care of yesterday's finals. Let's see what else happened:

CAA Semifinals:
Delaware over Towson 82-72
UNC-Wilmington over Charleston 68-67

Southland Quarterfinals:
Northwestern State over Texas A&M-CC 66-63
Nicholls over Incarnate Word 74-70 in OT

Horizon Semifinals:
Robert Morris over Oakland 79-76 in OT
Youngstown State over Cleveland State 56-54

Big Sky 2nd Round:
Montana State over Idaho State 80-60
Idaho over Portland State 80-70

WCC Semifinals:
Saint Mary's over Pepperdine 74-59
Gonzaga over San Francisco 85-76​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Tuesday, March 11th

Yep. We got YET ANOTHER Gonzaga/Saint Mary's final in the WCC. Can any game supersede it as our "Game of the Day" today? Let's find out:

ACC 1st Round [From Charlotte, NC]:
Pittsburgh vs. Notre Dame (2:00)
California vs. Virginia Tech (Around 4:30)
Syracuse vs. Florida State (7:00)

Big 12 1st Round [From Kansas City, MO]:
Cincinnati vs. Oklahoma State (12:30)
Colorado vs. TCU (Around 3:00)
Arizona State vs. Kansas State (7:00)
Utah vs. UCF (Around 9:30)

SWAC 1st Round [From College Park, GA]:
Alabama A&M vs. Grambling (2:00)
Prairie View A&M vs. Florida A&M (8:30)

WAC 1st Round:
Utah Tech @ Southern Utah (4:30)

MAAC 1st Round [From Atlantic City, NJ]:
Siena vs. Rider (6:00)
Fairfield vs. Sacred Heart (Around 8:30)

Conference USA 1st Round [From Huntsville, AL]:
UTEP vs. Sam Houston (6:30)
Florida International vs. Western Kentucky (Around 9:00)

American East Semifinals:
Maine @ Vermont (7:00)
Albany @ Bryant (9:00)

Southland Semifinals [From Lake Charles, LA]:
Northwestern State vs. McNeese State (7:00)
Nicholls vs. Lamar (Around 9:30)

Big Sky Semifinals [From Boise, ID]:
Montana State vs. Northern Colorado (9:00)
Idaho vs. Montana (Around 11:30)

CAA Championship:
Delaware vs. UNC-Wilmington (7:00) (Here's a good "Game of the Day"! Can Delaware do the unthinkable and steal the CAA automatic bid?)

Northeast Championship:
St. Francis (PA) @ Central Connecticut (7:00)

Horizon League Championship:
Robert Morris vs. Youngstown State (7:00)​

 

[PhilSimms11]

San Francisco (24-9)...in or out? I think they're a good team and probably more deserving than some teams that will get in. For example, Lunardi has 10 teams from the Big Ten, which includes Indiana (19-12) and Ohio St (17-14). I'll go 8 from that conference and that's about it.

San Fran's key wins include Boise St (22-9), Montana (23-9), St Mary's (28-4)...key losses are Bradley (26-8), Clemson (26-5), Gonzaga (24-8) x3, Memphis (26-5).

 

[TheGoodMan19]

San Francisco (24-9)...in or out? I think they're a good team and probably more deserving than some teams that will get in. For example, Lunardi has 10 teams from the Big Ten, which includes Indiana (19-12) and Ohio St (17-14). I'll go 8 from that conference and that's about it.

San Fran's key wins include Boise St (22-9), Montana (23-9), St Mary's (28-4)...key losses are Bradley (26-8), Clemson (26-5), Gonzaga (24-8) x3, Memphis (26-5).

Should be, yeah. Will be, no. The computers have them in the 60's (61 at BartTorvik, 64 at NET and KenPom). Below Penn State, Pitt, Santa Clara. But computers are screwy anyway. All have Gonzaga top 10 and Saint Mary's in the 20's. Yet Gonzaga is an 8 or 9 seed while Saint Mary's is a 5.

 

[PhilSimms11]

NEC Championship
St Francis (PA) (16-17) just fluked its way into the tournament vs CConn (25-7).

 

[PhilSimms11]

Horizon League
Robert Morris (26-8) took care of business.

 

[PhilSimms11]

CAA
UNC Wilmington (27-7) takes care of business.

 

[TheGoodMan19]

NEC Championship
St Francis (PA) (16-17) just fluked its way into the tournament vs CConn (25-7).

St. Francis, ranked 317 @ KenPom

 

[PhilSimms11]

St. Francis, ranked 317 @ KenPom

A 14-seed...NOT.

 

[PhilSimms11]

WCC Championship
#2 Gonzaga (25-8) 58, #1 St Mary's (28-5) 51

 

[TheGoodMan19]

WCC Championship
#2 Gonzaga (25-8) 58, #1 St Mary's (28-5) 51

ESPN has Gonzaga now at a 7 seed, playing 10 seed Drake. Great potential 1st round game

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/11 recap

As @PhilSimms11 and @TheGoodMan19 have already mentioned, teams like Robert Morris and Gonzaga took care of business yesterday. There was also UNC-Wilmington stopping Delaware's miracle run short, and St. Francis (PA) shocking Central Connecticut to win the NEC.

So with the finals taken care of, here's what else happened:

ACC 1st Round:
Notre Dame over Pittsburgh 55-54
California over Virginia Tech 82-73 in 2-OT's
Syracuse over Florida State 66-62

Big 12 1st Round:
Cincinnati over Oklahoma State 86-67
Colorado upsets TCU 69-67
Kansas State over Arizona State 71-66
UCF over Utah 87-72

SWAC 1st Round:
Grambling over Alabama A&M 73-56
Florida A&M over Prairie View A&M 75-66

WAC 1st Round:
Utah Tech over Southern Utah 72-65

MAAC 1st Round:
Rider over Siena 78-76
Sacred Heart over Fairfield 71-58

C-USA 1st Round:
UTEP over Sam Houston 79-65
Florida International over Western Kentucky 64-61

Southland Semifinals:
McNeese State over Northwestern State 83-64
Lamar over Nicholls 58-55

American East Semifinals:
Maine over Vermont 57-42
Bryant over Albany 91-78

Big Sky Semifinals:
Northern Colorado over Montana State 72-45
Montana over Idaho 78-55​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

March 12th (Part 1- The major tournaments)

Okay folks, brace yourselves. The next 4 days are gonna be "2-post" days, as the tournament action REALLY heats up. First, here's what the major conferences look like:

ACC 2nd Round [From Charlotte, NC]:
Virginia vs. Georgia Tech (12:00)
Notre Dame vs. North Carolina (Around 2:30)
California vs. Stanford (7:00)
Syracuse vs. SMU (Around 9:30)

Big 12 2nd Round [From Kansas City, MO]:
Cincinnati vs. Iowa State (12:30)
Colorado vs. West Virginia (Around 3:00)
Kansas State vs. Baylor (7:00)
UCF vs. Kansas (Around 9:30)

Big East 1st Round [From Madison Square Garden]:
Butler vs. Providence (4:00)
DePaul vs. Georgetown (Around 6:30)
Seton Hall vs. Villanova (9:00)

Big 10 1st Round [From Indianapolis, IN]:
Northwestern vs. Minnesota (3:30)
Iowa vs. Ohio State (Around 6:00)
USC vs. Rutgers (8:30)

SEC 1st Round [From Nashville, TN]:
South Carolina vs. Arkansas (1:00)
Texas vs. Vanderbilt (Around 3:30)
LSU vs. Mississippi State (7:00)
Oklahoma vs. Georgia (Around 9:30)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

March 12th (Part 2- Everyone else)

And now, the other tournaments going on today:

Atlantic 10 1st Round [From Washington D.C.]:
Richmond vs. Davidson (11:30 A.M.)
Fordham vs. Rhode Island (Around 2:00)
La Salle vs. UMass (4:30)

Mountain West 1st Round [From the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas]:
Wyoming vs. San Jose State (2:00)
Fresno State vs. Nevada (Around 4:30)
UNLV vs. Air Force (7:00)

American 1st Round [From Denton, TX]:
Charlotte vs. Rice (1:00)

SWAC Quarterfinals [From College Park, GA]:
Grambling vs. Southern (2:00)
Florida A&M vs. Jackson State (8:30)

MEAC Quarterfinals [From Norfolk, VA]:
UMES vs. Norfolk State (6:00)
Coppin State vs. South Carolina State (30 minutes after above game)

MAAC Quarterfinals [From Atlantic City, NJ]:
Rider vs. Quinnipiac (6:00)
Sacred Heart vs. Merrimack (Around 8:30)

Conference USA Quarterfinals [From Huntsville, AL]:
UTEP vs. Liberty (6:30)
Florida International vs. Jacksonville State (Around 9:00)

WAC Quarterfinals [From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas]:
Utah Tech vs. Utah Valley (9:00)
UT-Arlington vs. Grand Canyon (Around 11:30)

Big West 1st Round [From Henderson, NV]:
Cal-State Bakersfield vs. UC-Santa Barbara (9:00)
Cal Poly vs. UC-Davis (Around 11:30)

Southland Championship:
Nicholls vs. McNeese State (5:00)

Patriot League Championship:
Navy @ American (7:00)

Big Sky Championship:
Game of the Day: Montana vs. Northern Colorado (11:30)​