It's time to play your way in... or out! (2017-18 CBB thread, part 3)

[SteelersPride]

I read somewhere that it's getting replaced by another song. Don't know what that is yet.

Noooooo

 

[douggie]

 

[Ickey Shuffle]

Atlantic Sun Quarterfinals:
USC-Upstate @ Florida Gulf-Coast (7:00)
Kennesaw State @ Jacksonville (7:00)
North Florida @ N.J.I.T (7:30)
Stetson @ Lipscomb (8:00)​

Conference tourney's already. Woot woot.

No idea about any of these teams. Florida Gulf-Coast is the only name I recognized so I go with them.

 

[jontaejones]

Villanova keeps losing, but is still clinging on to that last #1 seed. When are you guys gonna overtake us?

 

[douggie]

Villanova keeps losing, but is still clinging on to that last #1 seed. When are you guys gonna overtake us?

Duke keeps trying not to do just that! I think Duke gets a #2 seed, we just don't want to be in Nova's bracket!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

2/26 recap

When I first came to this site today, I noticed QUITE a few tournament threads on the CBB forums. Maybe somebody doesn't want me to list off schedules anymore...

On a lighter note, let's see if anything happened yesterday:

Virginia Tech upsets Duke 64-63 (And with that, Virginia Tech is now IN the NCAA's.)
Kansas over Texas 80-70 (Texas is in trouble of falling OUT of the NCAA bubble... but we all knew that.)
West Virginia over Texas Tech 84-74 (Tech's now lost 4 in a row. Could a NCAA 1st-round loss be in the works?)
Marquette over Georgetown 90-86 in OT (Man! Marquette will NOT go away, will they?)

Atlantic Sun Quarterfinals:
Florida Gulf-Coast over USC-Upstate 96-76
Jacksonville over Kennesaw State 87-68
North Florida over N.J.I.T 80-76; will meet Florida Gulf-Coast in semis
Lipscomb over Stetson 89-73; will meet Jacksonville in semis​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Tuesday, February 27th

So Michael Porter Jr. is cleared to play for Missouri again. NBA executives are saying he should play tonight, but honestly I'm not holding my breath.
Will other NCAA teams go through this type of drama today? Let's see: (All times are Eastern)

Tournament games:

Patriot League 1st Round:
Army @ Loyola-MD (7:00)
American @ Lafayette (7:00)

Big South 1st Round:
Longwood @ High Point (7:00)
Presbyterian @ Charleston Southern (7:00)​

Other big games:
Florida @ Alabama (7:00) (HUGE game for both teams. If Florida wins, I think they're in. And if they do, Alabama may be OUT.)
Tennessee @ Mississippi State (7:00)
Miami @ North Carolina (9:00)
Game of the Day: Auburn @ Arkansas (9:00)
Oklahoma @ Baylor (9:00) (Another big "bubble" game. If Baylor doesn't win this one, they'll be in trouble.)
Kansas State @ TCU (9:00) (Actually, TCU will be in trouble if they don't win this game, too.)
Davidson @ St. Bonaventure (9:00)
Boise State @ San Diego State (11:00)

 

[ericd7633]

2/26 recap

When I first came to this site today, I noticed QUITE a few tournament threads on the CBB forums. Maybe somebody doesn't want me to list off schedules anymore...

On a lighter note, let's see if anything happened yesterday:

Virginia Tech upsets Duke 64-63 (And with that, Virginia Tech is now IN the NCAA's.)
Kansas over Texas 80-70 (Texas is in trouble of falling OUT of the NCAA bubble... but we all knew that.)
West Virginia over Texas Tech 84-74 (Tech's now lost 4 in a row. Could a NCAA 1st-round loss be in the works?)
Marquette over Georgetown 90-86 in OT (Man! Marquette will NOT go away, will they?)

Atlantic Sun Quarterfinals:
Florida Gulf-Coast over USC-Upstate 96-76
Jacksonville over Kennesaw State 87-68
North Florida over N.J.I.T 80-76; will meet Florida Gulf-Coast in semis
Lipscomb over Stetson 89-73; will meet Jacksonville in semis​

Ive been posting the individual tournaments for the last couple years. It's good to have it in it's own place for discussion.

 

[SteelersPride]

OH rhode island

 

[Hitman Hart]

OH rhode island

I thought it was an error on ESPN's website at first. Not sure how you lose by 30 points to a mediocre team on senior night.

 

[SteelersPride]

I thought it was an error on ESPN's website at first. Not sure how you lose by 30 points to a mediocre team on senior night.

romped from the beginning..........more parody

 

[Skerpokes]

Oklahoma is now 1-7 in their last 8 games and 3-10 in their last 13. Including losses to bottom of the league teams Iowa State and Texas.

Apparently that's good enough to earn you a 10 seed in the tournament.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

2/27 recap

So yesterday we had Miami stun North Carolina on a buzzer-beater, Auburn suddenly looking normal after Arkansas smoked them, Oklahoma losing to Baylor yet STILL be in the NCAA's (according to ESPN), and of course...

I thought it was an error on ESPN's website at first. Not sure how you lose by 30 points to a mediocre team on senior night.

...that happening to Rhode Island.
So what else happened yesterday? Let's see:

Tournament games:

Big South 1st Round:
Longwood over High Point 68-55
Charleston Southern over Presbyterian 68-51

Patriot League 1st Round:
Loyola (MD) over Army 82-79
Lafayette over American 93-86​

Other big games:
Tennessee over Mississippi State 76-54
Florida over Alabama 73-52 (With this result, it looks like 'Bama is out.)
Missouri over Vanderbilt 74-66
TCU over Kansas State 66-59
St. Bonaventure over Davidson 117-113 in 3-OT's (And in the nightcap, the Bonnies enhanced their NCAA resume with a thrilling win...)
San Diego State over Boise State 72-64 (...while Boise State might have just played their way OUT.)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, February 28th

On behalf of the Big 10 fans, I won't platter on and on about that tourney about to begin over at MSG; you can go to that "tournament thread" for all the details.
As for everything else, it's all fair game! Here's what to see today: (All times are Eastern)

Tournament games:

Northeast Conference Quarterfinals:
St. Francis (BKN) @ LIU-Brooklyn (7:00) [Oooo! An inner-city rivalry!]
Fairleigh Dickinson @ St. Francis (PA) (7:00)
Robert Morris @ Mt. Saint Mary's (7:00)
Central Connecticut State @ Wagner (7:00)

Ohio Valley 1st Round [From Evansville, IN]:
SIU-Edwardsville vs. Tennessee Tech (7:30)
Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State (30 minutes after above game)​

Other big games:
Providence @ Xavier (6:30) (The Frairs might need to win this one to make sure they'll make the NCAA's.)
Ole Miss @ Kentucky (7:00)
Texas A&M @ Georgia (8:30)
Game of the Day: Villanova @ Seton Hall (8:30)
Florida State @ Clemson (9:00)
Houston @ SMU (9:00)
Nevada @ UNLV (11:00)

 

[tducey]

Big upset of the Tar Heels last night. Got to wonder how this affects their chances at a 1-3 seed in the tourney.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

2/28 recap

Did anything happen in the Top 25 yesterday? Well, Xavier now has a share of it's first-ever Big East regular-season title, and Villanova nearly blew it against Seton Hall, but nothing else really happened.

So, how about stuff OUTSIDE of the rankings? Let's see...

Big 10 1st Round:
Iowa over Illinois 96-87; will meet Michigan in next round
Rutgers over Minnesota 65-54; will meet Indiana in next round

Northeast Conference Quarterfinals:
Wagner over Central Connecticut State 73-61
Robert Morris over Mt. Saint Mary's 60-56
Fairleigh Dickinson over St. Francis (PA) 84-75; will meet Robert Morris in semis
LIU-Brooklyn over St. Francis (BKN) 73-50; will meet Wagner in semis

Ohio Valley 1st Round:
Tennessee Tech over SIU-Edwardsville 60-51
Eastern Illinois upsets Tennessee State 73-71
​

Other big games:
South Carolina over LSU 83-74 in OT (And there goes ANY shot of LSU getting an at-large NCAA berth.)
UConn over Temple 72-66 (Ditto for the Temple Owls; right now they're OUT.)
Texas A&M over Georgia 61-60
Boston College over Syracuse 85-70 ( Damn! ...Well, we're screwed.)
St. John's over Butler 75-68 in 2-OT's

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Thursday, March 1st

Prepare yourselves, folks! Starting today, things are gonna get REALLY crazy 'round here. Not just because the Big 10 tournament is warming up, or that teams like Louisville and Middle Tennessee will be playing for a NCAA bid tonight.

No, it's because we just might be seeing Gonzaga's swan song as a member of the West Coast Conference. And god help the WCC if Gonzaga DOES join the Mountain West (as first reported by ESPN). So let's see what happens! (All times are Eastern)

Tournament games:

Big South Quarterfinals [From Asheville, NC]:
Longwood vs. Radford (1:00)
Gardner-Webb vs. Winthrop (30 minutes after above game)
Charleston Southern vs. UNC-Asheville (7:00)
Liberty vs. Campbell (Around 9:30)

MAAC 1st Round [From Albany, NY]:
Monmouth vs. Saint Peter's (5:00)
Quinnipiac vs. Siena (30 minutes after above game)
Marist vs. Fairfield (Around 10:00)

Missouri Valley 1st Round [From St. Louis, MO]:
Northern Iowa vs. Evansville (7:00)
Valparaiso vs. Missouri State (Around 9:30)

Patriot League Quarterfinals:
Loyola (MD) @ #1 Seed Bucknell (7:00)
Holy Cross @ Navy (7:00)
Boston University @ Lehigh (7:00)
Lafayette @ Colgate (7:00)

Ohio Valley 2nd Round [From Evansville, IN]:
Tennessee Tech vs. Jacksonville State (7:30)
Austin Prey vs. Eastern Illinois (30 minutes after above game)

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

Other big games:
Wichita State @ UCF (7:00)
Game of the Day: Virginia @ Louisville (8:00)
Western Kentucky @ Middle Tennessee (8:00) (If Middle Tennessee wins, they'll grab the C-USA regular season title... and maybe lock up an at-large NCAA bid.)
Cincinnati @ Tulane (9:00)
Oregon @ Washington State (9:00) (For Oregon's sake, they BETTER not lose this one.)
Stanford @ Arizona (10:00)
Oregon State @ Washington (11:00) (Washington's in the same boat as Oregon right here.)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/1 recap (AKA: What Louisville fans were watching when they were NOT cursing the basketball gods.)

Tournament games:

Big 10 2nd Round:
Michigan over Iowa 77-71 in OT; will meet Nebraska in quarters
Wisconsin over Maryland 59-54; will meet Michigan State in quarters (Good bye, Maryland! See you in the NIT!)
Penn State over Northwestern 65-57; will meet Ohio State in quarters
Rutgers over Indiana 76-69; will meet Purdue in quarters

Big South Quarterfinals:
Radford over Longwood 59-53
Winthrop over Gardner-Webb 72-68
UNC-Asheville over Charleston Southern 71-66
Liberty over Campbell 73-59

MAAC 1st Round:
Saint Peter's over Monmouth 60-58
Quinnipiac over Siena 67-58
Fairfield over Marist 71-57

Missouri Valley 1st Round:
Northern Iowa over Evansville 60-50
Missouri State over Valparaiso 83-79

Patriot League Quarterfinals:
Holy Cross over Navy 81-65
Colgate over Lafayette 76-54; will meet Holy Cross in semis
Bucknell over Loyola (MD) 83-78
Boston University over Lehigh 88-82; will meet Bucknell in semis

Ohio Valley 2nd Round:
Jacksonville State over Tennessee Tech 73-70
Austin Prey over Eastern Illinois 73-66

Atlantic Sun Semifinals:
Florida Gulf-Coast over North Florida 95-72
Lipscomb over Jacksonville 77-62
​

Other big games:
Wichita State over UCF 75-71 in OT
Arizona over Stanford 75-67
Washington over Oregon State 79-77
Middle Tennessee over Western Kentucky 82-64 (Looks like the Blue Raiders are in the clear... for now.)
Georgia Tech upsets NC State 78-75
Grambling over Alabama A&M 84-74 in OT
UL-Lafayette over Arkansas State 85-74
Washington State over Oregon 78-76 (Say good bye to Oregon!)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Friday, March 2nd

To all my peeps over in Central New York: I WANTED to say "Don't worry about all this snow from this snowstorm; it'll warm right back up and it'll all go away as quickly as it came!" But on "Weather Underground", I found out that might not be the case, so stay safe out there.

With all the local news done, let's move on: (All times are Eastern)

Tournament games:

Missouri Valley Quarterfinals [From St. Louis, MO]:
Northern Iowa vs. Loyola-Chicago (1:00) (All the bubble teams will be praying for Loyola-Chicago to win this tournament. Trust me.)
Bradley vs. Drake (Around 3:30)
Missouri State vs. Southern Illinois (7:00)
Illinois State vs. Indiana State (Around 9:30)

Southern Conference 1st Round [From Asheville, NC]:
VMI vs. Citadel (5:00)
Chattanooga vs. Samford (Around 7:30)

Horizon League 1st Round [From Detroit, MI]:
Detroit Mercy vs. Green Bay (5:30)
Youngstown State vs. Cleveland State (Around 8:00)

WCC Opening Round [From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas]:
Loyola-Marymount vs. Portland (9:00)
Pepperdine vs. Santa Clara (30 minutes after above game)

MAAC Quarterfinals [From Albany, NY] {weather permitting}:
Saint Peter's vs. Rider (7:00)
Quinnipiac vs. Canisius (Around 9:30)

Big South Semifinals [From Radford, VA]:
Winthrop vs. Radford (6:00)
Liberty vs. UNC-Asheville (Around 8:30)

Ohio Valley Semifinals [From Evansville, IN]:
Murray State vs. Jacksonville State (8:00)
Austin Peay vs. Belmont (30 minutes after above game)
​

Other big games:
Eastern Michigan @ Toledo (6:00)
Penn @ Yale (7:00)
Rhode Island @ Davidson (8:00)
Iowa State @ Oklahoma (9:00)

And by the way, the Game of the Day is the big Michigan vs. Nebraska game in MSG. You know, the game where Nebraska can FINALLY put all their doubters to rest. Can't wait to see it!
(P.S: Did any of you catch that great Michigan State vs. Indiana woman's game last night?)

 

[Ickey Shuffle]

Jacob Evans, our NBA player, goes down with an injury. Typical Cincinnati sports moment. I hope it's not too serious.

Luckily Keith Williams and Cane Broome and REALLY good, so I'm not really fazed.