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

[WestEndVol]

Middle Tennessee over Western Kentucky 82-64 (Looks like the Blue Raiders are in the clear... for now.)

Woot!

 

[Yo Tee]

Woot!

I think Middle Tennessee State is in whether they win their conference tourney or not. Can't see them missing out with 6 losses (if they lose in the tourney). Conference USA could have an argument for 3 teams, even though I know they won't. Middle Tennessee State, regardless, Old Dominion and Western Kentucky. I think Western Kentucky needs to get over Old Dominion, in my opinion, because WKU has that win over Purdue, who is right now, a top 10 team.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/2 recap

A quick Big 10 recap: Purdue and Michigan State fought off "the peasants", Nebraska now has to play the waiting game, and WAIT A MINUTE! Is Penn State about to force it's way into the NCAA party?!

That question will be answered later tonight, but let me look at yesterday's action first:

Tournament games:

Missouri Valley Quarters:
Bradley over Drake 63-61
Loyola-Chicago over Northern Iowa 54-50; will meet Bradley in semis
Southern Illinois over Missouri State 67-63
Illinois State over Indiana State 77-70; will meet SIU in semis

Southern 1st Round:
Citadel over VMI 78-70
Chattanooga over Samford 89-79

Horizon 1st Round:
Green Bay over Detroit-Mercy 93-81
Cleveland State over Youngstown State 72-71

MAAC Quarterfinals:
Saint Peter's over #1-seed Rider 66-55
Quinnipiac over #2-seed Canisius 72-69

Big South Semis:
Radford over Winthrop 61-52
Liberty over UNC-Asheville 69-64

Ohio Valley Semis:
Murray State over Jacksonville State 70-63
Belmont over Austin Peay 94-79

WCC Opening Round:
Loyola-Marymount over Portland 78-72
Pepperdine over Santa Clara 85-69​

Other big games:
Davidson over Rhode Island 63-61 (This result is BIG. For now Rhode Island has lost it's last 2 games. And if the Rams lose again in the A-10 tournament, bubble teams everywhere will NOT be happy.)
Yale upsets Penn 80-79
Harvard over Cornell 98-88 in 2-OT's

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

March 3rd (Part 1: Non-tourney games)

As usual, ESPN is over-hyping a Duke-North Carolina game today. But besides that, let's find out what is on during this, the last Saturday of the CBB regular season: (All times are Eastern)

West Virginia @ Texas (12:00) (So let me get this straight, ESPN. Oklahoma is now only 18-12, and you're saying they're a "lock" for the NCAA's. Hey! Maybe the Longhorns CAN get into the NCAA's too!)
Kentucky @ Florida (12:00)
Virginia Tech @ Miami (12:00)
St. John's @ Providence (12:00)
Mississippi State @ LSU (1:00)
Clemson @ Syracuse (2:00) (This could turn out either really good or really bad for us.)

Alabama @ Texas A&M (2:00)
Baylor @ Kansas State (2:00)
Stanford @ Arizona State (2:30)
Creighton @ Marquette (2:30) (Marquette's making a late push for an NCAA berth!)

Notre Dame @ Virginia (4:00)
Kansas @ Oklahoma State (4:00)
TCU @ Texas Tech (4:00)
Oregon @ Washington (4:30) (Much like Marquette, Washington's "Senior Day" will be an important one.)
Louisville @ NC State (6:00) (Like Washington, Louisville is fighting for their NCAA lives today. Unlike Washington, the Cardinals has to do it on the road.)

Arkansas @ Missouri (6:00)
Nicholls @ SE-Louisiana (6:00) (The Southland title is on the line here.)
Colorado @ Utah (7:00) (Utah's on the bubble, too.)
Wyoming @ Boise State (7:00)
Butler @ Seton Hall (8:00)
Nevada @ San Diego State (10:00)
UCLA @ USC (10:15) (HUGE game here; the loser of this could most likely get thrown out of the NCAA picture.)
UC-Davis @ UC-Irvine (10:30 (The Big West title is on the line here.)

And it doesn't end there...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

March 3rd (Part 2: Tournament games) (AKA: What I'll be watching while I'm icing down my arms from shoveling snow off of my roof.)

Northeast Conference Semifinals:
Fairleigh Dickinson @ LIU-Brooklyn (12:00)
Robert Morris @ Wagner (2:00)

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

American East Quarterfinals:
UMass-Lowell @ UMBC (1:00)
New Hampshire @ Hartford (4:00)
Stony Brook @ Albany (7:00)
Maine @ Vermont (7:00)

Missouri Valley Semifinals [From St. Louis, MO]:
Loyola-Chicago vs. Bradley (3:35)
Illinois State vs. Southern Illinois (Around 6:05)

CAA 1st Round [From North Charleston, SC]:
Drexel vs. James Madison (4:00)
Elon vs. Delaware (Around 6:30)

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

Horizon League Quarterfinals [From Detroit, MI]:
Green Bay vs. Wright State (5:30)
Cleveland State vs. Northern Kentucky (Around 8:00)

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

MAAC Quarterfinals [From Albany, NY]:
Fairfield vs. Niagara (7:00)
Manhattan vs. Iona (Around 9:30)

Ohio Valley Championship:
Belmont vs. Murray State (8:00)​

 

[ktg8trgrl]

Florida tops UK by 13

 

[podsox]

Nd played well today but came up short. looks like it's going take a conference tourney title to get in

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/3 recap (Part 1: Games that mattered)

Nd played well today but came up short. looks like it's going take a conference tourney title to get in

So Notre Dame fell short against Louisville, and will have to go on a run in the ACC tourney to get in, eh? Well, so might Syracuse. Yes, they won against Clemson yesterday, but so did almost every other bubble team!

Therefore, I'm dividing this recap into 2 parts. Before I get to the touranments, let me list off the teams that did well and who did not... WITHOUT any fancy scores:

Teams that did well:
Xavier: Congrats, Xavier! Just don't trip yourself up in the Big East tourney, and you'll have your 1st-ever #1 seed!
Oklahoma State: Like I said, if you're gonna allow Oklahoma into the NCAA tourney, why not put in the Cowboys too?
Texas: Same as Oklahoma State.
Providence: Rodney Bullock helped saved the Frairs' bacon against St. John's. Now they need to win a game at MSG, just to be sure.
Texas A&M: They're at 20 wins right now. You never know!
Marquette: Great way to close out the Bradley Center, guys! ...You still have some work to do, though.
Missouri: They seem to be OK right now.
St. Bonaventure: The Bonnies are on a 12-game winning streak right now... and looking good.

Teams that might have just screwed themselves:
Michigan State: After that loss to Michigan, the Spartans might have lost their shot at a #1 seed.
Penn State: On that note, Penn State now has to play the waiting game for an NCAA berth after Purdue smoked them.
Middle Tennessee: With that loss to Marshall, the Blue Raiders now has to be careful in the C-USA tourney. One more loss like that, and they'll be stuck playing the waiting game too.
Mississippi State: Sorry, Bulldogs. To me, you are OUT right now.
Baylor: Same as Mississippi State.
Washington: Much like Notre Dame, the Huskies will have to go on a run in the PAC-12 tourney.
Louisville: Now they'll have to beat FSU to clinch a berth.
UL-Lafayette: They just suffered a upset loss to Little Rock. Now they'll HAVE to win the Sun Belt tourney to get in.

UCLA vs. USC - Game Summary - March 3, 2018 - ESPN And finally, they was this little beauty from L.A.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/3 recap (Part 2: Tournament games)

And of course, there was Murray State winning the Ohio Valley over Belmont to get the first NCAA berth of this season. For everybody else, here's what happened:

WCC Quarterfinals:
Gonzaga over Loyola-Marymount 83-69
San Francisco over Pacific 71-70 in OT; will meet Gonzaga in semis
Saint Mary's over Pepperdine 69-66 (A close call for the Gales.)
BYU over Santa Clara 85-79; will meet Saint Mary's in semis

Southern Quarterfinals:
UNC-Greensboro over Citadel 72-58
Wofford over Mercer 73-53; will meet UNC-Greensboro in semis
Furman over Western Carolina 97-73
East Tennessee State over Chattanooga 77-59; will meet Furman in semis

Northeast Semifinals:
LIU-Brooklyn over Fairleigh Dickinson 78-77
Wagner over Robert Morris 75-64

American East Quarterfinals:
UMBC over UMass-Lowell 89-77
Hartford over New Hampshire 71-60; will meet UMBC in semis
Stony Brook upsets Albany 69-60
Vermont over Maine 75-60; will meet Stony Brook in semis

CAA 1st Round:
Drexel over James Madison 70-62
Delaware over Elon 86-79

Horizon Quarterfinals:
Wright State over Green Bay 87-72
Cleveland State upsets Northern Kentucky 89-80

Summit League Quarterfinals:
South Dakota State over Western Illinois 66-60
South Dakota over Omaha 87-73

Missouri Valley Semifinals:
Loyola-Chicago over Bradley 62-54
Illinois State over Southern Illinois 76-68

MAAC Quarterfinals:
Fairfield over Niagara 90-77
Iona over Manhattan 72-60​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Sunday, March 4th

The last day of the CBB regular season... Will there be any more calamities to take place? Well... we'll just have to wait and see, now will we? (All times are Eastern)

Tournament games:

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

Horizon League Quarterfinals [From Detroit, MI]:
Milwaukee vs. Illinois-Chicago (5:00)
IUPUI vs. Oakland (Around 7:30)

Patriot League Semifinals:
Holy Cross @ Colgate (12:00)
Boston University @ Bucknell (2:00)

Southern Conference Semifinals [From Asheville, NC]:
UNC-Greensboro vs. Wofford (4:00)
Furman vs. East Tennessee State (Around 6:30)

Summit League Quarterfinals [From Sioux Falls, SD]:
North Dakota State vs. Fort Wayne (7:00)
Oral Roberts vs. Denver (Around 9:30)

MAAC Semifinals [From Albany, NY]:
Saint Peter's vs. Iona (7:00)
Quinnipiac vs. Fairfield (Around 9:30)

Big South Championship:
Radford vs. Liberty (1:00)

Missouri Valley Championship:
Loyola-Chicago vs. Illinois State (2:05) (Most of the bubble teams do NOT want to worry about the Ramblers next Sunday, so Loyola better win this one.)

Atlantic Sun Championship:
Lipscomb @ Florida Gulf-Coast (3:00)​

Other big games:
Game of the Day: Cincinnati @ Wichita State (12:00)
Temple @ Tulsa (3:00)
UConn @ Houston (4:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/4 recap (AKA: What happened before "Lady Bird" got hosed at the Oscars last night.)

Tournament games:

CAA Quarterfinals:
Charleston over Drexel 66-59
William & Mary over Towson 80-66
Northeastern over Delaware 74-50
UNC-Wilmington over Hofstra 93-88

Patriot League Semifinals:
Bucknell over Boston University 90-59
Colgate over Holy Cross 62-55

Horizon Quarterfinals:
Milwaukee over Illinois-Chicago 80-75
Oakland over IUPUI 62-55

Southern Semifinals:
UNC-Greensboro over Wofford 56-55
East Tennessee State over Furman 63-52

Summit League Quarterfinals:
North Dakota State over Fort Wayne 86-82
Denver over Oral Roberts 90-88 in 2-OT's

MAAC Semifinals:
Iona over Saint Peter's 65-62
Fairfield over Quinnipiac 74-64
​

NCAA berths being cliched:
Big South: Radford over Liberty 64-61
Atlantic Sun: Lipscomb over Florida Gulf-Coast 108-96 (SO close for FGCU's comeback dreams. But, too bad!)
Missouri Valley: Loyola-Chicago over Illinois State 65-49 (At least we don't have to worry about the Ramblers anymore!)

Other big games:
Cincinnati over Wichita State 62-61 (It's about time Cincinnati defeated a REAL team this season!)
Houston over UConn 81-71
Tulsa over Temple 76-58

And finally, Michigan won the Big 10 title over Purdue at MSG. Is a deep NCAA run in the works for them?

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Monday, March 5th

A warning: Tomorrow, the ACC tournament begins in Brooklyn to kick off the "Big people" tournaments. So everyone, you better catch your breaths NOW before the madness really gets going. Oh, and watch these games if you're interested: (All times are Eastern)

CAA Semifinals [From North Charleston, SC]:
Charleston vs. William & Mary (6:00)
Northeastern vs. UNC-Wilmington (Around 8:30)

MAC 1st Round:
Northern Illinois @ Kent State (7:00)
Ohio @ Miami-Ohio (7:00)
Bowling Green @ Central Michigan (7:00)
Akron @ Western Michigan (7:45)

MEAC 1st Round [From Norfolk, VA]:
Delaware State vs. North Carolina A&T (6:30)
Maryland Eastern-Shore vs. Norfolk State (Around 9:00)

Horizon League Semifinals [From Detroit, MI]:
Cleveland State vs. Oakland (7:00)
Milwaukee vs. Wright State (30 minutes after above game)

Summit League Semifinals [From Sioux Falls, SD]:
North Dakota State vs. South Dakota State (7:00)
Denver vs. South Dakota (Around 9:30)

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

MAAC Championship:
Iona vs. Fairfield (7:00)

Southern Championship:
UNC-Greensboro vs. East Tennessee State (9:00)​

 

[jontaejones]

5 teams for 4 #1 seeds.

Not many bubbles to be burst. I remember the days the Colonial used to have multiple bids.

Realignment has ruined that a bit.

A team from the A-10 might win their tourney and sneak in.

 

[tducey]

Going to be a fun week, hard to believe it all begins next week.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/5 recap (AKA: What happened while I was reading the "Cook's Country Cookbook" [good stuff in there, by the way])

NCAA bids being punched:
MAAC: Iona over Fairfield 83-71 (3rd straight NCAA bid in a row for Iona.)
Southern: UNC-Greensboro over East Tennessee State 62-47


Other tournaments:

WCC Semifinals:
Gonzaga over San Francisco 88-60
BYU over Saint Mary's 85-72 (Bubble teams everywhere after the game: "Oh no. Oh god no! Is BYU gonna steal a bid tomorrow?")

CAA Semifinals:
Charleston over William & Mary 83-73
Northeastern over UNC-Wilmington 79-52

MEAC 1st Round:
North Carolina A&T over Delaware State 62-61 in OT
Norfolk State over Maryland Eastern-Shore 78-68

Horizon Semifinals:
Cleveland State over Oakland 44-43
Wright State over Milwaukee 59-53

MAC 1st Round:
Northern Illinois over Kent State 61-59
Central Michigan over Bowling Green 81-77 in OT
Akron over Western Michigan 79-78
Miami-Ohio over Ohio 68-55

Summit Semifinals:
South Dakota State over North Dakota State 78-57
South Dakota over Denver 76-58​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Tuesday, March 6th

Just a little warning for the rest of the week: If you want coverage of the "major" tournaments (like in the ACC, SEC, or PAC-12), there are other threads dedicated to that type of stuff. Besides, if Syracuse or Notre Dame loses today, you'll hear all about it in the papers.
For everybody else, here's what's up today: (All times are Eastern)

SWAC Quarterfinals:
Jackson State @ Southern (8:30)
Mississippi Valley State @ Arkansas Pine-Bluff (8:30)
Alabama State @ Texas Southern (9:00)
Alcorn State @ Prairie View A&M (9:30)

MEAC 1st Round [From Norfolk, VA]:
Howard vs. Florida A&M (4:00)
Coppin State vs. North Carolina Central (Around 6:30)
South Carolina State vs. Morgan State (9:00)

Big Sky 1st Round [From Reno, NV]:
North Dakota vs. Montana State (3:05)
Northern Arizona vs. Northern Colorado (Around 5:35)
Southern Utah vs. Idaho State (8:35)
Sacramento State vs. Portland State (Around 11:05)

American East Semifinals:
Hartford @ UMBC (7:00)
Stony Brook @ Vermont (7:00)

Horizon League Championship:
Cleveland State vs. Wright State (7:00) (Just know that Cleveland State has 22 losses entering this game.)

CAA Championship:
Northeastern vs. Charleston (7:00)

Northeast Conference Championship:
LIU-Brooklyn @ Wagner (7:00)

Summit League Championship:
South Dakota vs. South Dakota State (9:00) (Two in-state rivals fighting for an NCAA berth... in their home state. Should be great stuff!)

WCC Championship:
Game of the Day: Gonzaga vs. BYU (9:00) (If BYU stuns Gonzaga here, we can wave "bye-bye" to at least one bubble team...)​

 

[tducey]

I read about that and Cleveland State. Wouldn't that be something if a 22-loss team made the tourney? Got to think if they do make it they'd be a 16 seed.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/6 recap

Geez... Just watched the video for Maroon 5's "Wait", and strange doesn't begin to desribe it. Oh well, at least I'll remember it.
Oh, sorry. You're here for basketball, right? Well...

NCAA bids being punched:
Horizon: Wright State over Cleveland State 74-57 (Sorry, @tducey. There'll be no "Cinderella" Cleveland State in the postseason.)
CAA: Charleston over Northeastern 83-76 in OT
Northeast: LIU-Brooklyn upsets Wagner 71-61
Summit: South Dakota State over South Dakota 97-87
WCC: Gonzaga over BYU 74-54 (So no bid-stealing from BYU this time around. Man, the Mountain West is gonna get SO rich when Gonzaga joins that conference!)

Other tournament games:

ACC 1st Round:
Boston College over Georgia Tech 87-77 (Great comeback by Boston College. At least they'll make A postseason tourney this March!)
Notre Dame over Pittsburgh 67-64 (Almost... Notre Dame dodged a HUGE bullet yesterday.)
Syracuse over Wake Forest (And now the Orange play North Carolina tonight. It'll be big.)

Big Sky 1st Round:
North Dakota over Montana State 76-74
Northern Colorado over Northern Arizona 82-59
Southern Utah over Idaho State 76-68
Portland State over Sacramento State 71-67

MEAC 1st Round:
Florida A&M over Howard 88-78
North Carolina Central over Coppin State 60-48
Morgan State over South Carolina State 83-80

American East Semifinals:
Vermont over Stony Brook 70-51
UMBC over Hartford 75-60

SWAC Quarterfinals:
Arkansas Pine-Bluff over Mississippi Valley State 77-73
Southern over Jackson State 62-60
Texas Southern over Alabama State 90-76
Prairie View A&M over Alcorn State 87-71
​

And if any of you SWAC fans are wondering "Where's Grambling?", why don't you go ask their academic records, OK?

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, March 7th

Now for this busy Wednesday, I'll do it this way: I'll look at all the "small-school" tournaments first, and then if I have space left over I'll give you the BIG games from the major tourneys. So let's see this plan in action: (All times are Eastern)

Sun Belt 1st Round [From New Orleans, LA]:
Coastal Carolina vs. Texas State (12:30)
Little Rock vs. Appalachian State (Around 3:00)
South Alabama vs. Troy (6:00)
UL-Monroe vs. Arkansas State (Around 8:30)

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

Atlantic-10 1st Round [From Washington, D.C]:
La Salle vs. UMass (6:00)
Fordham vs. George Washington (Around 8:30)

Southland 1st Round [From Katy, TX]:
Texas A&M-CC vs. New Orleans (6:00)
Central Arkansas vs. Lamar (Around 8:30)

Conference USA 1st Round [From Frisco, TX]:
Southern Miss vs. Florida International (7:00)
UTSA vs. UTEP (7:30)
Louisiana Tech vs. North Texas (Around 9:30)
Florida Atlantic vs. UAB (Around 10:00)

MEAC Quarterfinals [From Norfolk, VA]:
Florida A&M vs. Hampton (6:00)
Morgan State vs. Bethune-Cookman (Around 8:30)

Patriot League Championship:
Colgate @ Bucknell (7:30)
​

Major games to watch:

ACC:
Louisville vs. Florida State (12:00) [The Cardinals can seal an NCAA berth today! ...Or they'll die trying.]
Notre Dame vs. Virginia Tech (7:00) [Ditto for Notre Dame tonight.]
Syracuse vs. North Carolina (Around 9:30) [And of course, ditto for the Orange.]

PAC-12:
Arizona State vs. Colorado (3:00) [From #3 in the country to being on the outside of the NCAA bubble... Here's hoping they'll go on a run here.]

Big 12:
Game of the Day: Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State (7:00) [Honestly, I think the Cowboys are more NCAA-worthy than the Sooners right now. Will Trae Young fix that problem tonight?]​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/7 recap (AKA: More hand-wringing over bubble teams)

Important games:
North Carolina over Syracuse 87-69
Louisville over Florida State 82-74 (And with these first two results, Louisville looks to be IN and Syracuse appears to be OUT. S--t.)
Oregon State over Washington 69-66 (Okay, Washington is defintely OUT right now.)
Colorado over Arizona State 97-85 (And despite this loss, ESPN still has ASU IN?! How does THAT work?)
Oklahoma State over Oklahoma 71-60 (Mitch Sherman, a ESPN staff writer, is now thinking that the Big 12 will get 9 teams in the NCAA's after this game. )
Oregon over Washington State 64-62 in OT (Maybe Oregon can squeeze their way into the NCAA's.)
Patriot League Final: Bucknell over Colgate 83-54

Sun Belt 1st Round:
Texas State over Coastal Carolina 73-66
Appalachian State over Little Rock 93-64
Troy over South Alabama 69-62
UL-Monroe over Arkansas State 76-54

Mountain West 1st Round:
UNLV over Air Force 97-90 in OT
Utah State over Colorado State 76-65
Wyoming over San Jose State 74-61

Atlantic 10 1st Round:
UMass over La Salle 69-67
George Washington over Fordham 78-72

MEAC 1st Round:
Hampton over Florida A&M 75-71
Morgan State over Bethune-Cookman 78-77

Southland 1st Round:
New Orleans over Texas A&M-CC 83-76
Central Arkansas over Lamar 67-57

Conference USA 1st Round:
Southern Miss over Florida International 69-68
UTSA over UTEP 71-58
Louisiana Tech over North Texas 68-62
UAB over Florida Atlantic 83-72​