Let the snow die (and the bubbles pop)! [CBB thread, Part 3]

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/15 recap (Part 1: Major conferences)

SEC Quarterfinals:
Kentucky over Alabama 73-55
Tennessee over Mississippi State 83-76; will meet Kentucky in semis [and it should be another good one]
Florida upsets LSU 76-73
Auburn over South Carolina 73-64; will meet Florida in semis

Big 10 Quarterfinals:
Michigan State over Ohio State 77-70
Wisconsin over Nebraska 66-62; will meet Michigan State in semis
Minnesota upsets Purdue 75-73 (Now I DEFINITELY know that Minnesota's going to the dance)
Michigan over Iowa 74-53; will meet Minnesota in semis

Big 12 Semifinals:
Iowa State upsets Kansas State 63-59 (And I'm sorry if I caused any confusion yesterday)
Kansas over West Virginia 88-74

American Quarterfinals:
Houston over UConn 84-45
Memphis over UCF 79-55; will meet Houston in semis
Wichita State over Temple 80-74 (Alabama is out. Ohio State took a hit, too. So does that mean that Temple stays in the field despite this loss?)
Cincinnati over SMU 82-74; will face Wichita State in semis

Big East Semifinals:
Villanova over Xavier 71-67 in OT
Seton Hall over Marquette 81-79

PAC-12 Semifinals:
Washington over Colorado 66-61
Oregon over Arizona State 79-75 in OT
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And finally, the ACC. Zion manages to stay on the court for an entire game against UNC, and whaddya you know? Duke was able to beat the Heels! Now they're off to the ACC title game against Virgi-
Florida State vs. Virginia - Game Summary - March 15, 2019 - ESPN Oh. Wait. Sorry.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/15 recap (Part 2: Other tournament action)

MAC Semifinals:
Buffalo over Central Michigan 85-81
Bowling Green over Northern Illinois 71-67

Mountain West Semifinals:
San Diego State upsets Nevada 65-56 (Bubble teams are now getting anxious!)
Utah State over Fresno State 85-60

Atlantic 10 Quarterfinals:
Rhode Island upsets VCU 75-70 (Bubble teams are now getting REALLY anxious!)
St. Bonaventure over George Mason 68-57
Davidson over Saint Joseph's 70-60
Saint Louis over Dayton 64-55 (At least Dayton is now out of the race.)

Conference USA Semifinals:
Old Dominion over UAB 61-59
Western Kentucky over Southern Miss 70-59

SWAC Semifinals:
Prairie View A&M over Grambling 81-71
Texas Southern over Alabama State 80-66

Sun Belt Semifinals:
Texas State over South Alabama 79-67
Georgia Southern over UL-Monroe 81-67

Southland Semifinals:
New Orleans upsets Sam Houston State 79-76
Abilene Christian over SE-Louisiana 69-66

MEAC Semifinals:
Norfolk State over Howard 75-69
North Carolina Central over North Carolina A&T 65-63

Big Sky Semifinals:
Montana over Weber State 78-49
Eastern Washington over Southern Utah 77-61

WAC Semifinals:
New Mexico State over UT-Rio Grande 79-72
Grand Canyon over Utah Valley 68-64

Big West Semifinals:
UC-Irvine over Long Beach State 75-67
CSU-Fullerton over UC-Santa Barbara 64-58​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Saturday, March 16th (Part 1: Semifinals and major finals)

No more than 14 NCAA bids will be handed out today, so you don't really need any hype for Saturday's action:

Ivy League Semifinals [From New Haven, CT]:
Penn vs. Harvard (12:30)
Yale vs. Princeton (30 minutes after above game)

SEC Semifinals [From Nashville, TN]:
Florida vs. Auburn (1:00) (Florida did well against LSU yesterday. If they stun Auburn today, they could punch their NCAA ticket.)
Kentucky vs. Tennessee (Around 3:30)

Big Ten Semifinals [From Chicago, IL]:
Wisconsin vs. Michigan State (1:00)
Minnesota vs. Michigan (Around 3:30)

Atlantic 10 Semifinals [From Brooklyn, NY]:
St. Bonaventure vs. Rhode Island (1:00)
Saint Louis vs. Davidson (Around 3:30)

American Semifinals [From Memphis, TN]:
Houston vs. Memphis (3:00)
Wichita State vs. Cincinnati (30 minutes after above game)

Sun Belt Semifinals [From New Orleans, LA]:
Texas State vs. Georgia State (4:00)
Georgia Southern vs. UT-Arlington (Around 6:30)

Big 12 Championship:
Iowa State vs. Kansas (6:00)

Big East Championship:
Seton Hall vs. Villanova (6:30)

ACC Championship:
Duke vs. Florida State (8:30)

PAC-12 Championship:
Washington vs. Oregon (10:30) (Bubble teams across the nation wants Washington to win.)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

March 16th (Part 2: Other tournament finals)

And now for the fun part: All of the mid-major tournament finals taking place today. Some of them may even influence the bubble picture, so pay attention!

American East Championship:
UMBC @ Vermont (11:00 A.M)

MEAC Championship:
North Carolina Central vs. Norfolk State (1:00)

Mountain West Championship:
Utah State vs. San Diego State (6:00) (Bubble teams across the nation wants Utah State to win.)

SWAC Championship:
Prairie View A&M vs. Texas Southern (6:00)

MAC Championship:
Buffalo vs. Bowling Green (7:30) (Bubble teams across the nation wants Buffalo to win.)

Big Sky Championship:
Montana vs. Eastern Washington (8:00)

Conference USA Championship:
Old Dominion vs. Western Kentucky (8:30)

Southland Championship:
New Orleans vs. Abilene Christian (9:30)

WAC Championship:
Grand Canyon vs. New Mexico State (10:00) (Bubble teams across the nation kinda wants NMSU to win so that they don't have to worry about them tomorrow.)

Big West Championship:
UC-Irvine vs. CSU-Fullerton (Around midnight) (Same thing here; they don't want to worry about the Anteaters tomorrow, either.)​

 

[jontaejones]

Let's go Iowa State!
Let's go Florida!
Let's go Michigan State!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/16 recap

With this being the last day until all of those brackets enter your tablets and offices, let's see who punched their tickets to this year's dance. First, the semifinal action:

Ivy League Semis:
Harvard over Penn 66-58
Yale over Princeton 83-77

SEC Semis:
Tennessee over Kentucky 82-78 (Did Kentucky just throw away a #1 seed?)
Auburn over Florida 65-62

Big 10 Semis:
Michigan State over Wisconsin 67-55
Michigan over Minnesota 76-49

American Semis:
Houston over Memphis 61-58
Cincinnati over Wichita State 66-63

Atlantic 10 Semis:
St. Bonaventure over Rhode Island 68-51
Saint Louis over Davidson 67-44 (Add another bubble team to that ginormous pile out there.)

Sun Belt Semis:
Georgia State over Texas State 59-46
UT-Arlington over Georgia Southern 67-58
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And now, rather than give you guys some more scores, here's a list of the teams that won an NCAA ticket yesterday:
American East: Vermont
WAC: New Mexico State
MAC: Buffalo (So far, no bubbles have popped.)
MEAC: North Carolina Central (for the 3rd year in a row)
Big East: Villanova (also won a conference tourney for the 3rd year in a row)
Big 12: Iowa State (Huh. I had forgotten that Iowa State had so much luck in the Big 12 tourney lately.)
Big West: UC-Irvine
Big Sky: Montana
Conference USA: Old Dominion
SWAC: Prairie View A&M
Southland: Abilene Christian (for the first time ever!)
Mountain West: Utah State (Still no bubbles have been popped. COME ON! Where are the bid stealers out there?!)
PAC-12: Oregon (Thank you for your accommodation, Ducks.)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Sunday, March 17th

Did I forget someone on the last post? ...Ah, guess not. Had Florida State won the ACC title, I would have remembered it.
Anyway, here is it: The last official slate of games before the NCAA tourney.

Ivy League Championship:
Harvard vs. Yale (12:00)

SEC Championship:
Auburn vs. Tennessee (1:00)

Atlantic 10 Championship:
Saint Louis vs. St. Bonaventure (1:00)

Sun Belt Championship:
UT-Arlington vs. Georgia State (2:00)

American Championship:
Cincinnati vs. Houston (3:15)

Big 10 Championship:
Michigan State vs. Michigan (3:30)​