Our 2016/17 College Basketball Thread

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, March 8th

You know... I may have made a thread called "The 31 Days of Wrestlemania" on the WWE forums, and if any of you are interested, why don't you give it a read?

Okay, enough promotion. Let's see what's on tap today. And yes, I'm leaving out the major tournaments, so you can argue about them at your leisure. (All times are Eastern)

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

Conference USA 1st Round (From Birmingham, AL):
Texas-San Antonio vs. Western Kentucky (12:30)
Southern Miss vs. Rice (Around 3:00)
Charlotte vs. UAB (6:30)
Florida Atlantic vs. Marshall (Around 9:00)

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

Atlantic-10 1st Round (From Pittsburgh, PA):
Saint Joseph's vs. UMass (6:00)
Duquesne vs. Saint Louis (Around 8:30)

Southland 1st Round (From Katy, TX):
Central Arkansas vs. Sam Houston State (6:00)
SE Louisiana vs. Lamar (Around 8:30)

MEAC Quarterfinals (From Norfolk, VA):
Bethune-Cookman vs. North Carolina Central (6:00)
Norfolk State vs. South Carolina State (30 minutes after above game)

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

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/8 recap (Part 1: Major conferences)

ACC 2nd Round:
Miami over Syracuse 62-57 (Take a guess as to why I'm not happy with this one.)
Duke over Clemson 79-72
Virginia over Pittsburgh 75-63
Virginia Tech over Wake Forest 99-90 (So this means Wake will have to wait it out just like the 'Cuse will.)

Big 10 1st Round:
Penn State over Nebraska 76-67 in OT
Rutgers over Ohio State 66-57 (This is a BIG fail for the Buckeyes.)

Big East 1st Round:
St. John's over Georgetown 74-73
Xavier over DePaul 75-64​

SEC 1st Round:
Mississippi State over LSU 79-52
Missouri over Auburn 86-83 in OT

PAC-12 1st Round:
Arizona State over Stanford 98-88 in OT
California over Oregon State 67-62
USC over Washington 78-73
Colorado over Washington State 73-63

Big 12 1st Round:
TCU over Oklahoma 82-63
Texas over Texas Tech 61-52​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/8 recap (Part 2: Other tourney games)

Sun Belt 1st Round:
Coastal Carolina over South Alabama 80-67
UL-Monroe upsets Arkansas State 73-70 in OT
UL-Lafayette over Arkansas-Little Rock 78-71
Troy over Appalachian State 84-64

Conference USA 1st Round:
Texas-San Antonio over Western Kentucky 56-52
Rice over Southern Miss 86-75
UAB over Charlotte 74-73
Marshall over Florida Atlantic 89-74

Mountain West 1st Round:
Utah State over San Jose State 90-64
Air Force over Wyoming 83-68
San Diego State over UNLV 62-52

Atlantic 10 1st Round:
UMass over Saint Joseph's 70-63
Saint Louis over Duquesne 72-71

Southland 1st Round:
Sam Houston State over Central Arkansas 77-69
Lamar over SE-Louisiana 77-65

MEAC Quarterfinals:
North Carolina Central over Bethune-Cookman 95-60
Norfolk State over South Carolina State 93-88 in OT

Patriot League Final: Bucknell over Lehigh 81-65​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Thursday, March 9th

You know, the Weather Channel has said that it'll be windy in Central New York. And not just for today, but for the whole weekend!
If your weather forecast is just as bad or even worse, let me know. And then we'll take solace as we look at the tourney slate for today [minus the major ones, of course, since the rest of you has those covered]. (All times are Eastern)

Atlantic 10 2nd Round (From Pittsburgh, PA):
La Salle vs. Davidson (12:00)
UMass vs. St. Bonaventure (Around 2:30)
Fordham vs. George Mason (6:00)
George Washington vs. Saint Louis (Around 8:30)

MAC Quarterfinals (From Cleveland, OH):
Eastern Michigan vs. Akron (12:00)
Western Michigan vs. Ball State (Around 2:30)
Toledo vs. Ohio (6:30)
Kent State vs. Buffalo (Around 9:00)

Conference USA Quarterfinals (From Birmingham, AL):
Texas-San Antonio vs. Middle Tennessee (12:30)
UTEP vs. Rice (Around 3:00)
UAB vs. Louisiana Tech (6:30)
Marshall vs. Old Dominion (Around 9:00)

Big West 1st Round (From Anaheim, CA):
Cal Poly vs. UC-Davis (3:00)
CSU-Northridge vs. CS-Fullerton (Around 5:30)
UC-Irvine vs. UC-Riverside (9:00)
Hawaii vs. Long Beach State (Around 11:30)

Mountain West Quarterfinals (From the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas):
Utah State vs. Nevada (3:00)
Fresno State vs. New Mexico (Around 5:30)
Air Force vs. Colorado State (9:00)
Boise State vs. San Diego State (Around 11:30)

Big Sky Quarterfinals (From Reno, NV):
Portland State vs. North Dakota (3:05)
Montana vs. Idaho (Around 5:35)
Sacramento State vs. Eastern Washington (8:35)
Weber State vs. Southern Utah (Around 11:05)

WAC Quarterfinals (From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas):
Utah Valley vs. Seattle (5:00)
Chicago State vs. New Mexico State (Around 7:30)
UT-Rio Grande vs. UMKC (10:00)

MEAC Quarterfinals (From Norfolk, VA):
Howard vs. Morgan State (6:00)
Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. Hampton (30 minutes after above game)

Southland 2nd Round (From Katy, TX):
Sam Houston State vs. Houston Baptist (6:00)
Lamar vs. Stephan F. Austin (Around 8:30)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/9 recap (Part 1: Major Tournaments)

ACC Quarterfinals:
Duke over Louisville 81-77
North Carolina over Miami 78-53
Florida State over Virginia Tech 74-68
Virginia over Notre Dame 71-58

Big 10 2nd Round:
Michigan over Illinois 75-55 (Not bad for a team that came into Indy with only 3 hours prep time!)
Michigan State over Penn State 78-51
Indiana over Iowa 95-73 (And we can say goodbye to Iowa now!)
Northwestern over Rutgers 83-61

Big East Quarterfinals:
Villanova over St. John's 108-67
Xavier over Butler 62-57 (Relax, Xavier. I think you're getting into the NCAA's now.)
Creighton over Providence 70-58
Seton Hall over Marquette 82-76

PAC-12 Quarterfinals:
Oregon over Arizona State 80-57
UCLA over USC 76-74 (Not a bad game!)
Arizona over Colorado 92-78
California over Utah 78-75

SEC 2nd Round:
Georgia over Tennessee 59-57
Alabama over Mississippi State 75-55
Vanderbilt over Texas A&M 66-41
Ole Miss over Missouri 86-74

Big 12 Quarterfinals:
West Virginia over Texas 63-53
Iowa State over Oklahoma State 92-83
Kansas State upsets Baylor 70-64 (All the bubble teams said "Oh, what the f--k!" after K-State got a BIG win. But what could make things worse for them?)
TCU upsets #1 Kansas 85-82 (This result. Like, what the actual f--k?!)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/9 recap (Part 2: Other tourneys)

American 1st Round:
East Carolina over Temple 80-69
Tulsa over Tulane 66-60
UConn over USF 77-66​

Atlantic 10 2nd Round:
Davidson over La Salle 82-73
St. Bonaventure over UMass 73-60
George Mason over Fordham 82-71
George Washington over Saint Louis 53-46

MAC Quarterfinals:
Akron over Eastern Michigan 79-62
Ball State over Western Michigan 66-63
Ohio over Toledo 67-66
Kent State over Buffalo 68-65

C-USA Quarterfinals:
Middle Tennessee over UT-San Antonio 86-70
UTEP over Rice 86-76
Louisiana Tech over UAB 69-57
Marshall over Old Dominion 64-63

Mountain West Quarterfinals:
Nevada over Utah State 83-69
Fresno State over New Mexico 65-60
Colorado State over Air Force 81-55
San Diego State over Boise State 87-68

Big West Quarterfinals:
UC-Davis over Cal Poly 66-55
CS-Fullerton over CSU-Northridge 81-68
UC-Irvine over UC-Riverside 76-67
Long Beach State over Hawaii 73-62

Big Sky Quarterfinals:
North Dakota over Portland State 95-72
Idaho over Montana 81-77
Eastern Washington over Sacramento State 89-70
Weber State over Southern Utah 90-70

WAC Quarterfinals:
Utah Valley over Seattle 65-53
New Mexico State over Chicago State 67-53
UMKC over UT-Rio Grande 82-78 in OT

MEAC Quarterfinals:
Howard over Morgan State 68-65
Maryland-Eastern Shore over Hampton 68-66

Southland 2nd Round:
Sam Houston State over Houston Baptist 63-59
Stephan F. Austin over Lamar 75-59​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Friday, March 10th

This day is just the set-up for what will be a CHAOTIC Saturday. Just keep that in mind while you look over today's schedule (minus the big tourneys, of course). (All times are Eastern)

American Quarterfinals (From Hartford, CN):
East Carolina vs. SMU (12:00)
Memphis vs. UCF (30 minutes after above game)
Tulsa vs. Cincinnati (7:00)
UConn vs. Houston (30 minutes after above game)

Atlantic 10 Quarterfinals (From Pittsburgh, PA):
Dayton vs. Davidson (12:00)
St. Bonaventure vs. Rhode Island (Around 2:30)
George Mason vs. VCU (6:00)
George Mason vs. Richmond (Around 8:30)

Sun Belt Quarterfinals (From New Orleans, LA):
Coastal Carolina vs. UT-Arlington (12:30)
Louisiana-Monroe vs. Texas State (Around 3:00)
Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Georgia State (6:00)
Troy vs. Georgia Southern (Around 8:30)

Conference USA Semifinals (From Birmingham, AL):
UTEP vs. Middle Tennessee (12:30) (The bubble teams are REALLY hoping MTSU stays the course and doesn't get upset.)
Louisiana Tech vs. Marshall (Around 3:00)

Mountain West Semifinals (From the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas):
Nevada vs. Fresno State (10:00)
Colorado State vs. San Diego State (30 minutes after above game)

SWAC Semifinals (From Houston, TX):
Grambling vs. Texas Southern (3:30)
Southern vs. Alcorn State (9:30)

MAC Semifinals (From Cleveland, OH):
Ball State vs. Akron (5:30)
Kent State vs. Ohio (Around 8:00)

Southland Semifinals (From Katy, TX):
Sam Houston State vs. New Orleans (6:00)
Texas A&M-CC vs. Stephan F. Austin (Around 8:30)

MEAC Semifinals (From Norfolk, VA):
Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. North Carolina Central (6:00)
Howard vs. Norfolk State (30 minutes after above game)

Big Sky Semifinals (From Reno, NV):
North Dakota vs. Idaho (8:35)
Eastern Washington vs. Weber State (11:05)

WAC Semifinals (From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas):
CSU-Bakersfield vs. Utah Valley (9:00)
UMKC vs. New Mexico State (Around 11:30)

Big West Semifinals (From Anaheim, CA):
Long Beach State vs. UC-Irvine (9:30)
CS-Fullerton vs. UC-Davis (Around midnight)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/10 recap (Part 1: Major tournaments)

PAC-12 Semifinals:
Oregon over California 86-75
Arizona over UCLA 73-65 (This means that Arizona and Oregon will fight tonight for a #1 seed.)

ACC Semifinals:
Duke over North Carolina 93-83 (And Duke avoids being swept by UNC this season with this win.)
Notre Dame over Florida State 77-73 (I guess Notre Dame was mad at me for saying Virginia beat them yesterday.)

Big 12 Semifinals:
Iowa State over TCU 84-63
West Virginia over Kansas State 51-50 (And now K-State will have to sweat it out, too.)

Big East Semifinals:
Villanova over Seton Hall 55-53
Creighton over Xavier 75-72

Big 10 Quarterfinals:
Michigan upsets Purdue 74-70 in OT
Minnesota over Michigan State 63-58
Wisconsin over Indiana 70-60
Northwestern over Maryland 72-64 (I think it's safe to say that we'll see Northwestern in the NCAA's for the 1st time ever this season.)

SEC Quarterfinals:
Kentucky over Georgia 71-60
Alabama over South Carolina 64-53
Vanderbilt over Florida 72-62 in OT (And now Vandy's officially in!)
Arkansas over Ole Miss 73-72​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/10 recap (Part 2: Other big tourneys)

American Quarterfinals:
SMU over East Carolina 81-77
Cincinnati over Tulsa 80-61
UCF over Memphis 84-54
UConn over Houston 74-65

Sun Belt Quarterfinals:
UT-Arlington over Coastal Carolina 74-51
Texas State over UL-Monroe 63-51
Georgia State over UL-Lafayette 86-76
Troy over Georgia Southern 90-70

Atlantic 10 Quarterfinals:
Rhode Island over St. Bonaventure 74-63
Richmond over George Washington 70-67
Davidson upsets Dayton 73-67
VCU over George Mason 71-60

C-USA Semifinals:
Marshall over Louisiana Tech 93-77
Middle Tennessee over UTEP 82-56

SWAC Semifinals:
Alcorn State over Southern 81-59 (Now Alcorn State is one more win away from the NCAA's... WHAT? What do you mean Alcorn's ineligible?)
Texas Southern over Grambling 62-57, wins NCAA berth

Southland Semifinals:
New Orleans over Sam Houston State 75-63
Texas A&M-CC over Stephan F. Austin 77-69

MAC Semifinals:
Akron over Ball State 74-70
Kent State over Ohio 68-66

MEAC Semifinals:
North Carolina Central over Maryland-Eastern Shore 77-49
Norfolk State over Howard 68-53

Big Sky Semifinals:
North Dakota over Idaho 69-64
Weber State over Eastern Washington 80-72

Big West Semifinals:
UC-Irvine over Long Beach State 62-57
UC-Davis over CS-Fullerton 66-64 in OT

WAC Semifinals:
CSU-Bakersfield over Utah Valley 81-80 in 4-OT's
New Mexico State over UMKC 78-60

Mountain West Semifinals:
Nevada over Fresno State 83-72
Colorado State over San Diego State 71-63​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Saturday, March 11th

So FINALLY, the Ivy League will join us in the tournament picture, as the top 4 teams go at it. Hopefully it'll take some attention away from the 10+ tournament finals we'll have today, so let's see who'll punch their tickets: (All times are Eastern)

Ivy League Semifinals (From Philadephia, PA):
Penn vs. Princeton (1:30)
Yale vs. Harvard (30 minutes after above game)

Atlantic 10 Semifinals (From Pittsburgh, PA):
Davidson vs. Rhode Island (1:00)
Richmond vs. VCU (Around 3:30)

American Semifinals:
UCF vs. SMU (3:00)
UConn vs. Cincinnati (30 minutes after above game)

Sun Belt Semifinals (From New Orleans, LA):
UT-Arlington vs. Texas State (12:30)
Troy vs. Georgia State (Around 3:00)

SWAC Championship:
Alcorn State vs. Texas Southern (6:15)

American East Championship:
Albany vs. Vermont (11:00 A.M)

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

Mountain West Championship:
Nevada vs. Colorado State (6:00)

MAC Championship:
Akron vs. Kent State (7:30)

Big Sky Championship:
North Dakota vs. Weber State (8:30)

Conference USA Championship:
Middle Tennessee vs. Marshall (8:30)

Southland Championship:
New Orleans vs. Texas A&M-CC (9:30)

WAC Championship:
CSU-Bakersfield vs. New Mexico State (11:00)

Big West Championship:
UC-Irvine vs. UC-Davis (11:30)​

 

[douggie]

3/10 recap (Part 1: Major tournaments)

PAC-12 Semifinals:
Oregon over California 86-75
Arizona over UCLA 73-65 (This means that Arizona and Oregon will fight tonight for a #1 seed.)

ACC Semifinals:
Duke over North Carolina 93-83 (And Duke avoids being swept by UNC this season with this win.)
Notre Dame over Florida State 77-73 (I guess Notre Dame was mad at me for saying Virginia beat them yesterday.)

Big 12 Semifinals:
Iowa State over TCU 84-63
West Virginia over Kansas State 51-50 (And now K-State will have to sweat it out, too.)

Big East Semifinals:
Villanova over Seton Hall 55-53
Creighton over Xavier 75-72

Big 10 Quarterfinals:
Michigan upsets Purdue 74-70 in OT
Minnesota over Michigan State 63-58
Wisconsin over Indiana 70-60
Northwestern over Maryland 72-64 (I think it's safe to say that we'll see Northwestern in the NCAA's for the 1st time ever this season.)

SEC Quarterfinals:
Kentucky over Georgia 71-60
Alabama over South Carolina 64-53
Vanderbilt over Florida 72-62 in OT (And now Vandy's officially in!)
Arkansas over Ole Miss 73-72​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/11 recap

Okay... It looks like a few people are starting to get tired of all these lists. Don't worry; after this afternoon they'll be LONG gone.

Now for the major tournaments, let me just list off what went down:
ACC: Duke holds off Notre Dame in the final. Are they peaking at the right time? Will they make a deep run? Or will Greyson Allen f--k it all up?
Big 12: Iowa State beats out West Virginia for their 3rd Big 12 tourney title in 4 years.
PAC-12: Arizona holds off Oregon, and maybe cliches a #1 seed in the process.
Big East: Sorry, guys. I guess it really WAS the "Villanova Invitational" after all.

And now, for everyone else:
American East: Vermont over Albany 56-53
MEAC: North Carolina Central over Norfolk State 67-59
Mountain West: Nevada over Colorado State 79-71 (I think if Colorado State had won this game, Nevada still would have gotten into the NCAA's as an at-large. So, big sigh of relief for the bubble teams.)
MAC: Kent State upsets Akron 70-65
Big Sky: North Dakota over Weber State 93-89 in OT
Southland: New Orleans over Texas A&M-CC 68-65
WAC: New Mexico State over CSU-Bakersfield 70-60
Big West: UC-Davis over UC-Irvine 50-47
C-USA: Middle Tennessee over Marshall 83-72 (Another case where the bubble teams can now breathe easier.)

Sun Belt Semifinals:
Texas State upsets UT-Arlington 83-62
Troy over Georgia State 74-63

Atlantic 10 Semifinals:
Rhode Island over Davidson 84-60
VCU over Richmond 87-77 in OT (Oh, man! If Richmond had won, it would have been a disaster for all the bubble teams!)

Ivy League Semifinals:
Princeton over Penn 72-64 in OT
Yale over Harvard 73-71​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Sunday, March 12th

A little confession to you guys: Once the brackets are out, I'll download that "ESPN Tournament Challenge" app onto my tablet and try to join you guys from there.
Before I deal with that, though, let's fill out the rest of the automatic bids! (All times are Eastern)

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

Atlantic 10 Championship:
Rhode Island vs. VCU (12:30)

SEC Championship:
Game of the Day: Kentucky vs. Arkansas (1:00) (I'll bet Kentucky wants an #1 seed in the NCAA's, but if they lose here, that'll be f---ing impossible.)

Sun Belt Championship:
Troy vs. Texas State (2:00)

Big 10 Championship:
Michigan vs. Wisconsin (3:00)

American Championship:
Cincinnati vs. SMU (3:15)​

 

[douggie]

3/11 recap

Okay... It looks like a few people are starting to get tired of all these lists. Don't worry; after this afternoon they'll be LONG gone.

Now for the major tournaments, let me just list off what went down:
ACC: Duke holds off Notre Dame in the final. Are they peaking at the right time? Will they make a deep run? Or will Greyson Allen f--k it all up?

​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Not pleased today, by the way. Here's why:

Illinois State, Syracuse head six NCAA tournament snubs