The quality is up.. and so is the drama! (2025-26 CBB thread, Part 3)

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

March 13th (Part 1- The major leagues)

Time for the next round of tournament action. Let's see if the bid-stealers from the SEC or the Big East can continue their run:

SEC Quarterfinals [From Nashville, TN]:
Kentucky vs. Florida (1:00)
Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee (Around 3:30)
Ole Miss vs. Alabama (7:00)
Game of the Day: Oklahoma vs. Arkansas (Around 9:30) (Let's go, Sooners! I think you can clinch an NCAA ticket if you win this one.)

Big 10 Quarterfinals [From Chicago, IL]:
Ohio State vs. Michigan (12:00)
Wisconsin vs. Illinois (Around 2:30)
Purdue vs. Nebraska (6:30)
UCLA vs. Michigan State (Around 9:00)

ACC Semifinals [From Charlotte, NC]:
Miami vs. Virginia (7:00)
Duke vs. Clemson (Around 9:30)

Big East Semifinals [From Madison Square Garden]:
Seton Hall vs. St. John's (5:30) (A "must-win" for Seton Hall for their NCAA chances)
UConn vs. Georgetown (Around 8:00)

Big 12 Semifinals [From Kansas City, MO]:
Iowa State vs. Arizona (7:00)
Kansas vs. Houston (Around 9:30)

Mountain West Semifinals [From the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas]:
Nevada vs. Utah State (9:30)
New Mexico vs. San Diego State (Around midnight) (The winner gets closer to their NCAA ticket, while the loser must stay on the bubble.)
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More to come...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

March 13th (Part 2- Everyone else)

Now on to the rest of the action. Bubble teams should start paying attention to the A-10, let's just say that.

American Quarterfinals [From Birmingham, AL]:
Charlotte vs. UAB (1:00)
North Texas vs. Tulsa (Around 3:30)

Conference USA Semifinals [From Huntsville, AL]:
Missouri State vs. Louisiana Tech (12:30)
Kennesaw State vs. Sam Houston (Around 3:00)

Atlantic 10 Quarterfinals [From Pittsburgh, PA]:
George Washington vs. Saint Louis (11:30 A.M.)
St. Bonaventure vs. Dayton (Around 2:00)
Duquesne vs. VCU (5:00)
Saint Joseph's vs. Davidson (Around 7:30)

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

MEAC Semifinals [From Norfolk, VA]:
South Carolina State vs. Howard (6:00)
North Carolina Central vs. Delaware State (Around 8:30)

Big West Semifinals [From Henderson, NV]:
Cal-State Northridge vs. UC-Irvine (9:00)
Cal-State Fullerton vs. Hawaii (Around 11:30)

WAC Semifinals [From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas]:
UT-Arlington vs. Utah Valley (9:00)
California Baptist vs. Utah Tech (Around 11:30)​

 

[Xeliou66]

Gators play Kentucky in a few minutes - let’s go Gators!!

 

[Xeliou66]

Gators beat Kentucky, won all 3 battles vs the Wildcats this season, nice!
TN/Vandy on now.

 

[Xeliou66]

Wow, what a game between Arizona and Iowa St, Arizona wins it as Jaden Bradley hits a buzzer beater!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/13 recap (Part 1- The major leagues)

So we're back to 20 degrees here in Dolgeville with blowing snow. Oh well, let's try to forget about it and recap yesterday's action:

Big 12 Semifinals:
Arizona over Iowa State 82-80
Houston over Kansas 69-47

ACC Semifinals:
Duke over Clemson 73-61
Virginia over Miami 84-62

Big 10 Quarterfinals:
Michigan over Ohio State 71-67
Wisconsin over Illinois 91-88 in OT
UCLA over Michigan State 88-84
Purdue over Nebraska 74-58

SEC Quarterfinals:
Florida over Kentucky 71-63
Vanderbilt over Tennessee 75-68
Arkansas over Oklahoma 82-79 (Aw, dangit! The Sooners are out.)
Ole Miss upsets Alabama 80-79 (Oh well. At least we still have one Cinderella team left in Nashville.)

Big East Semifinals:
UConn over Georgetown 67-51
St. John's over Seton Hall 78-68

Mountain West Semifinals:
Utah State over Nevada 79-66
San Diego State over New Mexico 64-62
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More to come...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/13 recap (Part 2- Everyone else) (AKA: What happened while the Big 12 sent away their fancy LED court to... God knows where)

Atlantic 10 Quarterfinals:
Saint Louis over George Washington 88-81
Dayton over St. Bonaventure 68-63
VCU over Duquesne 71-66
Saint Joseph's over Davidson 70-58

MAC Semifinals:
Toledo over UMass 77-67
Akron over Kent State 75-68

American Quarterfinals:
Tulsa over North Texas 90-84 in 3-OT's
Charlotte over UAB 83-78

MEAC Semifinals:
Howard over South Carolina State 78-61
North Carolina Central over Delaware State 59-53

Conference USA Semifinals:
Louisiana Tech over Missouri State 69-66
Kennesaw State over Sam Houston 79-73

Big West Semifinals:
UC-Irvine over Cal-State Northridge 93-78
Hawaii over Cal-State Fullerton 78-63

SWAC Semifinals:
Prairie View A&M over Alabama A&M 74-55
Southern over Florida A&M 73-70

WAC Semifinals:
Utah Valley over UT-Arlington 67-65
California Baptist over Utah Tech 86-72​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

March 14th (Part 1- Semifinal action and major finals)

So the ACC, Big 12, and Big East are finishing up tonight. For Duke/Virginia and St. John's/UConn, it's mostly just about pride. For Houston/Arizona, however, it could give Houston a #1 seed if they win it. So I guess that makes Houston/Arizona our Game of the Day.
But there are still some semifinal action taking place today. Look!

Ivy League Semifinals [From Ithaca, NY]:
Cornell vs. Yale (11:00 A.M.)
Penn vs. Harvard (2:00)

Atlantic 10 Semifinals [From Pittsburgh, PA]:
Saint Louis vs. Dayton (1:00)
VCU vs. Saint Joseph's (Around 3:30)

Big 10 Semifinals [From Chicago, IL]:
Michigan vs. Wisconsin (1:00)
Purdue vs. UCLA (Around 3:30)

American Semifinals [From Birmingham, AL]:
USF vs. Charlotte (3:00)
Wichita State vs. Tulsa (Around 5:30)

SEC Semifinals [From Nashville, TN]:
Vanderbilt vs. Florida (1:00)
Ole Miss vs. Arkansas (Around 3:30)
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More to come...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

March 14th (Part 2- The championship games)

And now, the big list! A lot of NCAA bids will be decided today, so let's get to it!

Mountain West Final:
San Diego State vs. Utah State (6:00) (Utah State is clearly in, while SDSU is on the bubble. Can the Aztecs stop all of the waiting and swipe a bid from the Aggies?)

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

MEAC Final:
North Carolina Central vs. Howard (1:00)

SWAC Final:
Prairie View A&M vs. Southern (7:30)

MAC Final:
Akron vs. Toledo (8:00)

Conference USA Final:
Kennesaw State vs. Louisiana Tech (8:30)

Big West Final:
Hawaii vs. UC-Irvine (10:00)

WAC Final:
California Baptist vs. Utah Valley (Midnight)​

 

[Xeliou66]

Gators going for their 13th win in a row today in the semifinal against Vandy - hope we can win the SEC again and go into the national tourney red hot

 

[Xeliou66]

Extremely sloppy first half for my Gators, we’re down by 13

 

[ElPatron1]

Extremely sloppy first half for my Gators, we’re down by 13

Going down bad like Kummmini in Iran

 

[Xeliou66]

Going down bad like Kummmini in Iran

Keep the political shit off the sports boards, jackass

 

[ElPatron1]

Keep the political shit off the sports boards, jackass

Can't take a joke? To be fair the gators do suck pretty bad too, reminds me of Irans air defenses lol

 

[Xeliou66]

Can't take a joke? To be fair the gators do suck pretty bad too, reminds me of Irans air defenses lol

I would tell a left wing poster the same thing - keep the political shit off the sports boards.
And the Gators are defending national champions and will get either a 1 or 2 seed this year, so yeah they really suck LOL.

 

[ElPatron1]

I would tell a left wing poster the same thing - keep the political shit off the sports boards.
And the Gators are defending national champions and will get either a 1 or 2 seed this year, so yeah they really suck LOL.

Not for long

 

[Xeliou66]

Michigan beats Wisconsin on a last second shot! What a game!

 

[Xeliou66]

Ole Miss/Arkansas going to OT - would be remarkable if Ole Miss won today and then won the tournament tomorrow and got into the big dance after such a lousy regular season.

 

[Xeliou66]

Ole Miss falls short in OT.

St John’s off to a hot start against UConn

 

[Xeliou66]

Arizona wins the Big 12 title.