Who's in? Who's out? Who is gonna blow it? (2023-24 CBB thread-Part 3)

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/5 recap

So Clemson has pushed Syracuse out of the bubble discussion. Let's see who else blew it yesterday:

Patriot League 1st Round:
Holy Cross over Army 84-68
Navy over Loyola (MD) 64-48

Horizon 1st Round:
Cleveland State over IUPUI 85-66
Purdue-Fort Wayne over Robert Morris 78-63
Milwaukee over Detroit Mercy 83-79

Sun Belt 1st Round:
Coastal Carolina over UL-Monroe 75-71
Texas State over Old Dominion 92-83 in OT

Atlantic Sun Quarterfinals:
Stetson over Queens University 83-71
Jacksonville upsets Eastern Kentucky 67-65 (We have our first entry into the NIT, folks! It's the Colonels!)
Austin Peay over North Florida 101-98 in OT
North Alabama upsets Lipscomb 77-75

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Other big games:
Purdue over Illinois 77-71 (So everyone on "ESPN Bet Live" got their Illinois picks wrong. Fascinating.)
Kansas over Kansas State 90-68
Florida over Alabama 105-87
UNLV upsets San Diego State 85-72
Virginia Tech over Louisville 80-64
Georgia over Ole Miss 69-66
Binghamton over UMBC 62-61
Oklahoma over Cincinnati 74-71 in OT
Georgia Tech over Wake Forest 70-69 (Bad loss for the Deacons...)
Pittsburgh over Florida State 88-73 (...especially since Pittsburgh stood it's ground here.)
Nevada over Boise State 76-66

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, March 6th

If people in the Northeast doesn't drown from all the rain coming their way, these are the CBB games they can watch:

Northeast Conference Quarterfinals:
St. Francis (PA) @ Central Connecticut (7:00)
Long Island @ Merrimack (7:00)
Wagner @ Sacred Heart (7:00)
Fairleigh Dickinson @ Le Moyne (7:00)

Ohio Valley 1st Round [From Evansville, IN]:
Southern Indiana vs. Tennessee State (7:30)
Eastern Illinois vs. SIU-Edwardsville (Around 10:00)

Big South 1st Round [From High Point, NC]:
Radford vs. South Carolina Upstate (8:00)
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Other big games:
Villanova @ Seton Hall (6:30) (This is a "can't lose" game for both teams.)
Houston @ UCF (7:00)
Big Game: Tennessee @ South Carolina (7:00)
TCU @ West Virginia (7:00)
Northwestern @ Michigan State (7:00)
Xavier @ Butler (7:30)
McNeese State @ New Orleans (8:00)
Florida Atlantic @ North Texas (8:00)
Game of the Day: UConn @ Marquette (8:30)
BYU @ Iowa State (9:00)
Indiana @ Minnesota (9:00)
Mississippi State @ Texas A&M (9:00)

 

[Xeliou66]

Nice win for Florida over Bama last night - Florida only lost 1 home game this season, to Kentucky. I like what this Gators team has - they can score a lot and are pretty deep. SEC is very good this year.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/6 recap

While Radford was beating USC-Upstate in the Big South tournament, here is what else happened yesterday:

Northeast Conference Quarterfinals:
Central Connecticut over St. Francis (PA) 71-62
Wagner over Sacred Heart 60-57
Merrimack over Long Island 72-66
Le Moyne over Fairleigh Dickinson 82-61

Ohio Valley 1st Round:
Tennessee State over Southern Indiana 78-64
SIU-Edwardsville over Eastern Illinois 68-57
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Other big games:
UConn over Marquette 74-67
Tennessee over South Carolina 66-59
Houston over UCF 67-59
Iowa State over BYU 68-63
Seton Hall over Villanova 66-56 in a "must win" game
Michigan State over Northwestern 53-49
Richmond over Saint Joseph's 73-66 (Richmond is looking good!)
Butler over Xavier 72-66 in a "can't lose" game
New Mexico over Fresno State 79-58 in a "can't lose" game
Florida Atlantic over North Texas 80-76
Texas A&M-Commerce over Northwestern State 83-80 in 3-OT's
Indiana over Minnesota 70-58 (Tough loss for the Gophers)
Texas A&M over Mississippi State 75-69 (Ditto for the Bulldogs)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Thursday, March 7th

So both Minnesota and Mississippi State stumbled yesterday. That's not good for them, especially when the Missouri Valley and WCC are starting their tournaments today. Let's see what's up!

West Coast Conference 1st Round [From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas]:
Pacific vs. Pepperdine (5:30)

Sun Belt 2nd Round [From Pensacola, FL]:
Georgia Southern vs. South Alabama (12:30)
Coastal Carolina vs. Louisiana (Around 3:00)
Texas State vs. Southern Miss (6:00)
Marshall vs. Georgia State (Around 8:30)

Missouri Valley 1st Round [From St. Louis, MO]:
Missouri State vs. Murray State (1:00)
Valparaiso vs. Belmont (Around 3:30)
Evansville vs. Illinois State (7:00)
UIC vs. Southern Illinois (Around 9:30)

Patriot League Quarterfinals:
Holy Cross @ Colgate (7:00)
Lehigh @ Lafayette (7:00)
Navy @ Boston University (7:00)
Bucknell @ American (7:00)

Horizon League Quarterfinals:
Purdue-Fort Wayne @ Oakland (7:00)
Cleveland State @ Youngstown State (7:00)
Northern Kentucky @ Wright State (8:00)
Milwaukee @ Green Bay (9:00)

Atlantic Sun Semifinals:
Jacksonville @ Stetson (7:00)
North Alabama @ Austin Peay (8:00)

Ohio Valley Quarterfinals [From Evansville, IN]:
Tennessee State vs. Western Illinois (7:30)
SIU-Edwardsville vs. Morehead State (Around 10:00)
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Other big games:
Rutgers @ Wisconsin (7:00)
Washington @ Washington State (9:00)
Game of the Day: Colorado @ Oregon (9:00)
Sam Houston @ Louisiana Tech (9:00)
Arizona @ UCLA (9:30)
Utah @ Oregon State (11:00)

 

[redskinsfan1963]

no matter who,s in it,it can,t touch the year uva won it for me.should be another great tourney though.

 

[Xeliou66]

BYU shit the bed big time against Iowa St last night, very sloppy play down the stretch.

Nice road win for the Vols over South Carolina

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/7 recap

While Pepperdine was beating Pacific in the WCC tournament, this was the other stuff going on:

Sun Belt 2nd Round:
Georgia Southern over South Alabama 76-71
Louisiana over Coastal Carolina 80-66
Texas State over Southern Miss 75-59
Marshall over Georgia State 86-74

Missouri Valley 1st Round:
Missouri State over Murray State 60-35
Belmont over Valparaiso 86-61
Evansville over Illinois State 59-53
UIC over Illinois State 84-82 in 2-OT's

Patriot League Quarterfinals:
Colgate over Holy Cross 81-64
Lehigh over Lafayette 76-61
Bucknell over American 80-57
Boston University over Navy 70-61

Horizon League Quarterfinals:
Oakland over Purdue-Fort Wayne 75-65
Cleveland State over Youngstown State 82-70
Northern Kentucky over Wright State 99-97 in OT
Milwaukee over Green Bay 95-84

Ohio Valley Quarterfinals:
Western Illinois over Tennessee State 61-59
Morehead State over SIU-Edwardsville 78-63

Atlantic Sun Semifinals:
Stetson over Jacksonville 88-87
Austin Peay over North Alabama 77-71
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Other big games:
Arizona over UCLA 88-65
Washington upsets Washington State 74-68
Wisconsin over Rutgers 78-66
Colorado over Oregon 79-75
Oregon State over Utah 92-85 (Whoopsie)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Friday, March 8th

Now it gets serious. Actual "bubble teams" will be playing in conference tournaments today (mostly from the Missouri Valley). So let's see what's up:

Big South Quarterfinals [From High Point, NC]:
Radford vs. High Point (12:00)
Longwood vs. Winthrop (30 minutes after above game)
Charleston Southern vs. UNC-Asheville (6:00)
Presbyterian vs. Gardner-Webb (30 minutes after above game)

Missouri Valley Quarterfinals [From St. Louis, MO]:
Missouri State vs. Indiana State (1:00)
Belmont vs. Northern Iowa (Around 3:30)
Evansville vs. Drake (7:00)
UIC vs. Bradley (Around 9:30)

CAA 1st Round [From Washington D.C.]:
William & Mary vs. North Carolina A&T (2:00)
Hampton vs. Elon (Around 4:30)

SoCon 1st Round [From Asheville, NC]:
Citadel vs. Mercer (5:00)
VMI vs. East Tennessee State (Around 7:30)

Ohio Valley Semifinals [From Evansville, IN]:
Western Illinois vs. Little Rock (8:00)
Morehead State vs. UT-Martin (Around 10:30)

Summit League 1st Round [From Sioux Falls, SD]:
South Dakota vs. Oral Roberts (8:00)

West Coast Conference 2nd Round [From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas]:
Pepperdine vs. San Diego (9:00)
Loyola-Marymount vs. Portland (Around 11:30)
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Other big games:
VCU @ Dayton (7:00)
Game of the Day: Boise State vs. San Diego State (10:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/8 recap

While Oral Roberts was beating South Dakota in the Summit League tournament, this other stuff happened:

Missouri Valley Quarterfinals:
Indiana State over Missouri State 75-59
Northern Iowa over Belmont 67-62
Drake over Evansville 79-58
Bradley over UIC 74-47

Big South Quarterfinals:
High Point over Radford 77-63
Longwood over Winthrop 69-56
UNC-Asheville over Charleston Southern 60-55
Gardner-Webb over Presbyterian 61-60

CAA 1st Round:
William & Mary over North Carolina A&T 79-62
Hampton over Elon 56-55

SoCon 1st Round:
Mercer over Citadel 84-76
East Tennessee State over VMI 98-66

Ohio Valley Semifinals:
Little Rock over Western Illinois 82-57
Morehead State over UT-Martin 84-78

WCC 2nd Round:
San Diego over Pepperdine 57-52
Portland over Loyola-Marymount 78-70
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Other big games:
Dayton over VCU 91-86 in OT
Boise State over San Diego State 79-77 in OT
Central Michigan over Eastern Michigan 65-62 in OT

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

March 9th (Part 1- The tournament games)

Now it's time for the most complicated Saturday of the CBB season! We have tournament games, Duke/UNC headlining the Top 25 action, and games outside the rankings featuring "bubble teams". So it's best for me to sort all of this out in 2 posts.
First, here are the tournament games on this Saturday:

CAA 2nd Round [From Washington D.C.]:
Campbell vs. Monmouth (12:00)
William & Mary vs. Towson (Around 2:30)
Northeastern vs. Stony Brook (6:00)
Hampton vs. Delaware (Around 8:30)

Northeast Conference Semifinals:
Le Moyne @ Merrimack (12:00)
Wagner @ Central Connecticut (2:00)

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

Big South Semifinals [From High Point, NC]:
Longwood vs. High Point (12:00)
Gardner-Webb vs. UNC-Asheville (30 minutes after above game)

Sun Belt Quarterfinals [From Pensacola, FL]:
Georgia Southern vs. Appalachian State (12:30)
Louisiana vs. Arkansas State (Around 3:00)
Texas State vs. Troy (6:00)
Marshall vs. James Madison (Around 8:30)

American East Quarterfinals:
Maine @ Bryant (2:00)
Albany @ Vermont (3:00)
Binghamton @ New Hampshire (3:00)
UMBC @ UMass-Lowell (3:00)

Missouri Valley Semifinals [From St. Louis, MO]:
Northern Iowa vs. Indiana State (3:30)
Bradley vs. Drake (Around 6:00)

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

Big Sky 1st Round [From Boise, ID]:
Sacramento State vs. Idaho (7:30)
Idaho State vs. Northern Arizona (10:00)

WCC Quarterfinals [From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas]:
San Diego vs. Santa Clara (10:00)
Portland vs. Santa Clara (30 minutes after above game)
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And finally, the first Official ticket to the NCAA tournament gets punched when Little Rock faces Morehead State in the Ohio Valley final at 8:00!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

March 9th (Part 2- Non-tourney games outside of the rankings)

Don't worry, folks. This may sound exotic, but there is a good amount of non-ranked matchups worth watching today. Let's see it!

Memphis @ Florida Atlantic (12:00)
Georgetown @ St. John's (12:00)
Oklahoma @ Texas (2:00)
Texas A&M @ Ole Miss (2:00)
Richmond @ George Mason (2:30)
La Salle @ Loyola-Chicago (4:00)
Colorado State @ Air Force (4:00)
Colorado @ Oregon State (5:00)
UCF @ TCU (5:00)
Clemson @ Wake Forest (6:00)
Utah @ Oregon (7:00) (BIG game for both teams; the loser could be waving bye-bye to the NCAA's)
NC State @ Pittsburgh (7:45)
Georgia Tech @ Virginia (8:00)
Minnesota @ Northwestern (9:00)
UNLV @ Nevada (10:30)

 

[redskinsfan1963]

va tech seems to be the Virginia team people hope win now.everybody but me at least.

 

[PhilSimms11]

High Point (25-8) just choked. Blew a 15-point lead and lost in OT vs Longwood (20-13) 80-79 in the Big South semifinals. NIT, here they come.

 

[PhilSimms11]

OVC Championship
Morehead St (25-8, 14-4) vs
Little Rock (21-11, 14-4)

 

[Xeliou66]

North Carolina beats Duke, and the Tar Heels win the ACC regular season.

Houston destroys Kansas, Jayhawks have fallen apart, and Houston wins the Big 12 regular season.

Kentucky with a big road win over Tennessee

Uconn up double digits on Providence.

 

[PhilSimms11]

Morehead St (26-8) becomes the first team to punch their ticket to the Big Dance as OVC tournament champs.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/9 recap (Part 1- The tournament games)

Morehead St (26-8) becomes the first team to punch their ticket to the Big Dance as OVC tournament champs.

So Morehead State is the first one in. Let's see who moved closer to punching THEIR ticket to the dance:

Big South Semifinals:
UNC-Asheville over Gardner-Webb 83-72 in OT
Longwood over High Point 80-79 in OT (Why yes, Mr. @PhilSimms11, I do believe that High Point is on their way to the NIT.)

Missouri Valley Semifinals:
Indiana State over Northern Iowa 94-72
Drake over Bradley 72-67

CAA 2nd Round:
Delaware over Hampton 80-50
Monmouth over Campbell 90-67
Towson over William & Mary 67-56
Stony Brook over Northeastern 75-65

WCC Quarterfinals:
San Francisco over Portland 72-51
Santa Clara over San Diego 104-79

Summit League Quarterfinals:
South Dakota State over 79-63
Denver over Kansas City 61-60

SoCon Quarterfinals:
Samford over Mercer 70-57
East Tennessee State over UNC-Greensboro 73-62
Chattanooga over Wofford 75-57
Furman over Western Carolina 79-76 in OT

Northeast Semifinals:
Merrimack over Le Moyne 61-51
Wagner over Central Connecticut 66-56

Big Sky 1st Round:
Sacramento State over Idaho 72-64
Idaho State over Northern Arizona 68-60

American East Quarterfinals:
Vermont over Maine 75-72
Bryant over Maine 84-58
New Hampshire over Binghamton 77-64
UMass-Lowell over UMBC 94-89 in OT

Sun Belt Quarterfinals:
Appalachian State over Georgia Southern 85-80 in OT
Arkansas State over Louisiana 89-62
Texas State over Troy 74-68
James Madison over Marshall 81-64​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

3/9 recap (Part 2- Everybody else)

In the Top 25, we saw Kentucky cripple Tennessee's plans for a #1 NCAA seed, Houston smash Kansas, Creighton hold off a desperate Villanova team, Alabama and South Carolina win conference games in OT, Kansas State get a HUGE win over Iowa State, and Arizona blow THEIR chances at a #1 seed thanks to Southern Cal.
Oh, and here's what else happened yesterday:

Brown over Yale 84-81 in OT
Florida Atlantic over Memphis 92-84 (BIG win for the Owls! They have doomed Memphis to the NIT, and sewed up their return trip to the NCAA's.)
Texas over Oklahoma 94-80
Texas A&M over Ole Miss 86-60
George Mason over Richmond 64-46 (Uh oh. This CAN'T be good for the Spiders' at-large chances.)
Colorado State over Air Force 82-73
Canisius over Manhattan 73-70 in OT
Vanderbilt upsets Florida 79-78
UCF over TCU 79-77
Colorado over Oregon State 73-57
Alabama State over Grambling 87-84 in 2-OT's
Wake Forest over Clemson 81-76 (This win should really help out the Deacons.)
Oregon over Utah 66-65 (Utah losing should help out the Deacons, too.)
Pittsburgh over NC State 81-73
Virginia over Georgia Tech 72-57
Northwestern over Minnesota 90-66

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Sunday, March 10th

What will happen on the true day of the CBB regular season? Let's find out:

CAA Quarterfinals [From Washington D.C.]:
Monmouth vs. Charleston (12:00)
Towson vs. UNC-Wilmington (Around 2:30)
Stony Brook vs. Drexel (6:00)
Hofstra vs. Delaware (Around 8:30)

Southland 1st Round [From Lake Charles, LA]:
New Orleans vs. SE-Louisiana (6:00)
Northwestern State vs. Texas A&M-Commerce (Around 8:30)

Summit League Quarterfinals [From Sioux Falls, SD]:
North Dakota State vs. St. Thomas (MN) (7:00)
Omaha vs. North Dakota (Around 9:30)

Sun Belt Semifinals [From Pensacola, FL]:
Appalachian State vs. Arkansas State (6:00)
James Madison vs. Texas State (Around 8:30)

Big Sky 2nd Round [From Boise, ID]:
Eastern Washington vs. Sacramento State (7:30)
Idaho State vs. Northern Colorado (Around 10:00)

Patriot League Semifinals:
Bucknell @ Colgate (2:00)
Lehigh @ Boston University (4:00)

SoCon Semifinals [From Asheville, NC]:
Samford vs. Furman (4:00)
Chattanooga vs. East Tennessee State (Around 6:30)

Big South Championship:
UNC-Asheville vs. Longwood (12:00)

Atlantic Sun Championship:
Austin Peay @ Stetson (2:00)

Missouri Valley Championship:
Game of the Day: Indiana State vs. Drake (2:00) (One of these teams will punch their ticket to the dance, while the loser will have to sweat it out on "Selection Sunday". Don't miss this one!)
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Other big games:
Nebraska @ Michigan (12:00)
Wisconsin @ Purdue (12:30)
Ohio State @ Rutgers (2:00)
SMU @ UAB (4:00)
Michigan State @ Indiana (4:30)
Illinois @ Iowa (7:00)