Conference Tournaments and Tracking the Automatic Qualifiers.

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Today starts the first day of Conference Tournaments. The Horizon and Patriot League start today.

The Horizon league are campus sites for the first two rounds and the Final 4 are held in Indianapolis.

The Patriot League holds all of its tournament at Campus Sites.

The Horizon Leagues highest rated team on the NET is Oakland at 153. They are also the only team in the conference with a Quad 1 or a Quad 2 win. Oddly enough, Cleveland State (176) and Purdue Fort Wayne (228) are tied atop of the standings at a record of 15-6. They both share the conference title. This is a one bid league.

Horizon League March 1, 3, 7-8

First Round

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Green Bay	344	At	Detroit Mercy	231	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Robert Morris	331	At	Youngstown St.	244	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
IUPUI	358	At	Oakland	153	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+
UIC	289	At	Milwaukee	330	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+

The Patriot Leagues highest rated team on the NET is Colgate at 137. They do not have a Quad 1 win and 1-1 in Q2. Navy has the most Q2 wins out of the league. None of them have a Q1 win. Colgate is also the regular season Conference Champs. So, if they do not win their tournament then they will get into the NIT. This is a 1 bid league in either tournament.

Patriot League March 1, 3, 6, 9

First Round

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
American	293	at	Holy Cross	248	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Bucknell	127	At	Lafayette	30	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Wednesday March 2 will start the following Tournaments

Ohio Valley March 2-5 in Evansville

Big South March 2, 4-6 in Charlotte

Northeast Conference March 2, 5, 8 (Campus Sites)

Check back each day for new updates

Automatic Qualifiers

Looking for an at Large Bid – These are the top NET teams and if the AQ from 1 Bids were the top NET.

Gonzaga	Arizona	Kentucky	Houston
Baylor	Villanova	Duke	Purdue
Murray St.	Colorado St.	Loyola Chicago	North Texas
Davidson	Towson	Vermont	Chattanooga
South Dakota St.	Oakland	UConn	Seton Hall
Iona	Norfolk St.	Ohio St.	Michigan St.
Toledo	Nicholls	Iowa	Michigan
New Mexico St.	Southern U.	Saint Mary's (CA)	Xavier
Princeton	Kansas	Wisconsin	Marquette
Liberty	Tennessee	Alabama	Iowa St.
UC Irvine	Texas Tech	Arkansas	Wyoming
Texas St.	Auburn	Providence	North Carolina
Montana St.	UCLA	Southern California	Virginia Tech
Wagner	Illinois	San Francisco	Wake Forest
Colgate	Texas	Boise St.	Indiana
Longwood	LSU	San Diego St.	Memphis
SMU	Notre Dame	Oklahoma	TCU

 

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In the First Day of Games

Horizon League

6 Seed Detroit Mercy defeated Green Bay 79-62. With this win, Detroit Mercy will travel to face Purdue Fort Wayne on Thursday.

10 Seed Robert Morris squeaked by Youngstown State 77-73. They will now travel as the lowest remaining seed to face the number 1 seed Cleveland State Vikings on Thursday.

5 seed Oakland, who is also the highest NET, defeated IUPUI 69-58. Since they are the Highest remaining seed they will travel to face the 4 seed Wright State.

8 Seed UIC defeated Milwaukee 80-69 and will travel to face the Northern Kentucky Norse. You never know the finals could be the Vikings against the Norse for the battle of Thor’s Hammer. Lol. If that isn’t a thing between them then it darn well should be.

In Patriot League Action

10 seed American upset the 7 seed Holy Cross Crusaders 69-63. They will now travel around the beltway to take on Navy in Annapolis Thursday.

In and overtime matchup, the 9 see Bucknell edged out Lafayette 82-81. They will travel to Hamilton, NY to face the 1 seed Colgate.

Todays Games

In the Ohio Valley Conference, Murray State is the class of this conference and could end up being their only entry into the NCAA tournament. They currently have a NET of 24 and have a Q1 record of 2-1. Their overall record is 28-2. This will pretty much guarantee them an at large bid regardless of how they do in the conference tournament. Belmont should get in as well with a 25-6 record but they will need to win their only game to get to the finals to face possibly Murray State. The OVC should get two teams in the dance.

Ohio Valley – March 2-5 in Evansville, IN

First Round

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Tennessee State	273	Vs	SIUE	287	6:30 p.m.	ESPN+
Austin Peay	282	Vs	Tennessee Tech	268	9:00 p.m.	ESPN+

The Big South’s team with the highest NET is Longwood with a 142. Next would be Winthrop at 143. Winthrop is the only team to have a win in Q1 or Q2 in this conference. This will be a one bid conference these guys have a lot to play for. All of these games will be played in Charlotte. Long wood captured the regular season title but they are not the best producing team in the conference. This might be a Longwood vs Winthrop final.

Big South March 2, 4-6 in Charlotte

First Round

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
North Carolina A&T	290	Vs	Radford	288	10:30 a.m.	ESPN+
Charleston Southern	351	Vs	UNC Asheville	222	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Hampton	321	Vs	High Point	255	5:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Presbyterian	270	Vs	Campbell	223	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+

The Northeastern Conference is also a one bid conference this season. The highest NET is Wagner at 132 but they didn’t win the regular season title. The Bryant Bulldogs who I got to watch lose to Bethune Cookman and defeat Holy Cross in the Tournament in Daytona have the regular season title. Bryant is 19-9 but have no Q1 or Q2 wins. Wagner does have a Q1 win. None of that matters as they are far enough down the NET that they must win tis tournament to get in the dance. They did have an opening round on Monday with the two lowest seeded teams. Central Connecticut edged out Fairleigh Dickinson 62-61. All games are at the Campus site of the Higher seed.

Northeast Conference March 2, 5, 8 (Campus Sites)

First Round

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Central Connecticut	345	At	Bryant	216	6:00 p.m.	All Games are on NEC Front Row NEC Front Row
St. Francis (PA)	329	At	Wagner	130	6:00 p.m.
Sacred Heart	324	At	Long Island	242	6:00 p.m.
St. Francis (BKN)	313	At	Mount St. Mary’s	265	6:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 3 will start the following Tournaments

Missouri Valley March 3-6 in St. Louis

Sun Belt March 3, 5-7 in Pensacola

West Coast Conference March 3-5, 7-8 in Las Vegas

These Tournaments will have another game

Ohio Valley – Quarter Finals

Atlantic Sun – Quarterfinals

Horizon – Quarterfinals

Patriot League - Quarterfinals

Check back each day for new updates

Automatic Qualifiers

Looking for an at Large Bid – These are the top NET teams and if the AQ from 1 Bids were the top NET.

Gonzaga	Arizona	Kentucky	Houston
Baylor	Villanova	Duke	Purdue
Murray St.	Colorado St.	Loyola Chicago	North Texas
Davidson	Towson	Vermont	Chattanooga
South Dakota St.	Oakland	UConn	Seton Hall
Iona	Norfolk St.	Ohio St.	Michigan St.
Toledo	Nicholls	Iowa	Michigan
New Mexico St.	Southern U.	Saint Mary's (CA)	Xavier
Princeton	Kansas	Wisconsin	Marquette
Liberty	Tennessee	Alabama	Iowa St.
UC Irvine	Texas Tech	Arkansas	Wyoming
Texas St.	Auburn	Providence	North Carolina
Montana St.	UCLA	Southern California	Virginia Tech
Wagner	Illinois	San Francisco	Wake Forest
Colgate	Texas	Boise St.	Indiana
Longwood	LSU	San Diego St.	Memphis
SMU	Notre Dame	Oklahoma	TCU

 

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OVC is a surprisingly good league. Their tournament is usually a really fun one to watch. As for the NEC, Go Wagner Seahawks...my sister is a Wagner alum. They've got a beautiful campus on Staten Island overlooking the Verrazano Narrows bridge into Brooklyn. I believe Wagner is also the class of the league this season.

 

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Second day of Conference Tournaments

Big South

This league might not have big time teams but their games have been big time games. 2 of them went into overtime and were close until the end of overtime. Charleston Southern got a last second tip in to beat UNC Asheville 79-78. The last game of the evening between Campbell and Presbyterian was a blowout. They resume on Friday in Charlotte. 1 Seed Longwood will take on NC A&T wo upset Radford in Overtime. 4 seed USC Upstate will play Charleston Southern who upset UNC Asheville on that last second tipin. 2 seed Winthrop (favorite to win tournament) will face High Point and Gardner Webb will take on Campbell.

Northeastern Conference

None of these games were even close. This is just a bad conference altogether. Lol. All of the top seeds won. This tournament Semifinals will resume on Saturday. Bryant will host Mount St Mary’s and Wagner will host Long Island. The finals will be on March 8th at the site of the highest seeded team.

Ohio Valley Conference

These opening games were not very interesting. Tennessee State beat SIUE by 15.

Todays Games

In the Ohio Valley Conference the Quarterfinals today have Tennessee State playing Southeast Missouri today. Tennessee Tech will play Morehead State. These will lead to the games against the Conference Leaders in Murray State and Belmont.

Ohio Valley – March 2-5 in Evansville, IN

First Round

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Tennessee St.	267	Vs	Southeast Mo St.	260	6:30 p.m.	ESPN+
Tennessee Tech	258	Vs	Morehead St.	122	9:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Missouri Valley starts today. There are two opening games Illinois State takes on Indiana State and then Valparaiso takes on Evansville. The Valley has Loyola Chicago who should get an at large if they do not win the tournament. They have a 22-7 record, they are 2-2 in Q1 and 3-4 in Q2. They do have 1 Q3 loss but the rest are wins. Missouri State has an outside chance but they might have to win the tournament to get in. The Valley could be a one bid conference this year

Missouri Valley March 3 – 6 in St Louis

First Round

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Illinois St.	196	Vs	Indiana St.	234	6:00 p.m.	MVC TV
Valparaiso	215	Vs	Evansville	319	8:30 p.m.	MVC TV

The Sun Belt will also be a single bid conference for the dance. Texas State is the regular season champ and they have the best NET in the conference at 118. They are the favorite to win the tournament. With a 118 and no Q1 wins, If they want to be in the big tourney they have to win the conference tournament.

Sun Belt Conference March 3, 5-7 in Pensacola, FL.

First Round

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Louisiana	195	Vs	UT Arlington	233	11:30 a.m.	ESPN+
South Alabama	132	Vs	Little Rock	325	2:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Arkansas St.	171	Vs	ULM	278	5:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Coastal Carolina	146	Vs	Georgia Southern	248	7:30 p.m.	ESPN+

Atlantic Sun actually started their opening round on Tuesday. This tourney is done on campus sites. This conference will be a single bid as well. Lipscomb is the only team with a Q1 win and they are the 4 seed from the west. Liberty is the highest NET and they also have the best record in the conference. Between them and Jacksonville State no one else should compare.

Atlantic Sun March 1,3,5 and 8 Campus Sites

Quarterfinals

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Jacksonville	168	Vs	Central Arkansas	316	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Kennesaw St.	225	Vs	Jacksonville St.	137	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
FGCU	191	Vs	Bellarmine	220	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Lipscomb	271	Vs	Liberty	115	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Horizon is back at it again. The winners today go to Indianapolis where the final four of the tournament will be held. Quarterfinals and the favorite (Cleveland State) is still in it. Still waiting for the Vikings vs the Norse for Thor’s hammer.

Horizon March 1, 3, 7-8

Quarterfinals

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
UIC	285	At	Purdue Ft Wayne	231	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Detroit Mercy	229	At	Northern Ky	207	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Oakland	164	At	Wright St.	208	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
RMU	327	At	Cleveland St.	179	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+

West Coast Conference starts today. This has become a powerhouse conference. They have 3 teams in the top 30 of the NET and BYU is at 53. This has Gonzaga as its premier team but Saint Mary’s is not far behind. The San Francisco Dons are looking real good this year at 3-5 in Q1 and 5-2 in Q2. They have an odd bracketing style.

WCC March 3-5, 7-8 Las Vegas

First Round

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Pacific	289	Vs	LMU (CA)	212	8:00 p.m.	WCC Net
Pepperdine	282	Vs	San Diego	211	10:00 p.m.	WCC NET

Patriot League is back at it again. 1 seed Colgate will face Bucknell who squeaked out a win over Lafayette on Tuesday. The 2 seed Navy Midshipmen will take on beltway rivals American who lade waste to Holy Cross.

Patriot League March 1, 3, 6, 9 Campus Sites

Quarterfinals

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Bucknell	332	At	Colgate	138	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Army	274	At	Lehigh	300	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Loyola Maryland	259	At	Boston U.	202	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
American	337	At	Navy	155	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Friday, March 4 will start the following Tournaments

Southern – Asheville, NC

These Tournaments will have another game

Ohio Valley – Semifinals

Big South - Quarterfinals

Missouri Valley – Quarter Finals

WCC – Second Round

Check back each day for new updates

Automatic Qualifiers

Looking for an at Large Bid – These are the top NET teams and if the AQ from 1 Bids were the top NET.

Gonzaga	Arizona	Kentucky	Houston
Baylor	Villanova	Duke	Purdue
Murray St.	Colorado St.	Loyola Chicago	North Texas
Davidson	Towson	Vermont	Chattanooga
South Dakota St.	Oakland	UConn	Seton Hall
Iona	Norfolk St.	Ohio St.	Michigan St.
Toledo	Nicholls	Iowa	Michigan
New Mexico St.	Southern U.	Saint Mary's (CA)	Xavier
Princeton	Kansas	Wisconsin	Marquette
Liberty	Tennessee	Alabama	Iowa St.
UC Irvine	Texas Tech	Arkansas	Wyoming
Texas St.	Auburn	Providence	North Carolina
Montana St.	UCLA	Southern California	Virginia Tech
Wagner	Illinois	San Francisco	Wake Forest
Colgate	Texas	Boise St.	Indiana
Longwood	LSU	San Diego St.	Memphis
SMU	Notre Dame	Oklahoma	TCU

 

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NC A&T wo upset Radford in Overtime

I believe Tim Peete is an assistant at Radford currently.

 

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I believe Tim Peete is an assistant at Radford currently.

He is an assistant at Radford

 

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Little Rock who has been getting blown out by everyone just upset the 5 seed South Alabama. Apparently both of these schools are leaving the sunbelt. More conference realignment

 

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Fourth day of Conference Tournaments

Ohio Valley Conference and Atlantic Sun

Just like the Opening round these games were not close. The top 4 seeds are in the Semifinals and these could be good games especially with Murray State. In the ASun, none of these games were close at all. The top two seed in each division are in the Semifinals. These one bid leagues can have the best games and the absolute worst games.

Missouri Valley

The Sycamores and the Redbirds battled it out to the end with Illinois State moving on with a 5 point win. Valpo destroyed Evansville’s soul 81-59. The quarterfinals should be more interesting.

Sun Belt

This conference had two upsets. All of these games were tight games. The most entertaining was Little Rock over South Alabama. With this being a one Bid conference, there is more to play for. With conference realignment looming this was the last game in the conference for some of these teams.

Horizon

Only game that was close was UIC at Purdue Fort Wayne. The rest were blowouts. I still have my Vikings vs Norse final alive. The battle for Thors hammer I am willing to happen. Lol They play again on Monday.

WCC

LMU blasted Pacific by 20 yesterday keeping a GOI team alive. San Diego held off Pepperdine to advance. They have a weird bracketing style to where the top two team play 2 games total to win the championship. That can be good and bad.

Patriot league

All of these games were not close in the slightest. The top 4 teams advance to the Semifinals on Sunday. This tourney is a Campus site tourney.

Todays Games

In the Ohio Valley Conference the Semifinals today have Murray State playing Southeast Missouri today. Belmont will play Morehead State. These games will be on ESPNU with the Finals on ESPN2

Ohio Valley – March 2-5 in Evansville, IN

Semis

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Southeast Mo St.	246	Vs	Murray St.	23	7:00 p.m.	ESPNU
Morehead St.	118	Vs	Belmont	65	9:30 p.m.	ESPNU

Missouri Valley starts today. The top seed Northern Iowa takes on Indiana State who beat Illinois State in a close one yesterday. The 2 seed Missouri state will se Valpo who easily passed by Evansville. Game of the round will be Loyola Chicago vs Bradley at 2:30.

Missouri Valley March 3 – 6 in St Louis

First Round

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
UNI	98	Vs	Illinois St.	194	12:00 p.m.	MVC TV
Loyola Chicago	29	Vs	Bradley	96	2:30 p.m.	MVC TV
Missouri St.	62	Vs	Valparaiso	206	6:00 p.m.	MVC TV
Drake	88	Vs	Southern Ill.	130	8:30 p.m.	MVC TV

The Big South has their Quarterfinals today. All games are on ESPN+

Big South March 2, 4, 5-6 Charlotte, NC

Quarterfinals

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Longwood	140	Vs	NC A&T	286	11:00 a.m.	ESPN+
Charleston Southern	349	Vs	S. C. Upstate	271	2:00 p.m.	ESPN+
High Point	257	Vs	Winthrop	145	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Campbell	222	Vs	Gardner Webb	161	8:00 p.m.	ESPN+

The Southern Conference starts their tournament today with two opening round games. The two top teams are Chattanooga (NET 69) and Furman (NET 81) Chattanooga has a Q1 record of 1-2 and a Q2 record of 2-0. With a 69 NET this is assuredly a 1 bid league.

Southern Conference March 4-7, Asheville, NC

Opening Round

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
ETSU	173	Vs	Citadel	237	4:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Western Carolina	279	Vs	Mercer	192	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+

West Coast Conference Day 2. This has become a powerhouse conference. Round two is today and one of the GOI teams are still alive and they face BYU. This will be a tough test for LMU.

WCC March 3-5, 7-8 Las Vegas

First Round

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
BYU	53	Vs	LMU (CA)	205	8:00 p.m.	WCC Net
Portland	182	Vs	San Diego	207	10:00 p.m.	WCC NET

Saturday, March 5 will start the following Tournaments

Colonial Athletic – Washington, DC

Summit – Sioux Falls

American East – Campus Sites

These Tournaments will have another game

Ohio Valley – Championship Game

Big South – Semifinals

Missouri Valley – Semifinals

Sun Belt – Quarterfinals

Southern – Quarterfinals

ASUN – Semifinals

Northeast Conference

WCC – Quarterfinals

Check back each day for new updates

Automatic Qualifiers

Looking for an at Large Bid – These are the top NET teams and if the AQ from 1 Bids were the top NET.

Gonzaga	Arizona	Kentucky	Houston
Baylor	Villanova	Duke	Purdue
Murray St.	Colorado St.	Loyola Chicago	North Texas
Davidson	Towson	Vermont	Chattanooga
South Dakota St.	Oakland	UConn	Seton Hall
Iona	Norfolk St.	Ohio St.	Michigan St.
Toledo	Nicholls	Iowa	Michigan
New Mexico St.	Southern U.	Saint Mary's (CA)	Xavier
Princeton	Kansas	Wisconsin	Marquette
Liberty	Tennessee	Alabama	Iowa St.
UC Irvine	Texas Tech	Arkansas	Wyoming
Texas St.	Auburn	Providence	North Carolina
Montana St.	UCLA	Southern California	Virginia Tech
Wagner	Illinois	San Francisco	Wake Forest
Colgate	Texas	Boise St.	Indiana
Longwood	LSU	San Diego St.	Memphis
SMU	Notre Dame	Oklahoma	TCU

 

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They have a weird bracketing style to where the top two team play 2 games total to win the championship. That can be good and bad.

You're seeing this more and more where conferences want their best teams in the NCAA tournament for the chance at an upset and the additional share money you get for reaching the next round. The WCC probably doesn't have to do this anymore because Gonzaga and St. Mary's are perennial top 25 teams.

I prefer everyone have the same chance to win the conference tourney though. If you have 8 teams, very team has to win 3 games to win the championship. If you have 10, then 4 teams will need to win 4 games, 12= 8 teams need to win the extra game. This double bye crap is just stupid IMO

 

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You're seeing this more and more where conferences want their best teams in the NCAA tournament for the chance at an upset and the additional share money you get for reaching the next round. The WCC probably doesn't have to do this anymore because Gonzaga and St. Mary's are perennial top 25 teams.

I prefer everyone have the same chance to win the conference tourney though. If you have 8 teams, very team has to win 3 games to win the championship. If you have 10, then 4 teams will need to win 4 games, 12= 8 teams need to win the extra game. This double bye crap is just stupid IMO

There are not enough ways to like this. I agree 1 million percent. Your reward for a good season should just be your seed not several byes.

 

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North Carolina A&T took Longwood to overtime, but longwood was too much for them.

 

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Northern Iowa throttled Illinois state

 

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Hot playing teams can beat stagnant teams who have byes occasionally. See Houston vs Tulsa 1982. And Houston here in C-USA tournament winning four in a row.

 

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Fifth Day of Conference Tournaments

Ohio Valley- Championship Game

As everyone expected Murray State easily took care of Southeast Mo State. The surprise was that Morehead State upset Belmont. Belmont had a horrid shooting night, but I believe the defense of Morehead St. was the factor. This is now a one bid conference unless Morehead State wins the title today.

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Murray St.	23	Vs	Morehead St.	116	7:30 p.m.	ESPN2

Big South Conference - Semifinals

The top 4 seeds won yesterday, but that doesn’t mean it was foretold. NC A&T kept pace with 1 seed Longwood and took them to overtime. Longwood just had too much for them in the extra period. Gardner Webb and Campbell was a defensive battle the whole way. These have been the best games all week.

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
USC Upstate	270	Vs	Longwood	138	11:00 a.m.	ESPN+
Gardner-Webb	160	Vs	Winthrop	142	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Missouri Valley Conference - Semifinals

I was expecting a better game from Loyola Chicago and Bradley. What we got was a massively one sided affair. The Big south games have been the best so far. The higher seeds one yesterday. Today though Northern Iowa and Loyola Chicago is going to be a rematch of the regular season finale that went into overtime where UNI won. This is a must watch game. This could be a two bid conference.

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Loyola Chicago	29	Vs	UNI	96	2:30 p.m.	CBSSN
Drake	85	Vs	Missouri St.	63	5:00 p.m.	CBSSN

Sun Belt Conference - Quarterfinals

The Sun Belt is back at it again with the Quarters. The only GOI team here is Little Rock who upset South Alabama two days ago after getting shellacked by them earlier this season. They take on Troy today and lets see if they can get another win to stay on the GOI post.

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Louisiana	192	Vs	Texas St.	119	11:30 a.m.	ESPN+
Little Rock	313	Vs	Troy	177	2:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Arkansas St.	172	Vs	Georgia St.	179	5:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Georgia Southern	243	Vs	App St.	158	7:30 p.m	ESPN+

Sothern Conference – Quarterfinals

The Southern Conference opened up the tournament yesterday and the first game did not disappoint. The Citadel and ETSU battled it out into overtime where the Citadel won 84-76. I do not believe that they will win the tournament but as for basketball that was a great game. Today UNC Greensboro takes on Samford in the nightcap. There are Haith family on the Greensboro staff.

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
The Citadel	229	Vs	Chattanooga	70	11:00 a.m.	ESPN+
VMI	157	Vs	Wofford	105	1:30 p.m.	ESPN+
Mercer	185	Vs	Furman	81	5:00 p.m.	ESPN+
UNC Greensboro	159	Vs	Samford	180	7:30 p.m.	ESPN+

Atlantic sun - Semifinals (Campus Sites)

The ASUN is back to the campus sites and time for the Semifinals. Just like in the other conferences the top 4 seeds are in the semis. A couple of the games were close last time but I expect these two games to go the distance.

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Bellarmine	206	At	Liberty	114	5:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Jacksonville	167	At	Jacksonville St.	136	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Colonial Athletic First Round

The Colonial starts today. There is only one game in its opening round in D.C. One Bid conference, nothing to see here.

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Northeastern	258	Vs	William and Mary	340	4:00 p.m.

Northeastern - Semifinals

The Northeastern is back at campus sites again. These games are poised to show good basketball struggle. Again, not great teams but they can light it up if they want. Bryant and Wagner are still the top teams in the conference are poised to meet in the championship game.

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Mount St. Mary’s	255	At	Bryant	216	5:00 p.m.	ESPN3
Long Island	240	At	Wagner	124	7:00 p.m.	ESPN3

Summit League - Semifinals

The Summit starts today and this could be another tourney that could use a watchful eye. The top two teams are South Dakota State and Oral Roberts. South Dakota State went 18-0 in the Summit this year and are a NET 71. They are 27-4 overall and should get into the tournament. Could the Summit be a two bid conference? The Quarterfinals are over two days. ORU plays tomorrow.

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Omaha	348	Vs	South Dakota St.	71	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Denver	289	Vs	North Dakota St.	175	8:30 p.m.	ESPN+

West Coast Conference - Third Round

I absolutely abhor how this conference does their tournament. Its terrible. They have two games today and then the semifinals on Monday where Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s will finally play a game. In the two games yesterday they were not even close. The top seeds beat down the lower seeds by way too much. LMU lost to BYU by 25. This is clearly a multi bid conference.

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
BYU	50	Vs	San Francisco	26	9:30 p.m.	ESPN2
Portland	168	Vs	Santa Clara	74	11:30 p.m.	ESPN2

Sunday, March 6 will start the following Tournaments

American East – Campus Sites

These Tournaments will have another game

Big South – Championship Game

Missouri Valley – Championship Game

Sun Belt – Semifinals

Southern – Semifinals

Colonial – Quarterfinals

Summit – Quarterfinals day 2

Patriot - Semifinals

Check back each day for new updates



Automatic Qualifiers

Looking for an at Large Bid – These are the top NET teams and if the AQ from 1 Bids were the top NET.

Gonzaga	Arizona	Kentucky	Houston
Baylor	Villanova	Duke	Purdue
Murray St.	Colorado St.	Loyola Chicago	North Texas
Davidson	Towson	Vermont	Chattanooga
South Dakota St.	Oakland	UConn	Seton Hall
Iona	Norfolk St.	Ohio St.	Michigan St.
Toledo	Nicholls	Iowa	Michigan
New Mexico St.	Southern U.	Saint Mary's (CA)	Xavier
Princeton	Kansas	Wisconsin	Marquette
Liberty	Tennessee	Alabama	Iowa St.
UC Irvine	Texas Tech	Arkansas	Wyoming
Texas St.	Auburn	Providence	North Carolina
Montana St.	UCLA	Southern California	Virginia Tech
Wagner	Illinois	San Francisco	Wake Forest
Colgate	Texas	Boise St.	Indiana
Longwood	LSU	San Diego St.	Memphis
SMU	Notre Dame	Oklahoma	TCU

 

[nevadanatural]

Great work here. I disagree with your South Dakota State assessment. With a 71 net they will need to win the tournament to get in. A net lower than 50 is essential for an at large regardless of record (unless you’re in the ACC where you might get in with a net 80 and a losing conference record) and probably lower than 40.

 

[loca2874]

Great work here. I disagree with your South Dakota State assessment. With a 71 net they will need to win the tournament to get in. A net lower than 50 is essential for an at large regardless of record (unless you’re in the ACC where you might get in with a net 80 and a losing conference record) and probably lower than 40.

I get what your saying but if they get to the championship and lose the championship they will be a 29 win team. It’s gonna be tough leaving out a 29 win team. Their losses this year are to Alabama, Washington, at Idaho and at Missouri state. They have beat every team in the summit by double digits. Most of them by close to 20 points. If they lose the championship game, which I don’t think they will, it would be bad form to leave them out of the tournament.

 

[nevadanatural]

Mo. state got left out a few years back with a 35 net and something like 24/25 wins. No one would look twice at them leaving out a Summit League team with a net in the 70s.

 

[loca2874]

Loyola Chicago just laid waste to northern Iowa 66-43. The Atlantic 10 is getting a great team

 

[loca2874]

Congratulations to Murray state for surviving a scare from Morehead state to win the OVC championship and be the first bid into the 2022 tournament

 

[loca2874]

This BYU vs San Francisco game is going to be really good.

 

[loca2874]

San Francisco is putting a hurting on BYU

 

[loca2874]

The Dons beat BYU by 12. The WCC will get three teams in the tounament. I say BYU still has an outside chance of getting in. they have a 50 NET and a Q1 of 4-5 and Q2 of 3-3. Chances are though they go to the NIT but will be a top seed.

 

[loca2874]

Sixth Day of Conference Tournaments

Ohio Valley – Congrats to Murray State for winning the Tournament in a very close victory over Morehead State. They almost took it into overtime. The OVC will be a 1 bid conference.

Big South Conference

In two fairly close games, the top two seeds meet in the championship game. This is a one bid conference but the games have been great.

Big South - Championship

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Winthrop	136	Vs	Longwood	135	11:00 a.m.	ESPN2

Missouri Valley Conference

Loyola Chicago came out and blistered Northern Iowa. UNI did win the regular season title so if they don’t get into the NCAA then they will go to the NIT. UNI has a 96 NET but their Q1 record is 2-3 and Q2 4-2 so you never know. If I was them I would be looking at who do I got to go through to get to MSG. If Loyola Chicago wins this then the Valley will be a one bid conference.

Missouri Valley - Championship

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Loyola Chicago	25	Vs	Drake	82	1:00 p.m.	CBS

Sun Belt Conference

Every single game of the Quarters was close. Yooler almost pulled out another upset. Louisiana, however, did upset the 1 seed Texas State 79-72. Since Texas State is the regular season Champ then they will go to the NIT. Who is going to make it out of the Summit. Will the Rajun Cajuns upset the trojans?

Sun Belt - Semifinals

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Louisiana	186	Vs	Troy	181	5:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Georgia State	172	Vs	App State	155	7:30 p.m.	ESPN+

Southern Conference

These smaller conferences are what make college basketball great. All of these games except the Furman game were within 6 points. All of the top seeds advance to the Semifinals but man this was some exciting basketball. Between the Big South and Southern, this has been enjoyable.

Southern Conference – Semifinals

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Wofford	106	Vs	Chattanooga	69	3:00 p.m.	ESPNU
Samford	175	Vs	Furman	180	5:30 p.m.	ESPNU

Colonial Athletic

The Colonial had one game in the opening round and that went into overtime where 9 seed Northeastern topped William & Mary 68-63. The quarters start today in DC.

Colonial Athletic – Quarterfinals

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Northeastern	260	Vs	Towson	61	11:00 a.m.
Delaware	150	Vs	Drexel	149	1:30 p.m.
Elon	251	Vs	UNC Wilmington	185	5:00 p.m.
Col of Charleston	149	Vs	Hofstra	110	7:30 p.m.

Summit League

The 1 seed South Dakota State edged out an 8 point win over Omaha last night. North Dakota State destroyed Denver. Today is day 2 of the Quarter finals. The Golden Eagles will take on the Leathernecks from Western Illinois.

Summit – Quarterfinals Day 2

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Kansas City	195	Vs	South Dakota	202	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Western Illinois	224	Vs	Oral Roberts	146	8:30 p.m.	ESPN+

Patriot

The Patriot league is back again for the Semifinals. They play at Campus sites. The finals will be on Wednesday. As with most of the lower tier conferences the top four made it through to the Semifinals. These should not be easy games for them though so I expect good basketball.

Patriot - Semifinals

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Lehigh	299	At	Colgate	131	1:00 p.m.	CBSSN
Boston U	200	At	Navy	163	3:00 p.m.	CBSSN

American East

The American East is a campus site tournament. They hold the only team to be a 16 see and knock off a number 1 in the NCAA tournament in the UMBC Retrievers. I do not care what anyone says, to me that was the best game ever in College basketball. I have never been more excited to watch a game between two teams I cared less about in all my life. The twitter feed from UMBC that day was epic. That said UMBC and Vermont stay at the top of this conference each year. Vermont is the favorite but this will only be a one bid conference as usual.

America East - Quarterfinals

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Umass Lowell	64	At	UMBC	238	12:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Binghamton	293	At	New Hampshire	231	12:00 p.m.	ESPN+
NJIT	331	At	Vermont	64	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Albany	278	At	Hartford	280	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Monday, March 7 will start the following Tournaments

American Conference – Women’s Tournament

These Tournaments will have another game

Sun Belt – Championship

Southern – Championship

Colonial – Semifinals

Horizon - Semifinals

Summit – Semifinals

WCC - Semifinals

Check back each day for new updates



Automatic Qualifiers

Murray State

Looking for an at Large Bid – These are the top NET teams and if the AQ from 1 Bids were the top NET.

Gonzaga	Arizona	Kentucky	Houston
Baylor	Villanova	Duke	Purdue
	Colorado St.	Loyola Chicago	North Texas
Davidson	Towson	Vermont	Chattanooga
South Dakota St.	Oakland	UConn	Seton Hall
Iona	Norfolk St.	Ohio St.	Michigan St.
Toledo	Nicholls	Iowa	Michigan
New Mexico St.	Southern U.	Saint Mary's (CA)	Xavier
Princeton	Kansas	Wisconsin	Marquette
Liberty	Tennessee	Alabama	Iowa St.
UC Irvine	Texas Tech	Arkansas	Wyoming
Texas St.	Auburn	Providence	North Carolina
Montana St.	UCLA	Southern California	Virginia Tech
Wagner	Illinois	San Francisco	Wake Forest
Colgate	Texas	Boise St.	Indiana
Longwood	LSU	San Diego St.	Memphis
SMU	Notre Dame	Oklahoma	TCU

 

[loca2874]

Congrats to Longwood winninn the Big South tournament

 

[loca2874]

Seventh Day of Conference Tournaments

Apparently on the 7th day I did not rest. So HERE WE GO!!!!

Big South Conference

Congratulations to Longwood for winning the conference tourney. Winthrop had it no chance in this game. This is Longwood’s first trip to the NCAA tournament as a Division 1 member.

Missouri Valley

Congratulations to Loyola Chicago for winning the conference tournament. Drake kept it closer than Loyal wanted them to. Loyola Chicago will probably be the only team from the valley make it into the tournament.

Sun Belt Conference

Upset Central here in the Sun Belt. The 8 see Ragin Cajuns face the 3 seed Georgia State in the championship game. Louisiana beat the 1 seed and the 4 seed to get to the Championship game.

Sun Belt - Championship

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Louisiana	183	Vs	Georgia State	168	6:00 p.m.	ESPN2

Southern Conference

Chattanooga made an easy game of Wofford. Furman on the other hand had a handful with Samford. We do have the Number 1 vs 2 matchup for the championship game.

Southern Conference – Championship

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Furman	80	Vs	Chattanooga	61	6:00 p.m.	ESPN

Colonial Athletic

The Colonial had one game in the opening round and that went into overtime where 9 seed Northeastern topped William & Mary 68-63. The quarters start today in DC. Only one team is coming out of this conference.

Colonial Athletic – Semifinals

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Delaware	148	Vs	Towson	64	5:00 p.m.	CBSSN
Col of Charleston	141	Vs	UNC Wilmington	178	7:30 p.m.	CBSSN

Horizon

The Horizon is back and ready for the Semifinals. Still looking for the Viking final. The teams are in Indianapolis for the final four teams as the rest was at Campus sites.

Horizon - Semifinals

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Wright St.	203	At	Cleveland St.	175	6:00 p.m.	ESPNU
Northern Kentucky	201	At	Purdue Ft. Wayne	224	8:30 p.m.	ESPN2

Summit League

Oral Roberts Strapped the Leathernecks last night and South Dakota kicked the Roos to make it to the Semifinals. One team will make it out of the summit. South Dakota State has a great record but no Q1 or 2 wins. So there is that.

Summit – Semifinals

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
South Dakota	192	vs	South Dakota St.	72	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Oral Roberts	144	vs	North Dakota St.	169	8:30 p.m.	ESPN+

West Coast Conference

Now out of all of the tourneys going on right now, these are the games to watch. Gonzaga taking on the Dons. Three of the four teams in this semi final are going to get in the tournament. Santa Clara would really need to win the tournament to get into the NCAA tourney. WCC getting 3 in this year.

West Coast Conference - Semifinals

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
San Francisco	24	Vs	Gonzaga	1	8:00 p.m.	ESPN
Santa Clara	67	Vs	Saint Mary’s	19	10:30 p.m.	ESPN2

Tuesday, March 8 will start the following Tournaments

MAAC – Opening Round

ACC – Opening Round

CUSA – Opening Round

WAC – Opening Round

Big West – Opening Round

These Tournaments will have another game

Atlantic Sun – Championship

Colonial – Championship

Horizon - Championship

Northeast - Championship

Summit – Championship

WCC – Championship

American Conference – Women’s Quarterfinals

Check back each day for new updates



Automatic Qualifiers

Murray State	Longwood	Loyola Chicago

Looking for an at Large Bid – These are the top NET teams and if the AQ from 1 Bids were the top NET.

Gonzaga	Arizona	Kentucky	Houston
Baylor	Villanova	Duke	Purdue
	Colorado St.		North Texas
Davidson	Towson	Vermont	Chattanooga
South Dakota St.	Oakland	UConn	Seton Hall
Iona	Norfolk St.	Ohio St.	Michigan St.
Toledo	Nicholls	Iowa	Michigan
New Mexico St.	Southern U.	Saint Mary's (CA)	Xavier
Princeton	Kansas	Wisconsin	Marquette
Liberty	Tennessee	Alabama	Iowa St.
UC Irvine	Texas Tech	Arkansas	Wyoming
Texas St.	Auburn	Providence	North Carolina
Montana St.	UCLA	Southern California	Virginia Tech
Wagner	Illinois	San Francisco	Wake Forest
Colgate	Texas	Boise St.	Indiana
	LSU	San Diego St.	Memphis
SMU	Notre Dame	Oklahoma	TCU

 

[nevadanatural]

I watched the second half of the SoCon tournament and what a game it was. It looked like Furman had it in the bag in OT making a layup to go up by 2 with about 4 seconds to go in OT but UT-Chattanooga dribbled down inside the half court line and hit a buzzer beating 3.

 

[loca2874]

I watched the second half of the SoCon tournament and what a game it was. It looked like Furman had it in the bag in OT making a layup to go up by 2 with about 4 seconds to go in OT but UT-Chattanooga dribbled down inside the half court line and hit a buzzer beating 3.

I was about to say that Chattanooga pulled a Horne on Furman.

 

[loca2874]

Georgia State won the Sun Belt by beating Louisiana who was taking out the top seeds.

 

[loca2874]

Oral Roberts is getting run out of the building. Down 30 with 3 min left

 

[TU_BLA]

Oral Roberts is getting run out of the building. Down 30 with 3 min left

The fact they beat us when they play even less defense than we do says something about the state of TU basketball. ORU literally tried to play 90s Loyola Marymount basketball minus the speed and finishing.

 

[loca2874]

Eighth Day of Conference Tournaments

Sun Belt
Congrats to Georgia State for winning the Sun Belt Conference. Louisiana’s Cinderella run has come to an end.

Southern Conference
Congrats to Chattanooga for the exciting win in overtime over Furman with the buzzer beating three pointer. These games are exciting. I love March.

Atlantic Sun Conference
Atlantic Sun is back for the Championship game held at Bellarmine. Another 1 bid conference but Bellarmine are exciting to watch.

Atlantic Sun - Championship

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Jacksonville	162	At	Bellarmine	201	4:00 p.m.	ESPN2

Colonial
The number 5 seed Delaware upset the 1 seed Towson in a dominating fashion last night. In the nightcap UNC Wilmington was in a dog fight with College of Charleston edging them out by 3.

Colonial - Championship

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Delaware	136	Vs	UNC Wilmington	172	6:00 p.m.	CBSSN

Horizon
The battle for Thor’s hammer is not going to happen as Wright State beat Cleveland State by 15. Northern Kentucky though did put away Purdue Fort Wayne fairly easily. This is a Number 4 vs Number 3 duel.

Horizon - Championship

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Wright State	193	Vs	North Kentucky	192	6:00 p.m.	ESPN

Northeastern Conference
Just like the lower tier conferences this is a 1 vs 2 matchup with Bryant and Wagner. After Watching Bryant Lose to Bethune Cookman at the Daytona Beach tourney, I didn’t think they would do well. They won 20 games. This should be a great matchup for the title and only NCAA berth.

NEC - Championship

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Wagner	120	At	Bryant	215	6:00 p.m.	ESPN2

Summit
These Semifinals were not even close. South Dakota State showed South Dakota who runs that state. North Dakota State was running Oral Roberts out of the gym. They were up by 30 with 3 min left and ended up winning by 10.

Summit - Championship

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
North Dakota St.	157	Vs	South Dakota St.	64	8:00 p.m.	ESPN2

West Coast Conference
The two best games of the whole day and yes, even better than the last second shot in overtime. Watching Gonzaga and San Francisco play each other. San Francisco is a really good team and will go very far in the tournament even though they didn’t get the Auto bid they are still a NET 25. They will get an at large bid. If they do not then congress needs to get involved. Santa Clara probably will not make it into the tourney but they made Saint Mary’s sweat last night.

WCC - Championship

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Saint Mary’s	18	Vs	Gonzaga	1	8:00 p.m.	ESPN

MAAC
This is a one bid conference as well. The best team in this conference is Iona. They have an NET of 85 and they have won 25 games. Them and Monmouth are the only ones with a Quad 1 win. Iona is the favorite to win this tourney and sending Joiner to the NCAA tournament for his last year.

MAAC – First Round – Atlantic City, NJ

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Rider	256	Vs	Manhattan	252	4:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Canisius	250	Vs	Fairfield	217	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Quinnipiac	247	Vs	Marist	204	8:00 p.m.	ESPN+

ACC
The first Major conference starts their tournament. The ACC should get about 6 teams in the field. They have 3 teams on the bubble right now. They will start picking them off one by won. Lunardi has 5 teams in I believe they can get one or 2 more. It is not unheard of for a team in the first round of this tourney to make a run to the championship game. These are going to be really good games.

ACC – First Round – Brooklyn, NY

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Boston College	170	Vs	Pittsburgh	194	1:00 p.m.	ACCN
NC State	146	Vs	Clemson	86	3:30 p.m.	ACCN
Georgia Tech	161	Vs	Louisville	138	6:00 p.m.	ACCN

CUSA
This tournament should come down to two teams in North Texas and UAB. North Texas has a 43 NET with a Q1 of 1-1 and Q2 as a 5-2. UAB has a 53 NET and Q1 2-1 and Q2 of 2-2. CUSA will probably only send one to the dance but they have two that can make a case for themselves. The rest have no shot.

CUSA – First Round – Frisco, TX

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Marshall	240	Vs	FIU	260	6:30 p.m.	ESPN+
Southern Miss	342	Vs	UTSA	321	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+

WAC
Does anyone know where any of these teams are from? Holy cow! This might be great basketball, who knows? With all of the games going on, chances are I will not be on the WAC wagon.

WAC – First Round – Las Vegas

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
UT Rio Grande Valley	309	Vs	Cal Baptist	207	8:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Chicago State	336	Vs	Utah Valley	115	10:30 p.m.	ESPN+

Big West
This is the conference that college basketball forgot. There are no good teams in this conference. UC Irvine has 2 Q1 wins. They still have a 124 NET.

Big West – First Round – Henderson, NV

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
CSU Bakersfield	285	Vs	CSU Northridge	320	8:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Cal Poly	303	Vs	UC Davis	211	10:30 p.m.	ESPN+

Wednesday, March 9 will start the following Tournaments

MEAC – Opening Round
Big 12 – Opening Round
Big East – Opening Round
SWAC – Opening Round
Big Sky – Opening Round
Southland – Opening Round
Mountain West – Opening Round
Atlantic 10 – Opening round
SEC – Opening Round
BIG 10 – Opening Round

These Tournaments will have another game

Patriot – Championship
America East – Semifinals
MAAC – Second Round
ACC – Second Round
CUSA – Second Round
WAC – Second Round
American Conference – Women’s Semifinals

Check back each day for new updates

Automatic Qualifiers

Murray State	Longwood	Loyola Chicago	Georgia State
Chattanooga

Looking for an at Large Bid – These are the top NET teams and if the AQ from 1 Bids were the top NET.

Gonzaga	Arizona	Kentucky	Houston
Baylor	Villanova	Duke	Purdue
Davidson	Colorado St.	SMU	North Texas
South Dakota St.	Oakland	Vermont	Seton Hall
Iona	Norfolk St.	UConn	Michigan St.
Toledo	Nicholls	Ohio St.	Michigan
New Mexico St.	Southern U.	Iowa	Xavier
Princeton	Kansas	Saint Mary's (CA)	Marquette
Liberty	Tennessee	Wisconsin	Iowa St.
UC Irvine	Texas Tech	Alabama	Wyoming
Texas St.	Auburn	Arkansas	North Carolina
Montana St.	UCLA	Providence	Virginia Tech
Wagner	Illinois	Southern California	Wake Forest
Colgate	Texas	San Francisco	Indiana
Oklahoma	LSU	Boise St.	Memphis
	Notre Dame	San Diego St.	TCU

 

[TU_BLA]

South Dakota State showed South Dakota who runs that state.

The SDSU coach should be on our short list to replace Haith. Seriously. That team is so well coached.

 

[loca2874]

The SDSU coach should be on our short list to replace Haith. Seriously. That team is so well coached.

Well right now we have a coach. They won’t even talk list until they have decided to move on. If they have it in their mind to right now, they might have him on the list. The thing is we don’t know what kind of coach they are looking for. Depending on what they want he might not be in the list.

 

[TU_BLA]

Well right now we have a coach. They won’t even talk list until they have decided to move on. If they have it in their mind to right now, they might have him on the list. The thing is we don’t know what kind of coach they are looking for. Depending on what they want he might not be in the list.

You mean a current head coach they'll have to pay the going rate for?

 

[loca2874]

Congratulations to Jacksonville state who were the regular season champs for getting the auto to the NCAA tournament. Bellarmine won the ASun tournament but since they are not eligible for the NCAA tournament due to their transition to Division 1, it goes to the regular season champ.

 

[loca2874]

THERE IS A BRAWL IN THE STANDS AT THE NORTHEASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!!!

 

[TU_BLA]

THERE IS A BRAWL IN THE STANDS AT THE NORTHEASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!!!

Yeah, those Smithfield, RI folks are insane. Actually, it's all of the northside of Providence.

 

[loca2874]

Yeah, those Smithfield, RI folks are insane. Actually, it's all of the northside of Providence.

They have little state syndrome

 

[TU_BLA]

They have little state syndrome

Hahaha! They seriously do. My dad is originally from Providence and I grew up very close to there. My wife always jokes because we've driven from my parents' house in MA to Mystic, CT a couple of times, and she always tells the kids not to blink in RI otherwise you might miss it. People from RI take on that small town mentality where an offense against one of them is an offense against all of them. This is prevalent in neighborhoods in the NE in bigger cities like Boston where Dorchester, Charlestown, Roxbury, etc. all act like that....you'd almost think they were their own towns. StL has some of this compartmentalization too except instead of "where did you grow up?" they ask "What high school did you go to?" It's weird there.

Pawtucket and Cranston (in RI) are exactly as you mention as well. If you've seen Family Guy, I swear Quahog is based on Cranston based on the view of Providence. Pawtucket is just a bunch of blue collar old worlders who are offended anytime anyone speaks ill of Pawtucket. I swear most of the people in Pawtucket who used to root for the Red Sox have switched to the Yankees to spite the Red Sox because the Sox moved their triple AAA team away from there (because the city wouldn't build a new stadium to replace McCoy Stadium which was like 80 yrs old...it was decrepit when I was a teenager and going to games. Unfortunate because it was the site of the longest game in pro baseball history back in the 80s.

 

[loca2874]

No post today due to appointments and I have to watch the lion king in Richmond. That’s the Circle of Life.

congrats to the following for winning the conference championships

Jacksonville State for Bellarmine not being eligible (which is garbage to me)

Wright state

Delaware

Bryant for surviving the fans

Gonzaga for getting revenge on Saint Mary’s

and South Dakota State