Conference Tournaments

[reef]

Good win for Duke hopefully helps us in a small way

[rambone 78]

reef, it's all over but the presenting...I hope anyway......

Lunardi thinks it's between us, Syracuse, and USC if we lose tomorrow.....2 out of 3 get in......

[Blue Man]

reef, it's all over but the presenting...I hope anyway......

Lunardi thinks it's between us, Syracuse, and USC if we lose tomorrow.....2 out of 3 get in......

Even with a loss our resume looks so much better than both.

[rodfromcranston]

Does Coach K instruct all his players to bitch and moan on
every single call against them?
Talk about a heightened sense of entitlement!
Bonzie Jr. was terrific tonight.

[rambone 78]

I do not want Duke to win the national title.....

They might sneak into a 2 seed though....and I wouldn't be surprised if we win tomorrow, get a 10 seed, win that game against the 7 seed, and get you-know-who in the next round....

For some reason, we get put into Duke's region a lot......those fuckers have cost us big time a couple times......

[reef]

They won 4 games in 4 days no small feat in that
Conference

[rambone 78]

They looked like shit not too long ago.....and then turned it around big time when guys got healthy....


oh wait.....that sounds like us!

[RhodyRams12]

I don't know where to post this, but God i hate Bill Walton

[reef]

He is annoying for sure

[urirx]

I don't know where to post this, but God i hate Bill Walton

I agree beyond all that is reasonable. I have stayed up watching the Pac12, and get why there is an east coast bias if he calls many west coast games late night

[RhodyRams12]

I don't know where to post this, but God i hate Bill Walton

I agree beyond all that is reasonable. I have stayed up watching the Pac12, and get why there is an east coast bias if he calls many west coast games late night

He just said Cal and USC should be in over us and called us a truck stop program

[reef]

I get the east coast bias also. I think USC should be in over a couple teams like Cuse and Kansas state not over URI though

[Blue Man]

Love Bill for what he did for the celtics...but hearing him talk about "the conference of champions" that is comprised of what should be the same amount of NCAA bids as the A10 makes me ill.

[urirx]

I don't know where to post this, but God i hate Bill Walton

I agree beyond all that is reasonable. I have stayed up watching the Pac12, and get why there is an east coast bias if he calls many west coast games late night

He just said Cal and USC should be in over us and called us a truck stop program

To be fair, he has been saying that since the Pac12 started play. I just keep reminding myself he is so high he doesn't actually know words are falling out of his mouth

I think the correct response is, "not lately in basketball, they can keep winning in skiing"

[rambone 78]

Walton will always shill for the Pac12.......have to balance the Dickie V Kentucky bullshit and the Bilas Duke love affair......

A truck stop program? That's the West Greenwich campus.....

Anyway, somebody tell VCU to take one for the A10 team and lay down tomorrow.......

Actually VCU's resume isn't any better than ours....who have they beaten besides Dayton once?

If we win tomorrow that's 2 losses to us...and they have those 2 gift wrapped wins against the Bonnies and GW.....

Without those it could be them closer to out than us.

[reef]

I think we was referring to Gonzaga being in the truck stop conference

[urirx]

I blame the bias for cuse on the fact so many of the sports media went there for school. Kstate and Vandy are just a bad match up for a specific team (Baylor and florida respectively) that end up making up half their good wins. that the committee apparently doesn't call out

[rambone 78]

They are a P5 school with a national title and many NCAAT appearances.....doesn't matter that their resume is worse than ours THIS YEAR......it's their reputation that gets them in over schools like us.

We are fortunate that a lot of other bubble P5 schools with national reputations shat the bed the last couple of weeks....or else we would HAVE to win tomorrow.

[adam914]

Yeah the "truck stop conference" was referring to Gonzaga, not us.

[Obadiah]

OK, here's where the conference champions stand going into this final day of Championship week; a day with big implications for our beloved Rhody Rams. The field of 32 automatic bids will be completed today as six conference champions will be crowned - Ivy League, A-10, SEC, Sun Belt, Big Ten, and American. Then it will be onto Selection Sunday.

.   Championship - Date/Time	           Conference	         Champion        Record    RPI

March 4, Saturday, 8 PM, ESPN2	           Ohio Valley	      Jacksonville St.   20-14     152
				
March 5, Sunday, 1 PM, ESPN	           Big South	      Winthrop           26-6       71
March 5, Sunday, 2 PM, CBS	           Missouri Valley    #21 Wichita St.    30-4       37 	
March 5, Sunday, 3 PM, ESPN	           Atlantic Sun	      FL Gulf Coast      26-7       88
				
March 6, Monday, 7 PM, CBSSN	           Colonial	      UNC-Wilmington     29-5       31	
March 6, Monday, 7 PM, ESPN	           Southern	      E. Tenn. St.       27-7       60	
March 6, Monday, 9 PM, ESPN2	           Metro Atlantic     Iona               22-12     100		
				
March 7, Tuesday, 7 PM, ESPN               Horizon League     Northern Kentucky  24-10      91
March 7, Tuesday, 7 PM, ESPN2    	   Northeast          Mt. St. Mary's     19-15     157
March 7, Tuesday, 9 PM, ESPN2	           Summit League      South Dakota St.   18-16     161
March 7, Tuesday, 9 PM, ESPN	           West Coast         Gonzaga            32-1       10					
March 8, Wednesday, 7:30 PM, CBSSN         Patriot League     Bucknell           26-8       69

March 11, Saturday, 11 AM, ESPN2	   America East	      Vermont            29-5       49	
March 11, Saturday, 1 PM, ESPN2	           Mid-Eastern        NC Central         25-8      209
March 11, Saturday, 5:30 PM, Fox	   Big East	      Villanova          30-3        1
March 11, Saturday, 6 PM, ESPN	           Big 12             Iowa State         23-11      24
March 11, Saturday, 6 PM, CBS	           Mountain West      Nevada             28-6       30
March 11, Saturday, 6:15 PM, ESPNU	   Southwestern	      Texas Southern     23-11     116
March 11, Saturday, 7:30 PM, ESPN2	   Mid-American	      Kent State         22-13     153
March 11, Saturday, 8:30 PM, ESPNU	   Big Sky	      North Dakota       22-9      144
March 11, Saturday, 8:30 PM, CBSSN	   Conference USA     Middle Tennessee   30-4       35
March 11, Saturday, 9 PM, ESPN	           Atlantic Coast     Duke               27-8       10
March 11, Saturday, 9:30 PM, ESPN2	   Southland          New Orleans        20-11     151
March 11, Saturday, 11 PM, ESPN	           Pac-12             Arizona            31-4        2       
March 11, Saturday, 11 PM, ESPNU	   Western            New Mexico St      29-5       59
March 11, Saturday, 11:30 PM, ESPN2 	   Big West	      UC Davis           22-12     166

March 12, Sunday, 12 PM, ESPN2	           Ivy League         Princeton          23-6       50
March 12, Sunday, 12:30 PM, CBS	           Atlantic-10	      Rhode Island       24-9      37
March 12, Sunday, 1 PM, ESPN	           Southeast	      Kentucky           29-5
March 12, Sunday, 2 PM, ESPN2	           Sun Belt           Troy (21-14) vs. Texas State (20-12)	
March 12, Sunday, 3 PM, CBS	           Big 10             Michigan (23-11) vs. Wisconsin (25-8)
March 12, Sunday, 3:15 PM, ESPN	           American           Cincinnati (29-4) vs. SMU (29-4)

Note that the RPI's are close approximations, since game results as they come in continue to impact the numbers.

[Obadiah]

Here is the final list of all 32 automatic bids. The RPI's need to be updated further.

.   Championship - Date/Time	           Conference	         Champion        Record    RPI

March 4, Saturday, 8 PM, ESPN2	           Ohio Valley	      Jacksonville St.   20-14     152
				
March 5, Sunday, 1 PM, ESPN	           Big South	      Winthrop           26-6       71
March 5, Sunday, 2 PM, CBS	           Missouri Valley    #21 Wichita St.    30-4       37 	
March 5, Sunday, 3 PM, ESPN	           Atlantic Sun	      FL Gulf Coast      26-7       88
				
March 6, Monday, 7 PM, CBSSN	           Colonial	      UNC-Wilmington     29-5       31	
March 6, Monday, 7 PM, ESPN	           Southern	      E. Tenn. St.       27-7       60	
March 6, Monday, 9 PM, ESPN2	           Metro Atlantic     Iona               22-12     100		
				
March 7, Tuesday, 7 PM, ESPN               Horizon League     Northern Kentucky  24-10      91
March 7, Tuesday, 7 PM, ESPN2    	   Northeast          Mt. St. Mary's     19-15     157
March 7, Tuesday, 9 PM, ESPN2	           Summit League      South Dakota St.   18-16     161
March 7, Tuesday, 9 PM, ESPN	           West Coast         Gonzaga            32-1       10					
March 8, Wednesday, 7:30 PM, CBSSN         Patriot League     Bucknell           26-8       69

March 11, Saturday, 11 AM, ESPN2	   America East	      Vermont            29-5       49	
March 11, Saturday, 1 PM, ESPN2	           Mid-Eastern        NC Central         25-8      209
March 11, Saturday, 5:30 PM, Fox	   Big East	      Villanova          30-3        1
March 11, Saturday, 6 PM, ESPN	           Big 12             Iowa State         23-11      24
March 11, Saturday, 6 PM, CBS	           Mountain West      Nevada             28-6       30
March 11, Saturday, 6:15 PM, ESPNU	   Southwestern	      Texas Southern     23-11     116
March 11, Saturday, 7:30 PM, ESPN2	   Mid-American	      Kent State         22-13     153
March 11, Saturday, 8:30 PM, ESPNU	   Big Sky	      North Dakota       22-9      144
March 11, Saturday, 8:30 PM, CBSSN	   Conference USA     Middle Tennessee   30-4       35
March 11, Saturday, 9 PM, ESPN	           Atlantic Coast     Duke               27-8       10
March 11, Saturday, 9:30 PM, ESPN2	   Southland          New Orleans        20-11     151
March 11, Saturday, 11 PM, ESPN	           Pac-12             Arizona            31-4        2       
March 11, Saturday, 11 PM, ESPNU	   Western            New Mexico St      29-5       59
March 11, Saturday, 11:30 PM, ESPN2 	   Big West	      UC Davis           22-12     166

March 12, Sunday, 12 PM, ESPN2	           Ivy League         Princeton          23-6       50
March 12, Sunday, 12:30 PM, CBS	           Atlantic-10	      Rhode Island       24-9       37
March 12, Sunday, 1 PM, ESPN	           Southeast	      Kentucky           29-5        4
March 12, Sunday, 2 PM, ESPN2	           Sun Belt           Troy               22-14	   158 
March 12, Sunday, 3 PM, CBS	           Big 10             Michigan           24-11      30
March 12, Sunday, 3:15 PM, ESPN	           American           Cincinnati         30-4       12

Note that the RPI's are close approximations, since game results as they come in continue to impact the numbers.