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At 9:30 Xavier takes on DePaul. Xavier won both games, most recently winning Saturday in Chicago 79-65. On Xavier: (19-12) – The Musketeers’ RPI is decent, and they have just one sub-100 loss, but they are just 4-6 since losing Edmond Sumner to injury with three of those wins coming against DePaul and St. John’s. They get another matchup with the Blue Demons in their first Big East Tournament game, which is a must-win for Xavier at this point.

Xavier is on all but 4 brackets with an average seed of 10.73. A win doesn't really do much for Xavier, but a loss might just take them off the bubble and will at the very least make the next half week miserable. They won't lose this one though.

In the final bubble game of the day, at 11:30, USC takes on Washington. USC has won both against Washington, most recently Saturday in Seattle 74-58. On USC: (23-8) – A pair of Top 20 wins over UCLA and SMU are keeping the Trojans alive for now, but there isn’t much else on their profile. They took care of business against Washington State and Washington last week, but neither of those wins helped their case. USC faces the Huskies again in their Pac-12 opener, and a win gives them another shot at UCLA in the Pac-12 Quarterfinals.

This is another game where a win doesn't do much but a loss could be a killer. USC is on 126 of 132 brackets with an average seed of 10.9. If Xavier or USC could lose that would really help us, but just like in the Xavier game, we won't be getting any help here.

Lots of action today as several conferences open their tournaments besides the A-10. This includes the PAC-12, C-USA, SEC, Mountain West, Big East, Southland, Big !2 and Sun Belt. I believe the only conferences that have not yet opened are the American and Ivy League tournaments. The Ivy League is holding its first ever tournament at the Palestra in Philly on Saturday and Sunday and only the top four finishers in that 8 school league are included.

Patriot League title and twelfth automatic bid to NCAA goes to Bucknell as they beat Lehigh, 81-65.

No championship games until Saturday, since the next two days will be devoted to lots of televised action of games in the top conferences.

a Xavier loss would knock them out IMO

At the half, DePaul leads Xavier 31-30.

that X three at the buzzer... sucks. going to get them going.

Georgetown finishes the season with their worst record since 1972

Would love to see St John's upset Villanova

Love seeing Syracuse and Georgetown lose

Markelle Fultz is out for Washington.
That should make it easier for USC.
The recent games missed by Fultz made a
disappointing season, even worse for the Huskies.

If DePaul beats Xavier is Xavier out of the NCAA?

If I coached Depaul, I would try to get them to play full speed. They do everything at a walk-through pace.

ramster wrote:Georgetown finishes the season with their worst record since 1972

Would love to see St John's upset Villanova

Love seeing Syracuse and Georgetown lose

Cuse lost to Georgetown. Lost to Uconn too.

Let's go DePaul! Do something right for once!

Depaul plays like they have money on Xavier.

Xavier is throwing down alley oops off turnovers on them now.

Maybe we'll have luck with USC...

Here's an oddity with Xavier.
In their last 9 games they are now 3-6.
All three wins vs. DePaul!
They need to win at least another
game or two, it would seem,

Washington is up at the half 39-37!
USC closed out the half on a run though, so it wouldn't surprise me if USC gains control.

Can't find this game anywhere either.

Maybe I should just go to bed...

PeterRamTime wrote:Washington is up at the half 39-37!
USC closed out the half on a run though, so it wouldn't surprise me if USC gains control.

Can't find this game anywhere either.

Maybe I should just go to bed...

It's on the Pac12 Network if you get that. Watching it now.

adam914 wrote:

PeterRamTime wrote:Washington is up at the half 39-37!
USC closed out the half on a run though, so it wouldn't surprise me if USC gains control.

Can't find this game anywhere either.

Maybe I should just go to bed...

It's on the Pac12 Network if you get that. Watching it now.

Yeah I don't get that with DirecTV.

I just saw on the play by play that one of the Washington players just fouled and then got a technical, which turned a five point deficit into a 9 point deficit....

USC wins.
Wash had a chance to tie at the end but missed a threeee.
USC plays UCLA tomorrow.
I'm sure UCLA will take care of them

Wow just saw Chris Mullin go ballistic on Gtown that was some good stuff

Sucks X and USC win late

We need Iowa and Illinois to lose

reef, and add Kansas St. to that list.

If those 3 lose today, we're looking better.

Just heard Bilas on the Mike and Mike show talking about Syracuse. He not only has them in, he has them comfortably in. He even touched on how good the committee looked by putting them in last year. Another element in favor of the P5 schools.
Just adds to my belief that mid majors have to play their way in, while P5 teams have to play their way out.

If the big conferences (including BE) can get 70% if teams in that makes it extremely difficult for any other conference to get at-large bids. We're talking St Mary's 1 or 2 A10 teams and possibly Ill St or Middle Tenn if they lose that's about it. That's the future.

cartels protect their own. its why the goalposts constantly move.

first we were told RPI is king, so the non P5 schools started playing the RPI game....then they switched and said, no its top50 wins, so non P5 schools started scheduling and winning more top50 games....next they'll say its Kenpom or Nolan Index, or whatever they can use to justify snubbing non P5 teams that'd bend their precious teams over a barrel

good things theyre hurting their own pockets with this. people tune into the tournament, especially the 1st 2 weekends for the upsets and cinderellas

After last night's bubble games, teams are 66-54 in games I've tracked

For Cox Cable subscribers,
most who have the sports package don't
realize that they have PAC12 Network on 490
and Big Ten Network on 489, and
The Longhorn Network on 492
Why they're hidden in the high numbers,
is a mystery, since the SEC Network is
in the ESPN and soccer section in the 120's/

rodfromcranston wrote:For Cox Cable subscribers,
most who have the sports package don't
realize that they have PAC12 Network on 490
and Big Ten Network on 489, and
The Longhorn Network on 492
Why they're hidden in the high numbers,
is a mystery, since the SEC Network is
in the ESPN and soccer section in the 120's/

the SEC Network is owned by ESPN, its an ESPN channel

UCH21377 wrote:If the big conferences (including BE) can get 70% if teams in that makes it extremely difficult for any other conference to get at-large bids. We're talking St Mary's 1 or 2 A10 teams and possibly Ill St or Middle Tenn if they lose that's about it. That's the future.

forgot SMU.

If you want to see some great PG play,
catch Monte Morris (who we briefly recruited) of
ISU.
He's smart, talented, a leader, and a clutch player.
An amazing 6.2-1 assist to turnover ratio,
same as he has last season.
Probably the best player nobody talks much about.

Today begins the big push toward identifying all 32 automatic bids to the NCAA dance. We have 12 teams who have had their dance card punched and today we will see 14 more conference champions determined and on Sunday six more to complete the auto bid field.

First championship game today is in the American East Conference between Albany (21-12) and Vermont (28-5) which kicks off at Vermont's gym at 11 AM. On ESPN2

Let me bring forward the status of the conference tournaments as of Saturday morning:

.   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 (28-5) vs. Albany (21-12)	
March 11, Saturday, 1 PM, ESPN2	           Mid-Eastern        Norfolk State (17-15) vs. NC  Central (24-8)
March 11, Saturday, 5:30 PM, Fox	   Big East	      Creighton (25-8) vs. Villanova (30-3)
March 11, Saturday, 6 PM, ESPN	           Big 12             Iowa State (22-10) vs. West Virginia (26-7)
March 11, Saturday, 6 PM, CBS	           Mountain West      Colorado State (23-10) vs. Nevada (27-6)
March 11, Saturday, 6:15 PM, ESPNU	   Southwestern	      Alcorn State (18-13)vs. Texas Southern (22-11)
March 11, Saturday, 7:30 PM, ESPN2	   Mid-American	      Kent State (21-13) vs. Akron (26-7)
March 11, Saturday, 8:30 PM, ESPNU	   Big Sky	      Weber State (19-12) vs. North Dakota (21-9)
March 11, Saturday, 8:30 PM, CBSSN	   Conference USA     Marshall (20-14) vs. Middle Tennessee (29-4)
March 11, Saturday, 9 PM, ESPN	           Atlantic Coast     Duke (26-8) vs. Notre Dame (25-8)
March 11, Saturday, 9:30 PM, ESPN2	   Southland          Texas A&M CC (20-10) vs. New Orleans (19-11)
March 11, Saturday, 11 PM, ESPN	           Pac-12             Arizona (29-4) vs. Oregon
March 11, Saturday, 11 PM, ESPNU	   Western            New Mexico St. (27-5) vs. CSU Bakersfield (22-8)
March 11, Saturday, 11:30 PM, ESPN2 	   Big West	      UC Davis (21-12) vs. UC Irvine (21-13)		
				
March 12, Sunday, 12 PM, ESPN2	           Ivy League			
March 12, Sunday, 12:30 PM, CBS	           Atlantic-10			
March 12, Sunday, 1 PM, ESPN	           Southeast			
March 12, Sunday, 2 PM, ESPN2	           Sun Belt			
March 12, Sunday, 3 PM, CBS	           Big 10			
March 12, Sunday, 3:15 PM, ESPN	           American

FWIW, yesterday's ACC doubleheader at the Barclay's Center drew a capacity crowd of 18,000+

Obadiah wrote:Today begins the big push toward identifying all 32 automatic bids to the NCAA dance. We have 12 teams who have had their dance card punched and today we will see 14 more conference champions determined and on Sunday six more to complete the auto bid field.

First championship game today is in the American East Conference between Albany (21-12) and Vermont (28-5) which kicks off at Vermont's gym at 11 AM. On ESPN2

28-5

Does UVM get an at large if they lose a close game here?

If you are a college basketball junkie, today and tomorrow you are in your glories!!

At halftime the game between Vermont and Albany is tied at 27 all.

hrstrat57 wrote:

Obadiah wrote:Today begins the big push toward identifying all 32 automatic bids to the NCAA dance. We have 12 teams who have had their dance card punched and today we will see 14 more conference champions determined and on Sunday six more to complete the auto bid field.

First championship game today is in the American East Conference between Albany (21-12) and Vermont (28-5) which kicks off at Vermont's gym at 11 AM. On ESPN2

28-5

Does UVM get an at large if they lose a close game here?

0-4 vs top 100. No shot.

hrstrat57 wrote:

Obadiah wrote:Today begins the big push toward identifying all 32 automatic bids to the NCAA dance. We have 12 teams who have had their dance card punched and today we will see 14 more conference champions determined and on Sunday six more to complete the auto bid field.

First championship game today is in the American East Conference between Albany (21-12) and Vermont (28-5) which kicks off at Vermont's gym at 11 AM. On ESPN2

28-5

Does UVM get an at large if they lose a close game here?

No. The America East Conference ranking at 21 is low. While Vermont has a decent RPI of 49, they are 0-4 in games against the top 100. Their SOS is 187 and that is a killer.

No to the Catamounts and no to Nevada Reno

We need Middle Tennessee to win they have a nice resume

UVM Albany is just a great college basketball game.

Rockfight

Down by nine points in second half, Vermont comes back to take the America East crown, 56-53. The circumstances of Vermont fouling on a meaningless 3 point shot showed very low basketball IQ on the part of the Catamounts.

Here come the Alabama Crimson Tide

In the MAC, another upset recorded as #6 seed, Kent State, defeats #1 seed Akron, 70-65 and gets the auto bid! Kent State RPI is 153.

HAHAHAHAH Marshall's coach is a psychopath and an idiot. Most obvious blocking call against his guy who fouled out with 5 and a half to go...argued the call like a moron and got a tech.

Middle tenn wins for a return trip to the NCAA

All the Bid stealers are out or Autobid. now we are where we are. we are either already in, or earn our way in tomorrow.

Middle Tennessee takes the Conference USA title in convincing fashion over Marshall, 83-72. Their RPI is 35.

Nobody wants to play that Middle Tennessee team

Exciting game at a packed and boisterous Barclays in the ACC title game between Notre Dame and Duke. Duke leads by one with less than 2 minutes left. This is down to the wire.

Favored North Dakota with a furious rally in the closing minute of regulation ties Weber State, 81-81 to send the game into OT where they prevail for a final score of 93-89. The Bisons take the Big Sky crown with a RPI 151.

Duke wins the ACC crown with a strong finish in the closing minute to beat Notre Dame, 75-69. Duke becomes the first team in ACC history to win four games in four days.

I don't know about the opinion of others, but if I was in NYC looking for some sports action I would have chosen Duke-Notre Dame at Barclays' rather that seeing Creighton play Villanova at MSG. A no brainer decision.

The Big East will not be able to hold the garden past the current contract. there are too many conferences that want MSG at least for a cycle. They could probably even cycle B10, ACC and BE every three years, with those conferences playing in their more "traditional" homes in the off years, with BE moved to Brooklyn