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It's that time again - the Madness Before the Madness - we start with 345 Teams in D-I

We eliminate the Independents and the Great West as they don't qualify (as well as Presbyterian, SIU Edwardsville, Southern, Grambling, Louisiana Monroe, South Dakota and Cal State Northridge). This thread will eliminate teams as they become ineligible for their conference tournaments or are eliminated in the regular season (Ivy League)

America East

Vermont

Atlantic 10

Saint Louis
Xavier
St. Bonaventure

ACC

Duke
North Carolina
Florida State

Atlantic Sun

Belmont

Big 12

Missouri
Baylor

Big East

Louisville
Cincinnati

Big Sky

Montana

Big South

UNC-Asheville

Big Ten

Ohio State
Michigan State
Michigan

Big West

Long Beach State
UC Santa Barbara

Colonial Athletic Association

Virginia Commonwealth

Conference USA

Memphis
Marshall

Horizon League

Detroit

Ivy League

Harvard

MAAC

Loyola (MD)

Mid-American

Akron
Ohio

MEAC

Norfolk State

Missouri Valley

Creighton

Mountain West

UNLV
San Diego State

Northeast

LIU Brooklyn

Ohio Valley

Murray State

Pac-12

Arizona
Colorado

Patriot League

Lehigh

SEC

Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Ole Miss

Southern

Davidson

Southland

Lamar

SWAC

Mississippi Valley State
Texas Southern

Summit League

South Dakota State

Sun Belt

Western Kentucky

West Coast

Saint Mary's

WAC

New Mexico State
Louisiana Tech

Teams in the tournament:

Lamar
Norfolk State
Vermont
Saint Mary's
Lehigh
LIU Brooklyn
Detroit
Western Kentucky
South Dakota State
Virginia Commonwealth
Montana
Davidson
Creighton
Belmont
Murray State
UNC-Asheville

Teams eliminated from conference tournaments with at-large hopes:

Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi State
California
Colorado State
New Mexico
Southern Miss
Wisconsin
Indiana
Purdue
Syracuse
Notre Dame
South Florida
Texas
Kansas
Iowa State
North Carolina State
Virginia
Miami (FL)
Massachusetts
Saint Joseph's
La Salle
Temple
Washington
Northwestern
Seton Hall
Marquette
Georgetown
Connecticut
Kansas State
Gonzaga
Iona
Drexel
Wichita State
Brigham Young

Teams eliminated:

Spoiler: show

Eliminated in the conference tournament:

Dayton
Stony Brook
Georgia Tech
Maryland
Virginia Tech
Minnesota
Iowa
UC Riverside
Cal Poly
UC Irvine
UAB
UCF
Western Michigan
Toledo
Kent State
Buffalo
North Carolina Central
Florida A&M
Hampton
Wyoming
Oregon
Oregon State
Georgia
LSU
McNeese State
Alcorn State
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Hawaii
Utah State
Nevada
Boston College
Wake Forest
Clemson
Oklahoma State
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
Texas Tech
West Virginia
Villanova
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Nebraska
Illinois
UC Davis
Cal State Fullerton
Pacific
East Carolina
UTEP
Tulsa
Tulane
Central Michigan
Northern Illinois
Delaware State
Bethune-Cookman
Air Force
Boise State
TCU
Utah
UCLA
Stanford
Auburn
South Carolina
Arkansas
Stephen F. Austin
Texas-Arlington
Prairie View A&M
Alabama State
Fresno State
San Jose State
Idaho
Charlotte
Duquesne
George Washington
Richmond
St. John's
DePaul
Providence
Rutgers
Portland State
Eastern Washington
Weber State
Old Dominion
George Mason
Houston
Southern Methodist
Rice
Valparaiso
Fairfield
Siena
Eastern Michigan
Bowling Green
Miami (OH)
Ball State
Maryland-Eastern Shore
Morgan State
South Carolina State
North Carolina A&T
Coppin State
Savannah State
Howard
Illinois State
Wagner
Quinnipiac
Monmouth
Washington State
Arizona State
USC
Bucknell
UNC Greensboro
Elon
Western Carolina
UTSA
Sam Houston State
Northwestern State
Nicholls State
Jackson State
Alabama A&M
North Dakota State
Oakland
Western Illinois
Southern Utah
Oral Roberts
Middle Tennessee
South Alabama
Arkansas-Little Rock
Denver
Louisiana-Lafayette
North Texas
Arkansas State
Albany
Hartford
Boston University
Maine
Florida Gulf Coast
Montana State
Idaho State
Georgia State
Northeastern
Butler
Cleveland State
Manhattan
Niagara
Marist
Evansville
Georgia Southern
Furman
IUPUI
IPFW
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Troy
San Francisco
Appalachian State
Wofford
American University
Lafayette
Tennessee State
Delaware
North Carolina-Wilmington
Virginia Military
Binghamton
New Hampshire
Rider
San Diego
Canisius
Missouri State
Morehead State
Loyola Marymount
Samford
Chattanooga
Charleston
Citadel
Tennessee Tech
Drake
Northern Iowa
Indiana State
James Madison
William & Mary
Hofstra
Towson
East Tennessee State
Mercer
Milwaukee
Youngstown State
St. Peter's
Portland
Pepperdine
Central Connecticut State
Sacred Heart
Robert Morris
St. Francis (NY)
USC Upstate
North Florida
UMBC
Charleston Southern
Winthrop
Southern Illinois
Bradley
Jacksonville State
Southeast Missouri State
Santa Clara
Colgate
Army
Holy Cross
Navy
Eastern Kentucky
Austin Peay
Liberty
High Point
Campbell
Coastal Carolina
Jacksonville
Lipscomb
Green Bay
Wright State
Illinois-Chicago
Loyola (IL)
Gardner-Webb
Radford

Eliminated in regular season:

Pennsylvania
Texas State
Rhode Island
Princeton
Yale
Northern Colorado
Fordham
UMKC
Eastern Illinois
Texas A&M-CC
Southeastern Louisiana
Central Arkansas
Stetson
Cornell
Sacramento State
Columbia
Kennesaw State
Tennessee-Martin
Brown
Mount St. Mary's
St. Francis (PA)
Fairleigh Dickinson
Bryant University
Northern Arizona
Dartmouth

Could not qualify:
South Dakota
Louisiana-Monroe
Southern
Grambling
SIU-Edwardsville
Cal State Northridge
Presbyterian
Cal State Bakersfield
Seattle
Longwood
Utah Valley
Texas-Pan American
N.J.I.T.
North Dakota
Chicago State
Houston Baptist

16 Schools eliminated before the season started - the Independents and the Great West

329 left

Dartmouth already out of the Ivy running
NAU already out of Big Sky
FDU, Mount St. Mary's, St. Francis (PA) and Bryant are gone from the NEC

323 Left

Harvard beats Brown to end the Bears shot at the Ivy title

322 left.

great thread

For all intents and purposes, The Citadel was eliminated at the start of the season. We suck so hard this year that the moon has actually moved 3245.6 miles closer to the earth.


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Tennessee-Martin is out of the running for the OVC (and have been for awhile)
Kennesaw State is out as well for the A-Sun
Columbia is out after losing this weekend

319 remain

Sacto State loses to Portland State - ending their chance to make the Big Sky tournament

318 left.

This weekend will bring a host of teams eliminated - the Ivy, Big Sky and others

Idaho State wins the Big Sky.

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:Sacto State loses to Portland State - ending their chance to make the Big Sky tournament

318 left.

This weekend will bring a host of teams eliminated - the Ivy, Big Sky and others

Well, at least The Goddess beat EWU tonight....

Harvard beats Cornell - the Big Red are finished

317 to go.

Tomorrow will be big:
A10: Fordham and Rhode Island are on the brink of elimination a GW win combined with a loss for either team will result in their elimination.

ASun: Jacksonville loses tonight - if Stetson beats SC Upstate - the Dolphins are eliminated

Big Sky: If Montana State beats Montana tomorrow - Northern Colorado will be eliminated and the tournament field will be set

OVC: EIU has an outside chance to stay force EKU out of the tournament - they play head to head tomorrow - I don't know how the tie-breaker works.

Southland: Bit of a mess - but Nicholls plays McNeese - if Nicholls wins UCA is eliminated. SELA plays C. Arkansas - loser is eliminated. TAMU-CC plays SFA, if they lose they are eliminated.

Summit: IPFW and UMKC play in what amounts to a play-in game to the Summit tournament.

Ivy League: If Harvard beats Penn, they win the Ivy outright (I believe) Princeton plays Dartmouth - if they lose they are eliminated.

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:Ivy League: If Harvard beats Penn, they win the Ivy outright (I believe) Princeton plays Dartmouth - if they lose they are eliminated.

If Harvard beats Penn tomorrow, they just need to win one more Ivy game against either Cornell or Columbia (both have already been eliminated) to punch the first ticket to the Big Dance 2012.

bonarae wrote:

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:Ivy League: If Harvard beats Penn, they win the Ivy outright (I believe) Princeton plays Dartmouth - if they lose they are eliminated.

If Harvard beats Penn tomorrow, they just need to win one more Ivy game against either Cornell or Columbia (both have already been eliminated) to punch the first ticket to the Big Dance 2012.

Ah - I had thought that given their 2-0 record against Penn and Yale that even were they to lose, they'd win the tie-breaker. I would assume - based on this - that they don't have a tie-breaker, other than a one game tournament.

Stetson falls out of the A-Sun tournament with a loss today

316 left.

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:

bonarae wrote:
If Harvard beats Penn tomorrow, they just need to win one more Ivy game against either Cornell or Columbia (both have already been eliminated) to punch the first ticket to the Big Dance 2012.

Ah - I had thought that given their 2-0 record against Penn and Yale that even were they to lose, they'd win the tie-breaker. I would assume - based on this - that they don't have a tie-breaker, other than a one game tournament.

That is correct. It happened last year.

Nicholls wins eliminating UCA
UCA beats SELA eliminating the Lions
TAMU-CC getting housed and will lose and be eliminated
EIU dropped by EKU and eliminated
IPFW beats UMKC in what amounted to a play-in game in the Summit

311 Left

Some conferences have a few teams left to eliminate in the week ahead - and some tournaments are set.

Conferences with teams to eliminate:
A-10 has two to eliminate before their tournament
Fordham and URI are hanging on by a thread. GW and Charlotte can be caught and eliminated. The 29th will likely settle this.

Southland has one team yet to eliminate - Texas State is hanging on by a thread

The Ivy League has to crown a champion - with 2 games left on most schedules - Harvard, Penn, Yale and Princeton

The A-Sun field is set - tournament begins on the 29th:
Belmont/Jacksonville
ETSU/North Florida
USC Upstate/UFGC
Mercer/Lipscomb

The Big South field is set - and the tournament starts on Monday
High Point/Radford
VMI/Gardner Webb

The CAA field is set - tournament begins on March 2
James Madison/UNC-Wilmington
Delaware/Towson
Northeastern/William & Mary
Georgia St/Hofstra

The Horizon League field is set - tournament begins on Tuesday
Detroit/Loyola
Green Bay/Youngstown St
UIC/Milwaukee
Wright St/Butler

The Missouri Valley field is set - tournament begins on Thursday
Indiana St/Southern Illinois
Drake/Bradley

The Northeastern field is set - tournament begins on Thursday
LIU/Sacred Heart
Wagner/CCSU
Robert Morris/Monmouth
St. Francis (NY)/Quinnipiac

The OVC field is set - tournament begins on Wednesday
Morehead St/EKU
Austin Peay/Jacksonville St

The Patriot League field is set - tournament begins on Wednesday
Bucknell/Navy
Holy Cross/Lafayette
Lehigh/Colgate
American/Army

The SoCon field is set - tournament begins on Friday
Charleston/App. St
WCU/The Citadel
Samford/Furman
GSU/Chattanooga

The Summit League field will be set at the end of the night.

The West Coast Conference field is set - tournament begins Wednesday with a play in game
Portland/Santa Clara

Big South tournament opens the madness tonight with two games:

High Point/Gardner-Webb
VMI/Radford

High Point beats Gardner-Webb
VMI eliminates Radford

309 left

In the SWAC MVSU has locked up the #1 seed and Texas Southern has sealed the #2 seed. the other seeds should shake out after Thursday.
If PVU wins against Southern or UAPB loses to Valley, PVU will lock up #3.
the AAMU/JSU loser will get the #8 spot.

tampajag wrote:In the SWAC MVSU has locked up the #1 seed and Texas Southern has sealed the #2 seed. the other seeds should shake out after Thursday.
If PVU wins against Southern or UAPB loses to Valley, PVU will lock up #3.
the AAMU/JSU loser will get the #8 spot.

they barred two schools from the tournament, right?

Green Bay
Wright State
Illinois-Chicago
Loyola (IL)

All get beaten in the first round of the Horizon League tournament.

305 left

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:

tampajag wrote:In the SWAC MVSU has locked up the #1 seed and Texas Southern has sealed the #2 seed. the other seeds should shake out after Thursday.
If PVU wins against Southern or UAPB loses to Valley, PVU will lock up #3.
the AAMU/JSU loser will get the #8 spot.

they barred two schools from the tournament, right?

yes, southern and grambling. grambling would have missed the tourney anyway since they are last place.

Possible outcomes for the top 4 Ivy League placers after this weekend's games: http://ivyhoopsonline.com/2012/02/28/po ... ojections/

Anything can do, but I hope that Harvard should lock up the Dance ticket.

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Good luck to all the teams trying to make it to the Dance!!!

Here is the one I have the most interest in:

Great West Conference Tournament: No autobid but a bid for the CIT!!!
March 8-10 -- Chicago -- Jones Convocation Center
GO NORTH DAKOTA!!!!

Big night in conference tournaments as we start to work on winnowing down the field:

Big Sky:
Northern Colorado lost last night - ending their shot at making the BSC tournament
A10:
Fordham loses to URI and will not make the A-10 tournament

A-Sun:
Belmont beats Jacksonville
Mercer beats Lipscomb

Big South:
upset city
VMI routs CCU
Winthrop beats Campbell
chalk with the other two
UNC-Asheville rolls High Point
Chuckie South downs Liberty

OVC:
SEMO beats EKU
Jacksonville St beats Austin Peay

Patriot League:
Lehigh beats Colgate
American beats Army
Bucknell beats Navy
Lafayette upsets Holy Cross

WCC:
Portland ends Santa Clara's season in the opener of the WCC tournament

290 left

My favorite time of the year!