March Madness - Conference Tournament Thread

[TwinTownBisonFan]

Moving this up now that we're at 50 posts.

Conference Tourney Watch Thread... I'll keep updating this post as teams are eliminated from contention for the tournament (at-large candidates will be in italics)

Tickets Punched:
North Carolina-Asheville - Big South
Belmont - Atlantic Sun
Morehead State - Ohio Valley
Indiana State - Missouri Valley
St. Peter's - Metro Atlantic Athletic
Old Dominion - Colonial Athletic
Wofford - Southern
Gonzaga - West Coast
Arkansas-Little Rock - Sun Belt


America East

Boston University
Stony Brook

Atlantic 10

Xavier
Temple
Richmond
Rhode Island
Duquesne
Massachusetts
Dayton
La Salle
Saint Joseph's

ACC

Duke
North Carolina
Florida State
Virginia Tech
Clemson
Boston College
Maryland
North Carolina State
Miami (FL)
Virginia
Georgia Tech
Wake Forest

Atlantic Sun
Belmont

Big 12

Texas
Kansas
Texas A&M
Missouri
Kansas State
Baylor
Colorado
Nebraska
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Texas Tech
Iowa State

Big East

Pittsburgh
Notre Dame
Louisville
St. John's
Syracuse
Georgetown
Connecticut
Marquette
West Virginia
Cincinnati
Rutgers
Providence
South Florida

Big Sky

Northern Colorado
Montana
Northern Arizona

Big Ten

Ohio State
Purdue
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan State
Penn State
Michigan
Minnesota
Northwestern
Iowa
Indiana

Big West

Long Beach State
Cal Poly
Pacific
Cal State Northridge
UC Santa Barbara
UC Irvine
UC Riverside
Cal State Fullerton
UC Davis

Colonial
Old Dominion

Conference USA

UAB
Tulsa
Memphis
UTEP
Southern Miss
Marshall
Southern Methodist
East Carolina
UCF
Rice
Houston
Tulane

Horizon

Milwaukee
Butler

Ivy

Princeton
Harvard

MAAC
St. Peter's

Mid-American

Kent State
Miami (OH)
Akron
Ohio
Buffalo
Bowling Green
Ball State
Western Michigan

MEAC

Bethune-Cookman
Morgan State
Hampton
Coppin State
North Carolina A&T
Norfolk State
Delaware State
South Carolina State
Maryland-Eastern Shore

Missouri Valley
Indiana State

Mountain West

Brigham Young
San Diego State
UNLV
Colorado State
Utah
New Mexico
Air Force
Wyoming
TCU

Northeast

Long Island
Quinnipiac

Ohio Valley
Morehead State

Pacific-10

Arizona
UCLA
Washington
USC
California
Washington State
Oregon
Stanford
Oregon State
Arizona State

Patriot League

Bucknell
Lafayette

SEC

Florida
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina

Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi State
Mississippi
LSU
Auburn

Southern
Wofford

Southland

McNeese State
Northwestern State
Nicholls State
Southeastern Louisiana
Texas State
Stephen F. Austin
Sam Houston State
Texas-San Antonio

SWAC

Texas Southern
Jackson State
Mississippi Valley State
Alabama A&M
Alabama State
Grambling State
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Prairie View A&M

Summit League

Oakland
Oral Roberts

Sun Belt
Arkansas-Little Rock

West Coast
Gonzaga

WAC

Utah State
Boise State
New Mexico State
Idaho
Hawaii
Nevada
San Jose State
Fresno State

At-large contenders eliminated in conference tourney:
Missouri State
Wichita State
George Mason
Saint Mary's
Villanova

Teams Eliminated:

Spoiler: show

Eliminated in conference tournament:
Weber State
Florida A&M
George Washington
Saint Louis
St. Bonaventure
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois
Toledo
North Texas
DePaul
Seton Hall
Middle Tennessee
IUPUI
Charleston
South Dakota State
Iona
Virginia Commonwealth
Western Kentucky
San Francisco
Louisiana-Monroe
Florida International
UMKC
Arkansas State
Florida Atlantic
IPFW
Furman
Hartford
Vermont
Hofstra
Rider
American University
Lehigh
Western Carolina
Santa Clara
Robert Morris
Central Connecticut State
Evansville
Fairfield
Pepperdine
South Alabama
Marist
Canisius
Denver
Eastern Washington
Loyola Marymount
North Dakota State
Elon
Montana State
Tennessee Tech
Valparaiso
William & Mary
Maine
Siena
Louisiana-Lafayette
Troy
Chattanooga
Southern Utah
Cleveland State
Delaware
North Florida
New Hampshire
Loyola (MD)
Creighton
Drexel
Appalachian State
Coastal Carolina
Binghamton
UNC Greensboro
Georgia State
Albany
San Diego
Austin Peay
Manhattan
Portland
Citadel
East Tennessee State
Detroit
James Madison
Murray State
Samford
Bradley
Mercer
Niagara
Wright State
Northeastern
Georgia Southern
Towson
Northern Iowa
Davidson
Southern Illinois
Illinois State
Drake
North Carolina-Wilmington
Southeast Missouri State
Lipscomb
Virginia Military
UMBC
St. Francis (NY)
Wagner
Mount St. Mary's
St. Francis (PA)
Tennessee-Martin
High Point
Jacksonville
Campbell
Tennessee State
Eastern Kentucky
Colgate
Army
Holy Cross
Navy
Kennesaw State
Youngstown State
Liberty
Gardner-Webb
Charleston Southern
Winthrop
Green Bay
Loyola (IL)
Illinois-Chicago

Missed conference tournament:
Charlotte
Stetson
Radford
Sacred Heart
Monmouth
Fairleigh Dickinson
Eastern Illinois
Jacksonville State
Louisiana Tech
Sacramento State
Western Illinois
Idaho State
Central Arkansas
Texas A&M-CC
Fordham
Howard
Southern University
Alcorn State
Lamar
Texas-Arlington

Eliminated in regular season:
Yale
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Cornell
Brown
Dartmouth

Conference/team not eligible:
USC Upstate
Florida Gulf Coast
Presbyterian
Portland State
Centenary
Bryant University

New Orleans
North Carolina Central
Seattle
Longwood
Savannah State
Cal State Bakersfield
SIU-Edwardsville
Utah Valley
N.J.I.T.
South Dakota
North Dakota
Chicago State
Houston Baptist
Texas-Pan American

[TwinTownBisonFan]

SoCon
W. Carolina beats UNC Greensboro 77-66

A-10
St. Joe's nips Charlotte 71-70, eliminating the 49's from a bid in the tourney

[tampajag]

Clemson will finish 4th and get the 1st round bye over VaTech

[CatMom]

Nicholls @ SELU


I don't know who gets in yet

[dbackjon]

go North florida!!

[CatMom]

SELU 50
NWS 43

NWS 70
SFA 65

[TwinTownBisonFan]

America East
Vermont drops Binghamton 57-46

Socon
App St falls to Wofford 69-56

MVC
Missouri St beats Creighton 60-50

CAA
VCU hangs on over Drexel 62

MAAC
St. Peter's over Loyola 70-60

[TwinTownBisonFan]

first ticket is punched:

Big South
UNC-Asheville, the fourth seed is headed to the big dance beats top-seeded Coastal Carolina 60-47

fortune smiles on the Big South - had Coastal made it, it's likely it would just be wiped out after the NCAA investigations were complete.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

Belmont is clobbering North Florida early... 18-4 five minutes in...

[tampajag]

go North florida!!

Have an ex that went to North Florida, so go Belmont!

[TwinTownBisonFan]

Southland
Lamar falls to McNeese - Lamar will not make the SLC tournament.

[CatMom]

Southland
Lamar falls to McNeese - Lamar will not make the SLC tournament.

McNeese will be the #1 seed

Now for the other 7

[TwinTownBisonFan]

MVC
Indiana St with an upset of Wichita St 61-54 (that sound you heard was the Shockers bubble likely bursting)

CAA
ODU survives Delaware 59-50

Horizon
Cleveland St gives Butler a game but loses 76-68

America East
Boston U gets past UNH 69-60

Atlantic Sun
Belmont punches their ticket to the dance - destroying North Florida 87-46

Ivy
Harvard beats Princeton 79-67 to clinch a share of the Ivy League title for the first time in history... way to go Crimson - Princeton plays Penn on Tuesday, if they win - there will be a 1 game playoff for the NCAA bid on either Friday or Saturday.

Summit League
Oakland routs Southern Utah 82-66

SoCon
Furman beats Chattanooga 61-52

Sun Belt
North Texas over Troy 83-69

MAAC
Iona routs Siena 94-64

Sun Belt
WKU beats LA-Lafayette 66-50 (espn has them as Monroe... wow)

[tampajag]

The SWAC is set. Here are the tourney matchups:
#8 PVU vs. #1 Texas Southern
#7 UAPB vs. #2 Jackson St.
#6 Grambling vs. #3 MVSU
#5 Alabama A&M vs. #4 Alabama St.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

Southland
UTSA beats UTA - the Mavericks won't make the SLC tournament

[CatMom]

TXST continues their streak of not being able to win on the road.

SLC seeding, so far

1. McNeese 11-5
2. NWST 10-6
3. Sam Houston 10-6
4. TXST 10-6

I think

[Grizalltheway]

MSU up big over NAU with 10 to go.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Eagles draining treys left and right, up 34-24 over Weber with 6:33 left in the 1st.

Colimon with 17 points so far.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

MSU up big over NAU with 10 to go.

4 point lead with 5 left...

[Grizalltheway]

MSU up big over NAU with 10 to go.

4 point lead with 5 left...

Desired effect achieved.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

America East
Hartford beats Maine 66-63

Summit League
NDSU trail Oral Roberts 34-32 at the half

OVC - Tenn Tech battling back against Morehead St in very impressive fashion. But coming up short
Morehead State punches their ticket over Tennessee Tech 80-73

CAA
Hofstra destroys William & Mary 72-56

Big Sky
NAU beats Montana St 65-62 with on hell of a second half comeback

Horizon
Milwaukee beats Valpo 70-63... if you can find it on Youtube - Valpo deployed the most devastating mid-court pick I've ever seen late in this game (laid the kid from Valpo out something fierce)

WCC
Santa Clara beats Loyola Marymount 76-68

Summit League
NDSU plays a close one, but falls to Oral Roberts 72-65 (Bison showed all the hallmarks of a young team, out rebounded... missed free throws)

SoCon
Charleston handles Elon 78-60

Big Sky
Weber mounts a second half comeback and beats EWU 79-70

Sun Belt
Denver falls to FIU 53-49 (the Pioneers scored 12 points in the first half and trailed 22-12 at the break...)

MAAC
Rider puts away Canisius 79-64
somewhere during the day... Marist scored only 31 points in losing to Fairfield 55-31

Sun Belt
UALR beats South Alabama 82-68

[TwinTownBisonFan]

The Sunday slate:

America East
Semifinals
Vermont and Stony Brook
Boston U and Hartford

CAA
Semifinals
George Mason and VCU
Old Dominion and Hofstra

MAAC
Championship
Fairfield St. Peter's

Missouri Valley
Championship
Missouri St and Indiana St

NEC
Semifinals
LIU and CCSU
Qunnipiac and Robert Morris

Patriot League
Semifinals
American and Lafayette
Bucknell and Lehigh

Southern
Semifinals
Western Carolina and Wofford
Charleston and Furman

Summit League
Quarterfinals
IPFW and SDSU
IUPUI and UMKC

Sun Belt
Quarterfinals
LA-Lafayette and WKU
FAU and North Texas

WCC
Semifinals
St. Mary's and Santa Clara
San Francisco and Gonzaga

[tampajag]

One SWAC correction: UAPB is #8 playing #1 TSU and PVU is #7 playing #2 JSU. The tourney starts Wednesday in Garland, Tx.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

results

CAA
VCU upsets George Mason in convincing fashion 79-63

NEC
LIU holds on over upset-minded CCSU 69-67
Robert Morris with an upset of Quinnipiac 64-62

MAAC
St. Peter's beats Fairfield convincingly 62-48

MVC
Indiana State bursts somebodies bubble winning the MVC over top-seeded Missouri St 60-56

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook advances to the America East Final defeating # 1 seed Vermont 69-47 this evening . StonyBrook wil face the winner of game 2 between Boston Univ. and the Univ. of Hartford. If Hartford were to win the Championship
Game would be at StonyBrook next Saturday.