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)
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
Butler - Horizon League
Oakland - Summit League
Long Island - Northeast
Northern Colorado - Big Sky
Bucknell - Patriot League
Memphis - Conference USA
Boston University - America East
Hampton - Mid-Eastern Athletic
Princeton - Ivy League
Texas-San Antonio - Southland
Kansas - Big 12
Connecticut - Big East
California-Santa Barbara - Big West
Akron - Mid-American
San Diego State - Mountain West
Washington - Pacific 10
Alabama State - Southwest Athletic
Utah State - Western Athletic
Atlantic 10
Richmond
Dayton
ACC
Duke North Carolina
Big Ten
Ohio State Penn State
SEC
Florida Kentucky
At-large contenders eliminated in conference tourney:
Missouri State Wichita State George Mason Saint Mary's Villanova Georgetown Nebraska West Virginia Cincinnati Baylor Pittsburgh Kansas State St. John's UAB UCLA Marquette Missouri Georgia Illinois Boston College Xavier Florida State Texas A&M Colorado Notre Dame Syracuse Wisconsin Purdue Tennessee UNLV USC UTEP Alabama Virginia Commonwealth Clemson Michigan Vanderbilt Temple Harvard Michigan State Virginia Tech Arizona Brigham Young Texas Louisville
Eliminated in conference tournament:
Boise State
Long Beach State
Kent State
Grambling State
McNeese State
Bethune-Cookman
Morgan State
Saint Joseph's
Stony Brook
Cal State Northridge
Oregon
New Mexico State
San Jose State
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Texas Southern
Mississippi State
New Mexico
Norfolk State
Ball State
Western Michigan
East Carolina
UC Riverside
Rhode Island
La Salle
Maryland
Tulsa
Lafayette
Duquesne
Miami (FL)
Northwestern
Mississippi
Jackson State
Cal State Fullerton
Air Force
Washington State
Ohio
Rice
LSU
Texas State
Georgia Tech
Cal Poly
North Carolina A&T
Utah
Alabama A&M
Coppin State
Buffalo
North Carolina State
Arkansas
Sam Houston State
Marshall
Indiana
Colorado State
Oregon State
Pacific
Nevada
TCU
Iowa
Southern Miss
Miami (OH)
South Carolina
Idaho
Mississippi Valley State
Auburn
California
UC Irvine
Minnesota
Wake Forest
Virginia
Oklahoma State
Bowling Green
Arizona State
Southern Methodist
South Florida
Oklahoma
Texas Tech
Montana
Houston
South Carolina State
Maryland-Eastern Shore
Quinnipiac
Stanford
Nicholls State
Southeastern Louisiana
Fresno State
Wyoming
Howard
Iowa State
Tulane
Stephen F. Austin
Hawaii
Rutgers
Prairie View A&M
UCF
Northwestern State
Northern Arizona
Delaware State
Providence
Massachusetts
Oral Roberts
Milwaukee
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
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
Southern University
Alcorn State
Lamar
Texas-Arlington
UC Davis
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
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North Dakota State University Bison 2011 and 2012 National Champions
Wednesday games - the Big 12 opens and we punch another two tickets
Big XII
First round
Nebraska and Oklahoma St
Colorado and Iowa St
Baylor and Oklahoma
Missouri and Texas Tech
Big East
Second Round
St. John's and Rutgers
Georgetown and UConn
Cincinnati and South Florida
West Virginia and Marquette
Big Sky
Finals
Northern Colorado and Montana
Conference USA
First Round
East Carolina and Central Florida
Southern Miss and Tulane
Marshall and Houston
Southern Methodist and Rice
MEAC
First round
Norfolk St and Howard
Hampton and MD-Eastern Shore
Mountain West
First round
Wyoming and Texas Christian
Northeast
Finals
Long Island and Robert Morris
PAC-10
Stanford and Oregon St
Oregon and Arizona St
Southland
Quarterfinals
Northwestern St and UT-San Antonio
Sam Houston St and Stephen F. Austin
McNeese St and Nicholls St
Texas St and Southeast Louisiana
SWAC
Quarterfinals
Jackson St and Prairie View A&M
Texas Southern and UA-Pine Bluff
WAC
First round
Hawaii and San Jose St
Nevada and Fresno St
North Dakota State University Bison 2011 and 2012 National Champions
jcmanson wrote:Did anyone see the ending of the UVA/Miami game? UVA was up by 11 with less than a minute left and LOST.
WAFJ. I listened to the end of regulation in the car and saw the last couple minutes of OT. UVA was up by 10 with 47 seconds and Miami was inbounding the ball with 13 seconds to go with a tied game.
C-USA
ECU stuns top-seeded UAB 75-70 (likely that UAB is finished now - but they'll be on the bubble for now...)
Memphis beats Southern Miss 66-63
SWAC
Grambling scores an upset over MS Valley St 65-62
SEC
Georgia puts away Auburn 69-51 helping their at-large chances - but the real test is the next round
PAC-10
USC over Cal 70-56
Big 10
Northwestern over Minnesota 75-65 (if i were a gopher fan, i'd want tubby smith's head... what a lame ass finish to a season)
Michigan St survives Iowa 66-61
ACC
Boston College over Wake Forest 81-67
WAC
San Jose St with an upset of Idaho 74-68
Big West
Top seed Long Beach St beats UC Irvine 79-72
Big 12
Colorado makes a strong case for the field beating K-State 87-75
SEC
Ole Miss beats South Carolina 66-55
MWC
BYU over TCU 64-58
North Dakota State University Bison 2011 and 2012 National Champions
