Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Conference Tournament Watch - 3/9/2005

It's gonna be a little bare-bones today. We're up against it because of all the early tournament games.
(All times Central.)

Yesterday's Qualifiers

Stephen Holman/AP
Stephen Holman/AP

Already in

  • Atlantic Sun: Central Florida
  • Big South: Winthrop
  • Colonial: Old Dominion
  • Ivy League: Penn
  • Metro Atlantic: Niagara
  • Missouri Valley: Creighton
  • Ohio Valley: Eastern Kentucky
  • SoCon: Chattanooga
  • West Coast: Gonzaga

Waiting to hear from the committee

  • Southern Illinois(16)
  • St. Mary's of California(30)
  • Northern Iowa(37)
  • Wichita State(47)
  • Davidson(59)
  • Arkansas-Little Rock(60)
  • Western Kentucky (63)

The rest of the conferences

America East

Why the hell do they make Vermont and Northeastern wait so long to play?

In any case, A-East Championship on Saturday

ACC

Tournament kicks off tomorrow with Maryland taking on Clemson.

Atlantic 10

Today's Games:

  • Richmond vs. Rhode Island - Winner plays St. Joseph's
  • UMass vs. LaSalle - Winner plays Xavier
  • Fordham vs. Duquesne - Winner plays George Washington
  • Dayton vs. St. Bonaventure - Winner gets gooned by Temple

Big East

We'll see how many bubbles burst today

  • #8 West Virginia vs. #9 Providence (1:00 P.M. ESPN)
  • #7 Georgetown vs. #10 Seton Hall (6:00 P.M. ESPN)
  • #6 Notre Dame vs #11 Rutgers (8:00 P.M. ESPN)

Big Sky

Two big upsets here, including top seed Portland State(177), but nothing that should impact the overall Picture. Portland State was a projected 16 seed anyway.

#3 seed Montana(168) plays Weber State tonight (8:00 P.M. ESPN2) for the automatic bid.

Big Ten

Tournament kicks off tomorrow at 11 A.M.

Big XII

Cheap Seats Big XII Tournament Preview:

Big West

None of the top seeds are in action until Friday's Semifinals.

But UC-Irvine is playing Idaho and Long Beach State is playing Jim Rome's alma mater, UC-Santa Barbara today.

Conference USA

Today's Games:

  • TCU-Marquette (Noon ESPN2)
  • DePaul-Tulane (2:00, ESPN2)
  • Memphis-Saint Louis
  • Houston-South Florida

Mid-American

Bubble teams Buffalo, Kent State, Akron, and Ohio all advance. Second round tomorrow.

MEAC

Top seeds Delaware State plays Bethune-Cookman today

Mountain West

Top seed Utah and Player of the year candidate Andrew Bogut kick the tournament off tomorrow. They take on Colorado State

Northeast

Championship: Farleigh Dickinson aganst Wagner. (6:00 P.M. ESPN2)

Pac-10

No tournament news until tomorrow, but Arizona State's Ike Diogu was named player of the year.

Patriot

Championship: Bucknell vs. Holy Cross Friday

SEC

South Carolina and Ole Miss tip off the festivities tomorrow.

Southland

#5 Lamar upset #4 UT-San Antonio and now face #1 Northwestern State. #3 Sam Houston State takes on #2 Southeast Louisiana, who mercilessly beat #7 Texas State in their opener.
Both semifinals are tomorrow. No TV.

SWAC

First game: Alabama State and Prarie View A&M
Top seed: Alabama A&M

WAC

The opponents are set for top seeds Nevada and UTEP. More Tomorrow.

Tomorrow: Conference Tournament Watch

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