The Breakdown
After a wild set of games on Monday, it turned out to be a pretty quiet Tuesday - just the way teams on the bubble like it. In the biggest game of the night, Butler avoided Monday's mid-major upset bug and kept the Horizon a one-bid league by beating Cleveland State by 15, and favorites Western Kentucky and Oral Roberts earned automatic bids by winning the Sun Belt and Summit, respectively.
The real fun starts up again Wednesday as the Big East, A-10, Pac-10, and MAC open tournament play. The headliner, of course, is the Syracuse-Villanova 8-9 game at the Garden. The loser of that game is toast, and thanks to the events of Monday night, the winner (especially if it's Villanova) still might need to knock off Georgetown in the quarters to be safe. In the Pac-10, Arizona faces Oregon State in an obvious must-win, and in the A-10, Dayton faces Saint Louis and St. Joseph's takes on Fordham. A win by the eighth-seeded Flyers sets up a potential win-and-your-in showdown with Xavier in the quarters on Thursday. In the MAC, the storyline remains Kent State and its quest for an automatic/at-large bid. The Golden Flashes, whose resume took a slight hit Monday with St. Mary's' loss, face the winner of Wednesday's Toledo-Bowling Green game on Thursday.
Two more automatic bids will be handed out Wednesday. In the Northeast, Sacred Heart shoots for its first ever NCAA bid against Mount St. Mary's, who last made the dance in 1999, and in the Big Sky, top-seeded Portland State faces Northern Arizona.
Out This Bracket
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In This Bracket
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Last Four In
South Alabama, Massachusetts, Oregon, Villanova
Last Four Out
Syracuse, Ohio State, VCU, Temple
Next Four Out
Mississippi, New Mexico, Virginia Tech, Maryland
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Conference Breakdown
Big East (8), Pac-10 (7), Big XII (6), SEC (5), ACC (4), Big Ten (4), WCC (3), A-10 (2), Colonial (2), C-USA (2), MVC (2), MWC (2)
America East - UMBC
ACC - North Carolina, Duke, Clemson, Miami-FL
Atlantic Sun - Belmont
A-10 - Xavier, Massachusetts
Big East - Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Connecticut, Marquette, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Villanova
Big Sky - Portland State
Big South - Winthrop
Big Ten - Wisconsin, Purdue, Michigan State, Indiana
Big 12 - Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Baylor, Texas A&M
Big West - UC-Santa Barbara
Colonial - George Mason
C-USA - Memphis
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Cornell
MAAC - Siena
MAC - Kent State
MEAC - Morgan State
MVC - Drake, Illinois State
MWC - UNLV, BYU
Northeast - Sacred Heart
Ohio Valley - Austin Peay
Pac-10 - UCLA, Stanford, Washington State, USC, Arizona State, Arizona, Oregon
Patriot - American
SEC - Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Arkansas
Southern - Davidson
Southland - Stephen F. Austin
Summit - Oral Roberts
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky, South Alabama
SWAC - Alabama State
WAC - New Mexico State
WCC - San Diego, Gonzaga, St. Mary’s
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The Seeds
The 1s
North Carolina, Memphis, Tennessee, UCLA
The 2s
Kansas, Texas, Georgetown, Duke
The 3s
Wisconsin, Xavier, Louisville, Stanford
The 4s
Notre Dame, Connecticut, Purdue, Drake
The 5s
Michigan State, Indiana, Vanderbilt, Washington State
The 6s
Marquette, USC, Butler, BYU
The 7s
Gonzaga, Clemson, Mississippi State, Pittsburgh
The 8s
Oklahoma, Kansas State, West Virginia, Baylor
The 9s
Miami-FL, Texas A&M, Kentucky, Kent State
The 10s
St. Mary's, UNLV, Illinois State, Davidson
The 11s
Arizona State, Arizona, Arkansas, South Alabama
The 12s
Massachusetts, Oregon, Villanova, San Diego
The 13s
George Mason, Western Kentucky, Oral Roberts, Stephen F. Austin
The 14s
Cornell, New Mexico State, UC-Santa Barbara, Siena
The 15s
Winthrop, Portland State, Belmont, Austin Peay
The 16s
UMBC, American, Morgan State, Sacred Heart (Play-In Game), Alabama State (Play-In Game)
The Bracket
(Bracket courtesy Matt Reeves)
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2 comments:
I posted a comment yesterday regarding Syracuse. I just want to say, in the words of the great philosopher and minor prophet Rosanna Rosanadana -- "Oh. Never mind."
Lovelly blog you have
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