Sunday, February 23, 2014

Conference races

Let's check in on the 32 conference races one last time.  Consider this your checklist and status update on everyone before we reach March.

America East:
Vermont 13-1
Stony Brook 12-2
Stony Brook visits Vermont on the 27th, and the #1 seed in this conference tournament means everything.

American:
Cincinnati 13-2
Louisville 12-2
They are 2 ahead of SMU and Memphis in the loss column.  UConn is 3 back in 5th.

A-10:
St Louis 12-0
St Joseph's 9-3
several at 8-4
With just 4 games left, St Louis should have this one in hand.  St Joe's leading the race for 2nd could be huge.

ACC:
Virginia 14-1
Syracuse 12-2
Syracuse visits Virginia on March 1.  Duke and UNC have 4 losses and are too far back, realistically.

A-Sun:
Mercer 13-3
FGCU 13-3
Two to play; they split the season series.

Big 12:
Kansas 12-2
Iowa St 9-5
Oklahoma 9-5
Texas 9-5
3 up with 4 to play.

Big East:
Creighton 12-2
Villanova 12-2
Creighton has the season sweep, so they're in the driver's seat.

Big Sky:
Weber St 12-4
Northern Colorado 10-6
4 to play here.  They split the season series.

Big South:
VMI 10-4
High Point 10-4
Coastal Carolina 9-5
Gardner-Webb 9-5
UNC-Asheville 9-5
2 to play.  VMI and High Point play Wednesday, which knocks the 8-6s out of contention.  Both have non-contenders for their final game so VMI/HP might be for the conference (and for a NIT bid).

Big 10:
Michigan 11-3
Michigan St 11-4
Wisconsin 9-5
Iowa 8-5
A lot can still happen here.

Big West:
UCSB 9-3
UC Irvine 9-3
Long Beach St 8-4
Everyone's got 4 to play.  UCSB and UCI play on the 27th, and will give clarity.

Colonial
Delaware 12-2
Towson 11-3
2 to play; they split the season series.

CUSA:
MTSU 11-2
Southern Miss 10-3
Louisiana Tech 10-3
UTEP 10-3
Tulsa 10-3
3 to play for everyone.  MTSU at LT and UTEP at Tulsa on the 27th, last meetings between contenders.

Horizon:
Green Bay 12-2
They've got the 1 seed, Cleveland St can catch them, but lose the tiebreaker

Ivy:
Harvard 9-1
Yale 8-2
They play late in the season.

MAAC:
Iona 16-2
Quinnipiac 14-4
The magic number for Iona is 1.

MAC:
Western Michigan 11-3
Toledo 10-3
Buffalo is 10-4 in the East division, WMU and Toledo in the west.

MEAC:
NCCU 12-1
Hampton 10-3
Norfolk St and Morgan St also on 9-3; NCCU visits Norfolk St later in the season.

MVC:
Wichita St 16-0
This one was dead awhile ago.

Mountain West:
San Diego St 12-2
New Mexico 12-2
They play again, in San Diego, likely for the conference.

Northeast:
Robert Morris 13-1
RMU won this yesterday.

OVC:
Belmont 12-2
Murray St 12-2
They're both going to win their divisions of the OVC.

Pac-12:
Arizona 12-2
UCLA 10-4
2 up with 4 to play.

Patriot:
Boston 13-3
American 12-4
Holy Cross 11-5
2 to play.  Boston still has to play at Holy Cross.

SEC:
Florida 14-0
Kentucky 11-3
3 up with 4 to play.

SoCon:
Davidson 13-1
Elon 10-3
Elon won at Davidson, and get them again, so it's not over yet...but it's about to be.

Southland:
Stephen F Austin 14-0
Sam Houston St 11-3
4 to play, tough to imagine SFA losing anytime soon though.

SWAC:
Southern 12-2
Alabama St 9-4
Southern will be forfeiting their NIT bid.

Summit:
North Dakota St 10-2
IPFW 8-4
South Dakota St 8-4
Denver 8-4
2 up with 2 to play; it's likely over.

Sun Belt:
Georgia St 13-1
Western Kentucky 10-4
4 to play, so it's not quite over yet.

WCC:
Gonzaga 13-3
BYU 12-5
San Francisco 11-5
Gonzaga should still be safe.

WAC:
New Mexico St 10-3
Utah Valley 10-3
Grand Canyon 8-4
NMSU and UVU play on the 27th.

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