3/12 recap

Patriot final
American 55, Boston 36 - this costs the conference about 2 seed lines

Big 12 1st round
Oklahoma St 80, Texas Tech 62
Baylor 76, TCU 68 - the two Big 12 teams even in the slightest danger win, so we're all set in this conference

ACC 1st round
Wake Forest 81, Notre Dame 69
Miami 57, Virginia Tech 53
Georgia Tech 73, Boston College 70 (OT)

Pac-12 1st round
Utah 67, Washington 61 - UW is not a NIT lock...
Colorado 59, USC 56
Oregon 88, Oregon St 74
Stanford 74, Washington St 63 - critical holds of serve of everyone in this conference

Big East 1st round
Seton Hall 51, Butler 50
DePaul 60, Georgetown 56 - DePaul?  Seriously?  I'm not completely removing G'town from my bubble, but I've got about 10 teams in between them and the cutline right now.  That's just about impossible to make up.

American 1st round
Rutgers 72, South Florida 68
Central Florida 94, Temple 90 (2OT)

SEC 1st round
South Carolina 74, Auburn 56
Mississippi St 82, Vanderbilt 68

A-10 opening round
Fordham 70, George Mason 67

MWC 1st round
Utah St 73, Colorado St 69
Fresno St 61, Air Force 59
Boise St 83, San Jose St 52

CUSA 2nd round
Tulane 66, North Texas 61
Old Dominion 73, Marshall 58
UTEP 77, East Carolina 68
Charlotte 80, UAB 70

MAC 2nd round
Ohio 63, Miami(OH) 55
Eastern Michigan 53, Northern Illinois 48

MEAC quarters
North Carolina Central 92, Howard 46
Coppin St 83, Hampton 77 - significant in-conference upset

Southland 1st round
Nicholls St 71, SE Louisiana 64
Oral Roberts 66, McNeese St 62

SWAC quarters
Texas Southern 79, Grambling St 54
Prairie View A&M 64, Southern 46 - ok, SWAC.  there goes the conference leader who was ineligible for the postseason anyways


Thursday:
Big 12 quarters:  K-State/Iowa St starts it off.  OSU/Kansas has seeding implications.  So does Baylor/Oklahoma.  WVU's impossible dream begins against Texas.
ACC 2nd round:  Florida St in desperation mode against Maryland.  Pitt in hold-serve mode against Wake.
SEC 2nd round:  Missouri gets A&M, Arkansas gets South Carolina
A-10 1st round:  Dayton in a hold-serve game against Fordham.
Pac-12 quarters:  Utah gets Arizona and their chance to be heard.  Colorado/Cal in a HUGE game for Cal.  Oregon/UCLA is of interest too.  Stanford can buy some safety with a win over Arizona St.
Big 10 1st round:  Minnesota must hold serve against PSU.  Iowa is really bringing the bubble into play, must beat Northwestern.
Big East quarters:  St John's/Provi is an elimination game.  Xavier must hold against Marquette
CUSA quarters:  Southern Miss actually gets a true road game against UTEP.  It's not a trivial resume game
American quarters:  Memphis/UConn has massive S-Curve implications.