3/13 recap

Big East quarterfinals:
Seton Hall 64, Villanova 63 - well, that doesn't help everyone's confusion about who's the 4th 1 seed.  I'm not even sure myself, as I write this
Providence 79, St John's 74 - critical development for Providence as Nova is gone from their bracket.  That comes close to popping their bubble.  A loss to the Hall pops their bubble and a win does nothing.  They really needed to play Nova to have a chance to make it, because a loss is harmless and a win is signature.  I think Provi is right on the edge as is
Creighton 84, DePaul 62
Xavier 68, Marquette 65

Big 12 quarterfinals:
Iowa St 91, Kansas St 85
Kansas 77, Oklahoma St 70 - Kansas/ISU is a sexy semifinal with very high S-Curve stakes
Baylor 78, Oklahoma 73
Texas 66, West Virginia 49 - that's the end of WVU

Big 10 1st round:
Illinois 64, Indiana 54
Ohio St 63, Purdue 61
Minnesota 63, Penn St 56
Northwestern 67, Iowa 62 - um, everyone needs to go take a look at Iowa's resume really quick...

Pac-12 quarters:
Arizona 71, Utah 39 - ok, that's the end of this Utah silliness
Colorado 59, California 56 - Cal and Providence right now is Bubble Ground Zero for me
UCLA 82, Oregon 63
Stanford 79, Arizona St 58 - optimal bubble result for the Pac-12

ACC 2nd round:
Florida St 67, Maryland 65
Pittsburgh 84, Wake Forest 55
NC State 67, Miami 58
Clemson 69, Georgia Tech 65 (OT)

SEC 2nd round:
Missouri 91, Texas A&M 83 (2OT) - good god, Mizzou can't even help from messing up popping their own bubble
South Carolina 71, Arkansas 69 - ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.  This not only is a dagger to Arkansas but all of a sudden provides Tennessee with a way to play their way out tomorrow
LSU 68, Alabama 56
Ole Miss 78, Mississippi St 66

American quarters:
Houston 68, SMU 64 - SMU's seed is going to plummet, but they're fine, folks

Louisville 92, Rutgers 31 - no, Pitino, margin of victory isn't going to erase your profile problems
Cincinnati 61, Central Florida 58
UConn 72, Memphis 53 - that's a result worth a seeding line for both teams

A-10 1st round:
St Bonaventure 82, LaSalle 72
Dayton 87, Fordham 74 - Dayton/St Joe's is lined up.  Winner to the lockbox
Richmond 76, Duquesne 64
UMass 65, Rhode Island 61

MWC quarters:
San Diego St 73, Utah St 39
UNLV 71, Wyoming 67
New Mexico 93, Fresno St 77
Boise St 75, Nevada 62

CUSA quarters:
Tulsa 70, Tulane 49
MTSU 62, Old Dominion 48
Southern Miss 64, UTEP 56
Louisiana Tech 86, Charlotte 65 - the quad-champs hold serve in this conference

MAC quarters:
Akron 83, Ohio 77
Eastern Michigan 69, Buffalo 64

Big West quarters:
Cal Poly 69, UC Santa Barbara 38 - sense.  this makes none
Long Beach St 66, Cal St-Fullerton 56
UC Irvine 63, UC Riverside 43
Cal St-Northridge 87, Hawaii 84

WAC quarters:
Utah Valley 83, Texas-Pan American 63
Idaho 73, UMKC 70
Cal St-Bakersfield 68, Chicago St 62
New Mexico St 70, Seattle 68

Sun Belt 1st round:
Arkansas-Little Rock 74, Troy 61
Texas-Arlington 68, Louisiana-Monroe 65

Big Sky 1st round:
North Dakota 79, Sacramento St 76
Northern Colorado 62, Northern Arizona 60
Portland St 70, Montana 63

Southland quarters:
Northwestern St 88, Nicholls St 72
Sam Houston St 70, Oral Roberts 61

MEAC quarters:
Morgan St 81, Florida A&M 68
Norfolk St 57, Savannah St 47

SWAC quarters:
Alabama St 64, Alcorn St 51
Alabama A&M 69, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 50 - justice!  the semifinals here feature 4 eligible schools.  no need to sweat the details here


Friday:
ACC quarters:  FSU gets their chance against Virginia, Pitt can visit the lockbox with a win over UNC.  Duke and Syracuse playing for the 1 line
SEC quarters:  Mizzou gets their chance against Florida, Tennessee needs to hold serve against South Carolina
Big 10 quarters:  Nebraska playing for the lockbox against Ohio St, Minnesota playing for its life against Wisky
A-10 quarters:  Dayton/St Joe's is a titanic bubble game.  UMass/GWU is interesting for S-Curve purposes
CUSA semis:  Southern Miss/La Tech, your two CUSA bubble teams, play each other.  One will survive to stay on the bubble
Big 12 semis:  no bubble drama, but with Iowa St/Kansas and Baylor/Texas, tons of S-Curve implications
Big East semis:  Provi must hold against Seton Hall; Xavier has an optional game with Creighton
Pac-12 semis:  bubble drama is over here, Arizona/Colorado and Stanford/UCLA is for positioning now
American semis:  funny development - Louisville needs quality wins to rise to the 2 line, but get Rutgers and Houston before the finals, which means they can't get to the 2 line.  UConn/Cincy in the other half of the bracket