Friday, March 14, 2014

3/14 recap

Big 12 semis:
Iowa St 94, Kansas 83
Baylor 86, Texas 69 - Baylor just became a lot more interesting to seed

Pac-12 semis:
Arizona 63, Colorado 43 - Arizona has probably clinched the #2 overall seed now
UCLA 84, Stanford 59 - well, good thing Stanford got a quality win before this one

ACC quarters:
Virginia 64, Florida St 51 - that's another bubble team we can get rid of
Pittsburgh 80, North Carolina 75 - well, Pitt took their damn time getting their first signature win of the year
North Carolina St 66, Syracuse 63 - sigh
Duke 63, Clemson 62

Big 10 quarters:
Michigan 64, Illinois 63 - going to be a tough call, Michigan and the 1 line...
Ohio St 71, Nebraska 67 - more on Nebraska in my S-Curve to be posted next
Wisconsin 83, Minnesota 57
Michigan St 67, Northwestern 51

Big East semis:
Providence 80, Seton Hall 74
Creighton 86, Xavier 78 - I'm starting to think Provi and X have done enough

SEC quarters:
Florida 72, Missouri 49 - another bubble team washed away
Tennessee 59, South Carolina 44
Kentucky 85, LSU 67 - winning these games will actually really help UK
Georgia 75, Ole Miss 73

A-10 quarters:
St Bonaventure 71, St Louis 68 - such a shame to see a good profile gone bad
St Joseph's 70, Dayton 67 - no lockbox yet for St Joe's, there's a bad loss to Bonaventure lurking
VCU 71, Richmond 53
George Washington 85, UMass 77

American semis:
Louisville 94, Houston 65 - now UL can try and get another quality win and get a probable 3 seed
UConn 58, Cincinnati 56

Mountain West semis:
San Diego St 59, UNLV 51
New Mexico 70, Boise St 67

CUSA semis:
Tulsa 76, MTSU 69
Louisiana Tech 88, Southern Miss 70 - well, what to do with USM...I'm not sure, frankly.  Still probably out though

MAC semis:
Western Michigan 64, Akron 60 (OT)
Toledo 59, Eastern Michigan 44 - top 2 hold serve; no NIT bid poaching here

Sun Belt quarters:
Arkansas St 116, Arkansas-Little Rock 114 (4OT)
Louisiana-Lafayette 91, Texas-Arlington 85 - funny sideplot:  with double byes, Georgia St and WKU haven't even started their championship week, and won't until tomorrow.  what

Big West semis:
Cal Poly 61, UC Irvine 58 - NIT bid poached
Cal St-Northridge 82, Long Beach St 77

Big Sky semis:
North Dakota 79, Portland St 63
Weber St 66, Northern Colorado 63 (OT)

Southland semis:
Stephen F Austin 85, Northwestern St 78
Sam Houston St 69, Texas A&M-CC 63

WAC semis:
Idaho 74, Utah Valley 69 - NIT bid poached
New Mexico St 69, Cal St-Bakersfield 63 - things just opened up for NMSU here

MEAC semis:
North Carolina Central 68, Norfolk St 45
Morgan St 79, Coppin St 64

SWAC semis:
Texas Southern 73, Alabama St 61
Prairie View A&M 55, Alabama A&M 49

Saturday preview:
one-bid league conference titles in the SWAC, MEAC, WAC, S'land, Big Sky, Big West, and Sun Belt.  MAC finals.  CUSA finals.

Championship games of note:
American:  Louisville/UConn playing for larg eamounts of S-Curve equity
Mountain West:  SDSU/New Mexico for all of the seedings
Big East:  Creighton/Provi, actually not that useful for bubble purposes
Big 12:  Iowa St playing for the 2 line, Baylor playing for...I'm not even sure.  5?
Pac-12:  Arizona is locked into the #2 overall seed, but UCLA could use the help

Semifinals:
B1G:  Wisky/Michigan might be on a collision course for deciding the 4th 1 seed
ACC:  Is NC State on the bubble?  We'll revisit if they beat Duke
SEC:  Georgia's too far away, Tennessee is probably safe, the drama will not be here the next 2 days
A-10:  St Joe's needs to hold serve against Bonaventure

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