Thursday, March 12, 2015

3/12 recap

Big 12 quarterfinals:
Baylor 80, West Virginia 70 - well, WVU might be trapped on the 5, or even 6 line, trapped behind the BU/OU/ISU tier
Kansas 64, TCU 59
Iowa St 69, Texas 67 - UT is your true bubble team that can still go either way
Oklahoma 64, Oklahoma St 49 - well, I keep writing about that BU/OU/ISU trio.  They're all in the semifinals here, and are playing each other for seeding, IMO

ACC quarterfinals:
Virginia 58, Florida St 44 - now the fun begins for UVa to secure the #2 overall seed
North Carolina 70, Louisville 60 - the race for protected seeding just gets more muddled.  Can the ACC get 5?  I'm not sure, and I still think I like UL for that 4th spot...maybe.  I don't know yet
Duke 77, North Carolina St 53
Notre Dame 70, Miami 63 - I don't think Miami's going to get there

Big East quarterfinals:
Villanova 84, Marquette 49
Providence 74, St John's 57 - pretty important for Provi to avoid slipping towards the 7 or 8 line
Georgetown 60, Creighton 55
Xavier 67, Butler 61 (OT) - seeding Butler might be tricky

Pac-12 quarterfinals:
Arizona 73, California 51
UCLA 96, USC 70
Oregon 93, Colorado 85
Utah 80, Stanford 56

Big 10 2nd round:
Michigan 73, Illinois 55 - not the way to stay on the bubble
Penn St 67, Iowa 58 - there's the Iowa we know and love
Indiana 71, Northwestern 56 - on this day, a service hold is gold
Ohio St 79, Minnesota 73 - finally, a lockbox for OSU

SEC 2nd round:
Florida 69, Alabama 61 - pretty significant game for the NIT bubble
Auburn 66, Texas A&M 59 - and now everyone's got A&M way adrift from the bubble, rightfully so.  The basketball gods took my big call a couple weeks ago away from me, sigh
Tennessee 67, Vanderbilt 61 - the SEC is drunk
South Carolina 60, Ole Miss 58 - jesus, what an awful loss.  SEC has gone full SEC late in the season

A-10 2nd round:
LaSalle 76, UMass 69 - could cost UMass the NIT
VCU 63, Fordham 57
St Bonaventure 60, St Joseph's 49
George Washington 73, Duquesne 55

AAC 1st round:
East Carolina 81, Central Florida 80 (OT)
Houston 66, Tulane 60
UConn 69, South Florida 43

Mountain West quarterfinals:
Boise St 80, Air Force 68
Wyoming 67, Utah St 65
San Diego St 67, UNLV 64
Colorado St 71, Fresno St 59 - everyone's stable in this conference

MAC quarterfinals:
Toledo 78, Eastern Michigan 67
Akron 53, Kent St 51

CUSA quarterfinals:
UTEP 83, Florida International 71
Middle Tennessee 59, Old Dominion 52 - catastrophic loss of the day
UAB 53, Western Kentucky 52
Louisiana Tech 70, Rice 64 - with ODU out, this becomes an active bid poaching situation for NIT bubble teams

Big Sky quarterfinals:
Eastern Washington 91, Idaho 83
Sacramento St 70, Portland St 60
Northern Arizona 63, Northern Colorado 57
Montana 76, Weber St 73 (OT) - the top 4 teams hold serve here

Big West quarterfinals:
UC-Davis 71, Cal St-Northridge 67
Hawaii 79, Long Beach St 72
UC-Irvine 63, UC-Riverside 54
UC-Santa Barbara 54, Cal Poly 50

Sun Belt 1st round:
Texas St 68, Texas-Arlington 62
South Alabama 57, Arkansas-Little Rock 55

Southland 2nd round:
Northwestern St 96, McNeese St 89
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 61, New Orleans 58

MEAC quarterfinals:
Hampton 76, Maryland-Eastern Shore 71
Delaware St 65, Howard 60

SWAC quarterfinals:
Southern 64, Alabama A&M 60
Prairie View A&M 62, Jackson St 56

WAC quarterfinals:
Cal St-Bakersfield 55, Utah Valley 40
UMKC 70, Texas-Pan American 61
Seattle 49, Chicago St 45

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