3/9 recap

Davidson 73, @Richmond 69
Dayton 78, @Duquesne 67 - A-10 desperately trying to stay somewhere in this bubble race

@Virginia 73, Louisville 68 - UVa is locked onto the 1 line
@UNC 79, Duke 70 - this Zion thing is officially a Thing.  Duke off the 1 line
Florida St 65, @Wake 57
@Clemson 67, Syracuse 55 - I'll admit, part of me was rooting for Syracuse so we could just discard Clemson entirely.  As is, we have a loser-out game with NCSU coming up
NC State 73, @BC 47 - road wins are never trivial

@Temple 67, UCF 62 - the AAC couldn't have played out this last week any better.  UCF picks up 2 signature wins; Temple picks up a signature win over the team that became signature last week
@Memphis 66, Tulsa 63 - I'll admit I looked at Memphis' profile a little bit, just to see if I could pick up any Tulsa '16 vibes.  Can't do it

Texas Tech 80, @Iowa St 73
@Kansas 78, Baylor 70
@Kansas St 68, Oklahoma 53
TCU 69, @Texas 56 - ok, now it's getting serious for Texas.  At some point, you have to actually, physically win games.  I'm taking them out for the time being under the emergency protocol of "I can't put a 16-15 team in this field".  Applying same principle to Indiana, if only briefly.  TCU is hardly safe, but this is a biggie

Georgetown 86, @Marquette 84 - go to hell, Big East
@Seton Hall 79, Villanova 75 - it's not pretty, but SHU will be the 4th team out of the BE
@Providence 83, Butler 70
@Xavier 81, St John's 68
@Creighton 91, DePaul 78 - the way I see it, Creighton/Provi/G'town/Xavier are still all in play, in some form, but all are comfortably out right now

@Michigan St 75, Michigan 63 - this was for a spot on the 2 line
Purdue 70, @Northwestern 57

@Nevada 81, San Diego St 53

Arizona St 72, @Arizona 64
Oregon 55, @Washington 47 - oh lord
NITwatch:  Oregon St, Colorado, Utah win.  Lord have mercy on the NIT committee sorting this conference out

@Auburn 84, Tennessee 80 - today's phrase of the day is "contingency brackets".  As is the selection committee will need them for the SEC championship, as I see the winner there getting a 1 seed, point blank
@LSU 80, Vandy 59
@Kentucky 66, Florida 57
@Mississippi St 92, Texas A&M 81
Ole Miss 73, @Missouri 68 - road wins are never trivial
@Arkansas 82, Alabama 70 - this is why road win are never trivial.  Bama out

@New Mexico St 75, Cal Baptist 63 - I don't think it's realistic, but NMSU has only 4 losses and a shiny NET

OVC finals:
Murray St 77, Belmont 65 - and now, we get to discuss Belmont for a week.  Do you want Texas, Indiana, NC State, or Belmont?  I think I know where just about everyone will go on this one

SoCon quarters:
Wofford 92, VMI 72
East Tennessee St 68, Chattanooga 64
UNC Greensboro 77, Samford 70
Furman 85, Mercer 74 - form holds, so we get the four studs in the semifinals.  Maximum profile enhancements coming for the winners

WCC quarters:
Pepperdine 89, San Francisco 72 - what a whimper to the finish line for USF
San Diego 80, BYU 57 - WHAT.  BYU, what are you doing.  If nothing else, this kills St Mary's as they would've needed the profile boost of a win over BYU for a last-gasp chance at an at-large bid

MVC semis:
Bradley 53, Loyola(Chi) 51
Northern Iowa 60, Drake 58 - this tournament goes sideways, but given the parity here, it was one of the likeliest to go sideways

NEC semis:
Fairleigh Dickinson 66, Robert Morris 62
St Francis(PA) 72, LIU 64

CAA 1st round:
James Madison 74, Towson 73
UNC Wilmington 93, Elon 86

AEast quarters:
UMBC 62, Albany 54
Hartford 78, UMass Lowell 70
Vermont 73, Maine 57
Binghamton 78, Stony Brook 72 - major upset, and the road is wide open for Vermont

Summit quarters:
Western Illinois 79, South Dakota St 76 - wait, what?
Omaha 81, North Dakota 76

MAAC quarters:
Monmouth 98, Quinnipiac 92
Siena 87, Rider 81