Saturday, March 7, 2015

3/7 preview

Tournament central:
NEC semifinals
Big South semifinals
MAAC quarterfinals
CAA quarterfinals
SoCon quarterfinals
MVC semifinals
WCC quarterfinals
Horizon semifinals
Summit quarterfinals
OVC finals - Belmont and Murray St
A lot of stuff to keep tabs on with the smaller conferences.  Wichita and UNI should hold in the Valley, and most everywhere else, conference leaders begin their conference tournaments.

Key games:
Michigan St at Indiana - this is the one that might endanger IU
Georgia Southern at Georgia St - for the Sun Belt title
LSU at Arkansas - the good news is that LSU can't really be hurt by this game
Stanford at Arizona - here's the magic elixir for Stanford
Illinois at Purdue - one bubble team will be uncomfortable after today
Yale at Dartmouth - for the Ivy
Sam Houston St at Stephen F Austin -for the Southland

Hold-serve games:
Syracuse at NC State
Miami at Virginia Tech
Pittsburgh at Florida St
Northwestern at Iowa
UConn at Temple
Alabama at Texas A&M
Xavier at Creighton
Kansas St at Texas
Georgia at Auburn
Western Kentucky at Old Dominion
Davidson at Duquesne
Fresno St at Boise St
Colorado St at Utah St
Vanderbilt at Ole Miss

Seeding implications:
Butler at Providence - I'm higher on Provi than most, a win here would just catch everyone else up to where I have them (elsewhere, Georgetown should hold against Seton Hall at home)
Oklahoma St at West Virginia
St John's at Villanova
Kansas at Oklahoma
Clemson at Notre Dame
Dayton at LaSalle
Utah at Washington
George Mason at VCU
Virginia at Louisville
Iowa St at TCU
Duke at North Carolina
Nevada at San Diego St

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