Saturday, March 4, 2017

3/4 recap

Big 12:
Kansas 90, @Oklahoma St 85
Baylor 75, @Texas 64
@Kansas St 61, Texas Tech 48 - wins are wins are wins
@Oklahoma 73, TCU 68 - it was a good run while it lasted, TCU.  This was just inexcusable for any type of bubble team

ACC:
@North Carolina 90, Duke 83 - feel a bit better about UNC on the 1 line, and frankly it's going to take a lot in this final week to move me off of UNC/Gonzaga/Nova/Kansas on the 1 line
@Louisville 71, Notre Dame 64 - I'm holding firm on Louisville on the 2 line...
@Florida St 66, Miami 57
@Virginia 67, Pittsburgh 42
@Syracuse 90, Georgia Tech 61 - well, that's not a great look for GaTech
@Clemson 82, Boston College 68 - whatever
Wake Forest 89, @Virginia Tech 84 - it took the whole damn season, but Wake is finally getting around to putting good wins on the resume.  Have probably passed GT in the pecking order, at least

Big East:
Villanova 81, @Georgetown 55
Seton Hall 70, @Butler 64 - and SHU probably enters the lockbox.  What the hell are you supposed to do with Butler?  All those signature wins, all these losses 3 seeds aren't supposed to have
Providence 86, @St John's 75 - road wins are never trivial
Xavier 79, @DePaul 65 - for X, every win is not a trivial win at this point
@Marquette 91, Creighton 83 - how the hell are there enough wins to get all these Big East teams into the tournament?

Pac-12:
@UCLA 77, Washington St 68
Oregon 80, @Oregon St 59
Arizona 73, @Arizona St 60
@Colorado 54, California 46 - one way to eject out of the bubble conversation is to do what Cal did this week
@USC 74, Washington 58
@Utah 67, Stanford 59 - NIT bubble implications!

B1G:
@Rutgers 62, Illinois 59 - man, what the hell is this, Illinois.  What are you doing
Indiana 96, @Ohio St 92 - Indiana's in a coma, but they're not dead yet
@Maryland 63, Michigan St 60 - MSU is probably safe, but they're cutting it close at this point

SEC:
Kentucky 71, @Texas A&M 63 - this can change, but feeling more confident about UK on the 3 line.  Committee won't respect the SEC
@Vanderbilt 73, Florida 71 - so this Vandy thing might be happening after all.  This kills Florida's chances at the 2 line (and maybe Kentucky's too)
@Tennessee 59, Alabama 54 - should be endgame for both teams' at large hopes, really
@Arkansas 85, Georgia 67 - probably endgame for Georgia's chances too.  SEC consolidating their situation down to a bubbly Vandy and 4 locks
@Ole Miss 75, South Carolina 70 - the emptiest 19-12 record in the country belongs to Ole Miss.  Finally added a quality win at the death.  Not relevant
@Auburn 89, Missouri 78
@Mississippi St 88, LSU 76

AAC:
@SMU 103, Memphis 62

A-10:
@VCU 72, George Mason 60
@George Washington 87, Dayton 81 - well that complicates things a bit
@Rhode Island 73, Davidson 70 (OT) - gotta think URI needs one more signature win to have a real chance
@St Bonaventure 60, UMass 56 - NIT bubble implications!
@Richmond 72, St Louis 62 - more NIT bubble implications!

MWC:
@Nevada 85, Colorado St 72 - Nevada.  Not dead yet in the at-large pool
Boise St 98, @Air Force 70

elsewhere:
@Middle Tennessee 93, Florida Atlantic 59
@Louisiana-Lafayette 83, Texas-Arlington 81 - probably the fatal blow to UTA's at large chances

OVC finals:
Jacksonville St 66, Tennessee-Martin 55

MVC semifinals:
Wichita St 78, Missouri St 63
Illinois St 63, Southern Illinois 50 - now we wait to see who enters the at-large board tomorrow

NEC semifinals:
St Francis(PA) 71, Wagner 70
Mount St Mary's 75, Robert Morris 66

Horizon 2nd round:
Youngstown St 81, Oakland 80 - yikes
Milwaukee 43, Valparaiso 41 - double yikes.  Horizon is going to get ugly with the top 2 gone

WCC quarterfinals:
Gonzaga 82, Pacific 50
BYU 89, Loyola Marymount 81
Santa Clara 76, San Francisco 69
St Mary's 81, Portland 58

CAA quarterfinals:
UNC Wilmington 91, Delaware 82
William & Mary 71, Elon 66
Charleston 67, James Madison 62
Towson 82, Northeastern 54 - top teams hold here

SoCon quarterfinals:
UNC Greensboro 76, Citadel 67
Wofford 79, Chattanooga 67
Samford 67, Furman 63 - there's one of the 3 leaders down
East Tennessee St 73, Mercer 66

MAAC quarterfinals:
Iona 88, Rider 70
Siena 78, Fairfield 66

Summit quarterfinals:
South Dakota 78, Western Illinois 69 (OT) - near disaster
IUPUI 76, North Dakota St 57 - and now the path is cleared for USD

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