Thursday, March 14, 2019

3/14 recap

ACC quarters:
Virginia 76, NC State 56 - I think I'm going to do everything in my power to not put NC State in this field
Florida St 65, Virginia Tech 63 (OT)
North Carolina 83, Louisville 70
Duke 84, Syracuse 72 - Duke/UNC for a spot on the 1 line

Big 12 quarters:
West Virginia 79, Texas Tech 74 - wat
Kansas St 70, TCU 61 - the bubble isn't really shrinking, so I think TCU might be home free, but I'm not feeling great about it
Kansas 65, Texas 57 - you can't put a .500 team in this tournament.  You just can't
Iowa St 83, Baylor 66

Big East quarters:
Marquette 86, St John's 54
Villanova 73, Providence 62
Xavier 63, Creighton 61 - I think that's the end of Creighton.  Xavier will be a fun revisit if they beat Nova
Seton Hall 73, Georgetown 57 - and that's it for Georgetown. Things simplified in this conference:  SHU in, SJU probably in, Xavier longshot, and that's it

B1G 2nd round:
Nebraska 69, Maryland 61 - well, that's one less team we have to worry about on the 4 and 5 lines
Ohio St 79, Indiana 75 - I think that might be one loss too many for Indiana.  And only 17 wins.  Some of these other teams with 14 losses that got in in the past had more than 17 wins.  Man, I just don't know.  I need to look at this closer
Minnesota 77, Penn St 72 (OT) - Minny is probably home free
Iowa 83, Illinois 62 - Iowa needed to avoid the disaster scenario, and they did.  Streaking towards a 8 big B1G at this point

SEC 2nd round:
Auburn 81, Missouri 71
Florida 66, Arkansas 50
Alabama 62, Ole Miss 57 - that's a significant win, and now we gotta discuss Alabama.  Especially if they get one more
Mississippi St 80, Texas A&M 54

Pac-12 quarters:
Washington 78, USC 75
Colorado 73, Oregon St 58
Arizona St 83, UCLA 72
Oregon 66, Utah 54 - hey what do you know, the Pac-12 got their 4 best teams to a semifinal.  I think you're also looking at the 2 NCAA and 2 NIT teams here, with an modest chance for both OSU and Utah to sneak in

AAC 1st round:
UConn 80, South Florida 73
Memphis 83, Tulane 68
SMU 74, Tulsa 65
Wichita St 73, East Carolina 57

MWC quarters:
Nevada 77, Boise St 69
San Diego St 63, UNLV 55
Utah St 91, New Mexico 83
Fresno St 76, Air Force 50

MAC quarters:
Buffalo 82, Akron 46
Central Michigan 89, Kent St 81
Northern Illinois 80, Toledo 76 - that's going to cost Toledo a NIT bid and the MAC their best chance at generating an at-large bid artificially (by upsetting Buffalo) they've ever had
Bowling Green 99, Ball St 86

A-10 2nd round:
Rhode Island 76, LaSalle 57
George Mason 61, George Washington 57
St Joseph's 92, Duquesne 86
St Louis 71, Richmond 68

Big Sky quarters:
Montana 79, Sacramento St 73
Weber St 81, Portland St 71
Southern Utah 83, Northern Colorado 64
Eastern Washington 90, Montana St 84

Big West quarters:
UCSB 71, Cal St Northridge 68
Cal St Fullerton 75, UC Davis 71
UC Irvine 63, UC Riverside 44
Long Beach St 68, Hawaii 66

WAC quarters:
New Mexico St 86, Chicago St 49
UTRGV 85, Cal St Bakersfield 70
Utah Valley 71, UMKC 64
Grand Canyon 84, Seattle 75

CUSA quarters:
Old Dominion 57, Louisiana Tech 56
UAB 85, UTSA 76
Western Kentucky 67, North Texas 51
Southern Miss 82, Marshall 73

Southland 2nd round:
New Orleans 76, Lamar 72
SE Louisiana 79, Central Arkansas 65

Sun Belt 2nd round:
South Alabama 70, Louisiana 69
Louisiana-Monroe 80, Coastal Carolina 50

MEAC quarters:
North Carolina Central 75, Delaware St 57
Howard 80, Bethune-Cookman 71

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