official conference tourney thread

[813Jag]

Patriot League started things off yesterday

#9 Lafayette beat #8 Loyola (Md) 84-71
#7 Colgate beat #10 Navy 57-51

Horizon League starts tonight.
First Round, March 4:
No. 9 UIC at No. 4 Valparaiso, 7 p.m. local
No. 8 Detroit at No. 5 Milwaukee, 7 p.m. local
No. 7 Youngstown State at No. 6 Oakland, 7 p.m. local

Atlantic Sun also starts tonight:

#7 Jacksonville at #2 Mercer
Macon, Ga. (ESPN3)




#8 Stetson at #1 FGCU
Fort Myers, Fla. (ESPN3)




#6 North Florida at #3 USC Upstate
Spartanburg, S.C. (ESPN3)




#5 Lipscomb at #4 ETSU
Johnson City, Tenn. (ASun.TV)

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

The Patriot League Tournament resumes tomorrow night...

#9 Lafayette @ #1 Boston U.
#5 Army @ #4 Bucknell
#6 Lehigh @ #3 Holy Cross
#7 Colgate @ #2 American

[citdog]

Southern Conference Basketball Tournament

https://admin.xosn.com/fls/4000//socon/Championships/2013-14/Basketball/14MBKBracket.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=4000

[darell1976]

Atlantic Sun

3/6

1 FGSU
4 ETSU

3 USC Upstate
2 Mercer

Big South North

3/7

1 High Point
4 Winthrop

2 UNCA
3 Radford

Patriot League

3/5

1 BU
9 Lafayette

4 Bucknell
5 Army

3 HC
6 Lehigh

7 Colgate
2 American U

[melloware13]

NEC starts tonight, all 7 PM Eastern:
8. Farleigh Dickinson @
1. Robert Morris

5. St. Francis (NY) @
4. Mount St. Mary's

6. St. Francis (PA) @
3. Bryant

7. Central Connecticut State @
2. Wagner

OVC also kicks off tonight in Nashville:
5. Tennessee Tech v. 8. SIU - Edwardsville - 7 PM Eastern - winner to face 4. Morehead State tomorrow
6. SE Missouri State v. 7. Eastern Illinois - 9 PM Eastern - winner to face 3. Eastern Kentucky tomorrow

WCC and MAAC start tomorrow.

[darell1976]

Why isn't ESPN or Fox College Sports televising these tournament games? Next to MM its the most important part of the season.

Correction FCS is televising the NEC Tournament tonight.

[clenz]

Because there would be **** 2000 people watching...

The duke wake fans tonight will have hundreds of thousands...ish. a generic ACC/B10/B12 game is going to rate better than any of those title games

Sent from my S4 using Tapatalk

[FargoBison]

Why isn't ESPN or Fox College Sports televising these tournament games? Next to MM its the most important part of the season.

Correction FCS is televising the NEC Tournament tonight.

You can watch a lot of these games either online or various cable networks(FCS or Comcast)...https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuEh2Uie-nSmdExETURhX0ZCR21iNzlEOW9BTGxwdVE&usp=sharing#gid=0

[darell1976]

You can watch a lot of these games either online or various cable networks(FCS or Comcast)...https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuEh2Uie-nSmdExETURhX0ZCR21iNzlEOW9BTGxwdVE&usp=sharing#gid=0

Thanks for the link!

[darell1976]

The First member of the Dance could be tomorrow. Harvard @ Yale. Harvard wins and they go dancing. (there is no conference tournament)

[AshevilleApp2]

Southern Conference Basketball Tournament

https://admin.xosn.com/fls/4000//socon/Championships/2013-14/Basketball/14MBKBracket.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=4000

We could be done by 1:00 pm today. I hate the early start, kind of hard to pregame in the AM.

[AshevilleApp2]

We could be done by 1:00 pm today. I hate the early start, kind of hard to pregame in the AM.

Thud! Somebody please beat Davidson.

[Twentysix]

The IUPUI women are making the NDSU women look silly on TV. 26-44 at half.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

AAC schedule is set

First Round 3/12
#7 Rutgers vs. #10 USF
#8 Temple vs. #9 UCF

Quarterfinals 3/13
#3 SMU vs. #6 Houston
#2 Louisville vs. #7/#10 winner
#1 Cincinnati vs. #8/#9 winner
#4 UConn vs. #5 Memphis

[AshevilleApp2]

Great comeback by Western yesterday! Good luck today against Davidson. From what I saw yesterday, y'all are going to need it.

[darell1976]

The Big Sky Conference is set: March 13-15

Men: From Ogden, UT (Weber State)

1. Weber State-BYE

2. North Dakota
7. Sac State

3. Northern Arizona
6. Northern Colorado

4. Montana
5. Portland State

Women: From Grand Forks, ND (UND)

1. UND-BYE

2. Southern Utah
7. Sac State

3. Montana
6. Montana State

4. Eastern Washington
5. Idaho State

[Twentysix]

IPFW beats IUPUI and advances to the Semi-finals with a 85-47 victory. They are the opposite side of the bracket from NDSU. IPFW will play the victor of the SDSU WIU game.

South Dakota and Denver play today at 2pm, the victor is sent to their death vs NDSU ;) in the semis.

[darell1976]

IPFW beats IUPUI and advances to the Semi-finals with a 85-47 victory. They are the opposite side of the bracket from NDSU. IPFW will play the victor of the SDSU WIU game.

South Dakota and Denver play today at 2pm, the victor is sent to their death vs NDSU ;) in the semis.

What year does Omaha become eligible?

[Twentysix]

What year does Omaha become eligible?

I don't think its next year, 2016?

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4 Denver vs 5 South Dakota-------4/5 vs 1 NDSU


3/6/IPFW vs 4/5/NDSU (Championship)


2 IPFW 85 vs 7 IUPUI 47-------3/6 vs 2 IPFW

3 SDSU vs 6 WIU

[Twentysix]

DU and USD split in the regular season DU won by 9, USD won by 5.

SDSU swept WIU in the regular season by 9 and 12.

[bonarae]

Important updates:

Mercer (future SoCon member) will be dancing for the first time since 1985. Dunk City isn't coming back... because of them. (Atlantic Sun)

Coastal Carolina will be dancing as well for the first time since 1993. (Big South)

More importantly, Albany and Stony Brook are in position to get the America East Dance bid. Stony Brook will end a long drought if they win. (They have never danced since migrating from Division II in 1999.)

Finally, Davidson was eliminated in the SoCon tournament semis. The Catamounts will face Wofford for the Dance bid. (The Catamounts haven't Danced since 1996; Kevin Martin shares a dubious reputation with Jeremy Lin: both didn't Dance with their respective teams while in college, while both shined and thrived in the NBA.)

[AshevilleApp2]

Thud! Somebody please beat Davidson.

Thank you Western! Good luck tonight.

[813Jag]

operartion turn the SWAC into a bigger laughing stock begins wednesday for Southern. The actual tourney starts tomorrow.

[813Jag]

SWAC tournament schedule:

Men's Tournament:
Tuesday, March 11
First Round
#10 Grambling vs #7 Jackson State 12:30 PM
#9 Mississippi Valley vs #8 Prairie View A&M 8:00 PM
Wednesday, March 12
Quarterfinals
#7/#10 winner vs #2 Texas Southern 12:30 PM
#8/#9 winner vs #1 Southern 8:00 PM
Thursday, March 13
Quarterfinals
#6 Alcorn State vs #3 Alabama State 12:30 PM
#5 Alabama A&M vs #4 Arkansas Pine Bluff 8:00 PM
Friday March 14
Semifinals
Semifinal #1 2:30 PM
Semifinal #2 8:30 PM
Saturday March 15
Final
Semifinal #1 winner vs Semifinal #2 winner 3:30 PM ESPNU

[813Jag]

SWAC tournament
Women's Tournament:
Tuesday, March 11
First Round
#10 Arkansas Pine Bluff vs #7 Grambling 10:00 AM
#9 Alabama A&M vs #8 Alcorn State 5:30 PM
Wednesday, March 12
Quarterfinals
#7/#10 winner vs #2 Texas Southern 10:00 AM
#8/#9 winner vs #1 Southern 5:30 PM
Thursday, March 13
Quarterfinals
#6 Mississippi Valley vs #3 Jackson State 10:00 AM
#5 Alabama State vs #4 Prairie View 5:30 PM
Friday March 14
Semifinals
Semifinal #1 12:00 PM
Semifinal #2 6:00 PM
Saturday March 15
Final
Semifinal #1 winner vs Semifinal #2 winner 12:00 PM ESPN3

[Twentysix]

4 Denver vs 1 NDSU


3 SDSU/2 IPFW vs 4 Denver/1 NDSU (Championship)


3 SDSU vs 2 IPFW

It's too bad that darell put his money on USD.

Scores so far:

DU 71 USD 55

SDSU 71 WIU 50

IPFW 85 IUPUI 47

[Twentysix]

I predict an NDSU SDSU championship game. DU beat NDSU when our star player had the flu, and they won by one shot.

SDSU manhandled IPFW last time they met, no reason they won't again 79-51 last time. Last night SDSU played their entire bench for more than 5 minutes vs WIU and still won by 21.

[darell1976]

4 Denver vs 1 NDSU


3 SDSU/2 IPFW vs 4 Denver/1 NDSU (Championship)


3 SDSU vs 2 IPFW

It's too bad that darell put his money on USD.

Scores so far:

DU 71 USD 55

SDSU 71 WIU 50

IPFW 85 IUPUI 47

I believe I said anyone can go to the dance and only 11 teams last year won both the regular season and their conference tournament (I used USD as an example of a team that could go to the dance), as of now #2 seed Mercer, #3 EKU are dancing, # 5 Milwaukee or #3 Wright State will be dancing, #5 Western Carolina or #3 Wofford will be dancing. Only 2 #1 seeds out of 4 complete conference tournaments made it to the dance. Just like Weber State is not a guarantee to win the BSC tournament, it could be #7 Sac State or #2 UND.

[dbackjon]

SWAC tournament schedule:

Men's Tournament:
Tuesday, March 11
First Round
#10 Grambling vs #7 Jackson State 12:30 PM
#9 Mississippi Valley vs #8 Prairie View A&M 8:00 PM
Wednesday, March 12
Quarterfinals
#7/#10 winner vs #2 Texas Southern 12:30 PM
#8/#9 winner vs #1 Southern 8:00 PM
Thursday, March 13
Quarterfinals
#6 Alcorn State vs #3 Alabama State 12:30 PM
#5 Alabama A&M vs #4 Arkansas Pine Bluff 8:00 PM
Friday March 14
Semifinals
Semifinal #1 2:30 PM
Semifinal #2 8:30 PM
Saturday March 15
Final
Semifinal #1 winner vs Semifinal #2 winner 3:30 PM ESPNU

Which teams are ineligible?

[Twentysix]

First half is almost over, NDSU leads by 25. 15 to 40.

[Twentysix]

42 to 15, NDSU leads DU at the half.

NDSU is shooting 74% atm, and 73% in their last two halves vs DU.

https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/1966901_10152314323104532_2052655725_n.jpg

Braun has 18 at the half, this pic is missing one shot. Thats right, Braun is single handidly beating DU by 3. ;) 18-15

[Twentysix]

Braun comes out of the game at 8min after DU commits a flagarant foul against him. He sinks both free throws then is replaced.

It is 70-30 at this point.

[Twentysix]

Walk ons are playing the last 5 minutes.

[Twentysix]

The walkons win the game 83-48. Not bad walkons, not bad.

[bonarae]

Delaware gets the CAA Dance ticket. Western/Wofford at 9 pm.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Delaware gets the CAA Dance ticket. Western/Wofford at 9 pm.

The Delaware-W&M game was awesome! The Tribe were so close to their first ever tourney bid!

UD could be a sleeper. They have a legit big man and Threatt is a very good guard...

[LeadBolt]

Congratulations to the Hens. You guys made the plays you needed to make to win. Good luck in the NCAA.

[bonarae]

Manhattan gets the MAAC autobid, ending a 10-year drought. Wofford gets the SoCon autobid.

Also, the Blue Hens end a 15-year Dance drought.

[Laker]

Congratulations to the Hens. You guys made the plays you needed to make to win. Good luck in the NCAA.

Nothing against Delaware, but I was really pulling for W&M to get to the tourney. So close!

[Twentysix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7MaNyODft9k

Hopefully tomorrow is a repeat of today. 1 NDSU vs 2 IPFW.

[citdog]

Congratulations to the Hens. You guys made the plays you needed to make to win. Good luck in the NCAA.


Sorry for the Tribe! The Inept 5 could have lost a member........The Inept5 (Northwestern, Hudson High, The Citadel, St. Francis, William & Mary) of original Div I schools to NEVER make the NCAA Tournament.



Congrats to Wofford for winning the SoCon.......

[AshevilleApp2]

Congratulations to Wofford. Great run by Western that just fell short. Great Southern Conference Tournament.

[dungeonjoe]

I leave for a while and this place goes to pot... Citdog congratulating Wofford and Asheville app has a WCU helmet as a icon. Good to see you guys!

it was a heck of a game. Kind of hoping we get a play-in game. 250k for that for the conference plus another 250k if we win. Surely, we could use that money for a TV contract for the conference.

[Professor Chaos]

I'll be in Sioux Falls, SD tonight hopefully to watch the Bison cut down the nets. Tip off between NDSU and IPFW (the bastard lovechild of the University of Indiana and Purdue University located in Fort Wayne) is at 8PM CT tonight on ESPN2.

[TheRevSFA]

First round
Wednesday, March 12
SLC Digital

Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 13
SLC Digital

Semifinals
Friday, March 14
ESPN3 (http://www.anygivensaturday.com/wiki/ESPN3)

Championship
Saturday, March 15
ESPN2 (http://www.anygivensaturday.com/wiki/ESPN2)























































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[AshevilleApp2]

I leave for a while and this place goes to pot... Citdog congratulating Wofford and Asheville app has a WCU helmet as a icon. Good to see you guys!

it was a heck of a game. Kind of hoping we get a play-in game. 250k for that for the conference plus another 250k if we win. Surely, we could use that money for a TV contract for the conference.

Good to see you Joe! Still an App fan, but with the impending departure I've got to pick a new FCS team.

[Laker]

The South Dakota women just beat Denver 82-71 to win the Summit League playoffs. Denver would have gone to the Big Dance with a losing record. USD lost to SDSU last year in the finals but beat the Jacks in the semis this year.

Sioux Falls has a lot of venues to play at. I was at the Pentagon last week- I think that holds 3800 and is brand new. And they are building a 12,000 seat arena for next fall. Growing place.

[813Jag]

10 seed Grambling gets the SWAC tournament off to a rousing start by knocking off 7 seed Jackson State 84-75

[bonarae]

The Bison are dancing, finally. Well-deserved. xsmileyclapx

[Twentysix]

The Bison are dancing, finally. Well-deserved. xsmileyclapx

Hopefully we will fare even better than we did against KU last time.

[Twentysix]

CBS has our RPI at 37 before the Championship win, but including the DU beatdown yesterday. Hopefully we can snag a 12 seed with 37 or better RPI..

That sure was an ugly game.

[AshevilleApp2]

Congratulations to NDSU. I'm too lazy to do the research, but I'm curious if any school has won the 1AA/FCS Championship and made the Big Dance in the same school year?

[813Jag]

Southern plays their first game of the SWAC tourney against PVU tonight. #8 seed PVU knocked off #9 seed MVSU last night.

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CBS has our RPI at 37 before the Championship win, but including the DU beatdown yesterday. Hopefully we can snag a 12 seed with 37 or better RPI..

That sure was an ugly game.
Congrats!

[AshevilleApp2]

Congratulations to NDSU. I'm too lazy to do the research, but I'm curious if any school has won the 1AA/FCS Championship and made the Big Dance in the same school year?

Edit: I expect Villanova did a few years back. Any others?

[Twentysix]

Edit: I expect Villanova did a few years back. Any others?

What FCS champions have strong bball, maybe Montana?

I remember filling out a bracket with villanova winning, because i wanted them to win both. So yeah Villanova did it in 08 or 09, something like that.

How about Umass?

[Twentysix]

Montana was a 15 seed in 02 and won the championship in 01, so close, but no cigar.

[bri-dog]

Montana was a 15 seed in 02 and won the championship in 01, so close, but no cigar.

But the Chipper was played in December back then, wasn't it? If so, that would be the same school year...

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

American and Boston U. play tonight at 7:30 on CBS Sportsnetwork for the PL Title....

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

Surprised not to see more comments by the Patriot Old Guard on this final. xsmiley_wix

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

American up 24-16 at halftime.

[darell1976]

Hopefully we will fare even better than we did against KU last time.

Congrats on making the dance!! Hopefully we can join you.

[bonarae]

Like Wisconsin-Green Bay, Boston U (ex-FCS) and also Robert Morris (current FCS) gave it all away... xbawlingx And all go to the NIT... xsmhx

So far, here are the FCS clinchers in the Dance:

Harvard
Eastern Kentucky
Mercer
Coastal Carolina
Wofford
North Dakota State
Delaware

And the possible at - larges from FCS football playing schools:
Villanova (a lock because of top 15 ranking)
Dayton (bubble team, possible First Four at home)

Possible autobids (not decided yet, grouped by conference):
Albany/Stony Brook (America East)
Whoever's from the Big Sky (since all of them in the tourney are also FCS members)
Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston, Nicholls or Northwestern State (Southland)
Whoever's from the SWAC that is eligible... (see Big Sky) - Texas Southern, Alabama State, Alcorn State, Prairie View, Alabama A&M
NC Central, Savannah State, Morgan State, Norfolk State or Florida A&M (MEAC)
Cal Poly (the lone FCS football participating school in the Big West tournament)

[AshevilleApp2]

But the Chipper was played in December back then, wasn't it? If so, that would be the same school year...

Yes.

[813Jag]

PVU upsets Southern, the Panthers played a great game, the Jags didn't seem like they wanted to be there and just wanted to get this mess of a season over. Luckily for the SWAC 3 of the 4 ineligible teams are gone already. UAPB plays tonight.

[TheRevSFA]

Nicholls State and ORU advance. Nicholls plays Northwestern State while ORU plays the convicts from Huntsville.

[bonarae]

PVU upsets Southern, the Panthers played a great game, the Jags didn't seem like they wanted to be there and just wanted to get this mess of a season over. Luckily for the SWAC 3 of the 4 ineligible teams are gone already. UAPB plays tonight.

And... UAPB is gone. Good showing by the remaining eligible SWAC teams... just hoping Texas Southern makes it.

[darell1976]

BSC men

UND vs PSU
UNC vs WSU

BSC women

ISU vs UND
UM vs SUU

[813Jag]

And... UAPB is gone. Good showing by the remaining eligible SWAC teams... just hoping Texas Southern makes it.
The tourney is as it should have been. This is Texas Southern's tourney to lose. Southern's women's team is the only fly left in the ointment. They have a semifinal matchup against #4 seed PVU today.

[813Jag]

my favorite moment from yesterday:
http://i.minus.com/i7gEqGSGJU7Q1.gif

[TheRevSFA]

Rematch of the SLC Tourney championship game from last year as 1 SFA takes on 4 NW State. 2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi takes on 3 Sam Houston.

Games tonight are on ESPN3

[darell1976]

Both UND men and women will be in the BSC Championship tomorrow!!! South Dakota women are dancing, NDSU men are dancing...time for UND to join the crowd!!

[TheRevSFA]

SFA vs Sam for the championship. Saturday at 730 on espn2

[Twentysix]

Both UND men and women will be in the BSC Championship tomorrow!!! South Dakota women are dancing, NDSU men are dancing...time for UND to join the crowd!!

Would und be a 16? Might get a play-in-game that you could win.

[Thundar]

Would und be a 16? Might get a play-in-game that you could win.

yes, sub 200 RPI I would guess a 16 and more than likely a play in game

[darell1976]

Would und be a 16? Might get a play-in-game that you could win.

Thats why I wish they would have kept the teams at 64, I don't like this play in game, just because the bigger schools in the power conferences cry about being bubble teams and don't get in. UND would be in no matter what because its an autobid, I hope if it is a play-in game they better win.

[darell1976]

UND Women are dancing!!! Big Sky Conference Tournament Champions, from second to the worst last year to the dance this year (second year of eligibility)

UND men play Weber St tonight at 7pm (CT) on ESPNU!

[bonarae]

I slept and now I found out that Stony Brook is NIT bound once again... xnonono2x

Conference tournaments really have to go!! xbadx

[bonarae]

Meanwhile, NC Central has punched their Dance ticket today.

[BluBengal07]

Meanwhile, NC Central has punched their Dance ticket today.

that was a pretty good game. congrats to NCCU though. first year in D1 and already going to the dance.

[marenlee]

I slept and now I found out that Stony Brook is NIT bound once again... xnonono2x

Conference tournaments really have to go!! xbadx

Boo! Put up or shut up. You have to love March Mayhem unless you're on the losing end. xnodx

[darell1976]

Weber St beat UND to clam the BSC Tournament Championship and is going dancing. Congrats Weber State.

[bonarae]

Boo! Put up or shut up. You have to love March Mayhem unless you're on the losing end. xnodx

I love the way Ivy League does things in basketball, volleyball, soccer and some other sports (though in baseball and softball they don't do this, since these have divisions). Send the regular season champion to the dance (or the postseason tournament in other sports). I wouldn't have it any other way.

Conference tournaments aside, I love the Dance. But I don't like the idea of knockout conference tournaments because they have already played each other at least twice.

[TheRevSFA]

SFA destroys Sam and is going dancing

[poly51]

Cal Poly is going to the dance!!! Number 7 seed in the Big West tournement beat number 2, number 1 and finally the number 5.