Saturday Smackdown

Friday was a HUGE day that paid off for some and sunk the rest. Almost every game was a head to head match up, and for Jutdog (4-1), Jaybird (4-1), Mooseye (4-2), and McGrumps (4-3) it paid off.

And for Babblemur (1-4), Some Guy in Illinois (1-4), Slake (1-3), and Akaoni (1-2) dreams were dashed like whiskey across the bar.

Others still cling to home like McGrumps who lost the MAC and SWAC but put three teams into games today, and Musashisan who could give three teams auto-bids this weekend with Michigan State, Alabama and Long Beach State.

Mad Mader lost both his Big East games (Syracuse and Notre Dame) but has the unlikely duo of Virginia Tech and Penn State in the Semis.

Gunz lost the Big 10 last night but went double down for the ACC with Duke and Clemson facing Mad Mader and Jut today.

The CEO lost teams earlier in the week but is still gaining points thanks to Vanderbilt and Bucknell's victory in the Patriot League.

Boaris lost three tourney games but has Louisville in the Big East Finale, Utah State prepared to take the WAC, and Princeton facing off with Harvard for the Ivy auto-bid.

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Saturday Smackdown

This is the day that Lord Jut could take an insurmountable lead.

Championships on the Line:

Big 12 (7 points +3 for the auto-bid)
#10 Texas (Jut) vs. #2 Kansas (Mooseye)
This is a big one for both Jut and fourth place Mooseye, who is just 13 points down.

Mountain West (5 points +3 for the auto-bid)
#8 BYU (Jut) vs. #7 San Diego St (Babblemur)
Babblemur's last team playing this week, with smack talk all year about these two teams. Aztecs need payback for two losses, Jimmer needs a date.

Pac 10 (7 points +3 for the auto-bid)
Arizona (Jaybird) vs. Washington (Some Guy in Illinois)
A must win for SGII to avoid being written off.

Big East (7 points +3 for the auto-bid)
UCONN (Mooseye) vs. Louisville (Boaris)
A great match up pitting second place Boaris against fourth place Mooseye for a pile of points.

Ivy (+3 for the auto-bid)
Princeton (Boaris) vs. Harvard (Gunz)
Fifth place Gunz needs another auto-bid to keep up with the pack, Duke can't carry Gunz anymore.

WAC (5 points +3 for the auto-bid)
Utah State (Boaris) vs. Boise St (_)
Second place Boaris needs these uncontested points.

Conference USA (5 points +3 for the auto-bid)
Memphis (McGrumps) vs. UTEP (Jaybird)
Jaybird is contesting four conference championships at this point, McGrumps is contesting three.

Southland (4 points +3 for the auto-bid)
McNeese St (SGII) vs. Texas San Antonio (_)
SGII should lock up these easy points.

Big West (4 points +3 for the auto-bid)
Long Beach St (Musashisan) vs. UC Santa Barbara (_)
Come on, Musa.

MEAC (4 points +3 for the auto-bid)
Hampton (Mooseye) vs. Morgan St (Jaybird)
The Hampton pick totally redeems itself with a win here.

MAC (5 points +3 for the auto-bid)
Kent State (Jut) vs. Akron (_)
Easy points for Lord Jut

Big Ten
Michigan St (Musa) vs. Penn St (Mad Mader)
Ohio St (Slake B) vs. Michigan (_)
No Illinois, no Purdue, no Wisconsin... -yawn-

ACC
North Carolina (Jut) vs. Clemson (Gunz)
Duke (Gunz) vs. Virginia Tech (Mad Mader)
Heading for a big Sunday showdown.