Also a dozen or so conferences have already gotten their conference tournaments underway, and some players have already suffered casualties in that battle. For some, that is the end of the road unless they can make the NIT.
- Radford (Jut) got knocked out in the Big South Semis, won't even get a chance to face Coastal (Akaoni) for the auto-bid.
- Creighton (SGII) left early in the MVC round, I'm not sure they are NIT material.
- Jacksonville (Babs) eliminated in the semis of the A-Sun, but if there is a bright side, they have dibs on a NIT bid as regular season champs in the A-Sun. Right? Right?
- Cornell (Jutdog) has clinched the Ivy regular season, and by doing so clinches the first bid into the NCAA Tournament. Congrats!
- Akron's loss to Kent State Friday lost Jaybird the MAC and the 6 points that would have come with a win.
- ACC is on the line Saturday: Duke (Gunz) plays North Carolina, Maryland (Babs) takes on Virginia. If both teams win (or if both lose), they both get +7 for the ACC. If one wins and the other loses...
- BIG 10 is on the line Saturday: Purdue (Turtle) at Penn St, Mich St (CEO) has Michigan
- Atlantic 10 is on the line - if Temple (SGII) wins, they get the +6. If Temple loses and Xavier wins, Xavier gets the +6. If both lose, and Richmond wins, ALL THREE get +6. If all three lose, Temple gets +6.
- Other conferences should be locked up by now: UTEP (Turtle) got the CUSA; Morgan St (CEO) got the MEAC; New Mexico (Phun) got the MWC; Utah St (Jut) got the WAC.
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Coastal Carolina lost their tournament championship - that sucks for Akaoni.
Okay so what is to be done about the Big 10 if Michigan State wins on Sunday?
Ohio St, Mich St, and Purdue could all be tied.
Purdue split 1-1 with Ohio St.
Purdue split 1-1 with Michigan St.
Ohio St Split 1-1 with Purdue
Ohio St beat Michigan St in only meeting
Michigan St split 1-1 with Purdue
Mich St lost to Ohio St in only meeting
So do all three get the +7, or just Purdue and Ohio St?
Boaris could get a coup if Wichita St upsets Northern Iowa (CEO) today in the Missouri Valley Tourney championship game. For some reason I see this happening.
Nice show down in the Colonial semis today: Northeastern (Jaybird) vs. William & Mary (Babblemur). Old Dominion (Gunz) is playing VCU on the other side of the bracket.
Ooh, another good one in the WCC - Portland (Babs) vs. St. Mary's (Boaris) = winner plays Gonzaga (Turtle) assuming they beat Loyola Marymount. St. Mary's is making a claim to a second at large bid from the WCC. If they lose to Portland, I would say they've lost their case.
Portland on the other hand would pretty much have to win the tournament to go dancing in the big one.
All three, as each team that did play twice split, thank you MSU for coming through....
-The CEO
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