Updated Championship Week Predictions

Friday was another fun-filled day of basketball, with one exception.  Here are the highlights:  

• My beloved Hoosiers lost to Wisconsin in the Big Ten quarterfinals by letting a guy who averages 3 points to score 30.  
• Atlantic 10 #1 seed Temple fell to UMass in the quarterfinals.
• Big East #1 seed Syracuse fell to Cincy in the semis.
• Big 12 #1 seed Kansas fell to Baylor in the semis.
• WAC #1 seed Nevada fell to Louisiana Tech in the semis.
• The Pac-12 continues its quest to get only one team in, as #2 seed Cal fell to Colorado in the semis, a day after top seed Washington lost in the quarterfinals.  The Buffaloes will face Arizona today in the title game.
• The following teams' bubbles may have been burst with losses yesterday:  Cal, Colorado State, Dayton, Miami, Nevada, Southern Miss, St. Joseph's, Tennessee, and Texas.

We're less than 36 hours from Selection Sunday.  In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary, Oh God.  Today, there are about 14 straight hours of basketball starting at 6 a.m. Hawaiian, with 20 games total and the following 12 automatic bids up for grabs:
-America East:  Vermont at Stony Brook 11 a.m. ESPN2

-Conference USA:  Memphis vs. Marshall 11:35 a.m. CBS
-MEAC:  Norfolk State vs. Bethune-Cookman 1 p.m. ESPN2

-Southland:  Lamar vs. McNeese State 3 p.m. ESPN2
-Big 12:  Missouri vs. Baylor 6 p.m. ESPN

-Pac-12:  Arizona vs. Colorado 6 p.m. CBS

-Mountain West:  San Diego State vs. New Mexico 7 p.m. NBC Sports

-MAC:  Akron vs. Ohio 8 p.m. ESPN2
-SWAC:  Mississippi Valley State vs. Texas Southern 8 p.m. ESPNU

-Big East:  Cincinnati vs. Louisville 9 p.m. ESPN

-Big West:  Long Beach State vs. UC Santa Barbara 10 p.m. ESPN2
-WAC:  New Mexico State vs. Louisiana Tech Midnight ESPN2

Here is who has already clinched an automatic berth, as well as my predictions for the remaining conference tournaments with TV listings, so that you have no excuse not to watch every single televised game.  You're welcome.

Already clinched automatic berths (with the number of NCAA tournament appearances, including 2012):

Atlantic Sun - Belmont (5)
Big Sky - Montana (9)
Big South - UNC-Asheville (3)
Colonial - VCU (11)
Horizon - Detroit (6)
Ivy - Harvard (2)
MAAC - Loyola (Md.) (2)
Missouri Valley - Creighton (18)
Northeast - LIU (5)
Ohio Valley - Murray State (15)
Patriot - Lehigh (5)
Southern - Davidson (11)
Summit - South Dakota State (1)
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky (22)
West Coast - St. Mary's (7)

Remaining Tournaments (all times are Eastern)

ACC (Atlanta; March 8-11)

Semifinals - 3/10
1 p.m. (ESPN) (1) North Carolina vs. (5) NC State.  Winner:  North Carolina
3 p.m. (ESPN) (2) Duke vs. (3) Florida State.  Winner:  Duke
Championship - 3/11 1 p.m. (ESPN)
(1) North Carolina vs. (2) Duke.  Winner:  Duke

America East (Hartford, CT and campus sites; March 1, 3-4, 10)

Championship 3/10 11 a.m. (at higher seed) (ESPN2)

(1) Stony Brook vs. (2) Vermont.  Winner: Stony Brook

Atlantic 10 (Atlantic City, NJ and campus sites; March 6, 9-11)

Semifinals - 3/10
1 p.m. (CBS Sports) (8) UMass vs. (4) St. Bonaventure.  Winner:  St. Bonaventure
3:30 p.m. (CBS Sports) (2) St. Louis vs. (3) Xavier.  Winner: St. Louis
Championship - 3/11 1 p.m. (CBS)
(4) St. Bonaventure  vs. (2) St. Louis.  Winner:  St. Louis

Big East (New York; March 6-10)

Championship - 3/10 9 p.m. (ESPN)
(4) Cincinnati vs. (7) Louisville. Winner:  Louisville

Big Ten (Indianapolis; March 8-11)

Semifinals - 3/10
1:40 p.m. (CBS) (1) Michigan State vs. (4) Wisconsin.  Winner:  Michigan State
4:10 p.m. (CBS) (3) Ohio State vs. (2) Michigan.  Winner:  Ohio State
Championship - 3/11 3:30 p.m. (CBS)
(1) Michigan State vs. (3) Ohio State.  Winner: Michigan State

Big 12 (Kansas City, MO; March 7-10)

Championship - 3/10 6 p.m. (ESPN)
(2) Missouri vs. (4) Baylor.  Winner: Missouri

Big West (Anaheim, CA; March 8-10)

Championship - 3/10 10 p.m. (ESPN2)
(1) Long Beach State vs. (3) UC Santa Barbara.  Winner: Long Beach State

Conference USA (Memphis; March 7-10)

Championship - 3/10 11:35 a.m. (CBS)
(1) Memphis vs. (6) Marshall.  Winner: Memphis

MAC (Cleveland and campus sites; March 5, 7-10)

Championship - 3/10 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
(1) Akron vs. (3) Ohio.  Winner:  Akron

MEAC (Winston-Salem, NC; March 6-10)

Championship - 3/10 1 p.m. (ESPN2)
(2) Norfolk State vs. (4)  Bethune-Cookman.  Winner: Norfolk State

Mountain West (Las Vegas, NV; March 8-10)

Championship - 3/10 7 p.m. (NBC Sports)
(1) San Diego State vs. (2) New Mexico.  Winner: San Diego State

Pac-12 (Los Angeles; March 7-10)

Championship - 3/10 6 p.m. (CBS)
(4) Arizona vs (6) Colorado.  Winner: Arizona

SEC (New Orleans; March 8-11)

Semifinals - 3/10
1 p.m. (ABC) (1) Kentucky vs. (4) Florida.  Winner:  Kentucky
3:30 p.m. (ABC) (7) Ole Miss vs. (3) Vanderbilt.  Winner:  Vanderbilt
Championship - 3/11 1 p.m. (ABC)
(1) Kentucky vs. (3) Vanderbilt.  Winner: Kentucky

Southland (Katy, TX; March 7-8, 10)

Championship - 3/10 3 p.m. (ESPN2)
(3) Lamar vs. (4) McNeese State.  Winner: Lamar

SWAC (Garland, TX; March 7-10)

Championship - 3/10 8 p.m. (ESPNU)
(1) Mississippi Valley State vs. (2) Texas Southern.  Winner: Mississippi Valley State

WAC (Las Vegas, NV; March 8-10)

Championship - 3/10 Midnight (ESPN2)
(2) New Mexico State vs. (5) Louisiana Tech.  Winner: New Mexico State