No bids were clinched yesterday, but plenty of bubble teams' dreams were crushed (including my Hoosiers, who decided to take the first 35 minutes of the game off), so today's song is "Bubble Pop!" by Hyuna. What, you didn't think my musical range expanded to K-pop?! Bitch, what you don't know about me I could just about fit in that giant trunk you're always parading around town. To be clear, I assume you have a 1974 Cadillac Coupe de Ville that you drive often and conspicuously. Lotta trunk space in those things. Here's what happened in yesterday's Championship Week action and what we have to look forward to today:
- In the ACC quarterfinals, the top four seeds advanced to tonight's semis, as 1-seed Virginia stomped 8-seed NC State, 76-56, 2-seed UNC beat 7-seed Louisville, 83-70, 3-seed Duke dropped 6-seed Syracuse, 84-72, and 4-seed Florida State topped 5-seed Virginia Tech in OT, 65-63.
- In the Big 12 quarterfinals, we had our biggest upset of the day, as 2-seed Texas Tech fell to 10-seed West Virginia, 79-74. Madness! Top seed Kansas State topped 8-seed TCU, 70-61, perhaps keeping the Horned Frogs out of the Big Dance, 3-seed Kansas beat 6-seed Texas, 65-57, which may end the Longhorns' tournament hopes, and 5-seed Iowa beat down 4-seed Baylor, 83-66.
- In the Big East quarterfinals, 1-seed Villanova beat 8-seed Providence, 73-62, 2-seed Marquette trounced 7-seed St. John's, 86-54,3-seed Seton Hall may have ended 6-seed Georgetown's NCAA Tournament hopes with a 73-57 win, and, 4-seed Xavier beat 5-seed Creighton, 63-61, likely popping the Blue Jays' NCAA Tournament bubble.
- In the Big Sky quarterfinals, top seed Montana beat 9-seed Sacramento State, 79-73, 2-seed Northern Colorado was upset by 7-seed Southern Utah, 83-64, 3-seed Eastern Washington beat 6-seed Montana State, 90-84, and 4-seed Weber State beat 5-seed Portland State, 81-71.
- In the Big West quarterfinals, 1-seed UC Irvine dominated 8-seed UC Riverside, 63-44, 2-seed UC Santa Barbara squeaked past 7-seed Cal State Northridge, 71-68, 3-seed Cal State Fullerton needed OT to get by 6-seed UC Davis, and 4-seed Hawaii fell to 5-seed Long Beach State, 68-66.
- In the Conference USA quarterfinals, top seed Old Dominion was nearly upset by 8-seed Louisiana Tech, but pulled out a 57-56 win. 2-seed Western Kentucky, 3-seed Southern Miss, and 5-seed UAB also advanced to today's semis.
- In the miggity-miggity-miggity-miggity-miggity-miggity-MAC quarterfinals, top seed Buffalo crushed 8-seed Akron, 82-46, 2-seed Toledo was upset by 7-seed Northern Illinois, 80-76, 3-seed Bowling Green topped 11-seed Ball State, 99-86, 5-seed Central Michigan beat 4-seed Kent State, 89-81.
- In the second half of the MEAC quarterfinals, 3-seed North Carolina Central and 4-seed Howard both won to advance to today's semis.
- In the Mountain West quarterfinals, top seed Nevada had a scare, but then pulled away at the end to beat 9-seed Boise State, 77-69. Same with 2-seed Utah State, who beat 7-seed New Mexico, 91-83, 3-seed Fresno State destroyed 6-seed Air Force, and 4-seed San Diego State beat 5-seed UNLV.
- In the Pac-12 quarterfinals, 1-seed Washington narrowly avoided an upset at the hands of 8-seed USC, walking away with a 78-75 win. 2-seed Arizona State kept its NCAA Tournament hopes alive with a 83-72 win over UCLA. 6-seed Oregon beat 3-seed Utah, and 5-seed Colorado dropped 4-seed Oregon State, 73-58.
- The wiggity-wiggity-wiggity-wiggity-wiggity-wiggity-WAC quarterfinals went chalk, as top seed and prohibitive favorite New Mexico State thrashed 8-seed Chicago State, 86-49, while 2-seed Utah Valley, 3-seed Grand Canyon, and 4-seed UT Rio Grande Valley also advanced to tonight's semis.
- In the second round of the A-10, 5-seed George Mason, 6-seed St. Louis, 8-seed Rhode Island, and 10-seed St. Joseph's advanced to today's quarterfinals.
- In the second round of the Big Ten, 8-seed Ohio State opened up a 20-point lead on 9-seed Indiana with 7:33 left in the game before the Hoosiers went on a 26-9 run to get within three with 55 seconds left. IU then shit the bed, losing 79-75, likely relegating the Hoosier to the NIT. What an absolute waste of the one year we had Romeo Langford. But like losing a pet dog to terminal cancer, at least now I don't have to live in a constant state of anxiety about them any more. Elsewhere, 13-seed Nebraska came away with a huge upset of 5-seed Maryland, 7-seed Minnesota went to OT before beating 10-seed Penn State, and 6-seed Iowa crushed the Orange Crush, 11-seed Illinois, 83-62.
- In the second round of the SEC, 5-seed Auburn beat 12-seed Missouri, 81-71, 6-seed Mississippi State beat 11-seed Texas A&M, 80-54, 10-seed Alabama topped 7-seed Ole Miss, 62-57, in a battle of bubble teams, and 8-seed Florida beat 9-seed Arkansas, 66-50.
- In the second round of the Southland, 3-seed Southeastern Louisiana and 4-seed New Orleans advanced to today's semis.
- In the second round of the Sun Belt, 7-seed Louisiana-Monroe and 8-seed South Alabama advanced to today's quarterfinals.
- In the first round of the AAC, 5-seed Memphis, 6-seed Wichita State, 9-seed UConn, and 10-seed SMU advanced to today's quarterfinals.
- No bids are up for grabs today.
- No tournaments start today, but 18 tournaments have games, including 13 semifinals and 5 quarterfinals. We have 46 games over 14+ hours, with the first games tipping off at Noon Eastern and the last games tipping off at Midnight Eastern. Happy Friday!
- Bubble teams that won yesterday: Alabama, Arizona State, Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio State, Seton Hall, Utah State, Xavier
- Bubble teams that lost yesterday: Creighton, Georgetown, Indiana, Mississippi, NC State, St. John's, Syracuse, TCU, Texas
Tournaments starting today
-None
-None
Tournaments with games today
-AAC
-ACC
-Atlantic 10
-Big 12
-Big East
-Big Sky
-Big Ten
-Big West
-Conference USA
-MAC
-MEAC
-Mountain West
-Pac-12
-SEC
-Southland
-Sun Belt
-SWAC
-WAC
-ACC
-Atlantic 10
-Big 12
-Big East
-Big Sky
-Big Ten
-Big West
-Conference USA
-MAC
-MEAC
-Mountain West
-Pac-12
-SEC
-Southland
-Sun Belt
-SWAC
-WAC
Bids up for grabs today (all times Eastern)
-None
Already clinched automatic berths (I will add in parentheses the NCAA tournament appearances for each school, including the bid just clinched, and for conferences whose tournaments have not yet ended, I'll list the date of the championship game)
-AAC (March 17)
-ACC (March 16)
-America East (March 16)
-Atlantic 10 (March 17)
-Atlantic Sun: Liberty (4)
-Big 12 (March 16)
-Big East (March 16)
-Big Sky (March 16)
-Big South: Gardner-Webb (1)
-Big Ten: (March 17)
-Big West (March 16)
-Colonial: Northeastern (9)
-Conference USA (March 16)
-Horizon: Northern Kentucky (2)
-Ivy League (March 17)
-MAAC: Iona (14)
-MAC (March 16)
-MEAC (March 16)
-Missouri Valley: Bradley (9)
-Mountain West (March 16)
-Northeast Conference: Fairleigh Dickinson (6)
-Ohio Valley: Murray State (17)
-Pac-12 (March 16)
-Patriot League: Colgate (3)
-SEC (March 17)
-Southern Conference: Wofford (5)
-Southland (March 17)
-Summit: North Dakota State (4)
-Sun Belt (March 17)
-SWAC (March 16)
-WAC (March 16)
-West Coast: St. Mary's (10)
Remaining Tournaments (all times are Eastern)
AAC (March 14-17; Memphis)
3/15 – Quarterfinals
1 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Houston vs. (9) UConn. Predicted winner: Houston
3 p.m. (ESPN2) (4) UCF vs. (5) Memphis
8 p.m. (ESPNU) (2) Cincinnati vs. (10) SMU. Predicted winner: Cincinnati
10 p.m. (ESPNU) (3) Temple vs. (6) Wichita State
3/16 – Semifinals
3 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Houston vs. (4) UCF
5:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (2) Cincinnati vs. (6) Wichita State
3/17 – Finals
3 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Houston vs. (2) Cincinnati. Predicted winner: Houston
ACC (March 12-16; Charlotte)
3/15 – Semifinals
7 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Virginia vs. (4) Florida State. Predicted winner: Virginia
9:30 p.m. (ESPN) (2) North Carolina vs. (3) Duke. Predicted winner: Duke
3/16 – Finals
8:30 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Virginia vs. (3) Duke. Predicted winner: Duke
America East (March 9, 12, 16; campus of higher seeds)
3/16 – Finals
11 a.m. (ESPN2) (3) UMBC at (1) Vermont. Predicted winner: Vermont
Atlantic 10 (March 13-17; Brooklyn)
3/15 – Quarterfinals
12 p.m. (NBCSN) (1) VCU vs. (8) Rhode Island
2:30 p.m. (NBCSN) (4) St. Bonaventure vs. (5) George Mason
6 p.m. (NBCSN) (2) Davidson vs. (10) St. Joseph's. Predicted winner: Davidson
8:30 p.m. (NBCSN) (3) Dayton vs. (6) St. Louis
3/16 – Semifinals
1 p.m. (CBSSN) (1) VCU vs. (5) George Mason
3:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (2) Davidson vs. (3) Dayton
3/17 – Finals
1 p.m. (CBS) (1) VCU vs. (3) Dayton. Predicted winner: VCU
Big 12 (March 13-16; Kansas City)
3/15 – Semifinals
7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (1) Kansas State vs. (5) Iowa State
9 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (3) Kansas vs. (10) West Virginia. Predicted winner: Kansas
3/16 – Finals
6 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Kansas vs. (2) Kansas State. Predicted winner: Kansas
Big East (March 13-16; New York)
3/15 – Semifinals
6:30 p.m. (FS1) (1) Villanova vs. (4) Xavier. Predicted winner: Villanova
9:30 p.m. (FS1) (2) Marquette vs. (3) Seton Hall
3/16 – Finals
5:30 p.m. (Fox) (1) Villanova vs. (2) Marquette. Predicted winner: Marquette
Big Sky (March 13-16; Boise)
3/15 – Semifinals
7:30 p.m. (ELEVEN) (1) Montana vs. (4) Weber State
10 p.m. (ELEVEN) (3) Eastern Washington vs. (7) Southern Utah. Predicted winner: Eastern Washington
3/16 – Finals
8 p.m. (ESPNU) (1) Montana vs. (3) Eastern Washington. Predicted winner: Montana
Big Ten (March 13-17; Chicago)
3/15 – Quarterfinals
12:30 p.m. (BTN) (1) Michigan State vs. (8) Ohio State. Predicted winner: Michigan State
3 p.m. (BTN) (4) Wisconsin vs. (13) Nebraska. Predicted winner: Wisconsin
7 p.m. (BTN) (2) Purdue vs. (7) Minnesota. Predicted winner: Purdue
9:30 p.m. (BTN) (3) Michigan vs. (6) Iowa
3/16 – Semifinals
1 p.m. (CBS) (1) Michigan State vs. (4) Wisconsin
3:30 p.m. (CBS) (2) Purdue vs. (3) Michigan
3/17 – Finals
3:30 p.m. (CBS) (1) Michigan State vs. (3) Michigan. Predicted winner: Michigan State
Big West (March 14-16; Anaheim)
3/15 – Semifinals
9:30 p.m. (ESPNU) (1) UC Irvine vs. (5) Long Beach State. Predicted winner: UC Irvine
11:59 p.m. (ESPNU) (2) UC Santa Barbara vs. (3) Cal State Fullerton
3/16 – Finals
11:59 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) UC Irvine vs. (2) UC Santa Barbara. Predicted winner: UC Irvine
Conference USA (March 13-16; Frisco, TX)
3/15 – Semifinals
1:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (1) Old Dominion vs. (5) UAB
4 p.m. (CBSSN) (2) Western Kentucky vs. (3) Southern Miss. Predicted winner: Western Kentucky
3/16 – Finals
8:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (1) Old Dominion vs. (2) Western Kentucky. Predicted winner: Old Dominion
Ivy League (March 16-17; New Haven, CT)
3/16 – Semifinals
12:30 p.m. (ESPNU) (1) Harvard vs. (4) Penn
3 p.m. (ESPNU) (2) Yale vs. (3) Princeton
3/17 – Finals
12 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Harvard vs. (2) Yale. Predicted winner: Yale
MAC (March 11, 14-16; first round at campus of higher seed and remaining rounds in Cleveland)
3/15 – Semifinals
6:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (1) Buffalo vs. (5) Central Michigan. Predicted winner: Buffalo
9 p.m. (Fox College Sports) (3) Bowling Green vs. (7) Northern Illinois. Predicted winner: Bowling Green
3/16 – Finals
7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Buffalo vs. (3) Bowling Green. Predicted winner: Buffalo
MEAC (March 11-16; Norfolk, VA)
3/15 – Semifinals
6 p.m.
8 p.m.
3/16 – Final
1:00 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Norfolk State vs. (2) North Carolina A&T. Predicted winner: Norfolk State
Mountain West (March 13-16; Las Vegas)
3/15 – Semifinals
9 p.m. (CBSSN) (1) Nevada vs. (4) San Diego State
11:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (2) Utah State vs. (3) Fresno State
3/16 – Finals
6 p.m. (CBS) (1) Nevada vs. (2) Utah State. Predicted winner: Nevada
Pac-12 (March 13-16; Las Vegas)
3/15 – Semifinals
9 p.m. (Pac-12 Network) (1) Washington vs. (5) Colorado
11:30 p.m. (ESPN) (2) Arizona State vs. (6) Oregon
3/16 – Finals
10:30 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Washington vs. (2) Arizona State. Predicted winner: Washington
SEC (March 13-17; Nashville)
3/15 – Quarterfinals
1 p.m. (ESPN) (1) LSU vs. (8) Florida. Predicted winner: LSU
3:30 p.m. (ESPN) (4) South Carolina vs. (5) Auburn
7 p.m. (SEC Network) (2) Kentucky vs. (10) Alabama. Predicted winner: Kentucky
9:30 p.m. (SEC Network) (3) Tennessee vs. (6) Mississippi State
3/16 – Semifinals
1 p.m. (ESPN) (1) LSU vs. (5) Auburn
3:30 p.m. (ESPN) (2) Kentucky vs. (3) Tennessee
3/17 – Finals
1 p.m. (ESPN) (3) Tennessee vs. (5) Auburn. Predicted winner: Tennessee
Southland (March 13-16; Katy, TX)
3/15 – Semifinals
6 p.m. (ESPN+) (1) Sam Houston State vs. (4) New Orleans. Predicted winner: Sam Houston State
8:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (2) Abilene Christian vs. (3) Southeastern Louisiana
3/16 – Finals
9:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Sam Houston State vs. (2) Abilene Christian. Predicted winner: Sam Houston State
Sun Belt (March 12, 14-17; New Orleans)
3/15 – Quarterfinals
6 p.m. (ESPN+) (4) Texas State vs. (8) South Alabama. Predicted winner: Texas State
8:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (3) Georgia Southern vs. (7) Louisiana-Monroe
3/10 – Semifinals
4 p.m. (ESPN+) (1) Georgia State vs.
6:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (2) UT Arlington vs.
3/11 – Finals
2 p.m. (ESPN) (3) Georgia Southern vs. (4) Texas State
SWAC (March 12, 15-16; quarterfinals at campus of higher seed, remaining games in Birmingham, AL)
3/15 – Semifinals
3:30 p.m. (ESPN3) (1) Prairie View A&M vs. (4) Grambling State
9:30 p.m. (ESPN3) (2) Texas Southern vs. (6) Alabama State. Predicted winner: Texas Southern
3/16 – Finals
6 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Prairie View A&M vs. (2) Texas Southern. Predicted winner: Prairie View A&M
6 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Prairie View A&M vs. (2) Texas Southern. Predicted winner: Prairie View A&M
WAC (March 14-16; Las Vegas)
3/15 – Semifinals
9 p.m. (ESPN3) (1) New Mexico State vs. (4) UT Rio Grande Valley
11:30 p.m. (ESPN3) (2) Utah Valley vs. (3) Grand Canyon
3/16 – Finals
10 p.m. (ESPNU) (1) New Mexico State vs. (2) Utah Valley. Predicted winner: New Mexico State
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