Thursday, March 11, 2021

Updated Championship Week Predictions: Virtual Insanity

Today's Championship Week theme song is Jamiroquai's pleasantly funky "Virtual Insanity" because yesterday we had some upsets, my friends!  And today and tomorrow are when we are going to see our most action.  It will be "virtual" insanity because it's not actually clinically diagnosed mental illness.  Today, there are 59 games over more than 14 hours, starting with the tip off of the Ball State/Toledo game in the MAC quarterfinals at 11 a.m. Eastern and ending with two games that tip off at 11:30 p.m. Eastern, the Colorado/Cal game in the Pac-12 quarterfinals and the Colorado State/Fresno State in the Mountain West quarterfinals.  Please note that, for the bubble teams below, my definition of "the bubble" is any team that's listed in ESPN's Bubble Watch that isn't a "lock."  Of course, there are other teams that may play themselves onto the bubble as the week progresses.

Here's what happened in yesterday's action and what we have to look forward to today:

  • In the Patriot League semifinals, 2-seed Colgate demolished 6-seed Bucknell, 105-95, and 9-seed Loyola (MD) ended 4-seed Army's dreams of making its first NCAA Tournament, handing the Black Knights a 67-63 loss.  When they face off in Sunday's final, the Raiders will be playing for their 4th NCAA Tournament berth and first since 2019, and the Greyhounds will be playing for their 3rd berth and first since 2012.
  • In the first day of the quarterfinals of the MAAC, the top two seeds went down!  Top seed Siena fell to 9-seed Iona -- who, if you didn't know, is coached by Rick Pitino -- 55-52, and 7-seed Fairfield upset 2-seed Monmouth, 79-60, to advance to tomorrow's semifinals.
  • In the first half of the SWAC quarterfinals, 1-seed Prairie View A&M dominated 8-seed Mississippi Valley State, 91-64, and 2-seed Jackson State beat 7-seed Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 74-62, to advance to tomorrow's semifinals.
  • In the Second Round of the ACC, we had our first major conference upset, as 13-seed Miami beat 5-seed Clemson, 67-64.  The Hurricanes have now won three games in a row (including their final regular season game) after going losing 10 of their previous 11 games.  Elsewhere, 10-seed Duke kept its NCAA Tournament hopes alive with a 70-56 win over 7-seed Louisville, 6-seed North Carolina routed 11-seed Notre Dame, 101-59, and 8-seed Syracuse pummeled 9-seed NC State, 89-68, to advance to today's quarterfinals.
  • In the Second Round of Conference USA, West 4-seed UTSA topped East 5-seed Charlotte, 72-62, West 6-seed Rice upset East 3-seed Marshall, 72-68, East 4-seed FAU beat West 5-seed UTEP, 76-70, and West 3-seed North Texas beat up on East 6-seed Middle Tennessee State, 76-56, to advance to today's quarterfinals.
  • In the Second Round of the Southland, 5-seed New Orleans beat 8-seed Southeast Louisiana, 80-63.  Somewhere, Ervin Johnson (but not Earvin Johnson) is dancing.  Also, 6-seed Lamar took care of 10-seed Houston Baptist, 62-52.  They will advance to tonight's third round, which is effectively the quarterfinals.
  • In the First Round of the Big 12, 7-seed Oklahoma held off 10-seed Iowa State, 79-73, and 9-seed Kansas State beat up on 8-seed TCU, 71-50, to advance to today's quarterfinals.  
  • In the First Round of the Big East, the bottom two seeds will be moving on, as 11-seed DePaul beat 6-seed Providence, 70-62, and 10-seed Butler upset 7-seed Xavier with a 70-69 OT win, likely relegating the Musketeers to the NIT.  In the other game, 8-seed Georgetown toppled 9-seed Marquette, 68-49.  The quarterfinals are today.
  • In the First Round of the Big Sky, 6-seed Montana beat 11-seed Idaho, 69-64, 10-seed Northern Arizona downed 7-seed Portland State, 77-66, 8-seed Northern Colorado beat 9-seed Sacramento State, 90-83, to advance to today's quarterfinals.
  • In the First Round of the Big Ten, 11-seed Penn State beat 14-seed Nebraska, 72-66, and 13-seed Minnesota beat 12-seed Northwestern to 50 with a 51-46 win, to advance to today's second round.
  • In the First Round of the Mountain West, 6-seed Fresno State beat 11-seed New Mexico, 85-77, 7-seed UNLV crushed 10-seed Air Force, 80-52, and 8-seed Wyoming destroyed 9-seed San Jose State, 111-80, to advance to today's quarterfinals.
  • In the First Round of the Pac-12, 6-seed Stanford was upset by 11-seed Cal, 76-58, 7-seed Utah escaped 10-seed Washington, 98-95, and 8-seed Arizona State fended off 9-seed Washington State, 64-59, to advance to today's quarterfinals.
  • In the First Round of the SEC, there was one lonely game, and 12-seed Vanderbilt beat 13-seed Texas A&M, 79-68, to advance to today's second round.
  • The remaining 4 conference tournaments start today -- the AAC, miggity-miggity-miggity-miggity-miggity-miggity MAC, MEAC, and wiggity-wiggity-wiggity-wiggity-wiggity-wiggity WAC (which I mistakenly thought started yesterday) -- and 17 conference tournaments have games today.  There are no championship games until Saturday and no semifinals today, but 14 of the 17 tournaments playing today have quarterfinals.
  • Here are the teams still playing in the conference tournaments that have already started or will start today that have never been to the NCAA Tournament:
    • America East:  4-seed Hartford, 6-seed UMass Lowell
    • SWAC:  4-seed Grambling State
    • WAC:  1-seed Grand Canyon, 2-seed Utah Valley, 4-seed California Baptist (ineligible for NCAA Tournament during transition period to D-1), 6-seed UTRGV
  • Bubble teams that won yesterday:  Duke, North Carolina, Syracuse
  • Bubble teams that lost yesterday:  Louisville, Xavier
  • Bubble teams that haven't already lost, but were idle yesterday:  Boise State, Colorado State, Connecticut, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Memphis, Michigan State, Mississippi, Rutgers, Seton Hall, SMU, St. Bonaventure, St. John's, UCLA, Utah State, VCU, Virginia Tech, Wichita State

With that, here are the tournaments starting today, the tournaments with games today, bids up for grab today, who has already clinched an automatic berth, and my predictions for the remaining conference tournaments.

Tournaments starting today
-AAC
-MAC
-MEAC
-WAC

Tournaments with games today
-AAC
-ACC
-Big 12
-Big East
-Big Sky
-Big Ten
-Big West
-Conference USA
-MAAC
-MAC
-MEAC
-Mountain West
-Pac-12
-SEC
-Southland
-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 14)
-ACC (March 13)
-America East (March 13)
-Atlantic 10 (March 14)
-Atlantic Sun:  Liberty (5)
-Big 12 (March 13)
-Big East (March 13)
-Big Sky (March 13)
-Big South:  Winthrop (11)
-Big Ten (March 14)
-Big West (March 13)
-Colonial:  Drexel (5)
-Conference USA (March 13)
-Horizon:  Cleveland State (3)
-MAAC (March 13)
-MAC (March 13)
-MEAC (March 13)
-Missouri Valley:  Loyola (IL) (7)
-Mountain West (March 13)
-Northeast Conference:  Mount St. Mary's (6)
-Ohio Valley:  Morehead State (8)
-Pac-12 (March 13)
-Patriot League (March 14)
-SEC (March 14)
-Southern Conference:  UNC Greensboro (4)
-Southland (March 13)
-Summit:  Oral Roberts (6)
-Sun Belt:  Appalachian State (3)
-SWAC (March 13)
-WAC (March 13)
-West Coast:  Gonzaga (22)

Because I am unhealthily obsessed with college basketball in March -- to the detriment of my marriage, children, friendships, work, sleep schedule, sanity, wallet, archery practice, and loyalty to Zeus -- I have not only listed out every game and my predictions, but the date, time, and TV station(s) on which the game will appear, even if it's just local, regional, or online, to the extent that information is available.  Some conference tournament websites are better than others.  I want this to be as comprehensive as possible, so that you can always come here to figure out when any given team is playing.  I love you so much, you guys.  Don't you ever forget it.

Remaining Tournaments (all times are Eastern)

AAC (March 11-14; Fort Worth)
3/11 – First Round
Noon (ESPNU) (8) South Florida vs. (9) Temple.  Predicted winner:  South Florida
3 p.m. (ESPNU) (7) Tulsa vs. (10) Tulane.  Predicted winner:  Tulsa
7 p.m. (ESPNU) (6) UCF vs. (11) East Carolina.  Predicted winner:  UCF
3/12 – Quarterfinals
1 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Wichita State vs. (8) South Florida.  Predicted winner:  Wichita State
3 p.m. (ESPN2) (4) SMU vs. (5) Cincinnati.  Predicted winner:  SMU
7 p.m. (ESPNU) (2) Houston vs. (7) Tulsa.  Predicted winner:  Houston
10 p.m. (ESPNU) (3) Memphis vs. (6) UCF.  Predicted winner:  Memphis
3/13 – Semifinals
3 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Wichita State vs. (4) SMU.  Predicted winner:  Wichita State
5:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (2) Houston vs. (3) Memphis.  Predicted winner:  Houston
3/14 – Finals
3:15 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Wichita State vs. (2) Houston.  Predicted winner:  Houston

ACC (March 9-13; Greensboro)
3/11 – Quarterfinals
12 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (1) Virginia vs. (8) Syracuse.  Predicted winner:  Virginia
2:30 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (4) Georgia Tech vs. (13) Miami.  Predicted winner:  Georgia Tech
6:30 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (2) Florida State vs. (10) Duke.  Predicted winner:  Florida State
9 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (3) Virginia Tech vs. (6) North Carolina.  Predicted winner:  North Carolina
3/12 – Semifinals
6:30 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (1) Virginia vs. (4) Georgia Tech.  Predicted winner:  Virginia
9 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (2) Florida State vs. (6) North Carolina.  Predicted winner:  Florida State
3/13 – Finals
8:30 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Virginia vs. (2) Florida State.  Predicted winner:  Florida State

America East (February 27-28, March 6, 13; New Hampshire, Hartford for pod play and quarterfinals, campus of higher seed for semis and final)
3/13 – Finals
11 a.m. (ESPN2) (6) UMass Lowell at (4) Hartford.  Predicted winner:  Hartford

Atlantic 10 (March 3-6, 14; Richmond)
3/14 – Finals
1 p.m. (CBS) (1) St. Bonaventure vs. (2) VCU.  Predicted winner:  St. Bonaventure

Big 12 (March 10-13; Kansas City)
3/11 – Quarterfinals
12:30 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (4) West Virginia vs. (5) Oklahoma State.  Predicted winner:  West Virginia
2:30 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (1) Baylor vs. (9) Kansas State.  Predicted winner:  Baylor
7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (2) Kansas vs. (7) Oklahoma.  Predicted winner:  Oklahoma
9 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (3) Texas vs. (6) Texas Tech.  Predicted winner:  Texas
3/12 – Semifinals
7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (1) Baylor vs. (4) West Virginia.  Predicted winner:  Baylor
9 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2) (3) Texas vs. (7) Oklahoma.  Predicted winner:  Texas
3/13 – Finals
6 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Baylor vs. (3) Texas.  Predicted winner:  Baylor

Big East (March 10-13; New York)
3/11 – Quarterfinals
12 p.m. (FS1) (1) Villanova vs. (8) Georgetown.  Predicted winner:  Villanova
3 p.m. (FS1) (4) St. John's vs. (5) Seton Hall.  Predicted winner:  St. John's
6 p.m. (FS1) (2) Creighton vs. (10) Butler.  Predicted winner:  Creighton
9 p.m. (FS1) (3) UConn vs. (11) DePaul.  Predicted winner:  UConn
3/12 – Semifinals
6 p.m. (FS1) (1) Villanova vs. (4) St. John's.  Predicted winner:  Villanova
9 p.m. (FS1) (2) Creighton vs. (3) UConn.  Predicted winner:  Creighton
3/13 – Finals
6:30 p.m. (Fox) (1) Villanova vs. (2) Creighton.  Predicted winner:  Creighton

Big Sky (March 10-13; Boise)
3/11 – Quarterfinals
1 p.m. (Pluto TV/Eleven Sports) (1) Southern Utah vs. (8) Northern Colorado.  Predicted winner:  Southern Utah
3 p.m. (Pluto TV/Eleven Sports) (4) Idaho State vs. (5) Montana State.  Predicted winner:  Montana State
7 p.m. (Pluto TV/Eleven Sports) (2) Eastern Washington vs. (10) Northern Arizona.  Predicted winner:  Eastern Washington
10 p.m. (Pluto TV/Eleven Sports) (3) Weber State vs. (6) Montana.  Predicted winner:  Weber State
3/12 – Semifinals
7 p.m. (Eleven Sports) (1) Southern Utah vs. (5) Montana State.  Predicted winner:  Southern Utah
10 p.m. (Eleven Sports) (2) Eastern Washington vs. (3) Weber State.  Predicted winner:  Eastern Washington
3/13 – Finals
9 p.m. (ESPNU) (1) Southern Utah vs. (2) Eastern Washington.  Predicted winner:  Eastern Washington

Big Ten (March 10-14; Indianapolis)
3/11 – Second Round
11:30 a.m. (BTN) (8) Maryland vs. (9) Michigan State.  Predicted winner:  Michigan State
2 p.m. (BTN) (5) Ohio State vs. (13) Minnesota.  Predicted winner:  Ohio State
6:30 p.m. (BTN) (7) Rutgers vs. (10) Indiana.  Predicted winner:  Indiana
9 p.m. (BTN) (6) Wisconsin vs. (11) Penn State.  Predicted winner:  Wisconsin
3/12 – Quarterfinals
11:30 a.m. (BTN) (1) Michigan vs. (9) Michigan State.  Predicted winner:  Michigan
2 p.m. (BTN) (4) Purdue vs. (5) Ohio State.  Predicted winner:  Ohio State
6:30 p.m. (BTN) (2) Illinois vs. (10) Indiana.  Predicted winner:  Indiana
9 p.m. (BTN) (3) Iowa vs. (6) Wisconsin.  Predicted winner:  Iowa
3/13 – Semifinals
1 p.m. (CBS) (1) Michigan vs. (5) Ohio State.  Predicted winner:  Michigan
3:30 p.m. (CBS) (3) Iowa vs. (10) Indiana.  Predicted winner:  Indiana
3/14 – Finals
3:30 p.m. (CBS) (1) Michigan vs. (10) Indiana.  Predicted winner:  Michigan

Big West (March 9, 11-13; Las Vegas)
3/11 – Quarterfinals
3 p.m. (ESPN+) (1) UC Santa Barbara vs. (8) Long Beach State.  Predicted winner:  UC Santa Barbara
5:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (4) UC Davis vs. (5) Cal State Bakersfield.  Predicted winner:  Cal State Bakersfield
9 p.m. (ESPN+) (2) UC Irvine vs. (10) Cal Poly.  Predicted winner:  UC Irvine
11:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (3) UC Riverside vs. (6) Hawaii.  Predicted winner:  UC Riverside
3/12 – Semifinals
9:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (1) UC Santa Barbara vs. (5) Cal State Bakersfield.  Predicted winner:  UC Santa Barbara
11:59 p.m. (ESPN+) (2) UC Irvine vs. (3) UC Riverside.  Predicted winner:  UC Irvine
3/13 – Finals
11:30 p.m. (ESPN) (1) UC Santa Barbara vs. (2) UC Irvine.  Predicted winner:  UC Santa Barbara

Conference USA (March 9-13; Frisco, TX)
3/11 – Quarterfinals
6:30 p.m. (Stadium) (E1) Western Kentucky vs. (W4) UTSA.  Predicted winner:  Western Kentucky
7 p.m. (Stadium) (W2) UAB vs. (W6) Rice.  Predicted winner:  UAB
9:30 p.m. (Stadium) (W1) Louisiana Tech vs. (E4) FAU  Predicted winner:  Louisiana Tech
10 p.m. (Stadium) (E2) Old Dominion vs. (W3) North Texas.  Predicted winner:  Old Dominion
3/12 – Semifinals
12 p.m. (CBSSN) (E1) Western Kentucky vs. (W2) UAB.  Predicted winner:  Western Kentucky
3 p.m. (CBSSN) (W1) Louisiana Tech vs. (E2) Old Dominion.  Predicted winner:  Louisiana Tech
3/13 – Finals
9 p.m. (CBSSN) (E1) Western Kentucky vs. (W1) Louisiana Tech.  Predicted winner:  Western Kentucky

MAAC (March 8-13; Atlantic City, NJ)
Quarterfinals
3/11
5 p.m. (ESPN+) (3) St. Peter's vs. (11) Rider.  Predicted winner:  St. Peter's
7:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (4) Marist vs. (5) Niagara.  Predicted winner:  Marist
3/12 – Semifinals
6 p.m. (ESPNews) (9) Iona vs. (4) Marist.  Predicted winner:  Iona
8:30 p.m. (ESPNews) (7) Fairfield vs. (3) St. Peter's.  Predicted winner:  St. Peter's
3/13 – Finals
4 p.m. (ESPNU) (9) Iona vs. (3) St. Peter's.  Predicted winner:  St. Peter's

MAC (March 11-13; Cleveland)
3/11 – Quarterfinals
11 a.m. (ESPN+) (1) Toledo vs. (8) Ball State.  Predicted winner:  Toledo
1:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (4) Kent State vs. (5) Ohio.  Predicted winner:  Kent State
4 p.m. (ESPN+) (2) Buffalo vs. (7) Miami (OH).  Predicted winner:  Buffalo
6:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (3) Akron vs. (6) Bowling Green.  Predicted winner:  Akron
3/12 – Semifinals
5 p.m. (CBSSN) (1) Toledo vs. (4) Kent State.  Predicted winner:  Toledo
7:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (2) Buffalo vs. (3) Akron.  Predicted winner:  Akron
3/13 – Finals
7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Toledo vs. (3) Akron.  Predicted winner:  Toledo

MEAC (March 11-13; first round at home of better seed, remainder in Norfolk, VA)
3/11 - Quarterfinals
6 p.m. (FloHoops) (S2) Florida A&M vs. (N3) Morgan State.  Predicted winner:  Morgan State
8 p.m. (FloHoops) (N2) Norfolk State vs. (S3) North Carolina Central.  Predicted winner:  Norfolk State
3/12 – Semifinals
6 p.m. (FloHoops) (N1) Coppin State vs. (N3) Morgan State.  Predicted winner:  Coppin State
8 p.m. (FloHoops) (S1) North Carolina A&T vs. (N2) Norfolk State.  Predicted winner:  North Carolina A&T
3/13 – Final
1:00 p.m. (ESPN2) (N1) Coppin State vs. (S1) North Carolina S&T.  Predicted winner:  North Carolina A&T

Mountain West (March 10-13; Las Vegas)
3/11 – Quarterfinals
3 p.m. (CBSSN) (1) San Diego State vs. (8) Wyoming.  Predicted winner:  San Diego State
5:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (4) Boise State vs. (5) Nevada.  Predicted winner:  Boise State
9 p.m. (CBSSN) (2) Utah State vs. (7) UNLV.  Predicted winner:  Utah State
11:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (3) Colorado State vs. (6) Fresno State.  Predicted winner:  Colorado State
3/12 – Semifinals
9:30 p.m. (CBSSN) (1) San Diego State vs. (4) Boise State.  Predicted winner:  San Diego State
11:59 p.m. (CBSSN) (2) Utah State vs. (3) Colorado State.  Predicted winner:  Utah State
3/13 – Finals
6 p.m. (CBS) (1) San Diego State vs. (2) Utah State.  Predicted winner:  San Diego State

Pac-12 (March 10-13; Las Vegas)
3/11 – Quarterfinals
2:30 p.m. (Pac-12 Network) (1) Oregon vs. (8) Arizona State.  Predicted winner:  Oregon
5:30 p.m. (Pac-12 Network) (4) UCLA vs. (5) Oregon State.  Predicted winner:  UCLA
8:30 p.m. (Pac-12 Network) (2) USC vs. (7) Utah.  Predicted winner:  USC
11:30 p.m. (ESPN) (3) Colorado vs. (11) California.  Predicted winner:  Colorado
3/12 – Semifinals
8:30 p.m. (Pac-12 Network) (1) Oregon vs. (4) UCLA.  Predicted winner:  Oregon
11:30 p.m. (ESPN) (2) USC vs. (3) Colorado.  Predicted winner:  USC
3/13 – Finals
10:30 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Oregon vs. (2) USC.  Predicted winner:  Oregon

Patriot League (March 3, 6, 10, 14; campus of higher seed)
3/14 – Finals
12 p.m. (CBSSN) (9) Loyola (MD) at (2) Colgate.  Predicted winner:  Colgate

SEC (March 10-14; Nashville)
3/11 – Second Round
12 p.m. (SEC Network) (8) Kentucky vs. (9) Mississippi State.  Predicted winner:  Kentucky
2:30 p.m. (SEC Network) (5) Florida vs. (12) Vanderbilt.  Predicted winner:  Florida
7 p.m. (SEC Network) (7) Missouri vs. (10) Georgia.  Predicted winner:  Georgia
9:30 p.m. (SEC Network) (6) Mississippi vs. (11) South Carolina.  Predicted winner:  Mississippi
3/12 – Quarterfinals
12 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Alabama vs. (8) Kentucky.  Predicted winner:  Alabama
2:30 p.m. (ESPN) (4) Tennessee vs. (5) Florida.  Predicted winner:  Tennessee
7 p.m. (SEC Network) (2) Arkansas vs. (10) Georgia.  Predicted winner:  Arkansas
9:30 p.m. (SEC Network) (3) LSU vs. (6) Mississippi.  Predicted winner:  LSU
3/13 – Semifinals
1 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Alabama vs. (4) Tennessee.  Predicted winner:  Alabama
3:30 p.m. (ESPN) (2) Arkansas vs. (3) LSU.  Predicted winner:  LSU
3/14 – Finals
1 p.m. (ESPN) (1) Alabama vs. (3) LSU.  Predicted winner:  Alabama

Southland (March 9-13; Katy, TX)
3/11 – Third Round
6 p.m. (ESPN+) (4) Northwestern State vs. (5) New Orleans.  Predicted winner:  Northwestern State
9 p.m. (ESPN+) (3) Sam Houston State vs. (6) Lamar.  Predicted winner:  Sam Houston State
3/12 – Semifinals
6 p.m. (ESPN+) (1) Nicholls State vs. (4) Northwestern State.  Predicted winner:  Nicholls State
9 p.m. (ESPN+) (2) Abilene Christian vs. (3) Sam Houston State.  Predicted winner:  Sam Houston State
3/13 – Finals
9:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (1) Nicholls State vs. (3) Sam Houston State.  Predicted winner:  Sam Houston State

SWAC (March 10-13; Birmingham, AL)
Quarterfinals
3/11
3 p.m. (ESPN+) (3) Texas Southern vs. (6) Alcorn State.  Predicted winner:  Texas Southern
9:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (4) Grambling State vs. (5) Southern.  Predicted winner:  Grambling State
3/12 – Semifinals
3 p.m. (ESPN+) (2) Jackson State vs. (3) Texas Southern.  Predicted winner:  Texas Southern
9:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (1) Prairie View A&M vs. (4) Grambling State.  Predicted winner:  Prairie View A&M
3/13 – Finals
6 p.m. (ESPNU) (1) Prairie View A&M vs. (3) Texas Southern.  Predicted winner:  Prairie View A&M

WAC (March 11-13; Las Vegas)
3/11 – Quarterfinals
4 p.m. (ESPN+) (4) Seattle vs. (5) California Baptist.  Predicted winner:  Seattle
7:30 p.m. (ESPN+) (3) New Mexico State vs. (6) UTRGV.  Predicted winner:  New Mexico State
3/12 – Semifinals
3 p.m. (ESPN+) (1) Grand Canyon vs. (4) Seattle.  Predicted winner:  Grand Canyon
5 p.m. (ESPN+) (2) Utah Valley vs. (3) New Mexico State.  Predicted winner:  Utah Valley
3/13 – Finals
5 p.m. (ESPNU) (1) Grand Canyon vs. (2) Utah Valley.  Predicted winner:  Grand Canyon

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