Championship Week! March 10

Yesterday saw, in my opinion, a bubble popped of a marquee RPI team. Let's get to it!

ACC: (5) Boston College def. (12) Wake Forest, 81-67.
(6) Virginia Tech def. (11) Georgia Tech, 59-43.
(7) Maryland def. (10) NC State, 75-67.
(9) Miami def. (8) Virginia, 69-62, OT.

Big 12: (1) Kansas def. (9) Oklahoma St., 63-62.
(2) Texas def. (10) Oklahoma, 74-54.
(3) Texas A&M def. (6) Missouri, 74-54.
(5) Colorado def. (4) Kansas St., 87-75.
**With this win, I reluctantly can move Colorado IN.**

Big East: (9) Connecticut def. (1) Pittsburgh, 76-74.
**Kemba Walker hit a nasty jumper buzzer-beater, breaking Gary McGhee's ankles to clinch the upset for the Huskies.**
(2) Notre Dame def. (7) Cincinnati, 89-51.
*A nasty loss for the Bearcats, but Notre Dame shot lights out.*
(3) Louisville def. (11) Marquette, 81-56.
(4) Syracuse def. (5) St. John's, 79-73.

Big 10: (6) Penn St. def. (11) Indiana, 61-55.
**Penn State is still on the outside looking in, and is still OUT.**
(7)  Michigan St. def. (10) Iowa, 66-61.
*Michigan St. is still IN, but a loss would probably have knocked them out.*
(8) Northwestern def. (9) Minnesota, 75-65.

Big West: (1) Long Beach St. def. (8) California-Irvine, 79-72.
(7) California-Riverside def. (2) Cal-Poly, 70-66, OT.
(3) Cal State Northridge def. (6) Cal State Fullerton, 75-54.
(5) California-Santa Barbara def. (4) Pacific, 79-67.
(5) California-Santa Barbara def. (3) Cal State Northridge, 83-63.
*I feel bad for the Gauchos, playing games pretty much back to back, but they got the job done.*

Conference USA: (8) Eastern Carolina def. (1) Alabama-Birmingham, 75-70, OT.
**This, for me, knocks UAB OUT of the tournament. I'll do an evaluation on them like Villanova.**
(2) Tulsa def. (10) Rice, 81-72.
(3) Texas-El Paso def. (6) Marshall, 77-65.
(4) Memphis def. (5) Southern Miss, 66-63.

Great West: (7) Houston Baptist def. (2) N.J.I.T., 72-70.
(3) North Dakota def. (6) Texas-Pan American, 71-70.
(4) South Dakota def. (5) Chicago State, 73-70, OT.

MAC: (1) Kent St. def. (8) Buffalo, 73-62.
(2) Western Michigan def. (7) Bowling Green St., 67-56.
(6) Akron def. (3) Miami (OH), 82-75, 2OT.
(4) Ball St. def. (5) Ohio, 76-73, OT.

MEAC: (6) Norfolk St. def. (3) Coppin St., 55-53.
(4) Morgan St. def. (5) North Carolina A&T, 77-59.

MWC: (1) Brigham Young def. (9) Texas Christian, 64-58.
(2) San Diego St. def. (7) Utah, 64-50.
(3) Nevada-Las Vegas def. (6) Air Force, 69-53.
(5) New Mexico def. (4) Colorado St., 67-61.
**If New Mexico can pull off the upset on BYU yet again, I'll consider them for an at-large bid; Colorado State is now OUT and NIT bound.**

Pac-10: (1) Arizona def. (9) Oregon St., 78-69.
(7) Oregon def. (2) UCLA, 76-59.
**UCLA is still in, but this really hurts their seeding.**
(3) Washington def. (6) Washington St., 89-87.
*A real thriller here: Klay Thompson, fresh off his suspension for marijuana possession, scored a Pac-10 Tournament record 43 points in a losing effort for the Cougars.*
(4) South California def. (5) California, 70-56.

SEC: (4E) Georgia def. (5W) Auburn, 69-51.
(3W) Mississippi def. (6E) South Carolina, 66-55.
(5E) Tennessee def. (4W) Arkansas, 74-68.
(3E) Vanderbilt def. (6W) Louisiana St., 62-50.

Southland: (1) McNeese St. def. (4) Texas St., 91-83.
(7) Texas-San Antonio def. (3) Sam Houston St., 79-70.

SWAC: (6) Grambling St. def. (3) Mississippi Valley St., 65-62.
(4) Alabama St. def. (5) Alabama A&M, 81-61.

WAC: (3) New Mexico St. def. (6) Nevada, 66-60.
(8) San Jose St. def. (4) Idaho, 74-68.