Championship Week! March 11

My Muskies went down. But do not despair: Dayton always plays out of their asses against us.

ACC: (1) North Carolina def. (9) Miami, 61-59.
**Miami really blew it. They had a 53-34 lead with 10 minutes left, and threw it away. Ouch.**
(2) Duke def. (7) Maryland, 87-71.
*Nolan Smith apparently injured his toe tonight; we'll see what happens.*
(6) Virginia Tech def. (3) Florida St., 52-51.
**The end to this game was a real treat. Erick Green hit the jumper with 4.7 ticks left, ending a terrible shooting night for him, and Derwin Kitchen made a shot at the buzzer, and it appeared Florida St. had won. But the refs determined the ball was still on Kitchen's fingertips when it hit 0.0, and the basket was waved off, giving V. Tech a much, much needed win, putting them IN.**
(4) Clemson def. (5) Boston College, 70-47.
*A real surprise here, and both Boston College and Clemson are very unaware of their fates right now. Boston College: OUT. Clemson: IN.*

A-10: (9) Dayton def. (1) Xavier, 68-67.
*Ugh.*
(2) Temple def. (10) LaSalle, 96-76.
(3) Richmond def. (6) Rhode Island, 55-45.
(12) St. Joseph's def. (4) Duquesne, 93-90, OT.
*And Duquesne's monumental collapse after their 8-0 conference start is complete.

Big 12: (1) Kansas def. (5) Colorado, 90-83.
(2) Texas def. (3) Texas A&M, 70-58.

Big East: (3) Louisville def. (2) Notre Dame, 83-77, OT.
(9) Connecticut def. (4) Syracuse, 76-71, OT.
*Kemba Walker set the Big East Tournament point record with 111 points, eclipsing the mark previously set by Eric Devendorf with 84 in 2009.*

Big 10: (1) Ohio St. def. (8) Northwestern, 67-61, OT.
(7) Michigan St. def. (2) Purdue, 74-56.
*Purdue's seeding is really going to fall; they might be a 3 now. Michigan St. has to be IN for sure now.
(6) Penn St. def. (3) Wisconsin, 36-33.
**Yes, the score above is RIGHT. What an ugly game it was. It took seven and a half minutes for Wisconsin to get its first points.
(4) Michigan def. (5) Illinois, 60-55.
*I believe both Michigan and Illinois are IN.*

Big West: (1) Long Beach St. def. (5) California-Santa Barbara, 74-63.

C-USA: (3) Texas-El Paso def. (2) Tulsa, 66-54.
**UTEP continues to climb in bubble consideration, but I still have them OUT.**
(4) Memphis def. (8) East Carolina, 76-56.
*I really don't get why Memphis is getting very little bubble love.*

Great West: (4) South Dakota def. (1) Utah Valley, 72-70.
(3) North Dakota def. (7) Houston Baptist, 65-63.

MAC: (1) Kent St. def. (4) Ball St., 79-68.
(6) Akron def. (2) Western Michigan, 79-68.

MEAC: (4) Morgan St. def. (1) Bethune-Cookman, 61-48.
(2) Hampton def. (6) Norfolk St., 85-61.

MWC: (1) Brigham Young def. (5) New Mexico, 87-76.
***Jimmer had 52...but no big deal, right?***
(2) San Diego St. def. (3) Nevada-Las Vegas, 74-72.
*D.J. Gay had the go-ahead basket to clinch it for the Aztecs.*

Pac-10: (1) Arizona def. (4) Southern California, 67-62.
**An impressive end to Southern Cal's season -- I'm throwing them IN.**
(3) Washington def. (7) Oregon, 69-51.

Patriot: (1) Bucknell def. (6) Lafayette, 72-57.
**Congratulations to Bucknell, knocking off the surging Leopards to include themselves in the NCAA Tournament.

SEC: (1W) Alabama def. (4E) Georgia, 65-59, OT.
*Now both of these teams as well are firmly right on the bubble.*
(1E) Florida def. (5E) Tennessee, 85-74.
(2E) Kentucky def. (3W) Mississippi, 75-66.
**This game was closer than the score indicated, and UK struggled for a good majority of the game.**
(3E) Vanderbilt def. (2W) Mississippi St., 87-81.

SWAC: (4) Alabama St. def. (1) Texas Southern, 73-66.
(6) Grambling St. def. (2) Jackson St., 81-75, OT.

WAC: (1) Utah St. def. (8) San Jose St., 58-54.
(2) Boise St. def. (3) New Mexico St., 81-63.

Non-conference play: Saint Mary's def. Weber St., 77-54.