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  Friday, March 10, 2006

Conf. Tourney News, Notes & Matchups (3/10)
By Drew Barnette

Want href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> complete href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> thorough href=/profile//> breakdown href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> potential href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> Matchups?? href=/profile//> CLICK href=/profile//> HERE href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> information href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> fill href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> your href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> Brackets href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> advantage href=/profile//> along href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> it!!!



NEWS href=/profile//> AND href=/profile//> NOTES

-A href=/profile//> new href=/profile//> bracket href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> article href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> posted href=/profile//> sometime href=/profile//> late href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> morning href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> afternoon, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I’m href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> sleep href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> first. href=/profile//> It’s href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> day href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> my href=/profile//> rest. href=/profile//>

-I href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> safe href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> say href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> yesterday href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> hands href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> day href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> far. href=/profile//> There href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> plenty href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> wire, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> yesterday href=/profile//> we href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> 14+ href=/profile//> hours href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> seemed href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> majority href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> TV href=/profile//> weren’t href=/profile//> decided href=/profile//> until href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> minutes. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> today href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> not.


-Some href=/profile//> bids href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> stolen href=/profile//> due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> upsets href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournaments, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> expected. href=/profile//> George href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> fell href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Temple href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Ten, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> means href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> bids. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> lower href=/profile//> seeds href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> today href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> A-10 href=/profile//> Tourney, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> means href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> A10 href=/profile//> semis href=/profile//> consists href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #9, href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #10, href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #6 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #5.

Syracuse’s href=/profile//> dramatic href=/profile//> overtime href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Connecticut href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> assured href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> spot href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance. href=/profile//> Chances href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> wouldn’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> gotten href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> definitely href=/profile//> wouldn’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> beaten href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round.

Other href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> picture. href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> fell href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> Forest href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> fell href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Minnesota. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//>

In href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> remainder href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournaments, href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> opportunities href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> bids href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> taken href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bubble href=/profile//> teams, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> many. href=/profile//> Here href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> quick href=/profile//> rundown href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> potential href=/profile//> bubble href=/profile//> bursts:

-Someone href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> Utah href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> WAC
-Penn href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> Minnesota href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Ten
-Oregon href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Pac href=/profile//> Ten
-Colorado, href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> Nebraska href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Twelve
-Virginia, href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> Forest href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> Miami, href=/profile//> FL href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ACC
-South href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> Vanderbilt href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> SEC
-Memphis href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> NOT href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> C-USA

Although href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> scenarios href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> possible, href=/profile//> I’d href=/profile//> say href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> likely. href=/profile//> Then href=/profile//> again, href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> day href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> yesterday href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> never href=/profile//> knows. href=/profile//>



PATRIOT href=/profile//> LEAGUE href=/profile//> CHAMPIONSHIP

-HOLY href=/profile//> CROSS href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> BUCKNELL. href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> incredible href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lose href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bubble, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> entirely href=/profile//> safe. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Holy href=/profile//> Cross href=/profile//> twice href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> convincingly href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> necessarily href=/profile//> guaranteed href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> spot href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lose href=/profile//> here. href=/profile//> Coincidentally, href=/profile//> Holy href=/profile//> Cross href=/profile//> dominated href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Patriot href=/profile//> League href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> roles href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> reversed. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> dominated href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> surprise href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> manage href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this. href=/profile//>



BIG href=/profile//> EAST href=/profile//> SEMIFINALS

-9 href=/profile//> SYRACUSE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 5. href=/profile//> GEORGETOWN. href=/profile//> Syracuse href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> assured href=/profile//> themselves href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bid href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> ranked href=/profile//> Connecticut href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> quarterfinals. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> seeding. href=/profile//> Georgetown href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Marquette, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> gave href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> safely href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> simply href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> seeding. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> rivalry href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> tradition. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> intensity href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> died href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> years, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> stakes href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> between href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> old href=/profile//> rivals href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> Championship href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> line.

-6. href=/profile//> PITTSBURGH href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 2. href=/profile//> VILLANOVA. href=/profile//> Because href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> bloated href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> its href=/profile//> own href=/profile//> good, href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> meet href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> despite href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> same href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> Pittsburgh href=/profile//> appears href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> system href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> build href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> profile href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> today. href=/profile//> Villanova href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> regardless href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> happens href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> DC href=/profile//> Region href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> geographic href=/profile//> advantage href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Sweet href=/profile//> Sixteen. href=/profile//>



BIG href=/profile//> TEN href=/profile//> QUARTERFINALS

-8. href=/profile//> PENN href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 1. href=/profile//> OHIO href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> Ohio href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fourth href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> blew href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> Penn href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> met href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Penn href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> handily href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Northwestern href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Nittany href=/profile//> Lions href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAAs, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> assure href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> spot href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NIT. href=/profile//>

-5. href=/profile//> INDIANA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 4. href=/profile//> WISCONSIN. href=/profile//> Indiana href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> safely href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> regardless href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> happens. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> ends href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> doubts href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> matter href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> simply href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> seed. href=/profile//> They’ll href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> games.


-6. href=/profile//> MICHIGAN href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 3. href=/profile//> ILLINOIS. href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> stumbled href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> trouble href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Purdue href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> matter href=/profile//> what. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> system, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> advantageous href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they’d href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> placed href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Auburn href=/profile//> Hills. href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> system href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> matter href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #2 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> placed href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Dayton. href=/profile//>

-10. href=/profile//> MINNESOTA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 2. href=/profile//> IOWA. href=/profile//> Minnesota href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> late href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAAs. href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> system href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> matter href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> simply href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> pride href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> seeding. href=/profile//>



ACC href=/profile//> QUARTERFINALS

-8. href=/profile//> MIAMI, href=/profile//> FL href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> 1. href=/profile//> DUKE. href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> today href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> hopes href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> jeopardy, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> lose href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they’d href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #1. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> ices href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> Miami href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Clemson href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> blown href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> faced href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> work href=/profile//> cut href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> today.

-12. href=/profile//> WAKE href=/profile//> FOREST href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 4. href=/profile//> NORTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> interesting href=/profile//> matchup. href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> Forest href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> NC href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> handily href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> weekend href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> followed href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> in-state href=/profile//> rivalry href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> liking href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> chances. href=/profile//> As href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been, href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> weekend href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> today. href=/profile//> NC href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> safely href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> hurt href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> seed. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> help href=/profile//> rejuvenate href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> sense. href=/profile//>


-7. href=/profile//> VIRGINIA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 2. href=/profile//> NORTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA. href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> hottest href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row href=/profile//> including href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> week. href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> rival href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> here, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> met href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> absolutely href=/profile//> blew href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> arena. href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> system href=/profile//> regardless href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> lock href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #2 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//>

-6. href=/profile//> MARYLAND href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 3. href=/profile//> BOSTON href=/profile//> COLLEGE. href=/profile//> Maryland href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Georgia href=/profile//> Tech, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> third href=/profile//> straight href=/profile//> win, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> BC href=/profile//> today. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> December. href=/profile//> BC href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> regardless, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ACC href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//>



PAC href=/profile//> TEN href=/profile//> SEMIFINALS

-4. href=/profile//> ARIZONA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 1. href=/profile//> UCLA. href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> quarterfinal href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Stanford, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> overcame href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> absence href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Hassan href=/profile//> Adams href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> solidly href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> UCLA href=/profile//> appears href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> safely href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> system, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> today href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> guarantees href=/profile//> it, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> placed href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> San href=/profile//> Diego. href=/profile//>

-7. href=/profile//> OREGON href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 3. href=/profile//> CALIFORNIA. href=/profile//> Cal href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> USC href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> quarterfinal href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> pulled href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> picked href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> must href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> Oregon href=/profile//> shocked href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> quarters href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> days href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> semifinals. href=/profile//> Although href=/profile//> Oregon href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> beatable href=/profile//> opponent, href=/profile//> Cal href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> work href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> assuring href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> spot href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Dance href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> paper. href=/profile//> Oregon href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> paper, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> dangerous href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> floor. href=/profile//> They’ve href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> ton href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> confidence href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now. href=/profile//>



SEC href=/profile//> QUARTERFINALS

-SOUTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> TENNESSEE. href=/profile//> South href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> handled href=/profile//> Mississippi href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round. href=/profile//> Although href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> low href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> talented href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> dangerous href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> capable href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> competing href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Tennessee. href=/profile//> Tennessee href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> solidly href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> system href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament.

-KENTUCKY href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> ALABAMA. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> closer href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bubble href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> they’d href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> undoubtedly href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> seed. href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> meeting, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> schedule. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> anybody’s href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//>


-VANDERBILT href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> LSU. href=/profile//> LSU href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> regardless href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> happens, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> stock href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> Vanderbilt href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> inconsistent, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> capable href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> LSU href=/profile//> fits. href=/profile//> They’ve href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> four, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance.

-ARKANSAS href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> FLORIDA. href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> pod href=/profile//> bubble href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> speak, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> easily href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> finals href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #4 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> placed href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Jacksonville. href=/profile//> Arkansas href=/profile//> appears href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Georgia, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> today href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> stock href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> resting href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> easier. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>



BIG href=/profile//> TWELVE href=/profile//> QUARTERFINALS

-8. href=/profile//> TEXAS href=/profile//> TECH href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 1. href=/profile//> TEXAS. href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> #2 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> sneak href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> dominated href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> 20+ href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> meetings. href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance. href=/profile//>

-5. href=/profile//> COLORADO href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 4. href=/profile//> TEXAS href=/profile//> A&M. href=/profile//> Colorado href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Baylor href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> lucky href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> They’ve href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> case href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> themselves. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> chances href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> TAMU href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> hottest href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bubble, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> ice href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> keep href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> dancing. href=/profile//>


-7. href=/profile//> OKLAHOMA href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 2. href=/profile//> KANSAS. href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> rough href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> fairly href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tremendous href=/profile//> effort href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Kansas href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> Kansas href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> safely href=/profile//> in, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> Okie href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> order href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAAs.

-6. href=/profile//> NEBRASKA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 3. href=/profile//> OKLAHOMA. href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> haven’t href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> games, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> straight href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> blown href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Nebraska href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> safely href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> beatable. href=/profile//> Nebraska href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAAs, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> step href=/profile//> closer href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> today. href=/profile//>



CONFERENCE href=/profile//> USA href=/profile//> SEMIFINALS

-HOUSTON href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> MEMPHIS. href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> easily href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> quarterfinal href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tougher href=/profile//> assignment href=/profile//> today. href=/profile//> Houston href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> week href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pulling href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset. href=/profile//> Houston href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament, href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> least href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAAs href=/profile//> whereas href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> matter href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> happens href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> won’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> worse href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> #2. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> seed. href=/profile//>

-UTEP href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> UAB. href=/profile//> When href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> met href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> UTEP href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> blowout. href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> appears href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> regardless href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> happens, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> today href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> ices href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> UTEP href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> record, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> they’ve href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> Whoever href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> capable href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> giving href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> money. href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> week href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> UTEP href=/profile//> hung href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> despite href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>



WAC href=/profile//> SEMIFINALS

-5. href=/profile//> NEW href=/profile//> MEXICO href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> 1. href=/profile//> NEVADA. href=/profile//> New href=/profile//> Mexico href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> wire href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Hawaii, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> pulled href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> semis. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> turnaround href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> considering href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> poor href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> step href=/profile//> forward href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> today. href=/profile//> Nevada href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> twice href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> blew href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> though, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> won’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> easy. href=/profile//> Nevada href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> matter href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> happens. href=/profile//> New href=/profile//> Mexico href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//>

-3. href=/profile//> LOUISIANA href=/profile//> TECH href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> 2. href=/profile//> UTAH href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> capable href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> beating href=/profile//> Nevada href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> face href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> exactly href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> winner href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> NIT href=/profile//> bids, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAAs href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//>



ATLANTIC href=/profile//> TEN href=/profile//> SEMIFINALS

-9. href=/profile//> TEMPLE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 5. href=/profile//> SAINT href=/profile//> JOSEPH’S. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> cross href=/profile//> town href=/profile//> rivalry href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> today href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stakes href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> tremendously href=/profile//> high. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> winner href=/profile//> moves href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> while href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> loser href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> hope href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NIT. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> split href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> series. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> quarterfinal href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> Temple href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> George href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> 68-53 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> Joseph’s href=/profile//> blew href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> Louis. href=/profile//>

-10. href=/profile//> XAVIER href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 6. href=/profile//> FORDHAM. href=/profile//> Xavier href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> handily href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> mean href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> now. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> furthest href=/profile//> Fordham href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> joining href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//>



MOUNTAIN href=/profile//> WEST href=/profile//> SEMIFINALS

-4. href=/profile//> UNLV href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 1. href=/profile//> SAN href=/profile//> DIEGO href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> San href=/profile//> Diego href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Air href=/profile//> Force href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tourney href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> UNLV href=/profile//> twice href=/profile//> handily href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> definitely href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> advantage href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//>

-7. href=/profile//> WYOMING href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> 6. href=/profile//> UTAH. href=/profile//> Utah href=/profile//> eliminated href=/profile//> rival href=/profile//> BYU href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> red href=/profile//> hot href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> hoping href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> sneak href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> Wyoming href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> defeated href=/profile//> Air href=/profile//> Force href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> serious href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> consideration. href=/profile//> Neither href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> seasons, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> face href=/profile//> each href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//>



MID href=/profile//> AMERICAN href=/profile//> SEMIFINALS

-Toledo href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Akron
-Ohio href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Kent href=/profile//> State

Kent href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Akron href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> second, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Akron href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> anybody’s href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> Ohio href=/profile//> underachieved href=/profile//> considering href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> preseason href=/profile//> expectations href=/profile//> were, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> dangerous href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Cleveland href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> guess href=/profile//> it’s href=/profile//> fitting href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> remaining href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> Ohio href=/profile//> state href=/profile//> schools. href=/profile//>



BIG href=/profile//> WEST href=/profile//> SEMIFINALS

-Long href=/profile//> Beach href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> UC href=/profile//> Irvine
-Cal href=/profile//> Poly href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Pacific

Pacific href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> UC href=/profile//> Irvine href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> byes href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> semis, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> winners href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> meet href=/profile//> late href=/profile//> tomorrow href=/profile//> night href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> spot href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> Pacific href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #15 href=/profile//> seed, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> everyone href=/profile//> else href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #16. href=/profile//>



MEAC href=/profile//> SEMIFINALS

-South href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Delaware href=/profile//> State
-Norfolk href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Hampton

Whoever href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #16 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> anyone href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> Delaware href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> headed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Dayton. href=/profile//>



SWAC href=/profile//> SEMIFINALS

-Arkansas href=/profile//> Pine href=/profile//> Bluff href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Grambling
-Jackson href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Southern

Southern href=/profile//> dominated href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> opponents href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> quarterfinals href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> appears href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> Whoever href=/profile//> ends href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> definitely href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #16 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> placed href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Dayton.

 
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