Games of Interest - March 2 through 8, 2015

[njhoya78]

The final full week of the regular season for the major conferences, and tournament week for mid-majors. The mid-major tournaments in which Associated Press Top 25 teams and Hoya out-of-conference opponents are participating are listed in their entirety; individual games in which those teams are playing will be reported each day as appropriate. All games are in EST, except for Sunday's games, which are in EDT.

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
HTC Center, Conway SC
Game 1: Wednesday, March 4 Presbyterian (8th seed) vs. Longwood (9th seed), 12:00 noon (Big South Network)
Game 2: Wednesday, March 4 Gardner-Webb (7th seed) vs. Campbell (10th seed), 2:00 pm (Big South Network)
Game 3: Wednesday, March 4 North Carolina Asheville (6th seed) vs. Liberty (11th seed), 6:00 pm (Big South Network)
Game 4: Friday, March 6 Charleston Southern (1st seed) vs. Longwood (65-61), 12:00 noon (ESPN 3)
Game 5: Friday, March 6 Radford (4th seed) vs. Winthrop (5th seed), 2:00 pm (ESPN 3)
Game 6: Friday, March 6 High Point (2d seed) vs. Gardner-Webb (72-64), 6:00 pm (ESPN 3)
Game 7: Friday, March 6 Coastal Carolina (3d seed) vs. North Carolina Asheville (80-70), 8:00 pm (ESPN 3)
Game 8: Saturday, March 7 Longwood (68-60) vs. Winthrop (67-66), 12:00 noon (ESPN 3)
Game 9: Saturday, March 8 Gardner-Webb (72-71, OT) vs. Coastal Carolina (74-57), 2:00 pm (ESPN 3)
Game 10: Sunday, March 9 Championship game: Winthrop (71-58) vs. Coastal Carolina (73-70), 12:30 pm (ESPN 3)
Coastal Carolina wins Big South Conference Championship, 81-70

COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT
Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore MD
Game 1: Friday, March 6 Towson (9th seed) vs. Elon (8th seed), 6:00 pm (CAA.tv)
Game 2: Friday, March 6 Drexel (7th seed) vs. College of Charleston (10th seed), 8:30 pm (CAA.tv)
Game 3: Saturday, March 7 William & Mary (2d seed) vs. Elon (74-69, OT), 12:00 noon (Comcast SportsNet)
Game 4: Saturday, March 7 James Madison (3d seed) vs. Hofstra (6th seed), 2:30 pm (Comcast SportsNet)
Game 5: Saturday, March 7 North Carolina Wilmington (4th seed) vs. College of Charleston (74-53), 8:30 pm (Comcast SportsNet)
Game 6: Saturday, March 7 Northeastern (1st seed) vs. Delaware (74-69, OT), 8:30 pm (Comcast SportsNet)
Game 7: Sunday, March 8 William & Mary (72-59) vs. Hofstra (74-57), 2:30 pm (NBC Sports Network)
Game 8: Sunday, March 8 North Carolina Wilmington (74-51) vs. Northeastern (67-64), 5:00 pm (NBC Sports Network)
Game 9: Monday, March 9 Championship game: William & Mary (92-91, 2OT) vs. Northeastern (78-71), 9:00 pm (NBC Sports Network)

MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Scottrade Center, St. Louis MO
Game 1: Thursday, March 5 Missouri State (8th seed) vs. Southern Illinois (9th seed), 7:05 pm (MVC TV)
Game 2: Thursday, March 5 Drake (7th seed) vs. Bradley (10th seed), 9:35 pm (MVC TV)
Game 3: Friday, March 6 #8 Wichita State (1st seed) vs. Southern Illinois (55-45), 1:05 pm (MVC TV)
Game 4: Friday, March 6 Illinois State (4th seed) vs. Evansville, 3:35 pm (MVC TV)
Game 5: Friday, March 6 #11 Northern Iowa (2d seed) vs. Bradley (52-50, OT), 7:05 pm (MVC TV)
Game 6: Friday, March 6 Indiana State (3d seed) vs. Loyola (Illinois), 9:35 pm (MVC TV)
Game 7: Saturday, March 7 #8 Wichita State (56-45) vs. Illinois State (71-67), 2:35 pm (MVC TV)
Game 8: Saturday, March 7 #11 Northern Iowa (71-46) vs. Loyola (Illinois) (81-53), 5:05 pm (MVC TV)
Game 9: Sunday, March 8 Championship game: Illinois State (65-62) vs. #11 Northern Iowa (63-49), 2:05 pm (CBS)
#11 Northern Iowa wins Missouri Valley Conference Championship, 69-60

NORTHEAST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Games are played at home court of higher-seeded teams
Wednesday, March 4 Long Island-Brooklyn (8th seed) at St. Francis (New York) (1st seed), 7:00 pm
Wednesday, March 4 Wagner (7th seed) at Robert Morris (2d seed), 7:00 pm
Wednesday, March 4 Sacred Heart (6th seed) at Bryant (3d seed), 7:00 pm (MSG+, FCS)
Wednesday, March 4 St. Francis (Pennsylvania) (5th seed) at Mount St. Mary's (4th seed), 7:00 pm
Saturday, March 7 Bryant (91-85, 2 OT) at Robert Morris (91-68), 12:00 noon (MSG+, FCS)
Saturday, March 7 St. Francis (Pennsylvania) (73-58) at St. Francis (New York) (79-70), 2:00 pm (MSG+, FCS)
Tuesday, March 10 Championship game: Robert Morris (66-53) at. St. Francis (New York) (62-48), 7:00 pm (ESPN 2)

OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Municipal Auditorium, Nashville TN
Game 1: Wednesday, March 4 Morehead State (5th seed) vs. Southeast Missouri State, 7:00 pm (OVC DIgital Network)
Game 2: Wednesday, March 4 Eastern Illinois (6th seed) vs. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (7th seed), 9:30 pm (OVC Digital Network)
Game 3: Thursday, March 5 Tennessee-Martin (4th seed) vs. Morehead State (79-75), 7:00 pm (OVC Digital Network)
Game 4: Thursday, March 5 Belmont (3d seed) vs. Eastern Illinois (78-66), 9:00 pm (OVC Digital Network)
Game 5: Friday, March 6 #25 Murray State (1st seed) vs. Morehead State (76-65), 7:30 pm (ESPN-U)
Game 6: Friday, March 6 Eastern Kentucky (2d seed) vs. Belmont (97-64), 9:30 pm (ESPN-U)
Game 7: Saturday, March 7 Championship game: #25 Murray State (80-77) vs. Belmont (53-52), 7:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Belmont wins Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Championship, 88-87

WEST COAST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Orleans Arena, Las Vegas NV
Game 1: Friday, March 6 San Francisco (8th seed) vs. Pacific (9th seed), 9:00 pm (BYUtv)
Game 2: Friday, March 6 Santa Clara (7th seed) vs. Loyola Marymount (10th seed), 11:00 pm (BYUtv)
Game 3: Saturday, March 7 Saint Mary's (3d seed) vs. Portland (6th seed), 3:00 pm (TWC SN, CSN CA, ROOT, BYUtv)
Game 4: Saturday, March 7 Pepperdine (4th seed) vs. San Diego (5th seed), 5:00 pm (TWC SN, CSN CA, ROOT, BYUtv)
Game 5: Saturday, March 7 #7 Gonzaga (1st seed) vs. San Francisco (62-58), 9:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Game 6: Saturday, March 7 Brigham Young (2d seed) vs. Santa Clara (85-54), 11:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Game 7: Monday, March 9 #7 Gonzaga (81-72) vs. Pepperdine (50-47), 9:00 pm (ESPN)
Game 8: Monday, March 9 Brigham Young (78-76) vs. Portland (69-52), 11:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Game 9: Tuesday, March 10 Championship game, 9:00 pm (ESPN)

Monday, March 2

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#14 Baylor at Texas, 7:00 pm (ESPN-U)
#2 Virginia at Syracuse, 7:00 pm (ESPN)
#15 Oklahoma at #17 Iowa State, 9:00 pm (ESPN)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

Tuesday, March 3

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
#4 Villanova at Creighton, 9:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#10 Maryland at Rutgers, 7:00 pm (Big Ten Network)
#19 North Carolina at Georgia Tech, 7:00 pm (ESPN-U)
#20 West Virginia at #9 Kansas, 7:00 pm (ESPN 2)
#1 Kentucky at Georgia, 9:00 pm (ESPN)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Iowa at Indiana, 7:00 pm (ESPN)
Texas A&M at Florida, 9:00 pm (ESPN-U)

Wednesday, March 4

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
#24 Providence at Seton Hall, 7:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)
St. John's at Marquette, 9:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#23 Ohio State at Penn State, 6:00 pm (Big Ten Network)
#12 Notre Dame at #16 Louisville, 7:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Wake Forest at #3 Duke, 8:00 pm (ESPN 3)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Long Island-Brooklyn at Robert Morris, Northeast Conference Tournament, 7:00 pm
Wagner at St. Francis (New York), Northeast Conference Tournament, 7:00 pm

Thursday, March 5

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#18 Arkansas at South Carolina, 7:00 pm (ESPN/ESPN 2)
#6 Wisconsin at Minnesota, 7:00 pm (ESPN/ESPN 2)
California at #5 Arizona, 9:00 pm (ESPN/ESPN 2)
#13 Utah at Washington State, 11:00 pm (ESPN-U)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Western Kentucky at North Carolina Charlotte, 7:00 pm
Houston Baptist at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 8:30 pm

Friday, March 6

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#8 Wichita State vs. Southern Illinois at Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, St. Louis MO, 1:05 pm (MVC TV)
#11 Northern Iowa vs. Bradley at Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, St. Louis MO, 7:05 pm (MVC TV)
#25 Murray State vs. Morehead State at Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, Nashville TN, 7:30 pm (ESPN-U)
Texas Tech at #14 Baylor, 9:00 pm (ESPN 2)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Radford vs. Winthrop at Big South Conference Tournament, Conway SC, 2:00 pm (ESPN 3)
Towson vs. Elon at Colonial Athletic Association Tournament, Baltimore MD, 6:00 pm (CAA.tv)

Saturday, March 7

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
#21 Butler at #24 Providence, 12:00 noon (Fox SportsNet)
DePaul at Marquette, 2:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)
St. John's at #4 Villanova, 2:00 pm (FOX)
Xavier at Creighton, 2:00 pm (Fox Sports 2)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Florida at #1 Kentucky, 2:00 pm (CBS)
Louisiana State at #18 Arkansas, 2:00 pm (ESPN)
Oklahoma State at #20 West Virginia, 2:00 pm (ESPN News)
#8 Wichita State vs. Illinois State at Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, St. Louis MO, 2:35 pm (MVC TV)
Clemson at #12 Notre Dame, 4:00 pm (ESPN 3)
#9 Kansas at #15 Oklahoma, 4:00 pm (ESPN)
Stanford at #5 Arizona, 4:00 pm (CBS)
#13 Utah at Washington, 4:30 pm (Pac 12 Network)
#11 Northern Iowa vs. Loyola (Illinois) at Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, St. Louis MO, 5:05 pm (MVC TV)
#2 Virginia at #16 Louisville, 6:30 pm (ESPN)
#25 Murray State vs. Belmont at Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship, Nashville TN, 7:00 pm (ESPN 2)
#17 Iowa State at Texas Christian, 8:30 pm (ESPN News)
#3 Duke at #19 North Carolina, 9:00 pm (ESPN)
#7 Gonzaga vs. San Francisco at West Coast Conference Tournament, Las Vegas NV, 9:00 pm (ESPN 2)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Bryant at Robert Morris at Northeast Conference Tournament, 12:00 noon (MSG+, FCS)
Michigan State at Indiana, 12:00 noon (ESPN)
St. Francis (Pennsylvania) at St. Francis (New York) at Northeast Conference Tournament, 2:00 pm (MSG+ FCS)
Abilene Christian at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 4:30 pm
Marshall at North Carolina Charlotte, 7:00 pm

Sunday, March 8

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#11 Northern Iowa vs. Illinois State at Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship. 2:05 pm (CBS)
Tulsa at #22 Southern Methodist, 3:00 pm (ESPN-U)
#6 Wisconsin at #23 Ohio State, 4:30 pm (CBS)
#10 Maryland at Nebraska, 7:30 pm (Big Ten Network)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

[Filo]

njhoya78, you are a frickin' machine...

[njhoya78]

*- home team

IN THE FIRST HALF
#14 Baylor 11, Texas* 8 (10:52 to play)
Syracuse* 6, #2 Virginia 0 (11:58)

That's right. Eight minutes in, and the Wahoos are scoreless. Already eight turnovers. If the Orange could shoot, this game would be a blowout.

[mfk24]

I don't think I can make it through the first half of this Cuse - UVA game. The orange have an 11-2 lead in large part due to UVA's complete inability to play against a zone. They can't drive against it, they can't get it into the gaps, they've turned it over on probably 3/4s of their possessions. Cuse doesn't have a whole lot of offensive options either so it's pretty awful basketball to watch.

[hoyajinx]

Mar 2, 2015 19:30:37 GMT -5 mfk24 said:

I don't think I can make it through the first half of this Cuse - UVA game. The orange have an 11-2 lead in large part due to UVA's complete inability to play against a zone. They can't drive against it, they can't get it into the gaps, they've turned it over on probably 3/4s of their possessions. Cuse doesn't have a whole lot of offensive options either so it's pretty awful basketball to watch.

This is ridiculous.  I guess the key to beating Virginia is the 2-3.  This is somehow worse basketball than our first half in the home game against Xavier.

[njhoya78]

*- home team

IN THE FIRST HALF
#14 Baylor 26, Texas* 18 (2:59 to play)
Syracuse* 20, #2 Virginia 14 (2:47)

After watching UVa's offense, I will never again complain about any Hoya droughts. The first ten minutes of this game were as bad as any high school JV game I ever watched.

[njhoya78]

*- home team

AT HALFTIME
#14 Baylor 31, Texas* 24
#2 Virginia 23, Syracuse* 20

[njhoya78]

*- home team

IN THE SECOND HALF
#14 Baylor 35, Texas* 31 (14:42 to play)
#2 Virginia 40, Syracuse* 29 (14:58)

[njhoya78]

*- home team

IN THE SECOND HALF
#14 Baylor 50, Texas* 43 (4:46 to play)
#2 Virginia 51, Syracuse* 38 (5:16)

[njhoya78]

*- home team

FINAL SCORE
#2 Virginia 59, Syracuse* 47

IN OVERTIME
#14 Baylor 54, Texas* 54 (5:00 to play)

[njhoya78]

Just had a bench-clearing incident in the Baylor/Texas game with 1:57 left in overtime and Texas ahead 59-56. Two players going for a ball headed out of bounds by the scorers table shoved each other back and forth, and assistant coaches and players all left the bench on both sides of the table to get involved in the action. After a delay of about seven minutes, three Baylor players and four Texas players (including the Longhorns' entire front line) were ejected from the game.

[njhoya78]

*- home team
Higher-ranked team losses are in bold

FINAL SCORES
#2 Virginia 59, Syracuse* 47
Texas* 61, #14 Baylor 59; overtime

IN THE FIRST HALF
#15 Oklahoma 13, #17 Iowa State* 7 (14:08 to play)

[njhoya78]

*- home team
Higher-ranked team losses are in bold

FINAL SCORES
#2 Virginia 59, Syracuse* 47
Texas* 61, #14 Baylor 59; overtime

IN THE FIRST HALF
#15 Oklahoma 28, #17 Iowa State* 14 (4:34 to play)

[tashoya]

njhoya, thank you for the timely and thorough updates. I'd much rather get them from HoyaTalk than ESPN and you make that possible. You put a lot of time and effort into it and I, and I'm sure many others, truly appreciate it.

[njhoya78]

*- home team
Higher-ranked team losses are in bold

FINAL SCORES
#2 Virginia 59, Syracuse* 47
Texas* 61, #14 Baylor 59; overtime

AT HALFTIME
#15 Oklahoma 37, #17 Iowa State* 18

[hoyaboya]

Mar 2, 2015 21:45:08 GMT -5 tashoya said:

njhoya, thank you for the timely and thorough updates. I'd much rather get them from HoyaTalk than ESPN and you make that possible. You put a lot of time and effort into it and I, and I'm sure many others, truly appreciate it.

Agreed 100%, kudos and thank you to NJ!

[njhoya78]

My pleasure, folks.

[njhoya78]

*- home team
Higher-ranked team losses are in bold

FINAL SCORES
#2 Virginia 59, Syracuse* 47
Texas* 61, #14 Baylor 59; overtime

IN THE SECOND HALF
#15 Oklahoma 48, #17 Iowa State* 36 (14:04 to play)

[wahoohoya]

Mar 2, 2015 19:42:40 GMT -5 njhoya78 said:

*- home team

IN THE FIRST HALF
#14 Baylor 26, Texas* 18 (2:59 to play)
Syracuse* 20, #2 Virginia 14 (2:47)

After watching UVa's offense, I will never again complain about any Hoya droughts. The first ten minutes of this game were as bad as any high school JV game I ever watched.

Yeah. UVA really does have a problem going on extending scoring droughts - may prove to be their downfall during the tourney. Although tonight's stretch during the first 14 minutes was by far the longest / most inept display of offense I've seen from them this year - have no idea what they were trying to do there. It's like they put so much effort on the defensive end (or have so much confidence in their ability to shut the other team down over the course of a game) that they get so casual on offense. Either that or they tend to exert so much effort on defense that they have to rest on offense. Probably a bit of both. But when they have to score, they tend to be able to do it pretty well - like how they put up 38 points in a span of just over 10 minutes against Cuse.

In some ways, kind of reminds me of Gtown teams of old - overly reliant on the system to find good looks and thus they sometimes forget you have to play offense with speed/purpose.

[mfk24]

Iowa St has made a furious comeback. They weren't getting anything out of their offense so went essentially 1 in 4 out and let their guards and wings go one on one. I don't know how good they actually are away from home when they don't have the crowd to feed off of, but fun to watch.