Games of Interest - March 9 through 15, 2016

[njhoya78]

And the conference tournaments get going, in full force. Results will be updated daily.

All times are Eastern Standard Time through March 12, and Eastern Daylight Time for March 13.

BIG EAST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Wednesday, March 9: Game 1- Georgetown (8th seeded team; 7-11 conference record, 14-17 overall) vs. DePaul (9th seeded team; 3-15 conference record, 9-21 overall), 7:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 2- Marquette (7th seeded team; 8-10 conference record) vs. St. John’s (10th seeded team; 1-17 conference record, 8-23 overall), 9:30 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Thursday, March 10: Game 3- #3 Villanova (1st seeded team; 16-2 conference record) vs. Georgetown (70-53 winner against DePaul), 12:00 noon (Fox Sports 1)
Thursday, March 10: Game 4- Providence (4th seeded team; 10-8 conference record) vs. Butler (5th seeded team; 10-8 conference record, 21-9 overall), 2:30 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Thursday, March 10: Game 5- #5 Xavier (2d seeded team; 14-4 conference record, 26-4 overall) vs. Marquette (101-93 winner against St. John's), 7:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Thursday, March 10: Game 6- Seton Hall (3d seeded team; 12-6 conference record) vs. Creighton (6th seeded team; 9-9 conference record, 18-13 overall), 9:30 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Friday, March 11: Game 7- #3 Villanova (81-67 winner against Georgetown) vs, Providence (74-60 winner against Butler), 6:30 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Friday, March 11: Game 8- #5 Xavier (90-72 winner against Marquette) vs. Seton Hall (81-73 winner against Creighton) 9:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Saturday, March 12: Championship game- #3 Villanova (76-68 winner against Providence) vs. Seton Hall (87-83 winner against #5 Xavier), 5:30 pm (FOX)
Seton Hall wins Big East Conference Tournament, 69-67, over #3 Villanova.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Amway Center, Orlando FL
#25 Southern Methodist (13-5 conference record, 25-5 overall) is ineligible for all post-season play as a result of NCAA sanctions
Thursday, March 10: Game 1- East Carolina (8th seeded team; 4-14 conference record, 12-19 overall) vs. South Florida (9th seeded team; 4-14 conference record, 7-24 overall), 3:30 pm (ESPN-U)
Thursday, March 10: Game 2- Central Florida (7th seeded team; 6-12 conference record) vs. Tulane (10th seeded team; 3-15 conference record, 10-21 overall), 6:00 pm (ESPN-U)
Friday, March 11: Game 3- Temple (1st seeded team; 14-4 conference record, 20-10 overall) vs. South Florida (71-66 winner against East Carolina), 12:00 noon (ESPN 2)
Friday, March 11: Game 4- Cincinnati (4th seeded team; 12-6 conference record, 22-9 overall) vs. Connecticut (5th seeded team; 11-7 conference record, 21-10 overall), 2:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Friday, March 11: Game 5- Houston (2d seeded team; 12-6 conference record, 22-8 overall) vs. Tulane (65-63 winner against Central Florida), 7:00 pm (ESPN-U)
Friday, March 11: Game 6- Tulsa (3d seeded team; 12-6 conference record, 20-10 overall) vs. Memphis (6th seeded team; 8-10 conference record, 17-14 overall), 9:00 pm (ESPN-U)
Saturday, March 12: Game 7- Temple (79-62 winner against South Florida) vs. Connecticut (104-97 winner in quadruple overtime against Cincinnati), 3:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Saturday, March 12: Game 8- Tulane (72-69 winner against Houston) vs. Memphis (89-67 winner against Tulsa), 5:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Sunday, March 13: Championship game- Connecticut (77-62 winner against Temple) vs. Memphis (74-54 winner against Tulane), 3:15 pm (ESPN)
Connecticut wins American Athletic Conference Tournament, 72-58, over Memphis.

ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Verizon Center, Washington DC
#14 Louisville (12-6 conference record, 23-8 overall) is ineligible for all post-season play as a result of a self-imposed ban
Tuesday, March 8: Game 1- North Carolina State (12th seeded team; 5-13 conference record, 15-16 overall) vs. Wake Forest (13th seeded team; 2-16 conference record, 11-19 overall), 12:00 noon (ESPN 2/ACC Network)
Tuesday, March 8: Game 2- Florida State (11th seeded team; 8-10 conference record, 18-13 overall) vs. Boston College (14th seeded team; 0-18 conference record, 7-24 overall), 2:00 pm (ESPN 2/ACC Network)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 3- Pittsburgh (8th seeded team; 9-9 conference record, 20-10 overall) vs. Syracuse (9th seeded team; 9-9 conference record, 19-12 overall), 12:00 noon (ESPN/ACC Network)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 4- #19 Duke (5th seeded team; 11-7 conference record, 22-9 overall) vs. North Carolina State (75-72 winner against Wake Forest), 2:00 pm (ESPN/ACC Network)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 5- Clemson (7th seeded team; 10-8 conference record, 17-13 overall) vs. Georgia Tech (10th seeded team; 8-10 conference record, 18-12 overall), 7:00 pm (ESPN 2/ACC Network)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 6- Virginia Tech (6th seeded team; 10-8 conference record, 18-13 overall) vs. Florida State (88-66 winner against Boston College), 9:00 pm (ESPN 2/ACC Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 7- #7 North Carolina (1st seeded team; 14-4 conference record, 25-6 overall) vs. Pittsburgh (72-71 winner against Syracuse), 12:00 noon (ESPN/ACC Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 8- Notre Dame (4th seeded team; 11-7 conference record, 20-10 overall) vs. #19 Duke (92-89 winner against North Carolina State), 2:00 pm (ESPN/ACC Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 9- #4 Virginia (2d seeded team; 13-5 conference record, 24-6 overall) vs. Georgia Tech (88-85 winner in overtime against Clemson), 7:00 pm (ESPN/ACC Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 10- #11 Miami (3d seeded team; 13-5 conference record, 24-6 overall) vs. Virginia Tech (96-85 winner against Florida State), 9:00 pm (ESPN/ACC Network)
Friday, March 11: Game 11- #7 North Carolina (88-71 winner against Pittsburgh) vs. Notre Dame (84-79 winner in overtime against #19 Duke), 7:00 pm (ESPN/ESPN 2/ACC Network)
Friday, March 11: Game 12: #4 Virginia (72-52 winner against Georgia Tech) vs. #11 Miami (88-82 winner against Virginia Tech), 9:00 pm (ESPN/ESPN 2/ACC Network)
Saturday, March 12: Championship game- #7 North Carolina (78-47 winner against Notre Dame) vs. #4 Virginia (73-68 winner against #11 Miami), 9:00 pm (ESPN/ACC Network)
#7 North Carolina wins Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, 61-57, over #4 Virginia.

ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Barclays Center, Brooklyn NY
Wednesday, March 9: Game 1- George Mason (12th seeded team; 5-13 conference record, 11-20 overall) vs. Saint Louis (13th seeded team; 5-13 conference record, 10-20 overall), 6:30 pm (ASN)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 2- Duquesne (11th seeded team; 6-12 conference record, 16-15 overall) vs. LaSalle (14th seeded team, 4-14 conference record, 8-21 overall), 9:00 pm (ASN)
Thursday, March 10: Game 3- Fordham (8th seeded team; 8-10 conference record, 17-12 overall) vs. Richmond (9th seeded team; 7-11 conference record, 15-15 overall), 12:00 noon (NBC Sports Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 4- George Washington (5th seeded team; 11-7 conference record, 22-9 overall) vs. Saint Louis (83-78 winner against George Mason), 2:30 pm (NBC Sports Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 5- Rhode Island (7th seeded team; 9-9 conference record, 17-14 overall) vs. Massachusetts (10th seeded team; 6-12 conference record, 13-17 overall), 6:30 pm (NBC Sports Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 6- Davidson (6th seeded team; 10-8 conference record, 18-11 overall) vs. LaSalle (88-73 winner against Duquesne), 9:00 pm (NBC Sports Network)
Friday, March 11: Game 7- Dayton (1st seeded team; 14-4 conference record, 24-6 overall) vs. Richmond (70-55 winner against Fordham), 12:00 noon (NBC Sports Network)
Friday, March 11: Game 8- St. Joseph’s (4th seeded team; 13-5 conference record, 24-7 overall) vs. George Washington (73-65 winner against Saint Louis), 2:30 pm (NBC Sports Network)
Friday, March 11: Game 9- Virginia Commonwealth (2d seeded team; 14-4 conference record, 22-9 overall) vs. Massachusetts (67-62 winner against Rhode Island), 6:30 pm (NBC Sports Network)
Friday, March 11: Game 10- St. Bonaventure (3d seeded team; 14-4 conference record, 22-7 overall) vs. Davidson (78-63 winner against LaSalle), 9:00 pm (NBC Sports Network)
Saturday, March 12: Game 11- Dayton (69-54 winner against Richmond) vs. St. Joseph's (86-80 winner against George Washington), 1:30 pm (CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, March 12: Game 12- Virginia Commonwealth (85-70 winner against Massachusetts) vs. Davidson (90-86 winner in overtime against St. Bonaventure), 4:00 pm (CBS Sports Network)
Sunday, March 13: Championship game- St. Joseph's (82-79 winner against Dayton) vs. Virginia Commonwealth (76-56 winner against Davidson), 12:30 pm (CBS)
St. Joseph's wins Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament, 87-74, over Virginia Commonwealth.

BIG TEN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis IN
Wednesday, March 9: Game 1- Illinois (12th seeded team; 5-13 conference record, 13-18 overall) vs. Minnesota (13th seeded team; 2-16 conference record, 8-22 overall), 4:30 pm (ESPN 2)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 2- Nebraska (11th seeded team; 6-12 conference record) vs. Rutgers (14th seeded team; 1-17 conference record, 7-24 overall), 7:00 pm (Big Ten Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 3- Michigan (8th seeded team; 10-8 conference record, 20-11 overall) vs. Northwestern (9th seeded team; 8-10 conference record, 20-11 overall), 12:00 noon (Big Ten Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 4- #20 Iowa (5th seeded team; 12-6 conference record, 21-9 overall) vs. Illinois (85-52 winner against Minnesota), 2:30 pm (Big Ten Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 5- Ohio State (7th seeded team; 11-7 conference record, 19-12 overall) vs. Pennsylvania State (10th seeded team; 7-11 conference record, 16-15 overall), 6:30 pm (ESPN 2)
Thursday, March 10: Game 6- Wisconsin (6th seeded team; 12-6 conference record, 20-11 overall) vs. Nebraska (89-72 winner against Rutgers), 9:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Friday, March 11: Game 7- #10 Indiana (1st seeded team; 15-3 conference record, 25-6 overall) vs. Michigan (72-70 winner in overtime against Northwestern), 12:00 noon (ESPN)
Friday, March 11: Game 8- #13 Purdue (4th seeded team; 12-6 conference record, 24-7 overall) vs. Illinois (68-66 winner against #20 Iowa), 2:30 pm (ESPN)
Friday, March 11: Game 9- #2 Michigan State (2d seeded team; 13-5 conference record, 26-5 overall) vs. Ohio State (79-75 winner against Pennsylvania State), 6:30 pm (Big Ten Network)
Friday, March 11: Game 10- #18 Maryland (3d seeded team; 12-6 conference record, 24-7 overall) vs. Nebraska (70-58 winner against Wisconsin), 9:00 pm (Big Ten Network)
Saturday, March 12: Game 11- Michigan (72-69 winner against #10 Indiana) vs. #13 Purdue (89-58 winner against Illinois), 1:00 pm (CBS)
Saturday, March 12: Game 12- #2 Michigan State (81-54 winner against Ohio State) vs. #18 Maryland (97-86 winner against Nebraska), 3:30 pm (CBS)
Sunday, March 13: Championship game- #13 Purdue (76-59 winner against Michigan) vs. #2 Michigan State (64-61 winner against #18 Maryland), 3:00 pm (CBS)
#2 Michigan State wins Big Ten Conference Tournament, 66-62, over #13 Purdue.

BIG 12 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Spirit Center, Kansas City MO
Wednesday, March 9: Game 1- Kansas State (8th seeded team; 5-13 conference record, 16-15 overall) vs. Oklahoma State (9th seeded team; 3-15 conference record, 12-19 overall), 7:00 pm (ESPN-U)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 2- Texas Tech (7th seeded team; 9-9 conference record, 19-11 overall) vs. Texas Christian (10th seeded team; 2-16 conference record, 11-20 overall), 9:00 pm (ESPN-U)
Thursday, March 10: Game 3- #23 Texas (4th seeded team; 11-7 conference record, 20-11 overall) vs. #22 Baylor (5th seeded team; 10-8 conference record, 21-10 overall), 12:30 pm (ESPN 2)
Thursday, March 10: Game 4- #1 Kansas (1st seeded team; 15-3 conference record, 27-4 overall) vs. Kansas State (75-71 winner against Oklahoma), 2:30 pm (ESPN 2)
Thursday, March 10: Game 5- #9 West Virginia (2d seeded team; 13-5 conference record, 24-7 overall) vs. Texas Christian (67-62 winner against Texas Tech), 7:00 pm (ESPN-U)
Thursday, March 10: Game 6- #6 Oklahoma (3d seeded team; 12-6 conference record, 24-6 overall) vs. #21 Iowa State (6th seeded team; 10-8 conference record, 21-10 overall), 9:00 pm (ESPN-U)
Friday, March 11: Game 7- #22 Baylor (75-61 winner against #23 Texas) vs. #1 Kansas (85-63 winner against Kansas State), 7:00 pm (ESPN/ESPN 2)
Friday, March 11: Game 8- #9 West Virginia (86-66 winner against Texas Christian) vs. #6 Oklahoma (79-76 winner against #21 Iowa State), 9:00 pm (ESPN/ESPN 2)
Saturday, March 12: Championship game- #1 Kansas (70-66 winner against #22 Baylor) vs. #9 West Virginia (69-67 winner against #6 Oklahoma), 6:00 pm (ESPN)
#1 Kansas wins Big 12 Conference Tournament, 81-71, over #9 West Virginia.

COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT
Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore MD
Monday, March 7: Championship game- Hofstra (1st seeded team; 14-4 conference record, 22-8 overall) vs. North Carolina-Wilmington (2d seeded team; 14-4 conference record, 24–7 overall), 7:00 pm (NBC Sports Network)
North Carolina-Wilmington wins Colonial Athletic Association Tournament, 80-73, over Hofstra in overtime.

CONFERENCE USA TOURNAMENT
Legacy Center at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex, Birmingham AL
*Bartow Arena, Birmingham AL
Tuesday, March 8: Game 1- Florida Atlantic (12th seeded team; 5-13 conference record, 7-24 overall) vs. Texas San Antonio (13th seeded team; 3-15 conference record, 5-26 overall)*, 5:00 pm (ASN)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 2- Western Kentucky (8th seeded team; 8-10 conference record, 16-15 overall) vs. North Texas (9th seeded team; 7-11 conference record, 12-19 overall), 1:00 pm (ASN)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 3- Old Dominion (5th seeded team; 12-6 conference record, 19-12 overall) vs. Florida Atlantic (82-58 winner against Texas San Antonio), 3:30 pm (ASN)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 4- Charlotte (7th seeded team; 9-9 conference record, 13-18 overall) vs. Rice (10th seeded team; 7-11 conference record, 12-19 overall), 7:00 pm (ASN)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 5- Texas El Paso (6th seeded team; 10-8 conference record, 18-13 overall) vs. Southern Mississippi (11th seeded team; 5-13 conference record, 8-21 overall), 9:30 pm (ASN)
Thursday, March 10: Game 6- Alabama Birmingham (1st seeded team; 16-2 conference record, 26-5 overall) vs. Western Kentucky (84-76 winner against North Texas), 1:00 pm (ASN)
Thursday, March 10: Game 7- Louisiana Tech (4th seeded team; 12-6 conference record, 23-8 overall) vs. Old Dominion (72-46 winner against Florida Atlantic), 3:30 pm (ASN)
Thursday, March 10: Game 8- Middle Tennessee State (2d seeded team; 13-5 conference record, 21-9 overall) vs. Charlotte (79-69 winner against Rice), 7:00 pm (ASN)
Thursday, March 10: Game 9- Marshall (3d seeded team; 12-6 conference record, 16-15 overall) vs. Texas El Paso (85-77 winner against Florida International), 9:30 pm (ASN)
Friday, March 11: Game 10- Western Kentucky (88-77 winner against Alabama Birmingham) vs. Old Dominion (68-52 winner against Louisiana Tech), 4:00 pm (CBS Sports Network)
Friday, March 11: Game 11- Middle Tennessee State (79-61 winner against Charlotte) vs. Marshall (87-85 winner against Texas El Paso), 6:30 pm (CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, March 12: Championship game- Old Dominion (89-77 winner against Western Kentucky) vs. Middle Tennessee State (99-90 winner against Marshall), 2:30 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Middle Tennessee State wins Conference USA Tournament, 55-53, over Old Dominion.

METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Times Union Arena, Albany NY
Monday, March 7: Championship game- Monmouth (1st seeded team; 17-3 conference record, 27-6 overall) vs. Iona (2d seeded team; 16-4 conference record, 21-10 overall), 7:00 pm (ESPN)
Iona wins Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, 79-76, over Monmouth.

MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Scope Arena, Norfolk VA
Florida A&M (4-12 conference record, 8-21 overall) is ineligible for all post-season play as a result of NCAA sanctions
Monday, March 7: Game 1- Savannah State (5th seeded team; 9-7 conference record, 14-14 overall) vs. Delaware State (12th seeded team; 5-11 conference record, 7-24 overall), 6:30 pm
Monday, March 7: Game 2- North Carolina A&T (6th seeded team; 7-9 conference record, 10-21 overall) vs. Coppin State (11th seeded team; 6-10 conference record, 8-21 overall), 9:00 pm
Tuesday, March 8: Game 3- Maryland-Eastern Shore (8th seeded team; 7-9 conference record, 10-21 overall) vs. Morgan State (9th seeded team; 6-10 conference record, 8-21 overall), 6:00 pm
Tuesday, March 8: Game 4- North Carolina Central (7th seeded team; 7-9 conference record, 12-18 overall) vs. Howard (10th seeded team; 6-10 conference record, 12-19 overall), 8:30 pm
Wednesday, March 9: Game 5- Hampton (1st seeded team; 13-3 conference record, 18-10 overall) vs. Morgan State (65-58 winner against Maryland-Eastern Shore), 6:00 pm
Wednesday, March 9: Game 6- Norfolk State (2d seeded team; 12-4 conference record, 16-15 overall) vs. North Carolina Central (85-80 winner against Howard), 8:30 pm
Thursday, March 10: Game 7- South Carolina State (3d seeded team; 12-4 conference record, 17-13 overall) vs. Coppin State (98-91 winner in double overtime against North Carolina A&T), 6:00 pm
Thursday, March 10: Game 8- Bethune-Cookman (4th seeded team; 10-6 conference record, 14-17 overall) vs. Savannah State (63-58 winner against Delaware State), 8:30 pm
Friday, March 11: Game 9- Hampton (83-81 winner against Morgan State) vs. Savannah State (57-50 winner against Bethune-Cookman), 6:00 pm
Friday, March 11: Game 10- Norfolk State (66-47 winner against North Carolina Central) vs. South Carolina State (90-80 winner against Coppin State), 8:30 pm
Saturday, March 12: Championship game- Hampton (89-55 winner against Savannah State) vs. Norfolk State (67-65 winner against South Carolina State), 1:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Hampton wins Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, 81-69, over South Carolina State.

NORTHEAST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Games are played at home court of higher-seeded team
Tuesday, March 8: Championship game- Fairleigh Dickinson (2d seeded team; 11-7 conference record 17-14 overall) at Wagner (1st seeded team; 13-5 conference record, 22-9 overall), 7:00 pm (ESPN 2), 7:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Fairleigh Dickinson wins Northeast Conference Tournament, 87-79, over Wagner.

PACIFIC 12 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas NV
Wednesday, March 9: Game 1- Washington (8th seeded team; 9-9 conference record) vs, Stanford (9th seeded team; 8-10 conference record, 15-14 overall), 3:00 pm (Pac 12 Network)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 2- Colorado (5th seeded team; 10-8 conference record, 21-10 overall) vs. Washington State (12th seeded team; 1-17 conference record, 9-21 overall), 5:30 pm (Pac 12 Network)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 3- Southern California (7th seeded team; 9-9 conference record, 20-11 overall) vs. UCLA (10th seeded team; 6-12 conference record, 15-16 overall), 9:00 pm (Pac 12 Network)
Wednesday, March 9: Game 4- Oregon State (6th seeded team; 9-9 conference record, 18-11 overall) vs. Arizona State (11th seeded team; 5-13 conference record, 15-16 overall), 11:30 pm (Pac 12 Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 5- #8 Oregon (1st seeded team; 14-4 conference record, 25-6 overall) vs. Washington (91-68 winner against Stanford), 3:00 pm (Pac 12 Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 6- #15 Arizona (4th seeded team; 12-6 conference record, 24-7 overall) vs. Colorado (80-56 winner against Washington State), 5:30 pm (Pac 12 Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 7- #12 Utah (2d seeded team; 13-5 conference record, 24-7 overall) vs. Southern California (95-71 winner against UCLA) 9:00 pm (Pac 12 Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 8- #24 California (3d seeded team; 12-6 conference record, 22-9 overall) vs. Oregon State (75-66 winner against Arizona State), 11:30 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Friday, March 11: Game 9- #5 Oregon (83-77 winner against Washington) vs. #15 Arizona (82-78 winner against Colorado), 9:00 pm (Pac 12 Network)
Friday, March 11: Game 10- #12 Utah (80-72 winner against Southern California) vs. #24 California (76-68 winner against Oregon State), 11:30 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Saturday, March 12: Championship game- #5 Oregon (95-89 winner in overtime against #15 Arizona) vs. #12 Utah (82-78 winner in overtime against #24 California), 10:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)
#5 Oregon wins Pacific 12 Conference Tournament, 88-57, over #12 Utah.

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville TN
Wednesday, March 9: Game 1- Tennessee (12th seeded team; 5-13 conference record, 11-19 overall) vs. Auburn (13th seeded team; 3-15 conference record, 10-21 overall), 8:00 pm (SEC Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 2- Florida (8th seeded team; 9-9 conference record, 18-13 overall) vs. Arkansas (9th seeded team; 9-9 conference record, 16-15 overall), 1:00 pm (SEC Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 3- Vanderbilt (5th seeded team; 11-7 conference record, 19-12 overall) vs. Tennessee (97-59 winner against Auburn), 3:30 pm (SEC Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 4- Mississippi (7th seeded team; 10-8 conference record, 20-11 overall) vs. Alabama (10th seeded team; 8-10 conference record, 17-13 overall), 7:00 pm (SEC Network)
Thursday, March 10: Game 5- Georgia (6th seeded team; 10-8 conference record, 17-12 overall) vs. Mississippi State (11th seeded team; 7-11 conference record, 14-16 overall), 9:30 pm (SEC Network)
Friday, March 11: Game 6- #17 Texas A&M (1st seeded team; 13-5 conference record, 24-7 overall)) vs. Florida (68-61 winner against Arkansas), 1:00 pm (SEC Network)
Friday, March 11: Game 7- Louisiana State (4th seeded team; 11-7 conference record, 18-13 overall) vs. Tennessee (67-65 winner against Vanderbilt), 3:30 pm (SEC Network)
Friday, March 11: Game 8- #16 Kentucky (2d seeded team; 13-5 conference record, 23-8 overall) vs. Alabama (81-73 winner against Mississippi), 7:00 pm (SEC Network)
Friday, March 11: Game 9- South Carolina (3d seeded team; 11-7 conference record, 24-7 overall) vs. Georgia (79-69 winner against Mississippi State), 9:30 pm (SEC Network)
Saturday, March 12: Game 10- #17 Texas A&M (77-66 winner against Florida) vs. Louisiana State (84-75 winner against Tennessee), 1:00 pm (ESPN)
Saturday, March 12: Game 11- #16 Kentucky (85-59 winner against Alabama) vs. Georgia (65-64 winner against South Carolina), 3:30 pm (ESPN)
Sunday, March 13: Championship game- #16 Kentucky (93-80 winner against Georgia) vs. #17 Texas A&M (71-38 winner against Louisiana State), 1:00 pm (ESPN)
#16 Kentucky wins Southeastern Conference Tournament, 82-77, over #17 Texas A&M in overtime.

AUTOMATIC BIDS TO NCAA
Arkansas Little Rock (Sun Belt)
Austin Peay (Ohio Valley)
Buffalo (Mid-American)
California State Bakersfield (Western)
Chattanooga (Southern)
Connecticut (American)
Fairleigh Dickinson (Northeast)
Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun)
Fresno State (Mountain West)
Gonzaga (West Coast)
Green Bay (Horizon)
Hampton (Mid-Eastern)
Hawaii (Big West)
Holy Cross (Patriot)
Iona (Metro Atlantic)
#1 Kansas (Big 12)
#16 Kentucky (Southeastern)
#2 Michigan State (Big Ten)
Middle Tennessee State (Conference USA)
#7 North Carolina (Atlantic Coast)
North Carolina-Asheville (Big South)
North Carolina-Wilmington (Colonial)
Northern Iowa (Missouri Valley)
#5 Oregon (Pacific 12)
St. Joseph's (Atlantic 10)
Seton Hall (Big East)
South Dakota State (Summit)
Southern (Southwestern)
Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
Stony Brook (America East)
Weber State (Big Sky)
Yale (Ivy League)*
*The Ivy League, which was the last league whose regular season champion earned the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, announced March 11 that, beginning next season, they will shorten the regular season by one game and hold a post-season tournament for the top four teams in both men's and women's basketball, to be held at the Palestra in Philadelphia.

[GUJook97]

I don't know if people have been watching the other Champ Week games. But, IMO, teams like Iona-Monmouth, UNC-W-Hofstra, Stetson-FGCU, Valpo-GB,etc have really just gotten so much better. When you watched those game 5-10 years ago, there was a noticeable difference in talent and skill. It's just not the case anymore. Iona and Monmouth would probably beat this Gtown team 8 of 10 times. Oh, well, just an observation. Should make for a fun tourney.

[johnnysnowplow]

Mar 8, 2016 9:30:44 GMT -5 GUJook97 said:

I don't know if people have been watching the other Champ Week games. But, IMO, teams like Iona-Monmouth, UNC-W-Hofstra, Stetson-FGCU, Valpo-GB,etc have really just gotten so much better. When you watched those game 5-10 years ago, there was a noticeable difference in talent and skill. It's just not the case anymore. Iona and Monmouth would probably beat this Gtown team 8 of 10 times. Oh, well, just an observation. Should make for a fun tourney.

I agree. Iona-Monmouth and UNCW-Hofstra felt like major college basketball games. Championship week is the best.

[guru]

Mar 8, 2016 9:30:44 GMT -5 GUJook97 said:

I don't know if people have been watching the other Champ Week games. But, IMO, teams like Iona-Monmouth, UNC-W-Hofstra, Stetson-FGCU, Valpo-GB,etc have really just gotten so much better. When you watched those game 5-10 years ago, there was a noticeable difference in talent and skill. It's just not the case anymore. Iona and Monmouth would probably beat this Gtown team 8 of 10 times. Oh, well, just an observation. Should make for a fun tourney.

Monmouth would beat us 10 out of 10. I was at the game in December and it's when I first realized this season could be a lost one. Monmouth looked like the major conference team and we looked like the smaller conference school trying in vain to keep up. It was never close - and it was truly depressing.

[drquigley]

Mar 8, 2016 11:12:32 GMT -5 guru said:

Mar 8, 2016 9:30:44 GMT -5 GUJook97 said:

I don't know if people have been watching the other Champ Week games. But, IMO, teams like Iona-Monmouth, UNC-W-Hofstra, Stetson-FGCU, Valpo-GB,etc have really just gotten so much better. When you watched those game 5-10 years ago, there was a noticeable difference in talent and skill. It's just not the case anymore. Iona and Monmouth would probably beat this Gtown team 8 of 10 times. Oh, well, just an observation. Should make for a fun tourney.

Monmouth would beat us 10 out of 10. I was at the game in December and it's when I first realized this season could be a lost one. Monmouth looked like the major conference team and we looked like the smaller conference school trying in vain to keep up. It was never close - and it was truly depressing.

Completely agree. Watching the kid English on Hofstra I kept thinking how we could really use a kid like that. And needless to say Monmouth's pg Robinson would be just what we needed this year.

[GUJook97]

Yeah, I was trying to be a bit more optimistic. But, I too, was at that game, and it wasn't even close.

[Deleted]

Glad that Monmouth lost - I hope they get left out of the tournament. The last thing I need to see is another story about their dumb-ass bench antics.

[guru]

Mar 8, 2016 11:42:37 GMT -5 GUJook97 said:

Yeah, I was trying to be a bit more optimistic. But, I too, was at that game, and it wasn't even close.

Post script: I wouldn't mind seeing King Rice on our bench some season soon

[prhoya]

Mar 8, 2016 11:47:47 GMT -5 @cam said:

Glad that Monmouth lost - I hope they get left out of the tournament. The last thing I need to see is another story about their dumb-ass bench antics.

And GU is not part of the NCAA Tournament talking points when Monmouth plays...

[NCHoya]

Ironically our fall out of the RPI Top 100 and UCLA's position at 99, greatly weakens the case to include Monmouth as an at large. It was basically the equivalent of them beating Belmont or James Madison.

[boxout05]

FWIW, I don't even think they had 5,000 people at the afternoon session of the ACC tournament today. And the 400s behind the baskets were curtained off (Verizon employee said it'd be kept that way for all games, but take that with a grain of salt).

[aleutianhoya]

Mar 8, 2016 11:47:47 GMT -5 @cam said:

Glad that Monmouth lost - I hope they get left out of the tournament. The last thing I need to see is another story about their dumb-ass bench antics.

I completely hear you. And I agree that I want no part of hearing about how "they beat Georgetown" over and over again as they are discussed.

But, from a pure basketball perspective, I think it's absolutely an outrage if they don't get in. They're not a "mid-major" team (whatever that means anymore). By any calculus, their league is a "low-major" league -- it stinks. So, they did the only thing a team in their position can do -- they played almost exclusively on the road. They scheduled away games with UCLA, USC, Rutgers and Georgetown. And neutral court games with Notre Dame, USC, and an excellent Dayton team. And they went 5-2 in those games. It's not their fault Georgetown and UCLA weren't exactly vintage teams. They did everything they could.

Their league blows. I mean, really, really sucks. And they inevitably lost a couple of games to very bad teams on the road in their league. I would submit that virtually anyone playing 10 true road games against crappy teams is going to lose a couple. The difference is no major conference team is stupid enough to play even one.

And then they lost the league championship game by a few points to the only other decent team in their league.

I don’t think they’re going to get in. And that’s a travesty. I know people will say that they shouldn't have lost those few away games against Editedty teams, and they had their chance in the conference tournament and "blew it." But, I just don't buy it. I don't feel that way when there's some 28-2 team that played absolutely no one the whole year, lost in their conference tournament game, and is crying about how many wins they had. Like a Utah State from a few years ago. That hypothetical team had the chance to schedule better, and they didn't. Here, Monmouth did what was asked of them, and then some.

[johnnysnowplow]

Mar 9, 2016 8:45:34 GMT -5 aleutianhoya said:

Mar 8, 2016 11:47:47 GMT -5 @cam said:

Glad that Monmouth lost - I hope they get left out of the tournament. The last thing I need to see is another story about their dumb-ass bench antics.

I completely hear you. And I agree that I want no part of hearing about how "they beat Georgetown" over and over again as they are discussed.

But, from a pure basketball perspective, I think it's absolutely an outrage if they don't get in. They're not a "mid-major" team (whatever that means anymore). By any calculus, their league is a "low-major" league -- it stinks. So, they did the only thing a team in their position can do -- they played almost exclusively on the road. They scheduled away games with UCLA, USC, Rutgers and Georgetown. And neutral court games with Notre Dame, USC, and an excellent Dayton team. And they went 5-2 in those games. It's not their fault Georgetown and UCLA weren't exactly vintage teams. They did everything they could.

Their league blows. I mean, really, really sucks. And they inevitably lost a couple of games to very bad teams on the road in their league. I would submit that virtually anyone playing 10 true road games against crappy teams is going to lose a couple. The difference is no major conference team is stupid enough to play even one.

And then they lost the league championship game by a few points to the only other decent team in their league.

I don’t think they’re going to get in. And that’s a travesty. I know people will say that they shouldn't have lost those few away games against Editedty teams, and they had their chance in the conference tournament and "blew it." But, I just don't buy it. I don't feel that way when there's some 28-2 team that played absolutely no one the whole year, lost in their conference tournament game, and is crying about how many wins they had. Like a Utah State from a few years ago. That hypothetical team had the chance to schedule better, and they didn't. Here, Monmouth did what was asked of them, and then some.

I have to agree here. Aren't teams like Monmouth the ones that make the tournament fun? We all saw them play. Don't you think this is a potential 11/12 seed that could make a little run? Aren't those the teams that make the tournament so great? I'd take them 10 times out of 10 over some slack dick major conference team like Oregon St. or Tulsa or obviously Syracuse.

[TBird41]

Mar 9, 2016 11:01:34 GMT -5 johnnysnowplow said:

Mar 9, 2016 8:45:34 GMT -5 aleutianhoya said:

I completely hear you. And I agree that I want no part of hearing about how "they beat Georgetown" over and over again as they are discussed.

But, from a pure basketball perspective, I think it's absolutely an outrage if they don't get in. They're not a "mid-major" team (whatever that means anymore). By any calculus, their league is a "low-major" league -- it stinks. So, they did the only thing a team in their position can do -- they played almost exclusively on the road. They scheduled away games with UCLA, USC, Rutgers and Georgetown. And neutral court games with Notre Dame, USC, and an excellent Dayton team. And they went 5-2 in those games. It's not their fault Georgetown and UCLA weren't exactly vintage teams. They did everything they could.

Their league blows. I mean, really, really sucks. And they inevitably lost a couple of games to very bad teams on the road in their league. I would submit that virtually anyone playing 10 true road games against crappy teams is going to lose a couple. The difference is no major conference team is stupid enough to play even one.

And then they lost the league championship game by a few points to the only other decent team in their league.

I don’t think they’re going to get in. And that’s a travesty. I know people will say that they shouldn't have lost those few away games against Editedty teams, and they had their chance in the conference tournament and "blew it." But, I just don't buy it. I don't feel that way when there's some 28-2 team that played absolutely no one the whole year, lost in their conference tournament game, and is crying about how many wins they had. Like a Utah State from a few years ago. That hypothetical team had the chance to schedule better, and they didn't. Here, Monmouth did what was asked of them, and then some.

I have to agree here. Aren't teams like Monmouth the ones that make the tournament fun? We all saw them play. Don't you think this is a potential 11/12 seed that could make a little run? Aren't those the teams that make the tournament so great? I'd take them 10 times out of 10 over some slack dick major conference team like Oregon St. or Tulsa or obviously Syracuse.

Teams like Monmouth have ruined my March in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2013. They can all burn.

[JohnnyJones]

It seems that even if Syracuse were to lose to Pitt today, many think they are still in the NCAA field. Why is that? I believe there RPI is currently 60?

[GUJook97]

Don't worry about Monmouth, we'll be hearing a lot about Gtown failures in the next few weeks. We've got FGCU. That's the beauty, we've been responsible for the accomplishments of so many teams...

[GUJook97]

Mar 9, 2016 12:42:53 GMT -5 JohnnyJones said:

It seems that even if Syracuse were to lose to Pitt today, many think they are still in the NCAA field. Why is that? I believe there RPI is currently 60?

Would be funny if the Committee comes out and says, "Well, Monmouth won at Gtown, while Syracuse got crushed at Gtown and that is why Syracuse is out."

[SSHoya]

Mar 9, 2016 14:05:04 GMT -5 GUJook97 said:

Mar 9, 2016 12:42:53 GMT -5 JohnnyJones said:

It seems that even if Syracuse were to lose to Pitt today, many think they are still in the NCAA field. Why is that? I believe there RPI is currently 60?

Would be funny if the Committee comes out and says, "Well, Monmouth won at Gtown, while Syracuse got crushed at Gtown and that is why Syracuse is out."

Unfortunately, Pitt doing its best to give the game back to SU.

[GUJook97]

Sean McDonough was so sad. LOL.

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So Cuse might not make it for the second year In a row.. Uconn also out as of now if they lose to nati tomorrow their prob out for the 2nd year in a row and us.... strange times