{"id":265,"date":"2009-03-08T14:59:34","date_gmt":"2009-03-08T19:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=265"},"modified":"2009-03-08T22:24:47","modified_gmt":"2009-03-09T03:24:47","slug":"ctc-day-6-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"CTC: Day 6 Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday (Day 5) was jam-packed with games all over the country; Sunday is a little less &#8220;packed,&#8221; but has better (more CTC value) games.\u00a0 This day will go a long way to see who has the advantage heading into the high-value, major tournaments.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>MISSOURI VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIP:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nEven though the final in The Valley pits #1 vs. #3, it is a rather unexpected final, mainly because of who is missing&#8211;Creighton.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#1 Northern Iowa vs. #3 Illinois State<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Top-seeded Northern Iowa will try and complete a great Valley season, but they will be tested by a red-hot Illinois St. team that remembers getting destroyed last year in The Valley final against Drake.\u00a0 Everyone has Creighton winning the tournament, so there are no points on the line here.\u00a0 Stri is going to take Ina&#8217;s CTC Valley title away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u><!--more-->COLONIAL SEMIFINALS:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nAn extremely exciting quarterfinal round (all four of which were on TV here in the South)\u00a0gave us a CAA Final Four for Sunday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#1 VCU vs. #4 Old Dominion<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 This s going to be one of the best games of the day and, personally, I cannot wait to watch it.\u00a0 This game is really big for the CTC.\u00a0 Four of us have VCU (Bry, Ina, Waters, and J), and three of us have ODU (Alexi, Doogan, and Stri).\u00a0 Lynch has Delaware, who is already out.\u00a0 Doogan and Stri both have ODU winning it all.\u00a0 Bry has VCU winning it all.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#2 George Mason vs. #11 Towson<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 The CTC Cinderella lives to see another day, as Towson knocks off another high CAA seed.\u00a0 They get a shot to continue their George Mason-esque run today against, well, George Mason.\u00a0 Bry, Doogan, and Lynch who have already lost this game (either with Northeastern or Drexel) will be rooting for the Tigers to pull off another upset.\u00a0 The other five all have Mason<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>WEST COAST CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nThe structure of the WCC tournament gives the top two teams a double-bye to the semis.\u00a0 So, tonight is the first we will see of the class of the WCC, #1 Gonzaga and #2 St. Mary&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#1 Gonzaga (14-0) vs. #4 Santa Clara<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Gonzaga went undefeated in the WCC this year, but the slate is clean now and they have the same chance to get the auto bid as the other three Final Four teams.\u00a0 They open tonight against #4 Santa Clara, who beat San Diego last night.\u00a0 Everyone except Bry has Gonzaga winning this tournament, so Bry is a Santa Clara fan today.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#2 St. Mary&#8217;s (10-4) vs. #3 Portland<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Patty Mills is healthy, so St. Mary&#8217;s is a LOT better than they have been for the past month and a half.\u00a0 Everyone has St. Mary&#8217;s winning this game, but Bry is the only one with them winning the title.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>AMERICA EAST SEMIFINALS:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nAfter a pretty wild quarterfinal day in the America East, we have an unexpected Final Four.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#1 Binghamton vs. #4 New Hampshire<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 After two games yesterday, two of the top three seeds had been eliminated, opening this tournament widely to Binghamton.\u00a0 And, now the top two remaining seeds face off in Albany in the semis.\u00a0 Doogan is the only one with New Hampshire making the finals, so he could gain\u00a0a lot of points if that comes through.\u00a0 J had Stony Brook, so he is out.\u00a0 Everyone else has Binghamton.\u00a0 Only Bry and Ina have them winning the tournament, though.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#6 UMBC vs. #7 Albany<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 A very surprising semifinal matchup, pits the defending champ and the home team.\u00a0 Both Bry and Lynch\u00a0both have UMBC making the finals (Lynch actually has them repeating and winning this tournament).\u00a0 Everyone else had Vermont in the finals, so they will be rooting for Albany today, so they don&#8217;t lose points to the &#8220;Retriever Believers.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>SoCON SEMIFINALS:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nIt was apparent all year that the South Division was much better than the North Division, but the North held their own in the quarters, taking two of the four spot in the SoCon Final Four\u00a0And, since they are both at the bottom of the bracket, they will now definitely have representation in tomorrow&#8217;s championship.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#1S Davidson vs. #3S\u00a0College of Charleston<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 If I had to guess, this would be the real championship of the SoCon, but then again, I have been the one that has been saying that the South Division would dominate the North in this tournament and that hasn&#8217;t actually happened.\u00a0 Either way, don&#8217;t expect Davidson to run away from the Bobby Cremins-coached Charleston team.\u00a0 Stri actually has this big upset of Charleston.\u00a0 Everyone else has Curry and the boys.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#3N Samford at #1N Chattanooga<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Maybe this home court thing really does matter.\u00a0 Who knew?\u00a0 Anyway, the Moccassins are just two home wins away from the Big Dance.\u00a0 Samford, a bit of a surprise here, is ready to pull off another upset.\u00a0 No one even had Samford\u00a0getting this far, so obviously no one has them\u00a0winning this game, but everyone except Waters and Lynch will be rooting for them today, as they all had The Citadel in the finals.\u00a0 Lynch is\u00a0the biggest Moccassin fan, as he has Chattanooga\u00a0winning this tournament.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>MAAC SEMIFINALS:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nThe Big Three in the MAAC all survived last night and now we have a pretty good Final Four in Albany tonight.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#1 Siena vs. #5 Fairfield<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 The Siena Saints, the pride of the MAAC, continue their potential run to the tournament today against FU.\u00a0 Everyone has Siena winning this game, and\u00a0half of us (Bry, Alexi, J, and Waters) have Siena winning it all.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#2 Niagara vs. #3 Rider<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 One of the better games of the day pits two very good MAAC teams against each other for the right to play in Monday&#8217;s title game.\u00a0 Only Alexi has Rider; everyone else has Niagara, including Ina, Doogan, Stri, and Lynch, who have them winning it all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>NEC SEMIFINALS:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nThree days after the four quarterfinal games, the NEC 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