47 games yesterday.\u00a0 Only 39 today.\u00a0 But, have no fear, there are a LOT of points at stake as each tournament moves on to another round of play.\u00a0 This might be the fifth best sports day of the year (behind next thursday through sunday).<\/p>\n
Before we get into today’s preview, I thought that, heading into the title weekends, it might be interesting to see the breakdowns of champions with the 12 CTC’ers.<\/p>\n
PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong> (16 points):<\/em><\/u> #3 Lafayette at #1 Lehigh<\/em>.\u00a0 The Mountain Hawks of Lehigh won the regular season, so they got home games througout the tournament.\u00a0 Well, this is final one.\u00a0 Fran O’Hanlons Leopards will try and take the title and go to The Dance.\u00a0 J and Doogan both have Lafayette in a nice upset title pick.\u00a0 Bry, Ina, Stri, both Lohses, and Teddy all have Lehigh.<\/p>\n BIG EAST SEMIFINALS<\/strong> (40 points each):<\/em><\/u> #5 Marquette vs. #8 Georgetown<\/em>.\u00a0 Marquette STUNNED Villanova yesterday and now get to wear the home whites in the conference semis.\u00a0 G’town put in a STUNNING performance against Syracuse yesterday.\u00a0 No one has either of these teams winning this game, so there are no points at stake here in the CTC<\/p>\n #3 West Virginia vs. #7 Notre Dame<\/em>.\u00a0 WVU is, all of\u00a0a sudden, the best remaining seed in the Big East tournament, after an amazing game-winner last night by Da’Sean Butler gave them a win over Cincinnati.\u00a0 Notre Dame is red-hot and the ‘Gody looks healthy, so they are gonna be tough.\u00a0 Everyone except Waters and KA have a horse in this race.\u00a0 Lohse has the great upset pick of Notre Dame here.\u00a0 The other 9 have West Virginia going to the finals.\u00a0 But, Bry is the only one that has WVU winning this tournament.\u00a0 In fact, he’s the only one with their Big East champion still alive, so this game is biggest for him.<\/p>\n BIG XII SEMIFINALS\u00a0<\/strong>(40 points each):<\/em><\/u> #1 Kansas vs. #4 Texas A&M<\/em>.\u00a0 Both teams took care of business yesterday and meet in the early game tonight.\u00a0 Everyone has KU winning this game.\u00a0 Doogan and KA are the only two that do not have them winning it all, so they are probably rooting for an upset here.<\/p>\n #2 Kansas St. vs. #3 Baylor<\/em>.\u00a0 The second game of the double-header is going to be a war between a K-State team that is probably still dreaming of a #1-seed and a red-hot Baylor team.\u00a0 Bry, Ina, Doogan, Alexi, Lil Lohse, adn Teddy all have Baylor in the mild upset.\u00a0 KA, J, and Stri have K-State.\u00a0 Waters, Lynch, and Lohse all had Oklahoma St. and have, therefore, already lost this game.\u00a0 The game is biggest for Doogan and KA, as they have Baylor and K-State, respectively, to win it all.<\/p>\n PAC-10 SEMIFINALS <\/strong>(40 points each):<\/em><\/u> #1 California vs. #5 UCLA<\/em>.\u00a0 Ben Howland’s team is still kicking, as they are two wins from somehow pulling out an NCAA bid from this forgettable season.\u00a0 Cal is heading to the tournament, but could use a Pac-10 tourney title for a favorable seed.\u00a0 Waters and KA have already lost this game (Arizona), but everyone else has Cal.\u00a0 Bry, Ina, Doogan, and Alexi have Cal winning this tournament.<\/p>\n #3 Washington vs. #7 Stanford<\/em>.\u00a0 This matchup,\u00a0one that was supposed to be a de facto NCAA tournament play-in game, has been crashed by Stanford who knocked off ASU yesterday.\u00a0 So, UW has an easier matchup in the semis, but does not have any more excuse for losing it.\u00a0 J, Waters, and KA has already lost this game (Arizona St.).\u00a0 Everyone else has yoo-dub.\u00a0 Stri, Lynch, both Lohses, and Teddy all have the Huskies winning this tournament.<\/p>\n ATLANTIC 10 QUARTERFINALS<\/strong> (20 points each):<\/em><\/u> #1 Temple (14-2) vs. #8 St. Bonaventure<\/em>.\u00a0 The Owls\u00a0grab the conference’s top-seed for the first time in nearly a decade and open the quadruple-header with the Bonnies.\u00a0 Everyone has Temple winning this game.\u00a0 Bry, J, Doogan, and Lynch all have Temple winning the tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n #4 St. Louis (11-5) vs. #5 Rhode Island<\/em>.\u00a0 URI’s bubble hopes probably rest on knocking off the Bilikens today in the second game.\u00a0 Let’s stop and talk, for a second, about how great Rick Majerus is.\u00a0 Honestly.\u00a0 There are no senior and no juniors on this St. Louis team, and Mr. Majerus has coached them up and they are going to the Dance.\u00a0 Plus, since it’s St. Louis (and none of them are Larry Hughes), it’s not like any of them are going to leave early for the Association, so the next two years in the A-10 are going to be Majerus and then the rest of the field.\u00a0 So, get the Bilikens now because you won’t be getting them for a while now…at least until one of the big-money schools realize just how amazing Rick Majerus is and offer him the world to come coach for them.\u00a0 Anyway, back to today (fortunately, for the rest of the A-10), KA, Teddy, and Alexi have URI in the mild upset.\u00a0 KA has the Rams in the finals.\u00a0 Waters has already lost this game (St. Joe’s); everyone else has St. Louis.\u00a0 Stri and Lohse have SLU in the finals.<\/p>\n #2 Xavier (14-2) vs. #7 Dayton<\/em>.\u00a0 In the first game of the night session (and one of the best games of the day around the country), two in-state rivals will battle for a shot at the semis.\u00a0 Dayton needs this game to just about secure a big, but XU is red-hot.\u00a0 Waters, Lynch, Lohse, and Teddy all have Dayton in a big upset here.\u00a0 Lynch has the Flyers in the finals.\u00a0 Everyone else has the X.\u00a0 Ina, Lil Lohse, and KA have Xavier winning the A-10.<\/p>\n #3 Richmond (13-3) vs. #11 UMass<\/em>.\u00a0 The nightcap was supposed to be another big game for the bubble, but Charlotte’s bubble burst at home on Tuesday when they lost to UMass.\u00a0 Now, the Minutemen will try to continue in\u00a0 their spoiler role, as they get the Spiders.\u00a0 Lynch had Charlotte here, but everyone else has Richmond.\u00a0 The Spiders are actually a pretty popular CTC pick here, as more people picked Richmond (Teddy, Lohse, Waters, Stri, and Alexi) to win the A-10 than any other team.\u00a0 Throw in J, who has them losing in the finals, and you’ve got half the field with Richmond in the finals.<\/p>\n ACC QUARTERFINALS<\/strong> (20 points each):<\/em><\/u> #1 Duke (13-3) vs. #9 Virginia<\/em>.\u00a0 The Dukies start their quest for yet another #1 seed in the NCAA tournament as they take on a young UVa team that knocked out BC yesterday.\u00a0 Everyone has Duke winning this game.\u00a0 Alexi and KA are the only two that do not have Duke in the finals.\u00a0 Those two and J are the only three that do not have Duke winning this tournament.<\/p>\n #4 Virginia Tech (10-6) vs. #12 Miami (FL)<\/em>.\u00a0 Miami pulled off the massive upset of Wake yesterday and now get to give Va Tech a shot.\u00a0 No one has Miami winning this game.\u00a0 J, Waters, Lynch, and KA all had Wake here, so they have lost it already.\u00a0 The other 8 entries have Va Tech here.\u00a0 Alexi has Va Tech going to the finals.<\/p>\n #2 Maryland (13-3) vs. #7 Georgia Tech<\/em>.\u00a0 The game that everyone where I live is talking about is the 7:00 game tonight as the Terps take on Ga Tech.\u00a0 The Yellow Jackets came from behind last night against UNC to set up this matchup.\u00a0 Tech is squarely on the bubble, so they could really use a win here.\u00a0 Lohse is the only one with Georgia Tech here in a nice upset pick.\u00a0 KA had UNC, but everyone else has Maryland.\u00a0 J and Alexi are the only two with the Terps winning the ACC.<\/p>\n #3 Florida St. (10-6) vs. #11 N.C. State<\/em>.\u00a0 N.C. State pulled off the second big upset of the day yesterday, as they took out Clemson.\u00a0 Now, they will get the Seminoles of FSU in the nightcap of the quadruple-header tonight in Greensboro.\u00a0 Bry, Ina, J, Alexi, Lynch, Lohse, and Teddy have all already lost this game, as they all had Clemson here.\u00a0 Stri has what will be a fantastic upset pick of N.C. State here.\u00a0 Everyone else has the Seminoles.\u00a0 KA has the most faith in FSU, as she has them winning the tournament.\u00a0 Doogan and Waters are the only other two that have them in the finals.<\/p>\n BIG TEN QUARTERFINALS <\/strong>(20 points each):<\/em><\/u> #1 Ohio St. (14-4) vs. #8 Michigan<\/em>.\u00a0 The Buckeyes are also in the market for a #1-seed in the NCAA tournament.\u00a0 Michigan may have had the most diappointing season of anyone in the country, but they beat Iowa yesterday and are, therefore, still alive.\u00a0 Everyone has OSU in this one.\u00a0 Bry, Ina, Alexi, and Waters have the Buckeyes winning the tournament.<\/p>\n #4 Wisconsin (13-5) vs. #5 Illinois (10-8)<\/em>.\u00a0 Illinois has somehow played itself back to the bubble, and now they may be in a must-win position here.\u00a0 Wisconsin, as usual, has been rock-solid under the most underrated coach in the country, Philly’s own Bo Ryan.\u00a0 Waters is the only one to take Illinois in this one.\u00a0 Stri, Lohse, KA, and Teddy all have Wisconsin in the finals.\u00a0 Lohse has them winning it.<\/p>\n #2 Purdue (14-4) vs. #7 Northwestern<\/em>.\u00a0 Northwestern ended Indiana’s season yesterday and now they get to test the Boilermakers sans Robbie Hummel.\u00a0 All 12 entries have Purdue winning this one.\u00a0 Stri, KA, and Lil Lohse have Purdue winning the Big 10.<\/p>\n #3 Michigan St. (14-4) vs. #6 Minnesota<\/em>.\u00a0 Tubby has his boys playing very well right now and are a pretty scary quarterfinal draw for the Spartans.\u00a0 The Gophers rocked Penn St. yesterday to get here.\u00a0 Everyone has MSU winning this one, but some have them going further than others.\u00a0 J, Doogan, Lynch, and Teddy have them going all the way.\u00a0 Lohse, Bry, and Waters have them losing in the finals.<\/p>\n SEC QUARTERFINALS <\/strong>(20 points each):<\/em><\/u> #1E Kentucky (14-2) vs. #4W Alabama<\/em>.\u00a0 Alabama knocked off S. Carolina yesterday to get themselves\u00a0a date with UK.\u00a0 KA has the huge upset pick of Alabama here, but everyone else has the ‘Cats.\u00a0 More than half of the field (Bry, Ina, J, Stri, Alexi, Waters, Lil Lohse, and Teddy)\u00a0has UK winning the SEC.<\/p>\n #2W Ole Miss (9-7) vs. #3E Tennessee<\/em>.\u00a0 Don’t look now, but Ole Miss may be on the bubble all of a sudden.\u00a0 They get a good chance to add to that resume as they get nationally-ranked Tennessee in the quarters, after the Vols took care of LSU yesterday.\u00a0 KA and Waters are the only two that took Ole Miss in this one.\u00a0 Everyone else has Tennessee.\u00a0 Someone is going to lose a champion in this game, as KA has Ole Miss winning the SEC, and Lynch has Tennessee winning it.\u00a0 Doogan and Lohse both have Bruce Pearl’s squad losing in the finals.<\/p>\n #1W Mississippi St. (9-7) vs. #4E Florida<\/em>.\u00a0 The other team from the Magnolia State may also be on the bubble now, but they would need a win today against Florida.\u00a0 The Gators took out Auburn last night.\u00a0 KA, Doogan, and Alexi are the only three to take Mississippi St. in this one; everyone else has the upset with Florida.\u00a0 Waters and Teddy both have the Gators reaching the title game.\u00a0 KA has Mississippi St. in the finals.<\/p>\n #2E Vanderbilt (12-4) vs. #6W Georgia<\/em>.\u00a0 The Dawgs pulled off a nice upset yesterday, taking out Arkansas in the opening round.\u00a0 Now, they get a\u00a0bigger test with Vandy in the quarters.\u00a0 Ina and Teddy both think they can do it again, as they have them in this upset.\u00a0\u00a0Ina actually has UGa going all the way to the finals.\u00a0 Lohse and Doogan\u00a0have the Commodores winning the SEC.\u00a0\u00a0Most of the field (Bry, J, Doogan, Stri, Alexi, Lynch, and both Lohses) has Vandy going to the finals.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n MOUNTAIN WEST SEMIFINALS<\/strong> (32 points each):<\/em><\/u> #1 New Mexico vs. #4 San Diego St<\/em>.\u00a0 Steve Alford’s Lobos struggled, but took care of Air Force yesterday, while SDSU really <\/em>struggled, but survived against Colorado St.\u00a0 Now, they play in the first of two fantastic semifinal games.\u00a0 Doogan, Lynch, Lohse, and KA all have the Aztecs in the upset.\u00a0 LA and Lynch have SDSU winning this tournament.\u00a0 Everyone else has New Mexico winning this game.\u00a0 Half of the field (Ina, J, Stri, Alexi, Waters, and Lil Lohse) have the Lobos going all the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n #2 BYU vs. #3 UNLV<\/em>.\u00a0 In the nightcap, we will see if Jimmer Fredette has an encore performance after dropping 45 on TCU last night.\u00a0 He will have to do it against UNLV and their home fans, as the game is in the Thomas & Mack Center in Sin City.\u00a0 5 entries (J, Doogan, Alexi, Waters, and Teddy) have UNLV here.\u00a0 Five more (Both Lohses, Stri, Ina, and Bry) have BYU.\u00a0 The other two had Utah.\u00a0 Bry and Lohse are the only two in the field that have BYU winning this tournament.\u00a0 Doogan and Teddy are the only two with UNLV winning it.\u00a0 No matter who you slice it, this is a HUGE game.\u00a0 And, just to make it more interesting–the sportsbooks have it as a pick ’em, so it’s anybody’s\u00a0ball game.\u00a0<\/p>\n MAC SEMIFINALS<\/strong> (24 points each):<\/em><\/u> #3 Akron vs. #7 W. Michigan<\/em>.\u00a0 At about 4:30 yesterday, it looked like the Zips were going to be going home from Cleveland disappointed that they could not even get out of the quarters.\u00a0 But, they rallied, beat E. Michigan in double-OT and then watched as the top two seeds both went down, making Akron now the odds-on favorites to represent the MAC in the Big Dance.\u00a0 Everyone has Akron winning this game, so the six entries that do not have the Zips winning it all (Bry, Ina, Doogan, Stri, Alexi,\u00a0and Lil Lohse) will be hoping their pick here is wrong.\u00a0 The other six have Akron winning this game and the title.<\/p>\n #4 Miami (OH) vs. #9 Ohio<\/em>.\u00a0 The Bobcats are miraculously still alive.\u00a0 They won an OT game on the road against Ball St. on Sunday just to get themselves to Cleveland.\u00a0 Then they took out the top-seeded and tournament favorites, Kent St. yesterday in the quarters.\u00a0 Now, they get a Miami team that can, all of a sudden, smell the auto-bid.\u00a0 Teddy got the two Ohio upsets so far, and he’s going for the trifecta tonight.\u00a0 KA is the only other contestant that can score with this game, as she has Miami.\u00a0 Everyone else had either Kent St. or Buffalo and are out of this game.<\/p>\n CONFERENCE USA SEMIFINALS <\/strong>(24 points each):<\/em><\/u> #6 S. Mississippi vs. #7 Houston<\/em>.\u00a0 The first game of the double-header will decide which Cinderella will go to the finals against either the top-seed or the tournament hosts.\u00a0 Houston started the wreckage yesterday by ousting Memphis, and S. Miss followed suit, taking care of UAB.\u00a0 Lohse is the only one that can get any points in this unlikely semifinal matchup, as he actually has S. Miss going to the finals.\u00a0<\/p>\n #1 UTEP vs. #5 Tulsa<\/em>.\u00a0 The Miners, the only favorite to win in the quarters, now gets the host team, Tulsa, in the semis, after the Golden Hurricane came from behind to beat Marshall yesterday.\u00a0 Everyone has UTEP here, except Waters, who had Marshall here.\u00a0 Most of the field (Bry, Ina, J, Doogan, Alexi, and both Lohses) has UTEP winning the tournament.\u00a0 No one has Tulsa, obviously, so those who picked Memphis or UAB to take the C-USA title are rooting for Tulsa here.<\/p>\n WAC SEMIFINALS <\/strong>(16 points each):<\/em><\/u> #1 Utah St. vs. #4 Louisiana Tech<\/em>.\u00a0 The Aggies of Utah St. may actually be an at-large contender on Selection Sunday, but not if they lose here.\u00a0 And, the way the Committee pisses all over the little guys, they might just want to take the auto-bid.\u00a0 La Tech is a solid team that had a bit of a disappointing regular season, but they have the talent to take this tournament.\u00a0 Lynch is the only one with La Tech winning this game.\u00a0 KA has already lost it with Fresno St.\u00a0 Everyone except Waters and KA (who have Nevada) have Utah St. winning this tournament.<\/p>\n #2 Nevada vs. #3 New Mexico St<\/em>.\u00a0 The Wolfpack of Nevada, hosts of the tournament, took care of Idaho last night and then watched New Mexico St. take apart San Jose St., setting up this excellent semifinal.\u00a0 Teddy has New Mexico St., but everyone else has Nevada.\u00a0<\/p>\n MEAC SEMIFINALS <\/strong>(8 points each):<\/em><\/u> #2 Delaware St. vs. #3 S.C. State<\/em>.\u00a0 The Hornets of Delaware St. are two wins from the second ever trip to the Big Dance (and a nice trip to Dayton on Tuesday for the play-in game), but it’ll be two tough games before they will be cutting any nets down.\u00a0 They open the semis tonight against S.C. State.\u00a0 Teddy, KA, Bry, and J all have S.C. State in the mild upset.\u00a0 Everyone else has Delaware St.\u00a0 Waters and Lynch have Delaware St. taking the MEAC title.\u00a0 KA has S.C. State winning the title.<\/p>\n #1 Morgan St. vs. #5 Hampton<\/em>.\u00a0 Morgan St. has dominated this conference for a couple years now and are two games away from another NCAA appearance.\u00a0 They will battle Hampton tonight in the second semifinal.\u00a0 Teddy, Lynch, and Stri have already lost this game, as they had Norfolk winning here.\u00a0 Waters is the only one with Hampton in the finals, so this would be a big win for his bracket.\u00a0 Everyone else has Morgan here.\u00a0 Most of the CTC has Morgan winning the title.<\/p>\n BIG WEST SEMIFINALS <\/strong>(8 points each):<\/em><\/u> #2 Pacific (12-4) vs. #3 Long Beach St<\/em>.\u00a0 The Pacific Tigers have had a pretty decent history in the Big West tournament and now they enter this year’s version against Long Beach St.\u00a0 Interestingly, everyone in the CTC has Pacific going to the finals.\u00a0 Half of the field (Bry, Alexi, Waters, Lohse, KA, and Teddy) has Pacific winning this tournament.<\/p>\n #1 UC-Santa Barbara (12-4) vs. #4 UC-Davis<\/em>.\u00a0 The Gouchos of UCBS won the Big West regular season title and now are two games from The Dance.\u00a0 They open their postseason tonight against #4 UC-Davis.\u00a0 No one has UC-Davis in this game.\u00a0 Waters and KA both had CS-Fullerton, but everyone else has UCSB.\u00a0 The half of the field that did not take Pacific to win, took UCSB.<\/p>\n SWAC SEMIFINALS <\/strong>(8 points each):<\/em><\/u> #2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. #3 Alabama St<\/em>.\u00a0 The first semi in Shreveport will give us which team is going to be the favorites in the title game tomorrow.\u00a0 AR-Pine Bluff struggled, but beat Mississippi Valley St. two nights ago, then took the night off to watch their semifinal opponent, Alabama St., knock off Alabama A&M last night.\u00a0 Alexi, Waters, and both Lohses have Alabama St. winning this game.\u00a0 Bry, Ina, Lynch, KA, and Teddy all have AR-Pine Bluff winning here.\u00a0 Doogan and Stri have already lost this game, with MVSU.\u00a0 Ina, J, KA, and Teddy all have AR-Pine Bluff winning this tournament.\u00a0 The two Lohses have Alabama St. winning it.<\/p>\n #5 Texas-Southern vs. #8 Grambling St<\/em>.\u00a0 In the most unlikely of semifinal matchups, TX-Southern, who hammered Prairie View A&M last night, will take on Grambling, who pulled off the crazy upset of Jackson St. two nights ago.<\/p>\n GREAT WEST SEMIFINALS<\/strong> (8 points each):<\/em><\/u> #1 South Dakota (11-1) vs. #5 Texas-Pan American<\/em>.\u00a0 The first ever regular season champion in the Great West is South Dakota.\u00a0 Now, they will try and be the first ever tournament champion, as well, though it will not result in an NCAA bid.\u00a0 UT-Pan American edged the host school, Utah Valley, on Wednesday night to get to face the top-seeded Coyotes.\u00a0 KA and Teddy both have UT-PA pulling off a big upset here, though neither of them has the Broncs winning the tournament.\u00a0 Everyone else has South Dakota winning the whole thing, so this upset would be huge for Teddy and KA.<\/p>\n #2 Houston Baptist vs. #6 N.J. Tech<\/em>.\u00a0 The #2-seed in the inaugural Great West tournament is Houston Baptist–the only other team over .500 in league play.\u00a0 They played a great game with Chicago St. in the quarters and came out victorious.\u00a0 Now, they get N.J. Tech, who beat North Dakota on Wednesday.\u00a0 J, Alexi, and Waters all have N.J.I.T. going to the finals in a really nice upset pick here.\u00a0 Teddy and Lynch have already lost the game with North Dakota in this spot.\u00a0 The other seven entries have Houston Baptist going to the finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 47 games yesterday.\u00a0 Only 39 today.\u00a0 But, have no fear, there are a LOT of points at stake as each tournament moves on to another round of play.\u00a0 This might be the fifth best sports day of the year (behind … Continue reading
\nRemember the Patriot League?\u00a0 Ya, it’s still going.\u00a0 The last time we caught up with the PL was Sunday, when Lehigh and Lafayette both won home semifinal games to set up today’s championship–the only championship of the day.\u00a0 The current leader is Doogan (the ’08 champ), and he will win the title if Lafayette comes through.\u00a0 If Lehigh wins, at home, then Teddy will win his first CTC conference crown (it won’t be his last with his performance here in the seconed week).<\/p>\n
\nFour unlikely teams remain after Upset Thursday in MSG.\u00a0 But, this conference is so deep that the matchups are still great, and the title is still of incredibly high prestige.<\/p>\n
\nThe top four teams all came off of their byes yesterday and won their quarterfinals matchups.\u00a0 That sets up a fantastic double-header in Kansas City tonight and we are guaranteed to have a great matchup in the title game tomorrow.<\/p>\n
\nThe Pac-10 nearly had a\u00a0nightmare of a quarterfinals, but UW pulled it out late to probably secure that the Pac-10 will not have to deal with the ignominity of being a one-bid league this year.<\/p>\n
\nTwo A-10 teams didn’t make the tournament.\u00a0\u00a0Then, four games across the conference’s campuses eliminated four more on Tuesday night.\u00a0 So, we are down to eight A-10 teams to battle it out on the boardwalk.<\/p>\n
\nThe top four teams in the ACC join the party in Greensboro today, joining the four survivors of a top-seed massacre yesterday.<\/p>\n
\nAfter the bottom three teams were eliminated yesterday, the top eight will battle it out in the Big Ten quarters today in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n
\nThe SEC welcomes the top two teams from each division, including the #2 team in all the land, Kentucky.<\/p>\n
\nI’m not going to lie to you, I’m about as interested in the final four of the Mountain West as I am in any other conference.\u00a0 We got the top four teams through the quarters, setting up\u00a0a double-header that, though it lacks the “star” power, is every bit as good as the semifinals in most of the “major” conferences.\u00a0 And, I lucked out that I get these games in my cable package, so it looks like we’re staying in and watching the Mountain West tonight–fun Friday night, huh?\u00a0 I think so.<\/p>\n
\nIf you told me that you correctly predicted the MAC semifinals, then I would take my hat off to you.\u00a0 If you then told me that you also correctly predicted the four opening round games, I would probably stop believing anything you say.\u00a0 Well, Teddy, consider yourself not being believed.\u00a0 Teddy has amazingly predicted these crazy results in the MAC this year, so I have already called the bookie and told him to put the house on an Ohio-Akron parlay tonight.<\/p>\n
\nThree upsets yesterday paved the way for the UTEP Miners to roll through the C-USA tournament…maybe.<\/p>\n
\nAll four favorites won in the quarters yesterday in the WAC, so the double-header in Reno will involved the best four teams in the WAC.<\/p>\n
\nFinally, we get to a little normalcy in the MEAC, as the semifinal round is just a simple double-header–ya know, like every other conference tournament.<\/p>\n
\nFinally, the Big West invites its top two seeds to the tournament party, as they both received double-byes for their work through the regular season.\u00a0 The system definitely made sense this year, as those two teams were both four games better than\u00a0third-place Long Beach St.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThe bottom half of the SWAC looks as it is supposed to, but the top half blew up.\u00a0 The ramifications of the Jackson St. loss struck far and wide, as two days later we get the semis without the Tigers.<\/p>\n
\nAnd the tournament that doesn’t matter…to anyone but us…is down to just four teams remaining.\u00a0 South Dakota, the top-seed, joins the three winners from two nights ago in Oren, UT, for the semis.<\/p>\n