Championship Week, Day Seven
by Bill C. on Mar 9, 2009 6:00 PM CDT
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PrintOnly eight games on the docket today, but we're going for quality here, not quantity--FOUR conference finals, three of them on an ESPN network, and all four on ATDHE.net. Yes, yes, yes.
Colonial Finals
1 VCU v. 2 George Mason (6:00 pm on ESPN2 and ATDHE.net)
Southern Conference Finals
N1 Chattanooga v. S3 College of Charleston (6:00 pm on ESPN and ATDHE.net)
MAAC Finals
1 Siena v. 2 Niagara (8:00 pm on ESPN2 and ATDHE.net)
West Coast Finals
1 Gonzaga v. 2 St. Mary's (8:00 pm on ESPN and ATDHE.net)
Summit Semifinals
1 North Dakota State v. 5 Southern Utah (6:00 pm)
3 Oakland v. 7 South Dakota State (8:30 pm)
Sun Belt Semifinals
1 Western Kentucky v. 4 North Texas (6:30 pm on ESPN360)
2 UA-Little Rock v. 6 South Alabama (9:00 pm on ESPN360)
Games of the Day
Gonzaga v. St. Mary's
Is St. Mary's in? Does the return of Patty Mills make them look a lot better in the committee's eyes? It won't matter if they knock off the Zags in Vegas tonight. This should be a barn-burner.
Siena v. Niagara
The Saints are the favorite tonight, but a loss to Niagara shouldn't knock them out of tourney consideration. I have them safely in at the moment, and Niagara (#51 RPI) is pretty damn solid in their own right. I'm annoyed that this is on opposite Zag/Mary's instead of at 6pm so I could watch both in their entirety.
VCU v. George Mason, Chattanooga v. Charleston
Winner dances. Plus, VCU/GMU is always a fun game.
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7:30 update...
1 VCU 47, 2 GMU 25 (10:28, 2nd)
N1 Chattanooga 54, S3 Charleston 43 (11:29, 2nd)
1 North Dakota State 49, 5 Southern Utah 44 (11:58, 2nd)
4 North Texas 38, 1 Western Kentucky 35 (Half)
Rock M Nation
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Thanks...am still at work for awhile :-)
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oy...that's...oy...
8:00 update!
VCU 65, GMU 48 (3:08, 2nd)
Chattanooga 73, Charleston 61 (1:00, 2nd)
North Dakota State 79, Southern Utah 67 (F)
Western Kentucky 49, North Texas 46 (10:48, 2nd)
Rock M Nation
Thrust nunchuk upward!
this evening has pretty much been a total disaster...
meaning go with Plan B on Wednesday…I have no shot at getting out of here much before about 8pm or so at the earliest
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9:00 update!
Now that the podcast is over…
VCU 71, GMU 50 (F)
Chattanooga 80, Charleston 69 (F)
Niagara 33, Siena 33 (Half)
Gonzaga 38, St. Mary’s 25 (Half…boo…the Gaels are my mid-major of choice)
North Dakota State 79, Southern Utah 67 (F)
Oakland 20, South Dakota State 8 (6:37, 1st)
(I love that Oakland—in Michigan—is in the same conference as Southern Utah. Maybe the Summit can expand to like 16 teams and take in some Independents, as I’ve been dreaming? I could totally see Longwood and Houston Baptist fitting in there. The more the merrier!)
Western Kentucky 77, North Texas 70 (F)
UALR-USA (tipping soon)
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I think the Summit plans on North Dakota and South Dakota
if they can get over the North Dakota nickname issue.
Although...the Great West Conference starts in 2009-10
for all-sports competition
North Dakota
South Dakota
Houston Baptist
Utah Valley
Chicago State
NJIT
Texas-Pan American
Seattle is thinking about it too.
Merge this with the Summit and you’ve got your mega conference.
I know I’ve read other places that the Summit has visited South Dakota and that the hangup to ND is the nickname (Fighting Sioux).
Wait, seriously?
After the joking I did earlier, it turns out that NJIT and UTPA are actually going to be in the same conference soon??? AWESOME.
And yes…NJIT being in anything with “West” in the title is, uhh, dumb. But I’m for it!
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And aren't the actual Sioux...
…okay with the nickname? Didn’t I read that somewhere? If they’re okay with it, why the hell isn’t the NCAA? Is Utah going to have to change its nickname too now?
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Looks like the name is on a timeline...
The Sioux sued for the right to use the Sioux but the Sioux said noo so now the Sioux may have to shoo.
by TiK on Mar 9, 2009 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Looking ahead...
Here is hoping the Binghamtom Bearcats take care of business against UMBC and somehow end up as KU’s opponent in the first round.
Ouch...
…Gonzaga is PUTTING IT TO St. Mary’s…probably knocking the Gaels back onto the wrong side of the bubble…
Meanwhile, South Alabama is up early on UALR, 17-5…
Really, the only interesting game right now is Siena-Niagara…tied 50-50, under 9:00 left…if Niagara wins, I DEFINITELY think Siena should still get in…these are two solid teams…
Rock M Nation
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I agree...
Two decent RPI’s, not a bad league…they are as deserving, as say…Minnesota.
by TiK on Mar 9, 2009 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
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