Conference tourney pickems - the 31 Automatic Qualifiers

[nwhoopfan]

Harvard edges Princeton 70-67. Turner finished w/ 44.

 

[BRS24]

GM gang - here are the games today, quite a busy day for hoop fans! Finals marked in green, upset seeds red.

Final picks:
MAC - Ball State (13)
MAAC - Fairfield (16), Quinnipiac (1)
ASUN - FGCU (17)
WAC - Grand Canyon (16)
MEAC - Norfolk St (14), Howard (3)
SWAC - Southern (12)
Ivy - Columbia (3), Harvard (1)
CUSA - Middle TN (11), Liberty (6)

Semi picks:
CAA - Charleston (5)
MVC - Missouri St (11), Murray St (3), Drake (2), Belmont (1)

 

[BRS24]

Pick-em Standings as of this morning:
12 - @triaddukefan
11 - @Bigboote, @Jonathan14
10 - BRS24, @Topsail, @Jbs600
9 - None, @Phil, @mrmojack, @Zarathustra, @RoadMaster, @Stagnant
8 - @RSHERMVIKES, , @maple, @bballnut90
7 - @Shocker47
5 - @kat0189

13 bids still remaining. All 17 participants have between 9-11 possible wins for today and tomorrow.

 

[BRS24]

1 Ball State wins the MAC, 1 Fairfield wins the MAAC.

And holy schnikees, 9 William & Mary beats 4 Drexel, 76-54 in the CAA semis.

 

[nwhoopfan]

9 William & Mary

I have a pet peeve about teams with sub .500 records getting into the NCAA Tourney. William & Mary needs to lose.

 

[nwhoopfan]

1 Ball State wins the MAC, 1 Fairfield wins the MAAC.

Also 1 Florida Gulf Coast wins the ASUN.

 

[BRS24]

I have a pet peeve about teams with sub .500 records getting into the NCAA Tourney. William & Mary needs to lose.

Without derailing my own thread, lol, I agree, and also would like to see teams that are at least .500 in conference and overall to play in the big dance, but the conferences want the $$$ from their tourneys.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Murray St. was really putting it on Drake, were up as much as 21 in Q3. But the Bulldogs with a spirited come back to make a game of it, will come up short though. Dinnebier w/ a career high 45, 3rd 40 point game this season.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Koi Love is with UT Arlington? 4th team in 5 years. I can't believe she's still playing, seems like she's been in college forever. Not a fan of unlimited transfers.

 

[nwhoopfan]

UT Arlington seemed to have Grand Canyon on the ropes, but the Lopes turned it around, have the lead coming down the stretch.


I hadn't really looked at their roster very closely. Almost entirely seniors and grad students. This might be a really good time for Molly Miller to take another job, because next year is a complete rebuilding job.

How did I not know about the Erikstrup twins? I was aware of Sydney when she was at Arizona St., but didn't know about Laura at San Diego. Reunited at GCU. From Portland, OR.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Pretty weird sequence at the end. GCU up 1, worked the shot clock all the way down but got a terrible shot, defensive rebound fro UTA...then GCU just snatched it right away. UTA had to foul, now GCU up 3 w/ 2.2 sec left. No timeout so UTA can't advance the ball.


Wow, halfcourt shot grazed the front rim, that was close!

I think this is a first ever Tourney appearance for GCU. They had a handful in D2 before they moved up to D1.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Missouri Valley championship game is gonna look more like an Ohio Valley game. Belmont vs. Murray St., #1 vs. #3 seed.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Harvard-Columbia going down to the wire.

I can't believe how often a team with a lead late in a game fouls a shooter, when it's the LAST THING in the world you should be doing. Especially on a 3. Seems like it's usually on a late close out, where you aren't going to effect the shot anyway. Must take years off the life of their coaches when they have brain cramps like this.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Southern thumped Alcorn St. in the SWAC championship, keeping a sub .500 team out of the Tourney. Good job Southern.

 

[nwhoopfan]

These smart kids make some bad decisions. Harvard up 3 w/ 8 seconds left, the lane was completely open so a Harvard player drove to the rim for the clinching layup...and missed it. Should've played keep away and ran out the clock. Now Columbia w/ a chance to tie w/ 5 seconds left.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Good look rattled in and out. Harvard wins the Ivy. 24 for Harmoni Turner, went over 2000 career points.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Liberty beat Middle Tennessee 53-48 for the CUSA title.

edit--first appearance since 2018; have been the representative from the Big South previously but first time as a member of CUSA

 

[nwhoopfan]

UC San Diego is up big on UC Davis in Q4 in the Big West final. Moved up to D1 in 20-21, this is their 5th season so are they eligible for the Tourney or do they have to wait 1 more year? Would be their first appearance obviously, like Grand Canyon.


edit--looks like it's a 4 year waiting period, so the Tritons are golden if they can hang on

 

[nwhoopfan]

Coach VanDerveer makes the Tourney...but it's Heidi not Tara. UCSD gonna hang on. #4 seed in their tourney.

 

[BRS24]

Woweee - some crazy games today. Here are the last 4 AQ games:

Picks for tomorrow:
Patriot - Lehigh (16), Army (1)
Northeast - FD (16), Stonehill (1)
MVC - Murray State (3), Belmont (1)

Standings:
17 - @triaddukefan, @Jbs600, @Jonathan14
16 - BRS24, None
15 - @Topsail, @RoadMaster, @Stagnant, @Bigboote
14 - @Phil, @Zarathustra, @RSHERMVIKES, @mrmojack, @maple, @bballnut90
13 - @Shocker47
9 - @kat0189

 

[BRS24]

A quick update to the standings with the remaining picks. No one saw the CAA upsets coming.

@Jbs600 (17) - Lehigh, Fairleigh Dickinson, Murray St
@triaddukefan (17) - Lehigh, Fairleigh Dickinson
@Jonathan14 (17) - Lehigh, Fairleigh Dickinson
BRS24 (16) - Fairleigh Dickinson
None (16) - Lehigh, Fairleigh Dickinson
@Topsail (15) - Army, Fairleigh Dickinson
@RoadMaster (15) - Lehigh, Fairleigh Dickinson
@Stagnant (15) - Lehigh, Fairleigh Dickinson
@Bigboote (15) - Lehigh, Fairleigh Dickinson, Murray St
@RSHERMVIKES (14) - Lehigh, Fairleigh Dickinson
@Phil (14) - Lehigh, Fairleigh Dickinson
@Zarathustra (14) - Lehigh, Fairleigh Dickinson, Belmont
@mrmojack (14) - Lehigh, Fairleigh Dickinson, Murray St
@maple (14) - Lehigh, Fairleigh Dickinson
@bballnut90 (14) - Lehigh, Fairleigh Dickinson
@Shocker47 (13) - Lehigh, Fairleigh Dickinson
@kat0189 (9) - Lehigh, Stonehill

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[BRS24]

Lehigh wins the Patriot League final vs Army, 74-62. Fairleigh Dickinson beats Stonehill, 66-49 in the NEC.

As soon as the MVC Murray State/Belmont game is finished, I'll post final standings.

 

[nwhoopfan]

That's quite remarkable!

 

[nwhoopfan]

Katelyn Young from Murray St. just passed Cheryl Miller in career scoring, and has such luminaries as Holdsclaw, Moore and Delle Donne in her sights. Kinda crazy. Of course that is with the benefit of 5 years.