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

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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)
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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

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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.
 

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

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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.
 

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

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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
 

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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
 

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

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