Week 18 - Mar 3 to 9

[BRS24]

Conference tourneys now in play this week for the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC. I'll try to keep up posting schedules, however with the byes, etc, there will be a lot of TBD in future days until games are completed. All but the Big East start on Wednesday, so stay tuned.

Here are the final games of the teams still undefeated in conference play. Although the Ivy has its last games on Saturday, there are no tourney seeding implications within the top 3 (Columbia, Princeton, Harvard), due to prior h2h matchups, however Penn (6-7) and Brown (5-8) could be interesting as they split their two matchups, so the 4th seed could be in play.

 

[azfan]

The Lopes game against Abilene Christian on Saturday should be a challenge. I know that Molly Miller will have the squad prepared and a victory would extend the winning streak to 27 games headed into the tournament up in Las Vegas.

Grand Canyon has a realistic shot at a 30 win season

 

[BRS24]

Here's a quick peek at Wednesday's conf tourney games for the big 4, so to speak. Numbers indicate seeding and not overall ranking.

 

[maple]

I will be biding my time on Monday/Tuesday watching some mid-majors finish out their regular season. A little appetizer for the conference tournaments.

I'll be turning 37 on Wednesday ... I'm hoping for some nice birthday presents in the form of upsets.

 

[12au]

Creme's bracketology update this morning:

 

[12au]

Minnesota and Washington meet in First round of B10 tourney. Loser leaves town?

 

[12au]

Princeton faces Harvard in Ivy semis

 

[12au]

Marquette gets Villanova then UConn in semis.

I wonder if the bubble always gets squeezed. Like I doubt Creme accounts for stolen bids. So there might be 2-3 fewer at-large bids to grab suddenly every year.

 

[Centerstream]

Marquette gets Villanova then UConn in semis.

I wonder if the bubble always gets squeezed. Like I doubt Creme accounts for stolen bids. So there might be 2-3 fewer at-large bids to grab suddenly every year.

You don't believe in possible upsets????

 

[12au]

You don't believe in possible upsets????

Reverse jinx was worth a try

 

[WBBTakeover]

I'll just leave this here for the NET watchers:

Lady Lions Highest Team in NET Rankings, on Both Men's and Women's Side, to Miss NCAA Tournament

Penn State women's basketball missed out on the NCAA Tournament on Sunday evening, taking home the distinction of being the highest ranked team in the NET

www.statecollege.com

ETA: Penn State's women were left out of last year's tournament with a NET of 27. Let's keep that in mind when evaluating certain teams' chances for making the current tournament.

 

[cancontent]

Minnesota and Washington meet in First round of B10 tourney. Loser leaves town?

I thought Indianapolis was a city?

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Marquette gets Villanova then UConn in semis.

I wonder if the bubble always gets squeezed. Like I doubt Creme accounts for stolen bids. So there might be 2-3 fewer at-large bids to grab suddenly every year.

What stolen bids do you have in mind? I could see (maybe) the A10 in the event of an upset and maybe 2 bids for the Ivy. Relatively big maybes. Everyone else is problematic - there are conferences with teams that have relatively high NET rankings - most will win their one-bid conference and, while their NET is "relatively" high, most clearly wouldn't qualify if you simply used the NET as the key word is "relative". I would actually hope some of them might have a chance but I don't quite see it.

 

[maccca3232]

For those interested in such things.

Post 1 of 2: AP Poll by Voter Rank.

 

[maccca3232]

Post 2 of 2: AP Poll by Voter Change.