Week 18 - Mar 3 to 9

[maccca3232]

AP Poll Week 19 by Voter Rank.

AP Poll Week 19 by Voter Change.

 

[maple]

NEC Quarterfinal results:

Le Moyne 62
St Francis PA 51

Chicago St 70
CCSU 60

Wagner 50
Stonehill 72

Long Island 44
FDU 73

For the semi-finals the matchups will be FDU/Chicago St and Stonehill/Le Moyne.

 

[Vowelguy]

NEC Quarterfinal results:

Le Moyne 62
St Francis PA 51

Chicago St 70
CCSU 60

Wagner 50
Stonehill 72

Long Island 44
FDU 73

For the semi-finals the matchups will be FDU/Chicago St and Stonehill/Le Moyne.

Pretty sure that Stonehill/Le Moyne aren't eligible for an NCAA bid as they are still transitioning to D-1.
That would make the FDU-ChicagoSt winner NCAA bound.

 

[maple]

Pretty sure that Stonehill/Le Moyne aren't eligible for an NCAA bid as they are still transitioning to D-1.
That would make the FDU-ChicagoSt winner NCAA bound.

You are correct. Stonehill will be eligible for 2026-2027. From what I found, Le Moyne won’t be eligible until 2027-2028.

 

[triaddukefan]

Pretty sure that Stonehill/Le Moyne aren't eligible for an NCAA bid as they are still transitioning to D-1.
That would make the FDU-ChicagoSt winner NCAA bound.

If Chicago State makes the NCAAs that would be the biggest shock of my lifetime. Even bigger than when I found out Cheerwiine has caffeine

 

[Vowelguy]

Congrats to Rueck and Oregon St for winning the WCC and an NCAA bid!

They could've been a top 5 team had everyone not bailed. So glad to see them recover from that devastation.

 

[packwrap]

Oregon State now another tournament team on UConn resume. I believe that game was originally scheduled assuming the pre-decimation OSU team.

A very nice season long improvement project for Coach Rueck!

Louisville, Miss and Iowa St also improved over course of the season.

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[Vowelguy]

3-seed USF leads 9-seed Rice in the AAC final
Go Jose!

 

[12au]

On a back-to-back-to-back, 4 South Florida players played all 40. Only one who didn't fouled out.

 

[triaddukefan]

I'm sick to my stomach. My Aggies

 

[nwhoopfan]

I'm sick to my stomach. My Aggies
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I feel for you. Conference tourneys are exciting, but I kind of hate seeing how often the best team doesn't end up getting the auto bid in 1 bid leagues. Makes the regular season kind of meaningless.

Fairfield dodged a bullet today, winning by 1 in the semis of their tourney.

 

[triaddukefan]

I feel for you. Conference tourneys are exciting, but I kind of hate seeing how often the best team doesn't end up getting the auto bid in 1 bid leagues. Makes the regular season kind of meaningless.

Man it hurts because they stomped W&M by 25 points last week... and by 23 points earlier in the season... They led by 10 middle of the 3rd and got tight from all accounts. Of all my teams, A&T was the one I was most concerned with how their offense stagnates at time, and they have a tendency to let lesser teams keep it close.

I was gonna act a fool if all my teams made it........ ratchetness on the Boneyard will have to wait.

 

[Vowelguy]

Wacky BigWest

UCSD led Hawaii 22-4 after 1
Even for Q2-Q3 (25-25), so they had an 18pt lead into the 4th
Hawaii outscores them 20-2 in the 4th, so it's now tied with :10 sec to go

 

[Vowelguy]

Wacky BigWest

UCSD led Hawaii 22-4 after 1
Even for Q2-Q3 (25-25), so they had an 18pt lead into the 4th
Hawaii outscores them 20-2 in the 4th, so it's now tied with :10 sec to go

Wow UCSD hits a layup with 1 sec left to win. Almost blew at 41-18 half time lead.

Top seed Hawaii out in semis after furious comeback.

 

[Stagnant]

I think 3 Ivy League teams is too many. Princeton losing tonight is perfect; and it should give the committee the excuse they need to exclude them from the tournament.

 

[Plebe]

I think 3 Ivy League teams is too many. Princeton losing tonight is perfect; and it should give the committee the excuse they need to exclude them from the tournament.

But they lost to Harvard, which is not really a bad loss.

Conferences aren't assigned numbers of bids based on proportional representation. Each resume is individual, and it just so happens this year that the Ivy has 3 teams that are extremely close to the cut line (although one of them will of course be the AQ).

I agree Princeton's resume isn't great, but the bubble is weak. Who is the team that should get in over them? Virginia Tech? James Madison? Minnesota? UNLV? Those resumes are not great either. It'll be a close call.

 

[Stagnant]

Va Tech in over Princeton for me. Princeton has no good non conference wins. Neither does Va Tech; but they benefit from their conference. They beat Cal, Louisville, and won at Georgia Tech.

And sorry. As a big east watcher. I don’t like the idea of 3 Ivy League teams making it while only two big east teams make it.

And I remember last year. Last year. I really liked Columbia; I thought they were a good team. And I campaigned online for their inclusion. And what did they do? Got swept aside easily by Vanderbilt in the play-in game. So, I am not falling for it this year.

 

[WBBTakeover]

There's no way that the Ivy League is a superior conference to the A-10 or the Big East, let alone a P4. Three bids for an 8-team conference that isn't even the top mid-major conference is pure insanity. If it comes to that, then we may need to consider shrinking the field back down to 64 or even smaller. I'm not up for watching terrible basketball under the guise that it is "competitive". Harmoni Turner is the ONLY player that I care about seeing from that conference. At least last year's version of the Ivy League had Chen (my fave from that conference), Hsu, AND Turner.

I don't know who is clamoring to see that many Ivy League teams given their history. Last year's Columbia team proved that they didn't belong by getting lambasted by a very average Vanderbilt team. This was after their mouthy coach begged for their inclusion and had a lot of unsavory things to say about the SEC and ACC (the good sis Shea Ralph made her eat those words).

 

[triaddukefan]

I agree Princeton's resume isn't great, but the bubble is weak. Who is the team that should get in over them? Virginia Tech? James Madison? Minnesota? UNLV? Those resumes are not great either. It'll be a close call.

May I answer?

 

[Stagnant]

There's no way that the Ivy League is a superior conference to the A-10 or the Big East, let alone a P4. Three bids for an 8-team conference that isn't even the top mid-major conference is pure insanity. If it comes to that, then we may need to consider shrinking the field back down to 64 or even smaller. I'm not up for watching terrible basketball under the guise that it is "competitive". Harmoni Turner is the ONLY player that I care about seeing from that conference. At least last year's version of the Ivy League had Chen (my fave from that conference), Hsu, AND Turner.

I don't know who is clamoring to see that many Ivy League teams given their history. Last year's Columbia team proved that they didn't belong by getting lambasted by a very average Vanderbilt team. This was after their mouthy coach begged for their inclusion and had a lot of unsavory things to say about the SEC and ACC (the good sis Shea Ralph made her eat those words).

Good point here about the field. The foolish ncaa wants to expand the field. This year has a very weak bubble for both the men’s and women’s tournaments. It is not an argument for tournament expansion.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Good point here about the field. The foolish ncaa wants to expand the field. This year has a very weak bubble for both the men’s and women’s tournaments. It is not an argument for tournament expansion.

I'm glad you mentioned the men's bubble! It's so terrible!

 

[Plebe]

Va Tech in over Princeton for me. Princeton has no good non conference wins. Neither does Va Tech; but they benefit from their conference. They beat Cal, Louisville, and won at Georgia Tech.

And sorry. As a big east watcher. I don’t like the idea of 3 Ivy League teams making it while only two big east teams make it.

And I remember last year. Last year. I really liked Columbia; I thought they were a good team. And I campaigned online for their inclusion. And what did they do? Got swept aside easily by Vanderbilt in the play-in game. So, I am not falling for it this year.

So if Virginia Tech gets in and loses the play-in game will you regret that as well?

 

[Plebe]

May I answer?

Sure, but I think Duke is safely in the field

 

[Plebe]

Va Tech in over Princeton for me. Princeton has no good non conference wins. Neither does Va Tech; but they benefit from their conference. They beat Cal, Louisville, and won at Georgia Tech.

But they also lost to Syracuse, Virginia, and Boston College. So not only did Virginia Tech do nothing in the nonconference but they offset every one of their good wins with a bad loss.

And Princeton also benefited from its conference. They picked up two wins over Harvard, one of which is Quad 1, which is as many as Virginia Tech got.

It'll be a close call but you won't catch me rooting for the evil ACC to get a bid over any mid-major, ever.