Week 19 - Championship Week

[BRS24]

Yesterday's upsets:

• 5 Ohio over 4 Central Michigan
• 3 SFA over 2 Lamar in OT
• 7 Ark Pine Bluff over 2 Alcorn State
• 6 Toledo over 3 Massachusetts

One more ticket to be punched today, two semis on tap. Go Navy!

 

[nwhoopfan]

Just add "recently" to your nobody dominating for an extended period of time. I don't know how long you have been following, but Robin Selvig had a long run at, IIRC, Montana.

You got me! Looking it up, Griz won the conference tourney 14 times from its inception in '83 thru 2000. Then 7 more between '04 and '15. Surprisingly that was their last trip. So my statement at least was accurate for the last decade. 😉

 

[nwhoopfan]

Yesterday's upsets:

• 5 Ohio over 4 Central Michigan
• 3 SFA over 2 Lamar in OT
• 7 Ark Pine Bluff over 2 Alcorn State
• 6 Toledo over 3 Massachusetts

Yeah the MAC Tourney is interesting. Top 2 seeds advanced but after that it got a bit chaotic. Will Miami and Ball St. both win one more game so they can have a rubber match to determine the auto bid?

 

[triaddukefan]

Sick and Tired of expletive-deleted William and Mary.... 😡😥😡

 

[Vowelguy]

Sick and Tired of expletive-deleted William and Mary.... 😡😥😡

You could send letters encouraging them to follow their FB program to the Patriot League?

 

[triaddukefan]

You could send letters encouraging them to follow their FB program to the Patriot League?

though extremely unlikely, but if they were to meet up with the Fighting Camels again in the finals ...and emerge victorious again.... Letters will be drafted and hand delivered.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Oh boy, upsets in the WAC. It's a really weak conference anyway, but not good if the even remotely decent teams are getting beat.

14-16 Tarleton State beat Utah Valley and 12-20 UT Arlington beat Southern Utah. Both advanced to the semifinals.

 

[BRS24]

Some upsets -

• #3 SFA gets the ticket, wins over #1 McNeese in Southland finals
• 6 UT Arlington beats 3 Southern Utah in WAC quarters
• #10 Hofstra beats #7 Towson in CAA 2nd round

 

[Vowelguy]

Oh boy, upsets in the WAC. It's a really weak conference anyway, but not good if the even remotely decent teams are getting beat.

14-16 Tarleton State beat Utah Valley and 12-20 UT Arlington beat Southern Utah. Both advanced to the semifinals.

Only appropriate that in its swan song, we get one last Wacky WAC.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Only appropriate that in its swan song, we get one last Wacky WAC.

It's folding?

edit--not disappearing, but rebranding as the UAC

 

[nwhoopfan]

Some upsets -

• #3 SFA gets the ticket, wins over #1 McNeese in Southland finals
• 6 UT Arlington beats 3 Southern Utah in WAC quarters
• #10 Hofstra beats #7 Towson in CAA 2nd round

UTSA over South Florida in the American

 

[nwhoopfan]

Thankfully the NEC Championship will be Fairleigh Dickinson against Long Island, the only two teams from the conference with winning overall records.

 

[BRS24]

Le sigh. My hubby's Midshipmen (both men and women) lose in the Patriot League tourney, denying them NCAAT bids. The upside is that this is the first time in USNA history that the M & W programs ended the season in 1st place.

• #3 Long Island University beat 2 Mercyhurst in NEC semis
• #10 Evansville beat #7 UIC in MVC 1st round

Today's schedule - 1 final and 8 semis.

 

[BRS24]

#4 Southern beats #1 Alabama A&M in SWAC semis

 

[BRS24]

#6 Toledo beats #2 Ball State in MAC semis

 

[triaddukefan]

#4 Southern beats #1 Alabama A&M in SWAC semis

 

[triaddukefan]

In the Division II tournament, the mighty rams of Winston-Salem State advance to the second round.

 

[BRS24]

#3 Norfolk State beats #2 Maryland Eastern Shore in MEAC semis

 

[BRS24]

#4 Hawai'i beats #1 UC Irvine in OT, Big West semis

 

[nwhoopfan]

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Well at least William & Mary got beat, so that should cheer you up a little bit.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Uh oh, Campbell about to get upset by 9-21 Hofstra in the CAA.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I don't know. I kinda don't like how a terrible team can completely spoil a good team's season in 1 night, making the previous 3 months irrelevant, in these conference tournies. 5-15 in the MVC Evansville took out 16-4 Belmont in a quarterfinal. There's been lots of wacky stuff like that happening in these mid majors.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Harvard beat Columbia, will meet Princeton in the Ivy Championship.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Big West Championship will be UC San Diego vs. Hawaii.

 

[nwhoopfan]

The wacky WAC Championship will pit Cal Baptist against Abilene Christian.

Ima need a ruling from @triaddukefan about the ramifications of this matchup. I don't know what denomination Abilene Christian is.

 

[enigmatic]

Big West Championship will be UC San Diego vs. Hawaii.

Hope third time is the charm for Hawaii as they've lost both meetings to the Tritons this season.

 

[packwrap]

It's folding?

edit--not disappearing, but rebranding as the UAC

I guess this can still be pronounced "whack", but it does move them up 2 spots in the alphabetical list of conferences.

 

[cancontent]

The wacky WAC Championship will pit Cal Baptist against Abilene Christian.

Ima need a ruling from @triaddukefan about the ramifications of this matchup. I don't know what denomination Abilene Christian is.

Either way, bibles get pushed aside in this scenario. 😉

 

[BRS24]

Well, a happy Saturday to all you hoop fans! Yesterday's slate was full of upsets, and now we are at the penultimate day of conference play. Out of today's 12 games, two semis and two finals feature top seeds that aren't #1.

 

[triaddukefan]

Uh oh, Campbell about to get upset by 9-21 Hofstra in the CAA.

Heartbreak for my Camels.... It's difficult for them to get over the hump. 😢

The wacky WAC Championship will pit Cal Baptist against Abilene Christian.

Ima need a ruling from @triaddukefan about the ramifications of this matchup. I don't know what denomination Abilene Christian is.

The losing team better prepare for 40 days and 40 nights of rain in there vicinity.