Bubblicious Thursday/No major upsets yet in conference tourneys

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Wednesday Results
#31 San Diego State beats Air Force (Aztecs probably sealed a bid)
#41 LaSalle beats George Washington (Explorers finish @ Saint Louis with chance for A-10 title share)
#42 Temple wins @ Fordham (hard to envison scenario that excludes Owls from Field of 68)
#50 Cal loses to Stanford (critical home loss moves Golden Bears close to the bubble)
#51 Iowa State beats Oklahoma State (win in Morgantown and Cyclones likely good to go)
#53 Villanova beats Georgetown (Jay Wright's club simply has too many top-shelf wins to ignore)
#56 Tennessee wins @ Auburn (beat Mizzou in finale, and I like Vols' chances)
#82 Xavier beats Saint Louis (X-Men hangin' around)
#86 Maryland loses to North Carolina (Terps are headed for the NIT)

Thursday Slate
Oregon @ #28 Colorado (essentially, the winner locks up a bid)
#52 Kentucky @ Georgia (tricky one for Slick Cal, Bulldogs playing well)
Butler @ #55 UMass (must win for Minutemen)
#64 Virginia @ Florida State ('Hoos can't afford back-to-back losses to middlin' ACC foes)

Wednesday Conference Tournament Results
Atlantic Sun (Quarterfinals)
#2 Florida Gulf Coast 73, #7 North Florida 63
#1 Mercer 82, #8 Lipscomb 48
Northeast (Quarterfinals)
#1 Robert Morris 75, #8 Saint Francis-NY 57
#5 Mount Saint Mary's 75, #4 Bryant 69
#2 Wagner 72, #7 Central Connecticut 50
#3 LIU 91, #6 Quinnipiac 83
Ohio Valley (1st Round)
#5 Morehead State 73, #8 Tennessee-Martin 66
#6 Southeast Missouri State 78, #7 Eastern Illinois 68
Patriot (Quarterfinals)
#1 Bucknell 58, #8 Navy 42
#4 Army 65, #5 American 55 (American a Gopher opponent)
#2 Lafayette 77, #7 Holy Cross 54 (Lafayette a Gopher opponent)
#3 Lehigh 71, #6 Colgate 64
West Coast (1st Round)
#9 Loyola Marymount 65, #8 Portland 54

Thursday Conference Tournament Slate
Atlantic Sun (Quarterfinals/Mercer host)
#3 Stetson vs. #6 East Tennessee State, 1:30 p.m.
#4 Jacksonville vs. #5 USC-Upstate, 7:30 p.m.
Big South (Quarterfinals/Conway, SC)
#1S Charleston Southern vs. #5S Winthrop, 11 a.m.
#2N VMI vs. #6N Longwood, 1:30 p.m.
#2S Gardner-Webb vs. #3N Campbell, 5 p.m.
#1N High Point vs. #5N Liberty, 7:30 p.m.
Missouri Valley (1st Round/Saint Louis)
#8 Bradley vs. #9 Drake, 6:05 p.m.
#7 Missouri State vs. #10 Southern Illinois, 8:35 p.m.
Ohio Valley (Quarterfinals/Nashville)
#4 Tennessee State vs. #5 Morehead State, 6 p.m. (Tennessee State a Gopher opponent)
#3 Eastern Kentucky vs. #6 Southeast Missouri State, 8:30 p.m.
West Coast (2nd Round/Las Vegas)
#5 San Francisco vs. #9 Loyola Marymount, 8 p.m.
#6 San Diego vs. #7 Pepperdine, 10:30 p.m.
 

Virginia loses- that can't be bad for us.
 

UVa and UK both face-planted tonight. The Gopher's resume looking shinier by the minute.
 


Colorado on the other hand is locking it up by running Oregon out of the gym. SS, you seem to indicate Oregon does not have a bid locked. They are rated #19 at the moment, but not in for sure?
 


Will post my updated chart in a little bit. Colorado is now a lock, Oregon is not. Ducks probably will end up getting in, but they resemble Washington from last season (Pac 12 regular-season champ that didn't get a bid). ... not all that impressive of a resume.

Definitely a bad night for Louisiana Tech. I expect Denver to spank 'em, too. DU's usually pretty tough at home.
 

For those hoping to get 8 Big Ten teams into the tourney, last night was generally a good night. At least, that's the way it looks to me.
 

Louisiana Tech did college basketball a big favor by losing. They had no business in the at-large talk, and they would have been the worst poster child for neglected mid-majors.
 

Louisiana Tech did college basketball a big favor by losing. They had no business in the at-large talk, and they would have been the worst poster child for neglected mid-majors.

Not a good night for conference-leading mid-majors. ... Akron PG Alex Abreu (10.3 ppg, 6 apg) was busted and then suspended Thursday after being arrested and charged with possession and trafficking of marijuana.
 






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