Tourney Central 3/7/07

Bullet Points

  • Wright State are double-champions of the Horizon League, having beaten a Butler team that's been all up in the national grill this season. Do you take the Raiders seriously yet?
  • Oral Roberts, repeat double champions of the mighty mighty Mid-Con, and North Texas has claimed the championship Belt in the SBC. All hail, all hail!
  • Two championships are settled tonight: the NEC and Big Sky. The MEAC quarters overlap with the end of its first round, and the SWAC quarters get underway. First rounds also tip off in the Mid-American and Big West.

  • Autobids: Pennsylvania, Winthrop, Eastern Kentucky, Davidson, Creighton, Virginia Commonwealth, Niagara, Wright State, Oral Roberts, North Texas.
  • NIT: Austin Peay, Marist, East Tennessee State, South Alabama and Southern Illinois (SIU won't need it, though).

    Brackets

    (4) North Texas 83, 2) Arkansas State 75 | GameFlo

    (1) Oral Roberts 71, (2) Oakland 67 | GameFlo

    (1) Wright State 60, (2) Butler 55 | GameFlo

    (1) Weber State 77, (4) Portland State 74 | GameFlo
    (2) Northern Arizona 78, (3) Montana 71 | GameFlo

    (8) Coppin State 56, (9) Bethune-Cookman 44 | GameFlo
    (7) Hampton 76, (10) Howard 61 | GameFlo

    (9) Idaho 50, (8) San Jose State 49 | GameFlo

    Previews
    Will turn into boxscores once play is compete.

    Northeast Final
    Sacred Heart vs. Central Connecticut State

    Big Sky Final
    Northern Arizona vs. Weber State

    Mid-Eastern Quarterfinals
    Morgan State vs. South Carolina State

    Southwestern Athletic Quarterfinals
    Southern vs. Jackson State
    Alabama State vs. Mississippi Valley State

    Big West First Round
    California-Riverside vs. California-Irvine
    Pacific vs. Cal State Northridge

    Mid-American First Round
    Ball State vs. Eastern Michigan
    Bowling Green vs. Ohio
    Buffalo vs. Central Michigan
    Northern Illinois vs. Western Michigan

    Mid-Eastern First Round
    Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. Norfolk State

    Good Night

    Do not go gentle into that good night, Oakland, Portland State and Montana. Bethune-Cookman and Howard and San Jose State: rage, rage against the dying of your basketball seasons.


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