Tourney Central 3/9/07

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Bullet Points

  • Most action played according to seed yesterday, but there were a few upsets: Morgan State over South Carolina State in the MEAC's 4-5 game, and both low seeds won in the SWAC, including No. 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
  • Yeah, there were a couple of pretty surprising upsets too. Lamar knocked off Sam Houston State in the Southland in a No. 7 over No. 2 job, and Boise State upended Fresno State in the WAC 6-over-3 style.

  • One autobid tonight: the Patriot decides a champion.
  • Not much left but semifinals leading into this weekend's last batch of championship games. Foursomes in six leagues tonight: the Big West, MAC, MEAC, Southland, SWAC and WAC.
  • Autobids: Pennsylvania, Winthrop, Eastern Kentucky, Davidson, Creighton, Virginia Commonwealth, Niagara, Wright State, Oral Roberts, North Texas, Central Connecticut State, Weber State.
  • NIT: Austin Peay, Marist, East Tennessee State, South Alabama and Southern Illinois (SIU won't need it, though).

    Brackets

    (5) California-Irvine 70, (4) California-Santa Barbara 52 | GameFlo
    (3) Cal State Fullerton 100, (7) Pacific 92 | GameFlo

    (1) Toledo 62, (8) Eastern Michigan 54 | GameFlo
    (2) Akron 82, (7) Central Michigan 53 | GameFlo
    (3) Kent State 75, (6) Western Michigan 66 | GameFlo
    (4) Miami (Oh.) 70, (5) Ohio 51 | GameFlo

    (5) Morgan State 66, (4) South Carolina State 64 | GameFlo
    (3) North Carolina A&T 81, (6) Norfolk State 66 | GameFlo

    (1) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 80, (8) Southeastern Louisiana 72 | GameFlo
    (3) Northwestern State 85, (6) Stephen F. Austin 76 | GameFlo
    (4) McNeese State 77, (5) Texas-Arlington 76 | GameFlo
    (7) Lamar 99, (2) Sam Houston State 98 | GameFlo

    (6) Arkansas-Pine Bluff 51, (3) Grambling State 48 | GameFlo
    (5) Texas Southern 74, (4) Alcorn State 64 | GameFlo

    (1) Nevada 88, (9) Idaho 56 | GameFlo
    (2) New Mexico State 77, (7) Louisiana Tech 70 | GameFlo
    (4) Utah State 73, (5) Hawaii 70 | GameFlo
    (6) Boise State 78, (3) Fresno State 73 | GameFlo

    Previews
    Will turn into boxscores once play is compete.

    Patriot Final
    Bucknell vs. Holy Cross

    Big West Semifinals
    California-Irvine vs. Long Beach State
    Cal State Fullerton vs. Cal Poly

    Mid-American Semifinals
    Kent State vs. Akron
    Miami (Oh.) vs. Toledo

    Mid-Eastern Semifinals
    Delaware State vs. Morgan State
    Florida A&M vs. North Carolina A&T

    Southland Semifinals
    Northwestern State vs. Lamar
    Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs. McNeese State

    Southwestern Athletic Semifinals
    Jackson State vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
    Mississippi Valley State vs. Texas Southern

    Western Athletic Semifinals
    Nevada vs. Utah State
    Boise State vs. New Mexico State

    Good Night

    Sweet dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree? UC Santa Barbara, Pacific, all three directional Michigans, Ohio, S.C. State, Norfolk State, Southeastern Louisiana, Stephen F. Austin, Texas-Arlington, Sam Houston State, Grambling and Alcorn (and yes, loyal readers: we forgot to say goodnight to SWAC non-qualifiers Alabama A&M and Prairie View), Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Fresno State and Hawaii. Your seasons are finished; keep your head up, movin' on.


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