Champions of Hoops Nation 2010

INDIANAPOLIS -- We pause to repect the accomplishments of Utah State, Richmond and Xavier. Heck, even Gonzaga. And even though we don't draw the line between power conferences and "none of the above" the same way as the people on TV, there were some other schools that don't play in the Premier League of American-Style Collegiate Football (PLASCF) that made it past the Selection Committee too. But the fact remains that all of these teams lost their last game.

Here, Hoops Nation, are your champions. A majority of them won the "marathon" of the regular season. Some didn't. But all survived a March test in miniature, a series of one-and-done games where a loss meant long nights of cold sweat, mentally organizing lists of positive accomplishments, and the real possibility of being sent to a March tournament without office pools. But these teams, pictured below, are ready to do life-or-death battle this week, because they recognize the challenge, and have risen to it.

For most of these teams, the happy moments pictured here will be the last of their kind. They will find their dreams shredded by superior teams. For some of them, this is only the beginning. But all of them are champions, and that's the word that's going on the banners in their home gyms. Here they all are, pictured alongside diagrams and maps of the paths they took to arrive in the Tournament, the bridges between their dreams and their NCAA reality.
America East

March 06 - Quarterfinals
[1] Stony Brook 68, [8] Albany 59 | GameFlo
[4] Boston University 87, [5] Hartford 46 | GameFlo
[2] Vermont 76, [7] Maryland-Baltimore County 59 | GameFlo
[6] New Hampshire 68, [3] Maine 57 | GameFlo

March 07 - Semifinals
[4] Boston University 70, [1] Stony Brook 63 | GameFlo
[2] Vermont 57, [6] New Hampshire 38 | GameFlo

March 13 - Final
at [2] Vermont 83, [4] Boston University 70 | GameFlo

Atlantic 14

March 09 - First Round
at [8] Saint Bonaventure 83, [9] Duquesne 71 | GameFlo
at [7] Dayton 70, [10] George Washington 60 | GameFlo
[11] Massachusetts 59, at [6] Charlotte 56 | GameFlo
at [5] Rhode Island 87, [12] Saint Joseph's 76 | GameFlo

March 12 - Quarterfinals
[1] Temple 69, [8] Saint Bonaventure 51 | GameFlo
[5] Rhode Island 63, [4] Saint Louis 47 | GameFlo
[2] Xavier 78, [7] Dayton 73 | GameFlo
[3] Richmond 77, [11] Massachusetts 72 | GameFlo

March 13 - Semifinals
[1] Temple 57, [5] Rhode Island 44 | GameFlo
[3] Richmond 89, [2] Xavier 85 | GameFlo

March 14 - Final
[1] Temple 56, [3] Richmond 52 | GameFlo

Atlantic Sun

March 03 - Quarterfinals
[8] Kennesaw State 72, [1] Lipscomb 69 | GameFlo
[2] Jacksonville 76, [7] North Florida 69 | GameFlo
[5] East Tennessee State 72, [4] Campbell 64 | GameFlo
at [6] Mercer 87, [3] Belmont 81 | GameFlo

March 05 - Semifinals
[5] East Tennessee State 69, [8] Kennesaw State 64 | GameFlo
at [6] Mercer 66, [2] Jacksonville 63 | GameFlo

March 06 - Championship
[5] East Tennessee State 72, at [6] Mercer 66 | GameFlo

Big Sky

March 06 - First Round
at [4] Montana 81, [5] Northern Arizona 60 | GameFlo
[6] Portland State 68, at [3] Montana State 65 | GameFlo

March 09 - Semifinals
[4] Montana 68, [2] Northern Colorado 63 | GameFlo
at [1] Weber State 69, [6] Portland State 60 | GameFlo

March 10 - Final
[4] Montana 66, at [1] Weber State 65 | GameFlo

Big South

March 02 - Quarterfinals
at [1] Coastal Carolina 82, [8] Virginia Military Institute 73 | GameFlo
at [4] North Carolina-Asheville 84, [5] High Point 73 | GameFlo
at [2] Radford 64, [7] Charleston Southern 61 | GameFlo
at [3] Winthrop 80, [6] Liberty 72 | GameFlo

March 04 - Semifinals
[3] Winthrop 61, [2] Radford 46 | GameFlo
at [1] Coastal Carolina 92, [4] North Carolina-Asheville 73 | GameFlo

March 06 - Final
[3] Winthrop 64, at [1] Coastal Carolina 53 | GameFlo

Big West

March 10 - First Round
[5] Cal State Fullerton 84, [8] Cal State Northridge 76 | GameFlo
[6] Cal Poly 73, [7] California-Irvine 69 | GameFlo

March 11 - Second Round
[3] Long Beach State 79, [6] Cal Poly 69 | GameFlo
[4] California-Davis 68, [5] Cal State Fullerton 65 | GameFlo

March 12 - Semifinals
[1] California-Santa Barbara 76, [4] California-Davis 62 | GameFlo
[3] Long Beach State 68, [2] Pacific 61 | GameFlo

March 13 - Final
[1] California-Santa Barbara 69, [3] Long Beach State 64 | GameFlo

Colonial

March 05 - First Round
[8] Towson 91, [9] North Carolina-Wilmington 74 | GameFlo
at [5] Virginia Commonwealth 66, [12] Delaware 49 | GameFlo
[7] Hofstra 68, [10] Georgia State 67 | GameFlo
[11] James Madison 77, [6] Drexel 65 | GameFlo

March 06 - Quarterfinals
[1] Old Dominion 86, [8] Towson 56 | GameFlo
[5] Virginia Commonwealth 75, [4] George Mason 60 | GameFlo
[2] Northeastern 74, [7] Hofstra 71 | GameFlo
[3] William & Mary 70, [11] James Madison 65 | GameFlo

March 07 - Semifinals
[1] Old Dominion 73, [5] Virginia Commonwealth 69 | GameFlo
[3] William & Mary 47, [2] Northeastern 45 | GameFlo

March 08 - Final
[1] Old Dominion 60, [3] William & Mary 53 | GameFlo

Horizon League

March 02 - First Round
at [5] Cleveland State 80, [8] Loyola (Ill.) 66 | GameFlo
[7] Detroit 89, at [6] Valparaiso 82 | GameFlo
at [3] Wisconsin-Green Bay 81, [10] Youngstown State 67 | GameFlo
at [4] Wisconsin-Milwaukee 73, [9] Illinois-Chicago 67 | GameFlo

March 05 - Second Round
[7] Detroit 62, [3] Wisconsin-Green Bay 53 | GameFlo
[4] Wisconsin-Milwaukee 82, [5] Cleveland State 75 | GameFlo

March 06 - Semifinals
[2] Wright State 69, [7] Detroit 50 | GameFlo
at [1] Butler 68, [4] Wisconsin-Milwaukee 59 | GameFlo

March 09 - Final
at [1] Butler 70, [2] Wright State 45 | GameFlo

MEAC

March 09 - First Round
[7] Bethune-Cookman 64, [10] Florida A&M 53 | GameFlo
[9] North Carolina A&T 65, [8] Howard 55 | GameFlo
[6] Maryland-Eastern Shore 64, [11] Coppin State 58 | GameFlo

March 10/11 - Quarterfinals
[1] Morgan State 84, [9] North Carolina A&T 57 | GameFlo
[2] Delaware State 57, [7] Bethune-Cookman 55 | GameFlo
[3] South Carolina State 59, [6] Maryland-Eastern Shore 53 | GameFlo
[5] Hampton 73, [4] Norfolk State 70 | GameFlo

March 12 - Semifinals
[1] Morgan State 74, [5] Hampton 67 | GameFlo
[3] South Carolina State 70, [2] Delaware State 66 | GameFlo

March 13 - Final
[1] Morgan State 68, [3] South Carolina State 61 | GameFlo

Metro Atlantic

March 05 - First Round
[9] Manhattan 94, [8] Loyola (Md.) 79 | GameFlo
[7] Canisius 72, [10] Marist 54 | GameFlo

March 06 - Quarterfinals
[5] Rider 69, [4] Saint Peter's 57 | GameFlo
at [1] Siena 78, [9] Manhattan 61 | GameFlo
[2] Fairfield 67, [7] Canisius 57 | GameFlo
[6] Niagara 68, [3] Iona 64 | GameFlo

March 07 - Semifinals
at [1] Siena 72, [5] Rider 62 | GameFlo
[2] Fairfield 69, [6] Niagara 63 | GameFlo

March 08 - Final
at [1] Siena 72, [2] Fairfield 65 | GameFlo

Mid-American

March 07 - First Round
[9] Ohio 85, at [8] Ball State 77 | GameFlo
at [6] Eastern Michigan 65, [11] Northern Illinois 59 | GameFlo
at [5] Buffalo 72, [12] Toledo 54 | GameFlo
at [7] Western Michigan 75, [10] Bowling Green 73 | GameFlo

March 11 - Quarterfinals
[7] Western Michigan 69, [2] Central Michigan 60 | GameFlo
[3] Akron 97, [6] Eastern Michigan 89 | GameFlo
[9] Ohio 81, [1] Kent State 64 | GameFlo
[4] Miami (Oh.) 73, [5] Buffalo 59 | GameFlo

March 12 - Semifinals
[3] Akron 66, [7] Western Michigan 64 | GameFlo
[9] Ohio 54, [4] Miami (Oh.) 42 | GameFlo

March 13 - Final
[9] Ohio 81, [3] Akron 75 | GameFlo

Missouri Valley

March 04 - First Round
[8] Drake 63, [9] Southern Illinois 61 | GameFlo
at [7] Missouri State 52, [10] Evansville 46 | GameFlo

March 05 - Quarterfinals
[1] Northern Iowa 55, [8] Drake 40 | GameFlo
[5] Bradley 81, [4] Creighton 62 | GameFlo
[2] Wichita State 73, [7] Missouri State 63 | GameFlo
[3] Illinois State 69, [6] Indiana State 65 | GameFlo

March 06 - Semifinals
[1] Northern Iowa 57, [5] Bradley 40 | GameFlo
[2] Wichita State 65, [3] Illinois State 61 | GameFlo

March 07 - Final
[1] Northern Iowa 67, [2] Wichita State 52 | GameFlo

Northeast

March 04 - Quarterfinals
at [1] Quinnipiac 84, [8] Monmouth 75 | GameFlo
at [2] Robert Morris 71, [7] Central Connecticut State 63 | GameFlo
at [3] Mount Saint Mary's 65, [6] Saint Francis (PA) 50 | GameFlo
at [4] Long Island 63, [5] Fairleigh Dickinson 61 | GameFlo

March 07 - Semifinals
at [1] Quinnipiac 83, [4] Long Island 78 | GameFlo
at [2] Robert Morris 80, [3] Mount Saint Mary's 62 | GameFlo

March 10 - Final
[2] Robert Morris 52, at [1] Quinnipiac 50 | GameFlo

Ohio Valley

March 02 - Quarterfinals
at [2] Morehead State 87, [7] Jacksonville State 54 | GameFlo
at [1] Murray State 84, [8] Tennessee State 51 | GameFlo
[6] Tennessee Tech 68, at [3] Austin Peay 65 | GameFlo
at [4] Eastern Illinois 68, [5] Eastern Kentucky 61 | GameFlo

March 05 - Semifinals
[1] Murray State 55, [4] Eastern Illinois 51 | GameFlo
[2] Morehead State 76, [6] Tennessee Tech 47 | GameFlo

March 06 - Championship
[1] Murray State 62, [2] Morehead State 51 | GameFlo

Patriot League

March 03 - Quarterfinals
at [1] Lehigh 64, [8] Army 45 | GameFlo
[7] Holy Cross 67, at [2] Bucknell 64 | GameFlo
at [3] Lafayette 73, [6] Colgate 65 | GameFlo
at [4] American 62, [5] Navy 60 | GameFlo

March 07 - Semifinals
at [3] Lafayette 66, [7] Holy Cross 63 | GameFlo
[1] Lehigh 79, [4] American 57 | GameFlo

March 12 - Final
at [1] Lehigh 74, [3] Lafayette 59 | GameFlo

Southern

March 05 - First Round
[N6] Elon 66, [S3] Davidson 59 | GameFlo
[N4] North Carolina-Greensboro 66, [S5] Furman 65 | GameFlo
[S4] The Citadel 55, [N5] Samford 43 | GameFlo
[N3] Chattanooga 82, [S6] Georgia Southern 62 | GameFlo

March 06 - Quarterfinals
[N2] Western Carolina 68, [N6] Elon 57 | GameFlo
[S1] Wofford 59, [N4] North Carolina-Greensboro 47 | GameFlo
[N1] Appalachian State 71, [S4] The Citadel 61 | GameFlo
[S2] College of Charleston 96, [N3] Chattanooga 69 | GameFlo

March 07 - Semifinals
[S1] Wofford 77, [N2] Western Carolina 58 | GameFlo
[N1] Appalachian State 77, [S2] College of Charleston 54 | GameFlo

March 08 - Final
[S1] Wofford 56, [N1] Appalachian State 51 | GameFlo

Southland

March 10 - Quarterfinals
[2] Stephen F. Austin 77, [7] Texas-Arlington 54 | GameFlo
[3] Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 78, [6] Texas-San Antonio 66 | GameFlo
[1] Sam Houston State 62, [8] Nicholls State 57 | GameFlo
[4] Southeastern Louisiana 79, [5] Texas State 78 | GameFlo

March 11 - Semifinals
[2] Stephen F. Austin 60, [3] Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 53 | GameFlo
[1] Sam Houston State 88, [4] Southeastern Louisiana 85 | GameFlo

March 13 - Final
[1] Sam Houston State 64, [2] Stephen F. Austin 48 | GameFlo

Badlands Conference

March 06 - Quarterfinals
[1] Oakland 85, [8] Missouri-Kansas City 70 | GameFlo
[2] IUPUI 77, [7] Western Illinois 68 | GameFlo
[5] IUPU-Fort Wayne 71, [4] South Dakota State 66 | GameFlo
[3] Oral Roberts 65, [6] North Dakota State 64 | GameFlo

March 08 - Semifinals
[1] Oakland 71, [5] IUPU-Fort Wayne 58 | GameFlo
[2] IUPUI 69, [3] Oral Roberts 65 | GameFlo

March 09 - Final
[1] Oakland 76, [2] IUPUI 64 | GameFlo

Sun Belt

March 06 - First Round
[9] South Alabama 52, [8] Florida Atlantic 51 | GameFlo
[5] Arkansas State 89, [12] Arkansas-Little Rock 82 | GameFlo
[4] Western Kentucky 83, [13] New Orleans 58 | GameFlo
[6] Denver 71, [11] Florida International 64 | GameFlo
[10] Louisiana-Monroe 76, [7] Louisiana-Lafayette 75 | GameFlo

March 07 - Quarterfinals
[4] Western Kentucky 65, [5] Arkansas State 64 | GameFlo
[1] Troy 67, [9] South Alabama 55 | GameFlo
[2] North Texas 69, [10] Louisiana-Monroe 66 | GameFlo
[6] Denver 73, [3] Middle Tennessee 58 | GameFlo

March 08 - Semifinals
[1] Troy 54, [4] Western Kentucky 48 | GameFlo
[2] North Texas 63, [6] Denver 56 | GameFlo

March 09 - Final
[2] North Texas 66, [1] Troy 63 | GameFlo

SWAC

March 10 - Quarterfinals
[2] Arkansas-Pine Bluff 69, [7] Mississippi Valley State 66 | GameFlo
[8] Grambling State 65, [1] Jackson State 57 | GameFlo
[3] Alabama State 56, [6] Alabama A&M 45 | GameFlo
[5] Texas Southern 66, [4] Prairie View A&M 49 | GameFlo

March 12 - Semifinals
[2] Arkansas-Pine Bluff 46, [3] Alabama State 43 | GameFlo
[5] Texas Southern 60, [8] Grambling State 57 | GameFlo

March 13 - Final
[2] Arkansas-Pine Bluff 50, [5] Texas Southern 38 | GameFlo

West Coast

March 05 - First Round
[5] Loyola Marymount 87, [8] Pepperdine 84 | GameFlo
[6] San Diego 61, [7] Santa Clara 59 | GameFlo

March 06 - Second Round
[5] Loyola Marymount 84, [4] San Francisco 76 | GameFlo
[3] Portland 72, [6] San Diego 57 | GameFlo

March 07 - Semifinals
[1] Gonzaga 77, [5] Loyola Marymount 62 | GameFlo
[2] Saint Mary's 69, [3] Portland 55 | GameFlo

March 08 - Final
[2] Saint Mary's 81, [1] Gonzaga 62 | GameFlo

Western Athletic

March 11 - Quarterfinals
[1] Utah State 84, [8] Boise State 60 | GameFlo
[4] Louisiana Tech 74, [5] Fresno State 66 | GameFlo
at [2] Nevada 87, [7] Idaho 71 | GameFlo
[3] New Mexico State 90, [6] San Jose State 69 | GameFlo

March 12 - Semifinals
[1] Utah State 85, [4] Louisiana Tech 55 | GameFlo
[3] New Mexico State 80, at [2] Nevada 79 | GameFlo

March 13 - Final
[3] New Mexico State 69, [1] Utah State 63 | GameFlo

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