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Bullet Points

• Three more automatic bids were awarded last night. Full 100 percent congratulations to Butler, double-champions of the Horizon League, as well as Oral Roberts, three-time titlists of the Mid-Con cum Summit cum Badlands Conference. Western Kentucky is back in the Dance from the Sun Belt for the first time since 2003.
  
• Two more tonight... the Northeast and Big Sky send their winners on to the NCAA's.
  
• The Atlantic 14 and MAC begin play with first-round quadruple-headers today, and the Big West joins in as well with first-round games. The SWAC will stage two quarterfinals in Birmingham, while the MEAC will finish its first round and play two quarters of its own in Raleigh.
  

Brackets

Horizon League



Simply too much Mike Green, as the senior guard went off for career highs in points (24) and rebounds (13). Butler will go on to capture a plush seed next Sunday, but casual fans will never know how good this league was this year. It's a one-bid Horizon.

at [1] Butler 70, [2] Cleveland State 55 | GameFlo

Summit League



Robert Ehambe and Robert Jarvis, ORU's next generation of heroes, helped the Golden Eagles break out of a 57-all tie with three minutes left and lifted the team to its third straight league title. George Hill of IUPUI couldn't shoulder the load himself down the stretch, but scored 24 in his season finale.

[1] Oral Roberts 71, [2] IUPUI 64 | GameFlo

Sun Belt



Jeremy Evans is WKU's sixth-leading scorer, but he's played like a first-teamer these last two games, scoring a combined 36 points, missing only two shots (14 for 16) and grabbing 14 rebounds in the title game win. The Hilltoppers broke open a close game after halftime and are your Sun Belt champions.

[2] Western Kentucky 67, [4] Middle Tennessee State 57 | GameFlo

Big Sky



The Big Sky final is set, with the top two seeds playing tonight for the Large Blue title. Kyle Landry of NAU (21 points) and Portland's Deonte Huff (20) were the scoring heroes at the Rose Garden.

[2] Northern Arizona 75, [3] Weber State 70 | GameFlo

at [1] Portland State 72, [4] Idaho State 61 | GameFlo

MEAC



Coppin and S.C. State won their low-seed tussles; both now have a quick turnaround and face the top two seeds tonight.

[7] Coppin State 55, [10] Howard 54 | GameFlo

[8] South Carolina State 78, [9] Bethune-Cookman 69 | GameFlo



Western Athletic



A good, back-and-forth game resulted in a Spartan win. Their reward is a date with top-seeded Utah State tomorrow.

at [8] San Jose State 64, [9] Louisiana Tech 62 | GameFlo

On Tap Tonight

Northeast



The Mount hasn't been to the Big Dance since 1999; Sacred Heart will be trying for its first-ever trip.

7:00 pm ET - [4] Mount Saint Mary's 17-14 (11-7) at [3] Sacred Heart 18-13 (13-5) | Preview

Recent: 01/19/2008 SH 67 @MSM 59 02/15/2007 MSM 51 @SH 79


Big Sky

Portland State has also never been to the Tournament. It's been eight long years for NAU, and a decade since current UCLA coach Ben Howland led them there.

9:00 pm ET - [2] Northern Arizona 21-10 (11-5) at [1] Portland State 22-9 (14-2) | Preview

Recent: 02/07/2008 PDXST 71 @NAU 68 01/05/2008 NAU 66 @PDXST 80


Mid-American



The first round gets under way in Cleveland. The conference changed one of the zeroes in the "MAC2008" logo into a black ribbon to honor the victims of the recent Northern Illinois shooting.

12:30 pm ET - [7] Eastern Michigan 13-16 (8-8) vs. [10] Ball State 6-23 (5-11) | Preview

Recent: 03/01/2008 BSU 64 @EMU 75 01/19/2008 EMU 60 @BSU 64


3:00 pm ET - [6] Central Michigan 13-16 (8-8) vs. [11] Northern Illinois 6-20 (3-11) | Preview

Recent: 03/01/2008 CMU 80 @NIU 73 01/19/2008 NIU 63 @CMU 77


5:30 pm ET - [8] Toledo 10-18 (7-8) vs. [9] Bowling Green 13-16 (7-9) | Preview

Recent: 02/10/2008 TOL 58 @BGSU 69 02/03/2007 BGSU 48 @TOL 64


8:00 pm ET - [5] Miami (Oh.) 15-14 (9-7) vs. [12] Buffalo 10-19 (3-13) | Preview

Recent: 02/16/2008 MIAOH 64 @BUFF 55 01/20/2008 BUFF 57 @MIAOH 64


Atlantic 10



Expect the unrealistic today, as the wacky A-14 first round gets under way. We're way beyond logical prognostication with this one, and are using cats with team-logo milk bowls to make our picks.

12:00 pm ET - [8] Dayton 20-9 (8-8) vs. [9] Saint Louis 16-14 (7-9) | Preview

Recent: 01/30/2008 SLU 36 @UD 63 01/12/2008 UD 68 @SLU 57


2:30 pm ET - [5] Saint Joseph's 18-11 (9-7) vs. [12] Fordham 12-16 (6-10) | Preview

Recent: 02/02/2008 FORD 55 @STJOE 70 01/17/2007 STJOE 55 @FORD 56


6:30 pm ET - [10] Duquesne 17-12 (7-9) vs. [7] La Salle 14-16 (8-8) | Preview

Recent: 02/24/2008 LAS 75 @DUQ 72 02/09/2008 DUQ 101 @LAS 84


9:00 pm ET - [11] Rhode Island 21-10 (7-9) vs. [6] Charlotte 18-12 (9-7) | Preview

Recent: 03/08/2008 CHAR 74 @URI 64 02/17/2007 CHAR 69 @URI 86


Big West



The Big West first round gets under way at Anaheim, with rebuilding defending champs LBSU in as the lowest seed.

9:00 pm ET - [7] California-Irvine 15-15 (9-6) vs. [8] Long Beach State 6-24 (3-13) | Preview

Recent: 02/28/2008 LBSU 57 @UCI 64 02/02/2008 UCI 70 @LBSU 48


11:30 pm ET - [6] Cal Poly 12-17 (7-9) vs. [7] California-Riverside 8-20 (4-12) | Preview

Recent: 02/28/2008 UCR 63 @POLY 70 02/02/2008 POLY 58 @UCR 62


MEAC

In one of the odder brackets around, we'll have the last first round game played this afternoon before heading into the quarters tonight.

3:00 pm ET - [6] Florida A&M 14-16 (10-8) at [11] Maryland-Eastern Shore 4-27 (2-15) | Preview

Recent: 02/23/2008 FAMU 62 @UMES 60 01/26/2008 UMES 62 @FAMU 72


7:00 pm ET - [1] Morgan State 20-9 (15-2) vs. [8] South Carolina State 13-19 (9-9) | Preview

Recent: 02/11/2008 SCST 55 @MORG 81 03/08/2007 MORG 66 SCST 64


9:30 pm ET - [2] Hampton 18-11 (13-5) vs. [7] Coppin State 13-20 (8-9) | Preview

Recent: 02/23/2008 HAMP 55 @COPP 72 01/26/2008 COPP 54 @HAMP 56


SWAC



In Birmingham, half of the quarterfinals will be played -- the top seeds go at it tonight, and the winners will have a day's worth of rest heading into Friday's semis.

3:30 pm ET - [2] Mississippi Valley State 14-15 (12-6) vs. [7] Grambling State 7-18 (7-11) | Preview

Recent: 03/03/2008 MVSU 69 @GRAM 63 02/04/2008 GRAM 83 @MVSU 79


9:00 pm ET - [1] Alabama State 19-9 (15-3) vs. [8] Texas Southern 7-24 (6-12) | Preview

Recent: 03/01/2008 ALAST 72 @TEXSO 67 02/02/2008 TEXSO 68 @ALAST 81

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