Conference Tournament Update 2/28/06

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There were few upsets and surprises in the first day of conference tournament action.

Horizon:

The home teams held court as Loyola (Chicago), Illinois-Chicago and Detroit all advanced to the conference quarterfinals.

FIRST ROUND

At higher seeds

Tuesday, Feb. 28
Game 1: No. 6 Illinois-Chicago, No. 7 Wright State, 77-64
Game 2: No. 5 Detroit, No. 8 Cleveland State, 92-58
Game 3: No. 4 Loyola-Chi., No. 9 Youngstown State, 76-61

QUARTERFINALS

At The Klotsche Center
Milwaukee, Wis.

Friday, March 3
Game 4: No. 3 Wisconsin-Green Bay vs. No. 6 Illinois-Chicago, 4:30 p.m.
Game 5: No. 4 Loyola-Chi vs. No. 5 Detroit , 7 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 4
Game 6: No. 2 Butler vs. Game 4 winner, 4:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Game 7: No. 1 Wisconsin-Milwaukee vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)

CHAMPIONSHIP

At higher seed
Tuesday, March 7Game 8: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Big South:

Two higher seeds (Winthrop and Coastal Carolina) advanced while two lower seeds (Charleston Southern and High Point) pulled of upsets on the road.

FIRST ROUND

At higher seeds

Tuesday, Feb 28
Game 1: No. 1 Winthrop 93, No. 8 Liberty 52
Game 2: No. 5 High Point 87, No. 4 Radford 84
Game 3: No. 2 Coastal Carolina 78, No. 7 UNC Asheville 62
Game 4: No. 6 Charleston Southern 97, No. 3 Birmingham-Southern 76

SEMIFINALS

At Winthrop Coliseum
Rock Hill, S.C.

Thursday, March 2
Game 5: No. 1 Winthrop vs. No. 5 High Point
Game 6: No. 2 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 6 Charleston Southern

At higher seed

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 4
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner

Ohio Valley:

All four top seed advanced to the semifinal round on Friday in Nashville, Tennessee.

FIRST ROUND

At higher seeds

Tuesday, Feb. 28
Game 1: No. 1 Murray State 65, No. 8 UT-Martin 52
Game 2: No. 4 Jacksonville St. 86, No. 5 Eastern Kentucky 59
Game 3: No. 2 Samford 78, No. 7 Tennessee State 67
Game 4: No. 3 Tennessee Tech 78, No. 6 Austin Peay 74

SEMIFINALS

At The Gaylord Entertainment Center
Nashville, Tenn.

Friday, March 3
Game 5: No. 1 Murray State vs. No. 4 Jacksonville St., 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
Game 6: No. 2 Samford vs. No. 3 Tennessee Tech, 9:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 5
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4 p.m. (ESPN2)

Updated conference tournament brackets, projections and reviews will be available throughout the week.