Conference Tournament Updates 3/02/06

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Thursday saw a few minor upsets in conference tournament action and set up some interesting matchups for Friday's games.

Atlantic Sun:

Number 6 seed Stetson upset Florida Atlantic, three of the remaining top four seeds (Lipscomb, Belmont and Gardner-Webb) all advanced and the host East Tennessee State Buccaneers failed to make it to the semifinals.

At Memorial Center
Johnson City, Tenn.

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 2
Game 1: No. 1 Lipscomb 78, No. 8 Mercer 62
Game 2: No. 4 Gardner-Webb 64, No. 5 East Tennessee State 63
Game 3: No. 2 Belmont 90, No. 7 Campbell 76
Game 4: No. 6 Stetson 54, No. 3 Florida Atlantic 44

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 3
Game 5: No. 1 Lipscomb vs. No. 4 Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m.
Game 6: No. 2 Belmont vs. No. 6 Stetson , 9:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 4
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)

Big South:

The Winthrop Eagles advanced to the title game to face the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.

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 77, No. 5 High Point 65
Game 6: No. 2 Coastal Carolina 73, No. 6 Charleston Southern 67

CHAMPIONSHIP

At Winthrop Coliseum
Rock Hill, S.C.

Saturday, March 4
Game 7: No. 1 Winthrop vs. No. 2 Coastal Carolina

Missouri Valley:

Indiana State advanced to face league champion Wichita State in the quarterfinals and Evansville defeats Illinois State to set up a rematch with Southern Illinois.

At Savvis Center
St. Louis, Mo.

FIRST ROUND

Thursday, March 2
Game 1: No. 9 Indiana State 72, No. 8 Drake 63
Game 2: No. 7 Evansville 52, No. 10 Illinois State 45

QUARTERFINALS

Friday, March 3
Game 3: No. 1 Wichita State vs. No. 9 Indiana St, 1 p.m.
Game 4: No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 5 Bradley, 3:30 p.m.
Game 5: No. 2 Southern Illinois No. 7 Evansville
Game 6: No. 3 Missouri State vs. No. 6 Northern Iowa, 9:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 4
Game 7: Winners of Games 3 and 4, 2:30 p.m.
Game 8: Winners of Games 5 and 6, 5 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, March 5
Game 9: Winners of Games 7 and 8, 2 p.m.

Northeast:

At higher seeds

FIRST ROUND

Thursday, March 2
Game 1: No. 1 Fairleigh Dickinson 66, No. 8 Quinnipiac 65
Game 2: No. 2 Central Connecticut 86, No. 7 Sacred Heart 68
Game 3: No. 3 Monmouth 74, No. 6 LIU-Brooklyn 63
Game 4: No. 5 Robert Morris 67, No. 4 Mount Saint Mary's 66

SEMIFINALS

At higher seeds

Sunday, March 5
Game 5: No. 1 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. No. 5 Robert Morris, 1 p.m.
Game 6: No. 2 Central Connecticut vs. No. 3 Monmouth, 4 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Wednesday, March 8
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Southern:

Two of the three lower seeds (The Citadel and NC Greensboro) advanced to the Southern quarterfinals along with Appalachian State, advancing to face top seed Georgia Southern.

At North Charleston Coliseum
North Charleston, S.C.

FIRST ROUND

Thursday, March 2
Game 1: No. 8 Appalachian St. 66, No. 9 Wofford 65
Game 2: No. 10 UNC Greensboro 69, No. 7 Western Carolina 65
Game 3: No. 11 The Citadel 65, No. 6 Furman 53

QUARTERFINALS

Friday, March 3
Game 4: No. 1 Georgia Southern vs. No. 8 Appalachian St., 12 p.m.
Game 5: No. 4 College of Charleston vs. No. 5 Chattanooga, 2:30 p.m.
Game 6: No. 2 Elon vs. No. 10 UNC Greensboro, 6 p.m.
Game 7: No. 3 Davidson vs. No. 11 The Citadel, 8:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 4
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 12 p.m.
Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 2:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, March 5
Game 10: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)