Conference Tournament Updates 3/03/06

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America East:

UMBC defeated Stony Brook to advance to the conference quarterfinals where they will face top seed Albany.

FIRST ROUND

At Events Center
Vestal, N.Y.

Friday, March 3
Game 1: No. 8 Maryland-Baltimore County 88, No. 9 Stony Brook 70

QUARTERFINALS

Saturday, March 4
Game 2: No. 2 Binghamton vs. No. 7 Maine, noon
Game 3: No. 3 Boston University vs. No. 6 Maine, 2:30 p.m.
Game 4: No. 1 Albany vs. No. 8 Maryland-Baltimore County, 6 p.m.
Game 5: No. 4 Hartford vs. No. 5 New Hampshire, 8:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

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

CHAMPIONSHIP

At higher seed

Saturday, March 11
Game 8: Winners of Games 6 and 7, Noon ET (ESPN2)

Atlantic Sun:

Lipscomb dominated Gardner-Webb and Belmont handily beat Stetson to set the championship match between the top two teams in the Atlantic Sun.

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 70, No. 4 Gardner-Webb 51
Game 6: No. 2 Belmont 72, No. 6 Stetson 59

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 4
Game 7: No. 1 Lipscomb vs. Game 6 winner, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)

Colonial:

Delaware and Georgia State each pulled of upsets to advance to the quarterfinals. 5 seed Northeastern advanced to face Old Dominion and 6 seed VCU barely beat William & Mary to set up a solid quarterfinal game against Hofstra.

At the Richmond Coliseum
Richmond, Va.

FIRST ROUND

Friday, March 3
Game 1: No. 9 Delaware 52, No. 8 Drexel 49
Game 2: No. 5 Northeastern 74, No. 12 James Madison 56
Game 3: No. 10 Georgia State 72, No. 7 Towson 64
Game 4: No. 6 VCU 62, No. 11 William & Mary 59

QUARTERFINALS

Saturday, March 4
Game 5: No. 1 UNC Wilmington vs. No. 9 Delaware, 12 p.m.
Game 6: No. 4 Old Dominion vs. No. 5 Northeastern, 2:30 p.m.
Game 7: No. 2 George Mason vs. No. 10 Georgia State, 6 p.m.
Game 8: No. 3 Hofstra vs. No. 6 VCU, 8:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Sunday, March 5
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 3:30 p.m.
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 6 p.m. (ESPNU)

CHAMPIONSHIP

Monday, March 6
Game 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Horizon:

Wisconsin-Green Bay advanced to the semifinals to face 2 seed Butler and Loyola-Chicago defeated Illinois-Chicago to advance and play host Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

FIRST ROUND

At higher seeds

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

QUARTERFINALS

At The Klotsche Center
Milwaukee, Wis.

Friday, March 3
Game 4: No. 3 Wisconsin-Green Bay 76, No. 6 Illinois-Chicago 66
Game 5: No. 4 Loyola-Chi. 64, No. 5 Detroit 55

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 4
Game 6: No. 2 Butler vs. No. 3 Wisconsin-Green Bay, 4:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Game 7: No. 1 Wisconsin-Milwaukee vs. No. 4 Loyola-Chi, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)

CHAMPIONSHIP

At higher seed

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

MAAC:

St. Peter's and Niagara each won their opening round games and Canisius dropped in a buzzer beater to advance to the second round of the MAAC Tournament.

At Pepsi Arena
Albany, N.Y.

FIRST ROUND

Friday, March 3
Game 1: No. 5 Saint Peter's 80, No. 10 Rider 51
Game 2: No. 7 Niagara 84, No. 8 Fairfield 77
Game 3: No. 9 Canisius 74, No. 6 Loyola, Md. 72

SECOND ROUND

Saturday, March 4
Game 4: No. 4 Siena vs. No. 5 Saint Peter's, 5 p.m.
Game 5: No. 2 Iona vs. No. 7 Niagara, 7:30 p.m.
Game 6: No. 3 Marist vs. No. 9 Canisius, 10 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Sunday, March 5
Game 7: No. 1 Manhattan vs. Game 4 winner, 6 p.m.
Game 8: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 8:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Monday, March 6
Game 9: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)

Missouri Valley:

Top seed Wichita State defteated Indiana State to advance to the semifinals to face 5 seed Bradley, an upset winner against bubble team Creighton and Southern Illinois advanced to the semifinals to face Northern Iowa.

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 81, No. 9 Indiana State 63
Game 4: No. 5 Bradley 54, No. 4 Creighton 47
Game 5: No. 2 Southern Illinois 71, No. 7 Evansville 55
Game 6: No. 6 Northern Iowa 57, No. 3 Missouri State 42

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 4
Game 7: No. 1 Wichita State vs. No. 5 Bradley, 2:30 p.m.
Game 8: No. 2 Southern Illinois vs. No. 6 Northern Iowa, 5 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

Ohio Valley:

The top two seeds, Murray State and Samford, won close contests to advance to the championship game of the OVC.

FIRST ROUND

At higher seeds

Tuesday, Feb. 28
Game 1: No. 1 Murray State 65, UT-Martin 52
Game 2: No. 4 Jacksonville St. 86, No. 5 Eastern Kentucky 59
Game 3: No. 2 Samford 78, 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 69, No. 4 Jacksonville St. 64
Game 6: No. 2 Samford 73, No. 3 Tennessee Tech 67

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 5
Game 7: No. 1 Murray State vs. No. 2 Samford, 4 p.m. (ESPN2)

Patriot:

The Patriot League held form as all top four seeds advanced to the semifinals.

FIRST ROUND

Friday, March 3

At Sojka Pavilion
Lewisburg, Pa.

Game 1: No. 4 American 75, No. 5 Lafayette 62
Game 2: No. 1 Bucknell 59, No. 8 Army 47

At Hart Center
Worcester, Mass.

Game 3: No. 3 Lehigh 48, No. 6 Colgate 44
Game 4: No. 2 Holy Cross 78, No. 7 Navy 50

SEMIFINALS

Sunday, March 5

At Sojka Pavilion
Lewisburg, Pa.

Game 5: No. 1 Bucknell vs. No. 4 American, 1 p.m.

At Hart CenterWorcester, Mass.

Game 6: No. 2 Holy Cross vs. No. 3 Lehigh, 1 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

At higher seed

Friday, March 10
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Southern:

Appalachian State and Chattanooga both scored upsets to advance to the semifinals. Elon needed overtime to defeat NC Greensboro and advanceto meet 3 seed Davidson.

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. 8 Appalachian St. 74, No. 1 Georgia Southern 61
Game 5: No. 5 Chattanooga 65, No. 4 College of Charleston 63
Game 6: No. 2 Elon 64, No. 10 UNC Greensboro 61 OT
Game 7: No. 3 Davidson 79, No. 11 The Citadel 73

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 4
Game 8: No. 8 Appalachian St. vs. No. 5 Chattanooga, 12 p.m.
Game 9: No. 2 Elon vs. No. 3 Davidson, 2:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

Sun Belt:

Troy upset Arkansas State to join New Orleans and Arkansas-Little Rock as each advanced to the conference quarterfinals.

At the Murphy Center
Murfreesboro, Tenn.

FIRST ROUND

Friday, March 3
Game 1: W4 New Orleans 76, E5 Florida International 56
Game 2: E4 Arkansas-Little Rock 72, W5 North Texas 55
Game 3: W6 Troy 107, E3 Arkansas State 83

QUARTERFINALS

Sunday, March 5
Game 4: E2 Middle Tennessee vs. W3 Denver, 1 p.m.
Game 5: E1 Western Kentucky vs. W4 New Orleans, 3:30 p.m.
Game 6: W1 South Alabama vs. E4 Arkansas-Little Rock, 7 p.m.
Game 7: W2 Louisiana-Lafayette vs. E3 Arkansas State, 9:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Monday, March 6
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7:30 p.m.
Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 10 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Tuesday, March 7
Game 10: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

West Coast:

San Diego and Santa Clara each advanced to the second round where they will meet San Francisco and St. Mary's, respectively.

At McCarthey Athletic Center
Spokane, Wash.

FIRST ROUND

Friday, March 3
Game 1: No. 5 San Diego 85, No. 8 Pepperdine 72
Game 2: No. 7 Santa Clara 72, No. 6 Portland 68

QUARTERFINALS

Saturday, March 4
Game 3: No. 4 San Francisco vs. No. 5 San Diego, 9 p.m.
Game 4: No. 3 Saint Mary's vs. No. 7 Santa Clara, 11:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Sunday, March 5
Game 5: No. 1 Gonzaga vs. Game 3 winner, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
Game 6: No. 2 Loyola Marymount vs. Game 4 winner, 10 p.m. (ESPN2)

CHAMPIONSHIP

Monday, March 6
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 9 p.m. (ESPN)