Conference Tournament Updates 3/04/06

Updated brackets for every conference tournament are now available at Bubbleteams.com along with conference tournament previews and updated scores.

America East:

Albany will face New Hampshire and Vermont will play host Binghamton in the conference semifinals.

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 71, No. 7 Maine 62
Game 3: No. 6 Vermont 64, No. 3 Boston University 61
Game 4: No. 1 Albany 79, No. 8 Maryland-Baltimore County 65
Game 5: No. 5 New Hampshire 66, No. 4 Hartford 62

SEMIFINALS

Sunday, March 5
Game 6: No. 2 Binghamton vs. No. 6 Vermont, Noon
Game 7: No. 1 Albany vs. No. 5 New Hampshire, 2:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

At higher seed

Saturday, March 11
Game 8: Games 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, Noon ET (ESPN2)

Atlantic Sun:

Belmont wins the Atlantic Sun Championship in overtime vs. Lipscomb to advance to their first NCAA Tournament.

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. 2 Belmont 64, No. 1 Lipscomb 59

Big Sky:

Eastern Washington joins Sacramento State in the conference semifinals.

FIRST ROUND

At higher seeds

Saturday, March 4
Game 1: No. 5 Sacramento State 71, No. 4 Montana State 70
Game 2: No. 3 Eastern Washington 81, No. 6 Portland State 75

SEMIFINALS

At Walkup Skydome
Flagstaff, Ariz.

Tuesday, March 7
Game 3: No. 2 Montana vs. No. 3 Eastern Washington, 7 p.m.
Game 4: No. 1 Northern Arizona vs. No. 5 Sacramento State, 9:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

At higher seed

Wednesday, March 8
Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Big South:

Winthrop scored the final basket with under 10 seconds on the clock to defeat Coastal Carolina and become the second team to advance to the NCAA Tournament.

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

At higher seed

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 4
Game 7: No. 1 Winthrop 51, No. 2 Coastal Carolina 50

Colonial:

NC Wilmington and Northeastern will meet in the semifinals along with George Mason and 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 69, No. 9 Delaware 56
Game 6: No. 5 Northeastern 71, No. 4 Old Dominion 63
Game 7: No. 2 George Mason 61, No. 10 Georgia State 56, OT
Game 8: No. 3 Hofstra 72, No. 6 VCU 66

SEMIFINALS

Sunday, March 5
Game 9: No. 1 UNC Wilmington vs. No. 5 Northeastern, 3:30 p.m.
Game 10: No. 2 George Mason vs. No. 3 Hofstra, 6 p.m. (ESPNU)

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

Horizon:

The Horizon League played out as expected with Butler advancing to the semifinals to 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 73, No. 3 Wisconsin-Green Bay 51
Game 7: No. 1 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 80, No. 4 Loyola-Chi 66

CHAMPIONSHIP

At higher seed

Tuesday, March 7
Game 8: No. 1 Wisconsin-Milwaukee vs. No. 2 Butler , 9 p.m. (ESPN)

MAAC:

St. Peter's will play top seeded Manhattan and Iona will face 3 seed Marist in the conference semifinals.

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. 5 Saint Peter's 63, No. 4 Siena 62
Game 5: No. 2 Iona 80, No. 7 Niagara 54
Game 6: No. 3 Marist 68, No. 9 Canisius 62

SEMIFINALS

Sunday, March 5
Game 7: No. 1 Manhattan vs. No. 5 Saint Peter's, 6 p.m.
Game 8: No. 2 Iona vs. No. 3 Marist, 8:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

Mid-Continent:

Oral Roberts held off a determined Western Illinois to advance to the conference semifinals along with IUPUI, a winner against last season's conference cinderella Oakland.

At John Q. Hammons Arena
Tulsa, Okla.

FIRST ROUND

Saturday, March 4
Game 1: No. 1 Oral Roberts 60, No. 8 Western Illinois 53
Game 2: No. 2 IUPUI 69, No. 7 Oakland 63

Sunday, March 5
Game 3: No. 4 Valparaiso vs. No. 5 Southern Utah, 7 p.m.
Game 4: No. 3 UMKC vs. No. 6 Chicago State, 9:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Monday, March 6
Game 5: No. 1 Oral Roberts vs. Game 3 winner, 7 p.m.
Game 6: No. 2 IUPUI vs. Game 4 winner, 9:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

Missouri Valley:

Bradley continues there amazing run to the MVC title game with an upset of 1 seed Wichita State. The Braves will face the Southern Illinois Salukis, a 55-46 winner in overtime against 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. 5 Bradley 60, No. 1 Wichita State 52
Game 8: No. 2 Southern Illinois 55, No. 6 Northern Iowa 46, OT

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, March 5
Game 9: No. 2 Southern Illinois vs. No. 5 Bradley, 2 p.m.

Ohio Valley:

Murray State wins their 20th OVC Championship and advances to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in the last eight years.

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 74, No. 2 Samford 57

Southern:

Chattanooga advances to their fourth straight championship game in the Southern Conference where they will face 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. 5 Chattanooga 78, No. 8 Appalachian St. 75
Game 9: No. 3 Davidson 65, No. 2 Elon 58

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, March 5
Game 10: No. 3 Davidson vs. No. 5 Chattanooga, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)

West Coast:

San Diego advances to play host Gonzaga iand St. Mary's Advences to play Loyola Marymount in the conference semifinals.

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. 5 San Diego 62, No. 4 San Francisco 59
Game 4: No. 3 Saint Mary's 76, No. 7 Santa Clara 72

SEMIFINALS

Sunday, March 5
Game 5: No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 5 San Diego, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
Game 6: No. 2 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 3 Saint Mary's, 10 p.m. (ESPN2)

CHAMPIONSHIP

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