Conference Tournament Updates 3/05/06

Updated brackets for every conference tournament (including every major conference tournament) are now available at Bubbleteams.com along with new conference tournament previews and updated scores.

America East:

Vermont pulled off their second straight upset, downing host team and 2 seed Binghamton to advance to the championship game against 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 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. 6 Vermont 66, No. 2 Binghamton 59
Game 7: No. 1 Albany 67, No. 5 New Hampshire 54

CHAMPIONSHIP

At higher seed

Saturday, March 11
Game 8: No. 1 Albany vs. No. 6 Vermont, Noon ET (ESPN2)

Colonial:

NC Wilmington dispatches Northeastern and advances to the CAA Championship game where they will face 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 69 No. 5 Northeastern 54
Game 10: No. 3 Hofstra 58, No. 2 George Mason 49

CHAMPIONSHIP

Monday, March 6
Game 11: No. 1 UNC Wilmington vs. No. 3 Hofstra, 7 p.m. (ESPN)

MAAC:

St. Peter's upset top seed Manhattan to win their third straight game in the MAAC Tournament and advance to the championship game where they will face Iona.

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. 5 Saint Peter's 84, No. 1 Manhattan 74
Game 8: No. 2 Iona 100 No. 3 Marist 84

CHAMPIONSHIP

Monday, March 6
Game 9: No. 2 Iona vs. No. 5 Saint Peter's, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)

Mid-Continent:

Valparaiso advances to face top seed Oral Roberts and Chicago State upset UMKC for the right to play IUPUI.

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 77 No. 5 Southern Utah 66
Game 4: No. 6 Chicago State 75,No. 3 UMKC 66

SEMIFINALS

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

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

Missouri Valley:

Southern Illinois becomes the first of what should be many teams from the Missouri Valley Conference to earn bids to the NCAA Tournament.

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 59, No. 5 Bradley 46

Northeast:

Monmouth upset 2 seed Central Connecticut to advance to the Northeast Championship game against Fairleigh Dickinson.

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 71 No. 5 Robert Morris 55
Game 6: No. 3 Monmouth 62, No. 2 Central Connecticut 48

CHAMPIONSHIP

Wednesday, March 8
Game 7: No. 3 Monmouth vs. No. 1 Fairleigh Dickinson, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Patriot:

The top 2 seeds Bucknell and Holy Cross will advance to the championship game to face each other, yet again.

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 64, No. 4 American 50

At Hart Center
Worcester, Mass.

Game 6: No. 2 Holy Cross 73, No. 3 Lehigh 66

CHAMPIONSHIP

At higher seed

Friday, March 10
Game 7: No. 1 Bucknell vs. No. 2 Holy Cross, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Southern:

Davidson returns to the NCAA Tournament with a rout of Chattanooga.

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 80, No. 5 Chattanooga 55

Sun Belt:

Denver, South Alabama, Western Kentucky and Louisiana-Lafayette all advance to the conference semifinals.

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: W3 Denver 58, E2 Middle Tennessee 57
Game 5: E1 Western Kentucky 80, W4 New Orleans 61
Game 6: W1 South Alabama 78, E4 Arkansas-Little Rock 53
Game 7: W2 Louisiana-Lafayette 62, E3 Arkansas State 59, OT

SEMIFINALS

Monday, March 6
Game 8: W3 Denver vs. W1 South Alabama, 7:30 p.m.
Game 9: E1 Western Kentucky vs. W2 Louisiana-Lafayette, 10 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

West Coast:

Gonzaga needed overtime to defeat San Diego and advance to the WCC finals where they will face Loyola Marymount.

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, OT

SEMIFINALS

Sunday, March 5
Game 5: No. 1 Gonzaga 96, No. 5 San Diego 92, OT
Game 6: No. 2 Loyola Marymount 66, No. 3 Saint Mary's 63

CHAMPIONSHIP

Monday, March 6
Game 7: No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 2 Loyola Marymount, 9 p.m. (ESPN)