Conference Tournament Updates 3/08/06

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Atlantic Ten:

Xavier scores an upset to advance to the quarterfinals along with Temple, St. Joseph's and Fordham.

At U.S. Bank Arena
Cincinnati

FIRST ROUND

Wednesday, March 8
Game 1: No. 9 Temple 74, No. 8 Rhode Island 45
Game 2: No. 5 Saint Joseph's 67, No. 12 Dayton 55
Game 3: No. 10 Xavier 75, No. 7 Massachusetts 66
Game 4: No. 6 Fordham 45, No. 11 Richmond 37

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 9
Game 5: No. 1 George Washington vs. No. 9 Temple, 12 p.m.
Game 6: No. 4 Saint Louis vs. No. 5 Saint Joseph's, 2:30 p.m.
Game 7: No. 2 Charlotte vs. No. 10 Xavier, 6:30 p.m.
Game 8: No. 3 La Salle vs. No. 6 Fordham, 9 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

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

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

Big East:

Syracuse and Rutgers both pull of small upsets to advance to the quarterfinals with Georgetown and Pitt, who held off a momentous Louisville comeback.

At Madison Square Garden
New York City

FIRST ROUND

Wednesday, March 8
Game 1: No. 9 Syracuse 74, No. 8 Cincinnati 73
Game 2: No. 5 Georgetown 67, No. 12 Notre Dame 63
Game 3: No. 10 Rutgers 61, No. 7 Seton Hall 48
Game 4: No. 6 Pittsburgh 61, No. 11 Louisville 56

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 9
Game 5: No. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 9 Syracuse, 12 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 6: No. 4 Marquette vs. No. 5 Georgetown, 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 7: No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 10 Rutgers, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Game 8: No. 3 West Virginia vs. No. 6 Pittsburgh, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 9 p.m. (ESPN)

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Big Sky:

Montana wins at Northern Arizona to advance to their second straight NCAA TOurnament.

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 73, No. 3 Eastern Washington 71, OT
Game 4: No. 1 Northern Arizona 98, No. 5 Sacramento State 83

CHAMPIONSHIP

At higher seed

Wednesday, March 8
Game 5: No. 2 Montana 73, No. 1 Northern Arizona 60

Big West:

UCSB hammers UC RIverside to advance to the second round.

At Anaheim Convention Center Arena
Anaheim, Calif.

FIRST ROUND

Wednesday, March 8
Game 1: No. 5 UC Santa Barbara 76, No. 8 UC Riverside 44
Game 2: No. 6 Cal State Fullerton 73, No. 7 Cal State Northridge 63

SECOND ROUND

Thursday, March 9
Game 3: No. 3 Long Beach State vs. No. 6 Cal State Fullerton, 9 p.m.
Game 4: No. 4 Cal Poly vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara, 11:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 5: No. 1 Pacific vs. Lowest remaining seed, 9 p.m.
Game 6: No. 2 UC Irvine vs. Second-lowest remaining seed, 11:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, midnight (ESPN)

Conference USA:

SMU and Southern Miss pull off upsets to advance to join Tulane and Central Florida in the quarterfinals

At the FedExForum
Memphis, Tenn.

FIRST ROUND

Wednesday, March 8
Game 1: No. 10 SMU 61, No. 7 Rice 59
Game 2: No. 11 Southern Miss 66, vs. No. 6 Tulsa 61
Game 3: No. 8 Tulane 64, No. 9 Marshall 58
Game 4: No. 5 Central Florida 65, No. 12 East Carolina 52

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 9
Game 5: No. 2 UAB vs. No. 10 SMU, 1 p.m.
Game 6: No. 3 UTEP vs. No. 11 Southern Miss, 3:30 p.m.
Game 7: No. 1 Memphis vs. No. 8 Tulane, 7 p.m.
Game 8: No. 4 Houston vs. No. 5 Central Florida, 9:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 9: Semifinal 1 (with highest seed remaining), 4:30 p.m.
Game 10: Semifinal 2, 7 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 11:35 a.m.

MEAC:

Hampton advances to the quarterfinals with a win against Morgan State and top seeded Delaware State advances to the semifinals with a win against Howard as 7 seed Norfolk State upsets 2 seed Coppin State.

At the RBC Center
Raleigh, N.C.

FIRST ROUND

Tuesday, March 7
Game 1: No. 7 Norfolk State 73, No. 10 Maryland-Eastern Shore 71
Game 2: No. 9 Howard 62, No. 8 North Carolina A&T 52

Wednesday, March 8
Game 3: No. 6 Hampton 63, No. 11 Morgan State 51

QUARTERFINALS

Wednesday, March 8
Game 4: No. 1 Delaware State 59, No. 9 Howard 47
Game 5: No. 7 Norfolk State 79, No. 2 Coppin State 67

Thursday, March 9
Game 6: No. 3 Bethune-Cookman vs. No. 6 Hampton, 6 p.m.
Game 7: No. 4 South Carolina State vs. No. 5 Florida A&M, 8:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 8: No. 1 Delaware State vs. Game 6 winner, 6 p.m.
Game 9: Game 7 winner vs. No. 7 Norfolk State, 8:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 10: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN Classic)

Northeast:

Monmouth upsets top seed Fairleigh Dickinson to earn their fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament.

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 49, No. 1 Fairleigh Dickinson 48

Pac Ten:

Oregon State makes a second half comeback to stage a mild upset of Arizona State and advance to the quarterfinals along with Oregon, who dispatched Washington State and ended Dick Bennett's career in Pullman.

At Staples Center
Los Angeles

FIRST ROUND

Wednesday, March 8
Game 1: No. 9 Oregon State 71, No. 8 Arizona State 68
Game 2: No. 7 Oregon 66, No. 10 Washington State 55

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 9
Game 3: No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 5 Stanford, 3 p.m.
Game 4: No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 9 Oregon State, 5:30 p.m.
Game 5: No. 3 Cal vs. No. 6 USC, 9 p.m.
Game 6: No. 2 Washington vs. No. 7 Oregon, 11:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 9 p.m.
Game 8: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 11:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 9: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 6:15 p.m.