Thursday, March 09, 2006

Conference Tournament Updates 3/09/06

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.

We will continue to offer real-time updates and tournament results. This is the one and ONLY site that updates tournament brackets with scores and results as they happen.

ACC:

Maryland dominates Georgia Tech to join Wake Forest, Miami and Virginia in the ACC quarterfinals.

At Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, N.C.

FIRST ROUND

Thursday, March 9
Game 1: No. 8 Miami 66, No. 9 Clemson 63
Game 2: No. 12 Wake Forest 78, No. 5 Florida State 66
Game 3: No. 7 Virginia 60, No. 10 Virginia Tech 56
Game 4: No. 6 Maryland 82, No. 11 Georgia Tech 64

QUARTERFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 5: No. 1 Duke vs. No. 8 Miami, noon (ESPN2)
Game 6: No. 4 N.C. State vs. No. 12 Wake Forest, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)
Game 7: No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 7 Virginia, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Game 8: No. 3 Boston College vs. No. 6 Maryland, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 11
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, March 12
Game 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Atlantic Ten:

The top four seeds all lose in the quarterfinals as Temple, St. Joseph's, Xavier and Fordham all advance to the conference semifinals.

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. 9 Temple 68, No. 1 George Washington 53
Game 6: No. 5 Saint Joseph's 56, No. 4 Saint Louis 37
Game 7: No. 10 Xavier 59, No. 2 Charlotte 55
Game 8: No. 6 Fordham 64, No. 3 La Salle 62

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 9: No. 9 Temple vs. No. 5 Saint Joseph's, 6:30 p.m.
Game 10: No. 6 Fordham vs. No. 10 Xavier, 9 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

Big East:

Villanova joins upset winners Syracuse and Georgetown in the Big East semifinals.

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. 9 Syracuse 86, No. 1 Connecticut 84, OT
Game 6: No. 5 Georgetown 62, No. 4 Marquette 59
Game 7: No. 2 Villanova 87, No. 10 Rutgers 55
Game 8: No. 6 Pittsburgh 68, No. 3 West Virginia 57

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 9: No. 9 Syracuse vs. No. 5 Georgetown, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 10: No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 6 Pittsburgh, 9 p.m. (ESPN)

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

Big Ten:

Penn State, Minnesota and Michigan State each advance to the quarterfinals.

At Conseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis

FIRST ROUND

Thursday, March 9
Game 1: No. 8 Penn State 60, No. 9 Northwestern 42
Game 2: No. 10 Minnesota 59, No. 7 Michigan 55
Game 3: No. 6 Michigan State 70, No. 11 Purdue 58

QUARTERFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 4: No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 8 Penn State, 12 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 5: No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 5 Indiana, 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 6: No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 10 Minnesota, 6:40 p.m.
Game 7: No. 3 Illinois vs. No. 6 Michigan State, 9:10 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 11
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 1:40 p.m.
Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 4:05 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, March 12
Game 10: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 3:30 p.m.

Big 12:

Top seeds Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Colorado and Nebraska all advance to the Big 12 quarterfinals.

At American Airlines Center
Dallas

FIRST ROUND

Thursday, March 9
Game 1: No. 8 Texas Tech 73, No. 9 Kansas State, 65
Game 2: No. 5 Colorado 65, No. 12 Baylor 61
Game 3: No. 7 Oklahoma State 79, No. 10 Iowa State 70
Game 4: No. 6 Nebraska 71, No. 11 Missouri 64

QUARTERFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 5: No. 1 Texas vs. No. 8 Texas Tech, 12:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Game 6: No. 4 Texas A&M vs. No. 5 Colorado, 3 p.m. (ESPNU)
Game 7: No. 2 Kansas vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
Game 8: No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 Nebraska, 9:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 11
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 4:20 p.m. (ESPN2)

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, March 12
Game 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 3 p.m. (ESPN)

Big West:

Long Beach State nips UC Irvine to join Cal Poly in the Big West semifinals.

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 94, No. 6 Cal State Fullerton 91
Game 4: No. 4 Cal Poly 57, No. 5 UC Santa Barbara 50

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 5: No. 1 Pacific vs. No. 4 Cal Poly, 9 p.m.
Game 6: No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 3 Long Beach State, 11:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

Conference USA:

The top four seeds, Houston, UAB, UTEP and Memphis easily advance to advance to the semifinals.

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 69, No. 10 SMU 55
Game 6: No. 3 UTEP 66, No. 11 Southern Miss 47
Game 7: No. 1 Memphis 75, Tulane 56
Game 8: No. 4 Houston 71, No. 5 Central Florida 52

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 9: No. 1 Memphis vs. No. 4 Houston, 4:30 p.m.
Game 10: No. 2 UAB vs. No. 3 UTEP, 7 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

Mid-American:

Toledo, Akron, Ohio and Kent State all advance to the MAC semifinals.

FIRST ROUND

At higher seeds

Monday, March 6
Game 1: No. 7 Toledo 77, No. 10 Bowling Green 52
Game 2: No. 6 Western Michigan 60, No. 11 Eastern Michigan 55
Game 3: No. 8 Buffalo 80, No. 9 Ball State 72
Game 4: No. 5 Ohio 82, No. 12 Central Michigan 53

QUARTERFINALS

At Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland

Thursday, March 9
Game 5: No. 7 Toledo 78, No. 2 Northern Illinois 77
Game 6: No. 3 Akron 72, No. 6 Western Michigan 57
Game 7: No. 1 Kent State 76, No. 8 Buffalo 67
Game 8: No. 5 Ohio 73, No. 4 Miami 58

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 9: No. 7 Toledo vs. No. 3 Akron, 7 p.m.
Game 10: No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 5 Ohio, 9:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

MEAC:

Hampton and South Carolina State advance to the conference semifinals.

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. 6 Hampton 57, No. 3 Bethune-Cookman 55
Game 7: No. 4 South Carolina State 60, No. 5 Florida A&M 52

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 8: No. 1 Delaware State vs. No. 4 South Carolina State, 6 p.m.
Game 9: No. 6 Hampton 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)

Mountain West:

UNLV plays San Diego State and Wyoming faces Utah in the Mountain West semifinals.

At The Pepsi Center
Denver

FIRST ROUND

Tuesday, March 7
Game 1: No. 8 Colorado State 64, No. 9 TCU 60

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 9
Game 2: No. 1 San Diego State 64, No. 8 Colorado State 52
Game 3: No. 4 UNLV 65, No. 5 New Mexico 64
Game 4: No. 7 Wyoming 57, No. 2 Air Force 55
Game 5: No. 6 Utah 74, No. 3 BYU 70

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 6: No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 4 UNLV 9 p.m. (ESPN Full Court)
Game 7: No. 6 Utah vs. No. 7 Wyoming, Midnight (ESPN)

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 8: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 10 p.m. (ESPN)

Pac Ten:

California and Oregon join UCLA and Arizona in the semifinals of the Pac Ten Tournament.

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 73, No. 5 Stanford 68
Game 4: No. 1 UCLA 79, No. 9 Oregon State 47
Game 5: No. 3 California 82, No. 6 USC 67
Game 6: No. 7 Oregon 84, No. 2 Washington 73

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 7: No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 4 Arizona, 9 p.m.
Game 8: No. 3 California vs. No. 7 Oregon, 11:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

SEC:

Arkansas joins Vanderbilt, South Carolina and Kentucky as each advance to the quarterfinals.

At The Gaylord Entertainment Center
Nashville, Tenn.

FIRST ROUND

Thursday, March 9
Game 1: E5 South Carolina 59 W4 Mississippi State 44
Game 2: E3 Kentucky 71, W6 Ole Miss 57
Game 3: E4 Vanderbilt 76, W5 Auburn 71
Game 4: W3 Arkansas 80, E6 Georgia 67

QUARTERFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 5: E1 Tennessee vs. E5 South Carolina, 1 p.m.
Game 6: W2 Alabama vs. E3 Kentucky, 3:15 p.m.
Game 7: W1 LSU vs. E4 Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m.
Game 8: E2 Florida vs. W3 Arkansas, 9:45 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 11
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 3:15 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, March 12
Game 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 1 p.m.

Southland:

Northwestern State will host their second straight championship game against 2 seed Sam Houson State.

At higher seeds

FIRST ROUND

Tuesday, March 7
Game 1: No. 1 Northwestern State 75, No. 8 Texas-San Antonio 61
Game 2: No. 4 Stephen F. Austin 72, No. 5 McNeese State 70
Game 3: No. 2 Sam Houston State 86, No. 7 Texas-Arlington 84, 2OT
Game 4: No. 6 Lamar 68, No. 3 Southeastern Louisiana 65

SEMIFINALS

Thursday, March 9
Game 5: No. 1 Northwestern State 80, No. 6 Lamar 66
Game 6: No. 2 Sam Houston State 78, No. 4 Stephen F. Austin 72

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, March 12
Game 7: No. 1 Northwestern State vs. No. 2 Sam Houston State, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)

SWAC:

Upsets abound in the SWAC Tournament as lower seeds Jackson State and Arkansas-Pine Bluff advance to the semifinals where they will join 3 seed Grambling and 1 seed Southern.

At Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center Arena
Birmingham, Ala.

FIRST ROUND

Thursday, March 9
Game 1: No. 5 Jackson State 83, No. 4 Alabama State 65
Game 2: No. 3 Grambling 50, No. 6 Mississippi Valley State 49
Game 3: No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 64, No. 2 Alabama A&M 54
Game 4: No. 1 Southern 73 No. 8 Alcorn State 52

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 5: No. 1 Southern vs. No. 5 Jackson State, 6 p.m.
Game 6: No. 3 Grambling vs. No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 8:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 8:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

WAC:

Host Nevada wins to face New Mexico State while Utah State and Louisiana Tech both advance to play each other in the semifinals.

At Lawlor Events Center
Reno, Nev.

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 9
Game 1: No. 3 Louisiana Tech 75 No. 6 Boise State 64
Game 2: No. 2 Utah State 76, No. 7 San Jose State 67
Game 3: No. 1 Nevada 68, No. 8 Idaho 55
Game 4: No. 5 New Mexico State 58, No. 4 Hawaii 57

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 10
Game 5: No. 3 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 2 Utah State, 9 p.m.
Game 6: No. 1 Nevada vs. No. 5 New Mexico St., 11:30 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 12
Game 7: Semifinal winners, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)

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