Conference Tournament Updates 3/10/06

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.

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ACC:

Boston College ends the bubble hopes of Maryland and advances to join North Carolina, Duke and Wake Forest in the ACC semifinals.

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 80, No. 8 Miami 76
Game 6: No. 12 Wake Forest 82, No. 4 N.C. State 71
Game 7: No. 2 North Carolina 79, No. 7 Virginia 67
Game 8: No. 3 Boston College 80, No. 6 Maryland 66

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 11
Game 9: No. 1 Duke vs. No. 12 Wake Forest, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 10: No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 3 Boston College, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

Atlantic Ten:

St. Joseph's defeat's their crosstown rival to advance to the championship game of the Atlantic Ten Tournament to face Xavier.

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. 5 Saint Joseph's 73, No. 9 Temple 59
Game 10: No. 10 Xavier 70, No. 6 Fordham 59

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 11: No. 5 Saint Joseph's vs. No. 10 Xavier, 6 p.m. (ESPN)

Big East:

Pitt dominates Villanova to advance to the Big East title game against 9 seed Syracuse.

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 58, No. 5 Georgetown 57
Game 10: No. 6 Pittsburgh 68, No. 2 Villanova 54

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 11: No. 6 Pittsburgh vs. No. 9 Syracuse, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Big Ten:

Michigan State and Iowa face off in one Big Ten semifinal game while Indiana takes on top seed Ohio State in the second game.

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 63, No. 8 Penn State 56
Game 5: No. 5 Indiana 61, No. 4 Wisconsin 56
Game 6: No. 2 Iowa 67, No. 10 Minnesota 57
Game 7: No. 6 Michigan State 61, No. 3 Illinois 56

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 11
Game 8: No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 6 Michigan State, 1:40 p.m.
Game 9: No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 5 Indiana, 4:05 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

Big 12:

Nebraska upsets Oklahoma to join Kansas, Texas and Texas A&M in the Big 12 semifinals.

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 77, No. 8 Texas Tech 70
Game 6: No. 4 Texas A&M 86, No. 5 Colorado 53
Game 7: No. 2 Kansas 63, No. 7 Oklahoma State 62
Game 8: No. 6 Nebraska 69, No. 3 Oklahoma 61

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 11
Game 9: No. 1 Texas vs. No. 4 Texas A&M, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)
Game 10: No. 2 Kansas vs. No. 6 Nebraska, 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 hits a three-pointer at the buzzer to advance to the Big West Conference championsip game against 1 seed Pacific.

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 68, No. 4 Cal Poly 57
Game 6: No. 3 Long Beach State 75, No. 2 UC Irvine 73

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 7: No. 1 Pacific vs. No. 3 Long Beach State, midnight (ESPN)

Conference USA:

UAB joins Memphis in the Conference USA Championship.

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 68, No. 4 Houston 54
Game 10: No. 2 UAB 63, No. 3 UTEP 60

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 11: No. 1 Memphis vs. No. 2 UAB, 11:35 a.m.

Mid-American:

Toledo rallies in the last five minutes to beat Akron and advance to the MAC Championship game against top seed Kent State .

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. 1 Kent State 72, No. 5 Ohio 59
Game 10: No. 7 Toledo 77, No. 3 Akron 69

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 11: No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 7 Toledo, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

MEAC:

Hampton advances to the MEAC title game to face top seed Delaware 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. 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 63, No. 4 South Carolina State 51
Game 9: No. 6 Hampton 73, No. 7 Norfolk State 56

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 10: No. 1 Delaware State vs. No. 6 Hampton, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN Classic)

Mountain West:

San Diego State survives UNLV to advance to the Mountain West championship game against 7 seed Wyoming.

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 63, No. 4 UNLV 60
Game 7: No. 7 Wyoming 60, No. 6 Utah 47

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 8: No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 7 Wyoming, 10 p.m. (ESPN)

Pac Ten:

California outlasts Oregon in 2 overtimes for the right to face UCLA in the Pac Ten Championship game.

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 71, No. 4 Arizona 59
Game 8: No. 3 California 91, No. 7 Oregon 87, 2OT

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 9: No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 3 California , 6:15 p.m.

Patriot:

Bucknell wins their second straight Patriot League Championship.

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 74, No. 2 Holy Cross 59

SEC:

Florida escapes against Arkansas and joins LSU, Kentucky and South Carolina in the SEC semifinals.

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: E5 South Carolina 79, E1 Tennessee 71
Game 6: E3 Kentucky 68, W2 Alabama 61
Game 7: W1 LSU 92, E4 Vanderbilt 73
Game 8: E2 Florida 74, W3 Arkansas 71

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 11
Game 9: E3 Kentucky vs. E5 South Carolina, 1 p.m.
Game 10: W1 LSU vs. E2 Florida, 3:15 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

SWAC:

Arkansas-Pine Bluff pulls off another upset to advance to the championship game of the SWAC where they will face top 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. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 61, No. 3 Grambling 49
Game 6: No. 1 Southern 66, No. 5 Jackson State 59

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 11
Game 7: No. 1 Southern vs. No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff , 8:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

WAC:

Utah State advances to their conference championship to face host team Nevada.

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. 2 Utah State 68, No. 3 Louisiana Tech 64
Game 6: No. 1 Nevada 70, No. 5 New Mexico St. 59

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 12
Game 7: No. 1 Nevada vs. No. 2 Utah State , 9 p.m. (ESPN2)