Conference Tournament Update 2/28/07

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The following tournaments help kick off Championship Week (actually 12 days of conference tournament all leading up to the Field of 65, announced on Sunday, March 11).

Southern:

All three higher seeded teams advance to the Southern Conference Quarterfinals.

FIRST ROUND

At North Charleston Coliseum
Charleston, SC

Wednesday, February 28

Game 1: No. 8 Chattanooga 64, No. 9 Wofford 55
Game 2: No. 7 Western Carolina 69, No. 10 Elon 66
Game 3: No. 6 Georgia Southern 62, No. 11 Citadel 46

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 1

Game 4: No. 1 Davidson (26-4) vs. No. 8 Chattanooga (15-17), 2:00 pm
Game 5: No. 4 UNC Greensboro (16-13) vs. No. 5 Furman (14-15), 4:30 pm
Game 6: No. 2 Appalachian State (24-6) vs. No7 Western Carolina (11-19), 7:00 pm
Game 7: No. 3 College of Charleston (20-10) vs. No. 6 Georgia Southern (15-15), 9:30 pm

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 2

Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6:00 pm
Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 8:30 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 3

Game 10: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 6:00 pm (ESPN2)

Patriot:

Three of the top seedes teams, including top seeded Holy Cross and second seeded Bucknell advance to the semifinals. The lone upset was 6 seed Army, which pulled off a mild upset at Lehigh.

QUARTERFINALS
at higher seeds

Wednesday, February 28

Game 1: No. 1 Holy Cross 83, No. 8 Lafayette 53
Game 2: No. 4 American 59, No. 5 Colgate 44
Game 3: No. 2 Bucknell 62, No. 7 Navy 43
Game 4: No. 6 Army 47, No. 3 Lehigh 46

SEMIFINALS

Sunday, March 4

Game 5: No. 4 American (16-13) at No. 1 Holy Cross (23-8), 7:00 pm
Game 6: No. 6 Army (15-15) at No. 2 Bucknell (21-8) , 9:00 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Friday, March 9

Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. game 6 winner, 4:30 pm (ESPN2)

Sun Belt:

The only lower seed to advance to the Sun Belt Quartefinals was 9 seed Middle Tennessee after a road win at 8 seeded Troy. The remaing four highest seeds in action advanced to the conference quarters in Lafayette, Louisiana.

FIRST ROUND
at higher seeds

Wednesday, February 28

Game 1: No. 6 Florida Atlantic 91, No. 11 Florida International 88, OT
Game 2: No. 9 Middle Tennessee 72, No. 8 Troy 64
Game 3: No. 7 New Orleans 77, No. 10 Arkansas-Little Rock 70
Game 4: No. 4 Louisiana-Monroe 83, No. 13 Denver 67
Game 5: No. 5 North Texas 93, No. 12 Louisiana-Lafayette 78

QUARTERFINALS

at the Cajundome
Lafayette, LA

Sunday, March 4

Game 6: No. 1 South Alabama (20-10) vs. No. 9 Middle Tennessee (14-16) , 1:30 pm
Game 7: No. 4 Louisiana-Monroe (18-13) vs. No. 5 North Texas (20-10), 4:00 pm
Game 8: No. 2 Arkansas State (16-14) vs. No. 7 New Orleans (14-16), 7:30 pm
Game 9: No. 3 Western Kentucky (21-10) vs. No. 6 Florida Atlantic (16-14), 10:00 pm

SEMIFINALS

Monday, March 5

Game 10: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 7:30 pm
Game 11: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 10:00 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP

Tuesday, March 6

Game 12: Game 10 winner vs. Game 11 winner, 9:00 pm

Northeast:

QUARTERFINALS
at higher seeds

Thursday, March 1

Game 1: No. 8 St. Francis (NY) (9-21) at No. 1 Central Connecticut State (19-11), 7:00 pm
Game 2: No. 7 Wagner (11-18) at No. 2 Sacred Heart (16-13), 7:00 pm
Game 3: No. 6 Fairleigh Dickinson (14-15) at No. 3 Quinnipiac (13-14), 7:00 pm
Game 4 : No. 5 Mount St. Mary's (10-19) at No. 4 Robert Morris (17-10), 7:30 pm

SEMIFINALS
at higher seeds

Saturday, March 4

Game 5: Lowest remaining seed at higher remaining seed, TBA
Game 6: 3rd highest remaining seed at 2nd highest remaing sees, TBA

CHAMPIONSHIP

Wednesday, March 7

Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner. 7:00 (ESPN2)

Missouri Valley:

FIRST ROUND

at Savvis Center
St. Louis, MO

Thursday, March 1

Game 1: No. 8 Evansville (14-16) vs. No. 9 Drake (16-14), 7:00 pm
Game 2: No. 7 Illinois State (15-15) vs. No. 10 Indiana State (12-17), 9:30 pm

QUARTERFINALS

Firday, March 2

Game 3: No. 1 Southern Illinois (25-5) vs. Game 1 winner, 1:00 pm
Game 4: No. 4 Bradley (20-11) vs. No. 5 Northern Iowa (18-12), 3:30 pm
Game 5: No. 2 Creighton (19-10) vs. Game 2 wnner, 7:00 pm
Game 6: No. 3 Missouri State (21-9) vs. No. 6 Wichita State (17-13), 9:30 pm

SEMIFINALS

Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 2:30 pm
Game 8: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 5:00 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP

Game 9: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 2:00 pm (CBS)

Updated conference tournament brackets, projections and reviews will be available throughout the week.

NOTE: We have to give mad props to the Penn State Nittany Lions for ending a 13-game losing streak, the longest current in NCAA Division 1 and the second longest in team history, with a 74-72 upsest of Iowa.

The victory doubles the Lions' win total to 2 Big Ten games and should help ensure head coach Ed DeChellis another two year extension to his contract. Congratulations ED !!!!