Conference Tournament Updates 3/7/07

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Big East:

FIRST ROUND
at Madison Square Garden
New York, NY

Wednesday, March 7

Game 1: No. 9 Villanova 75, No. 8 DePaul 69
Game 2: No. 5 Syracuse 78, No. 12 Connecticut 65
Game 3: No. 7 West Virginia 92, No. 10 Providence 79
Game 4: No. 6 Marquette 76, No. 11 St. John's 67

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 8

Game 5: No. 9 Villanova (22-9) vs. No. 1 Georgetown (23-6), 12:00 pm (ESPN)
Game 6: No. 5 Syracuse (22-9) vs. No. 4 Notre Dame (23-6), 2:30 pm (ESPN)
Game 7: No. 7 West Virginia (22-8) vs. No. 2 Louisville (22-8), 7:00 pm (ESPN)
Game 8: No. 6 Marquette (24-8), vs. No. 3 Pitt (25-6), 9:30 pm (ESPN)

SEMIFINALS

Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 7:00 pm (ESPN)
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 9:30 pm (ESPN)

CHAMPIONSHIP

Game 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 9:00 pm (ESPN)

Atlantic Ten:

FIRST ROUND
at Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, NJ

Wednesday, March 7

Game 1: No. 8 Dayton 81, No. 9 Charlotte 63
Game 2: No. 5 Fordham 63, No. 12 Richmond 61
Game 3: No. 7 Saint Louis 78, No. 10 Duquesne 77
Game 4: No. 6 Saint Joseph's 66, No. 11 Temple 62

QUARTERFINALS

Game 5: No. 8 Dayton (19-11) vs. No. 1 Xavier (23-7), 12:00 pm
Game 6: No. 5 Fordham (18-11) vs. No. 4 Rhode Island (17-13), 2:30 pm
Game 7: No. 7 Saint Louis (19-12) vs. No. 2 Massachusetts (23-7), 6:30 pm
Game 8 : No. 6 Saint Joseph's (18-13) vs. No. 3 George Washington (20-8), 9:00 pm

SEMIFINALS

Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 6:30 pm
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. game 8 winner, 9:00 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP

Game 11: game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 6:05 pm (ESPN)

Mid American:

FIRST ROUND
at Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, OH

Wednesday, March 7

Game 1: No. 9 Eastern Michigan 51, No. 8 Ball State 48
Game 2: No. 5 Ohio 69, No. 12 Bowling Green 59
Game 3: No. 7 Central Michigan 80, No. 10 Buffalo 74
Game 4: No. 6 Western Michigan 67, No. 11 Northern Illinois 62

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 8

Game 5: No. 9 Eastern Michigan (13-18) vs. No. 1 Toledo (18-11), 12:00 pm
Game 6: No. 5 Ohio (19-12) vs. No. 4 Miami-Ohio (15-14), 2:30 pm
Game 7: No. 7 Central Michigan (13-17) vs. No. 2 Akron (24-6), 7:00 pm
Game 8: No. 6 Western Michigan (16-15) vs. No. 3 Kent State (20-10), 9:00 pm

SEMIFINALS

Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 7:00 pm
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 9:00 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP

Game 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 7:00 pm (ESPN2)

Conference USA:

FIRST ROUND
at FedEx Forum
Memphis, TN

Wednesday, March 7

Game 1: No. 7 Rice 77, No. 10 UTEP 74
Game 2: No. 6 Southern Miss 59, No. 11 SMU 52
Game 3: No. 8 Marshall 53, No. 9 UAB 52
Game 4: No. 5 Tulsa 65, No. 12 East Carolina 50

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 8

Game 5: No. 7 Rice (15-15) vs. No. 2 UCF (22-8), 1:00 pm
Game 6: No. 6 Southern Miss (20-10) vs. No. 3 Houston (16-14), 3:30 pm
Game 7: No. 8 Marshall (13-18) at No. 1 Memphis (27-3), 7:00 pm
Game 8: No. 5 Tulsa (20-10) vs. No. 4 Tulane (16-12), 9:30 pm

SEMIFINALS

Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4:30 pm
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 7:00 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP

Game 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 11:35 am (CBS)

MEAC:

FIRST ROUND
at RBC Center
Ralegh, NC

Tuesday, March 6
Game 1: No. 7 Hampton 76, No. 10 Howard 61
Game 2: No. 8 Coppin State 56, No. 9 Bethune-Cookman 44

Wednesday, March 7

Game 3: No. 6 Norfolk State 81, No. 11 Maryland-Eastern Shore 70

QUARTERFINALS

Wednesday, March 7

Game 4: No. 1 Delaware State 68, No. 8 Coppin State 49
Game 5: No. 2 Florida A&M 61, No.7 Hampton 58

Thursday, March 8

Game 6: No. 6 Norfolk State (11-18) vs. No. 3 North Carolina A&T (14-16), 6:00 pm
Game 7: No. 5 Morgan State (12-17) vs. No. 4 South Carolina State (13-16), 8:00 pm

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 8: Game 7 winner vs. No. 1 Delaware State (20-11), 6:00 pm
Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. No. 2 Florida A&M (19-13), 8:00 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 10

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

Northeast:

QUARTERFINALS
at higher seeds

Thursday, March 1

Game 1: No. 1 Central Connecticut State 79, No. 8 St. Francis (NY) 61
Game 2: No. 2 Sacred Heart 100, No. 7 Wagner 68
Game 3: No. 3 Quinnipiac 78, No. 6 Fairleigh Dickinson 77
Game 4 : No. 5 Mount St. Mary's 78, No. 4 Robert Morris 61

SEMIFINALS
at higher seeds

Sunday, March 4

Game 5: No. 1 Central Connecticut State 74, No. 5 Mount St. Mary's 68
Game 6: No. 2 Sacred Heart 83, No. 3 Quinnipiac 69

CHAMPIONSHIP
at higher seed

Wednesday, March 7

Game 7: No. 1 Central Connecticut State 74, No. 2 Sacred Heart 70

Big Sky:

QUARTERFINALS
at higher seeds

Saturday, March 3

Game 1: No. 3 Montana 70, No. 6 Idaho State 63, OT
Game 2: No. 4 Portland State 96, No. 5 Montana State 71

SEMIFINALS
at Dee Events Center
Ogden, UT

Tuesday, March 6

Game 3: No. 2 Northern Arizona 78, No. 3 Montana 71
Game 4: No. 1 Weber State 77, No. 4 Portland State 74

CHAMPIONSHIP

Wednesday, March 7

Game 5: No. 1 Weber State 88, No. 2 Northern Arizona 80

SWAC:

QUARTERFINALS
at Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Arena
Birmingham, AL

Wednesday, March 7

Game 1: No. 2 Jackson State 74, No. 7 Southern U. 65
Game 2: No. 1 Mississippi Valley State 62, No. 8 Alabama State 52

Thursday, March 8

Game 3: No. 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11-18) vs. No. 3 Grambling (12-13), 3:30 pm
Game 4: No. 5 Texas Southern (13-16) vs. No. 4 Alcorn State (11-18), 8:00 pm

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 5: No. 2 Jackson State (19-13) vs. Game 3 winner, 3:30 pm
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. No. 1 Mississippi Valley State (17-14), 8:00 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 10

Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 6:00 pm

Big West:

FIRST ROUND
at Anaheim Convention Center Arena
Anaheim, CA

Wednesday, March 7

Game 1: No. 5 UC Irvine 53, No. 8 UC Riverside 52
Game 2: No. 7 Pacific 71, No. 6 Cal State Northridge 54

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 8

Game 3: No. 5 UC Irvine (14-17) vs. No. 4 UC Santa Barbra (18-10), 9:00 pm
Game 4: No. 7 Pacific (12-18) vs. No. 3 Cal State Fullerton (19-9), 11:30 pm

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. No. 1 Long Beach State (22-7), 9:30 pm (ESPNU-Delayed)
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. No. 2 Cal Poly (18-10), 12:00 am (ESPNU)

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 10

Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 11:00 pm (ESPN)

Pac Ten:

FIRST ROUND
at Staples Center,
Los Angeles, CA

Wednesday, March 7

Game 1: No. 8 California 70, No. 9 Oregon State 51
Game 2: No. 7 Washington 59, No. 10 Arizona State 51

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 8

Game 3: No. 5 Arizona (20-9) vs. No. 4 Oregon (23-7), 3:20 pm
Game 4: No. 8 California (15-16) vs. No. 1 UCLA (26-4), 5:50 pm
Game 5: No. 6 Stanford (18-11) vs. No. 3 USC (21-10), 9:20 pm
Game 6: No. 7 Washington (19-12) vs. No. 2 Washington State (24-6), 11:50 pm

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 9:00 pm
Game 8: Game 5 winner vs. game 6 winner, 11:30 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 10

Game 9: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 6:00 (CBS)

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