Monday, February 26, 2007

Conference Tournament Update

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Once again conference tournaments dot the landscape as NCAA teams jockey for position and advancement to the field of 65.

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

Big South:

FIRST ROUND
At higher seeds

Tuesday, Feb 27

Game 1: No. 7 Radford (8-21) at No. 2 High Point (21-9), 7:00 pm
Game 2: No. 6 VMI (12-18) at No. 3 Liberty (14-16), 7:00 pm
Game 3: No. 8 Charleston Southern (8-21) at No. 1 Winthrop (25-4), 7:00 pm
Game 4: No. 5 UNC Asheville (11-18) at No. 4 Coastal Carolina (15-14), 7:00 pm

SEMIFINALS

At Winthrop Coliseum
Rock Hill, S.C.

Thursday, March 1

Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 6:00 pm (ESPNU)
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 8:00 pm (ESPNU)

CHAMPIONSHIP
At higher seed

Saturday, March 3

Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 2:00 pm (ESPN)

Horizon:

FIRST ROUND
At higher seeds

Tuesday, Feb. 27

Game 1: No. 8 Detroit (11-18) at No. 5 Youngstown State (13-16), 7:00 pm
Game 2: No. 9 Cleveland State (10-20) at No. 4 Wisconsin-Green Bay (16-14), 8:00 pm
Game 3: No. 7 Wisconsin-Milwaukee (9-21) at No. 6 Illinois-Chicago (13-17), 8:00 pm

QUARTERFINALS

At Nutter Center
Dayton, OH

Friday, March 2

Game 4: Game 3 winner vs. Loyola-Chicago (20-10), 7:00 p.m.
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner 9:00 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 3

Game 6: No. 2 Butler (26-5) vs. Game 4 winner, 6:00 p.m. (ESPNU)
Game 7: No. 1 Wright State (21-9) vs. Game 5 winner, 8:00 p.m. (ESPNU)

CHAMPIONSHIP
At higher seed

Tuesday, March 6

Game 8: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 9:00 p.m. (ESPN)

Ohio Valley:

FIRST ROUND
At higher seeds

Tuesday, Feb. 27

Game 1: No. 7 Morehead State (12-17) at No. 2 Eastern Kentucky (18-11), 7:00 pm
Game 2: No. 8 Tennessee State (12-19) at No. 1 Austin Peay (19-10), 8:00 pm
Game 3: No. 6 Southeast Missouri State (11-19) at No. 3 Tennessee Tech (18-12), 8:00 pm
Game 4: No. 5 Samford (15-15) at No. 4 Murray State (16-13), 8:30 pm

SEMIFINALS

At The Gaylord Entertainment Center
Nashville, Tenn.

Friday, March 2

Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 8:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 3

Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)

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