Conference Tournament Update 3/1/07

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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:

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 78, No. 8 Chattanooga 68
Game 5: No. 5 Furman 71, No. 4 UNC Greensboro 71
Game 6: No. 2 Appalachian State (24-6) 78, No. 7 Western Carolina 59
Game 7: No. 3 College of Charleston 77, No. 6 Georgia Southern 66

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 2

Game 8: No. 1 Davidson (27-4) vs. No. 5 Furman (15-15), 6:00 pm
Game 9: No. 2 Appalachian State (25-6) vs. No. 3 College of Charleston (21-10), 8:30 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 3

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

Atlantic Sun:

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 1

Game 1: No. 2 Belmont 79, No. 7 Gardner-Webb 61
Game 2: No. 6 Campbell 90, No. 3 Jacksonville 85, OT
Game 3: No. 1 East Tennessee State 77, No. 8 Stetson 61
Game 4: No. 4 Lipscomb 85, No. 5 Mercer 49

SEMIFINALS

Game 5: No. 1 East Tennessee State (23-8) vs. No. 4 Lipscomb (18-12), 7:00 pm
Game 6: No. 2 Belmont (21-9) vs. No. 6 Campbell (14-16) , 9:15 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP

Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 4:00 pm (ESPN2)

Big South:

FIRST ROUND
At higher seeds

Tuesday, Feb 27

Game 1: No. 2 High Point 90, No. 7 Radford 73
Game 2: No. 6 VMI 79, No. 3 Liberty 78
Game 3: No. 1 Winthrop 74, No. 8 Charleston Southern 42
Game 4: No. 5 UNC Asheville , No. 4 Coastal Carolina 64

SEMIFINALS

At Winthrop Coliseum
Rock Hill, S.C.

Thursday, March 1

Game 5: No. 6 VMI 91, No. 2 High Point 81
Game 6: No. 1 Winthrop 79, No. 5 UNC Asheville 60

CHAMPIONSHIP
At higher seed

Saturday, March 3

Game 7: No. 6 VMI (14-18) vs. No. 1 Winthrop (27-4), 2:00 pm (ESPN)

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

Saturday, March 4

Game 5: No. 5 Mount St. Mary's (11-19) at No. 1 Central Connecticut State (20-11), TBA
Game 6: No. 3 Quinnipiac (14-14) at No. 2 Sacred Heart (17-13), TBA

CHAMPIONSHIP
at higher seed

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. 9 Drake 101, No. 8 Evansville 96, OT
Game 2: No. 10 Indiana State 68, No. 7 Illinois State 65

QUARTERFINALS

Friday, March 2

Game 3: No. 1 Southern Illinois (25-5) vs. No. 9 Drake (17-14), 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. No. 10 Indiana State (13-17), 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 !!!!