Conference Tournament Updates 3/9/07

Visit Bubbleteams.com to view each conference tournament bracket and check out the other conference tournament previews.

ACC:

FIRST ROUND
at St. Pete Times Forum
St. Petersburg, FL

Thursday, March 8

Game 1: No. 9 Florida State 67, No. 8 Clemson 66
Game 2: No. 12 Miami 67, No. 5 Maryland 62
Game 3: No. 10 North Carolina State 85, No. 7 Duke 80, OT
Game 4: No. 11 Wake Forest 114, No. 6 Georgia Tech 112, 2OT

QUARTERFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 5: No. 1 North Carolina 73, No. 9 Florida State 58
Game 6: No. 4 Boston College 74, No. 12 Miami 71, OT
Game 7: No. 10 North Carolina State 79, No. 2 Virginia 71
Game 8: No. 3 Virginia Tech 71, No. 11 Wake Forest 52

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 10

Game 9: No. 4 Boston College (20-10) vs. No. 1 North Carolina (26-6), 1:30 pm (ESPN)
Game 10: No. 10 North Carolina State (17-14) vs. No. 3 Virginia Tech (21-10)4:00 pm (ESPN)

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, March 11 Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 4:00 pm (ESPN)

Game 11:

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. 1 Georgetown 62, No. 9 Villanova 57
Game 6: No. 4 Notre Dame 89, No. 5 Syracuse 83
Game 7: No. 2 Louisville 82, No. 7 West Virginia 71, 2OT
Game 8: No. 3 Pitt 89, No. 6 Marquette 79

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 9: No. 1 Georgetown 84, No. 4 Notre Dame 82
Game 10: No. 3 Pitt 65, No. 2 Louisville 59

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 10

Game 11: No. 3 Pitt (27-6) vs. No. 1 Georgetown (25-6), 9:00 pm (ESPN)

Big Ten:

FIRST ROUND
at United Center
Chicago, IL

Thursday, March 8

Game 1: No. 8 Michigan 49, No. 9 Minnesota 40
Game 2: No. 7 Michigan State 62, No. 10 Northwestern 57
Game 3: No. 6 Illinois 66, No. 11 Penn State 60

QUARTERFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 4: No. 1 Ohio State 72, No. 8 Michigan 62
Game 5: No. 5 Purdue 74, No. 4 Iowa 55
Game 6: No. 2 Wisconsin 70, No. 7 Michigan State 57
Game 7: No. 6 Illinois 58, No. 3 Indiana 54, OT

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 10

Game 8: No. 5 Purdue (21-10) vs. No. 1 Ohio State (28-3), 1:40 pm
Game 9: No. 6 Illinois (23-10) vs. No. 2 Wisconsin (28-4), 4:05 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, March 11

Game 10: Game 9 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 3:30 pm

Big 12:

FIRST ROUND
at Ford Center
Oklahoma City, OK

Thursday, March 8

Game 1: No. 9 Oklahoma 68, No. 8 Iowa State 63
Game 2: No. 5 Texas Tech 81, No. 12 Colorado 71
Game 3: No. 7 Oklahoma State 54, No. 10 Nebraska 39
Game 4: No. 11 Baylor 97, No. 6 Missouri 83

QUARTERFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 5: No. 1 Kansas 64, No. 9 Oklahoma 47
Game 6: No. 4 Kansas State 66, No. 5 Texas Tech 45
Game 7: No. 7 Oklahoma State 57, No. 2 Texas A&M 56
Game 8: No. 3 Texas 74, No. 11 Baylor 69

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 10

Game 9: No. 4 Kansas State (22-10) vs. No. 1 Kansas (28-4), 2:00 pm (ESPN2)
Game 10: No. 7 Oklahoma State (22-11) vs. No. 3 Texas (23-8), 4:20 pm (ESPN2)

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, March 11

Game 11: Game 10 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 3:00 pm (ESPN)


SEC:

FIRST ROUND
at Georgia Dome
Atlanta, GA

Thursday, March 8

Game 1: E4 Kentucky 79, W5 Alabama 67
Game 2: W3 Arkansas 82, E6 South Carolina 52
Game 3: E5 Georgia 80, W4 Auburn 65
Game 4: W6 LSU 76, E3 Tennessee 67, OT

QUARTERFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 5: W1 Mississippi State 84, E4 Kentucky 82, OT
Game 6: W3 Arkansas 72, E2 Vanderbilt 71
Game 7: E1 Florida 74, E5 Georgia 57
Game 8: W2 Ole Miss 80, W6 LSU 60

SEMIFINALS

Saturday, March 10

Game 9: W3 Arkansas (20-12) vs. W1 Mississippi State (18-12), 1:00 pm
Game 10: W2 Ole Miss (20-11) vs. E1 Florida (27-5), 3:15 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, March 11

Game 11: Game 10 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 1:00 pm

Patriot:

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. 1 Holy Cross 55, No. 4 American 53
Game 6: No. 2 Bucknell 68, No. 6 Army 47

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Friday, March 9

Game 7: No. 1 Holy Cross 74, No. 2 Bucknell 66

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

Thursday, March 8

Game 5: No. 1 Xavier 72, No. 8 Dayton 51
Game 6: No. 4 Rhode Island 73, No. 5 Fordham 69
Game 7: No. 7 Saint Louis 74, vs. No. 2 Massachusetts 71, OT
Game 8 : No. 3 George Washington 58, No. 6 Saint Joseph's 48

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 9: No. 4 Rhode Island 79, No. 1 Xavier 71
Game 10: No. 3 George Washington 60, No. 7 Saint Louis 40

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 10

Game 11: No. 4 Rhode Island (19-13) vs. No. 3 George Washington (22-8), 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. 1 Toledo 62, No. 9 Eastern Michigan 54
Game 6: No. 4 Miami-Ohio 70, No. 5 Ohio 51
Game 7: No. 2 Akron 82, No. 7 Central Michigan 53
Game 8: No. 3 Kent State 75, No. 6 Western Michigan 66

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 9: No. 4 Miami-Ohio 58, No. 1 Toledo 53
Game 10: No. 2 Akron 61, No. 3 Kent State 54

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 10

Game 11: No. 4 Miami-Ohio (17-14) vs. No. 2 Akron (26-6), 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 53, No. 2 UCF 51
Game 6: No. 3 Houston 62, No. 6 Southern Miss 59
Game 7: No. 1 Memphis 92, No. 8 Marshall 71
Game 8: No. 4 Tulane 58, No. 5 Tulsa 56

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 9: No. 3 Houston 77, No. 7 Rice 62
Game 10: No. 1 Memphis 71, No. 4 Tulane 49

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 10

Game 11: No. 3 Houston (18-14) at No. 1 Memphis (29-3), 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. 3 North Carolina A&T 81, No. 6 Norfolk State 66
Game 7: No. 5 Morgan State 66, No. 4 South Carolina State 64, OT

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 8: No. 1 Delaware State 56, No. 5 Morgan State 53, OT
Game 9: No. 2 Florida A&M 74, No. 3 North Carolina A&T 66

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 10

Game 10: No. 2 Florida A&M (20-13) vs. No. 1 Delaware State (21-11), 6:00 pm (ESPN Classic)

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 51, No. 3 Grambling 48
Game 4: No. 5 Texas Southern 74, No. 4 Alcorn State 64

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 5: No. 2 Jackson State 64, No. 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 62
Game 6: No. 1 Mississippi Valley State 54, No. 5 Texas Southern 50

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 10

Game 7: No. 2 Jackson State (20-13) vs. No. 1 Mississippi Valley State (18-14), 6:00 pm

Southland:

FIRST ROUND
at Campbell Center
Houston, TX

Thursday, March 8

Game 1: No. 7 Lamar 99, No. 2 Sam Houston State 98
Game 2: No. 3 Northwestern State 85, No. 6 Stephen F. Austin 76
Game 3: No. 1 Texas A&M-CC 80, No. 8 SE Louisiana 72
Game 4: No. 4 McNeese State 77, No. 5 Texas-Arlington 76

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 5: No. 3 Northwestern State 78, No. 7 Lamar 65
Game 6: No. 1 Texas A&M-CC 87, No. 4 McNeese State 66

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday, March 11

Game 7: No. 3 Northwestern State (17-14) vs. No. 1 Texas A&M-CC (25-6), 2:00 pm (ESPN2)

WAC:

FIRST ROUND
at Pan American Center
Las Cruces, NM

Tuesday, March 6

Game 1: No. 9 Idaho 50, No. 8 San Jose State 49

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 8

Game 2: No. 1 Nevada 88, No. 9 Idaho 63
Game 3: No. 4 Utah State 73, No. 5 Hawai'i 70
Game 4: No. 6 Boise State 78, No. 3 Fresno State 73
Game 5: No. 2 New Mexico State 77, No. 7 Louisiana Tech 70

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 6: No. 4 Utah State 79, No. 1 Nevada 77
Game 7: No. 2 New Mexico State 88, No. 6 Boise State 69

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 10

Game 8: No. 4 Utah State (23-10) at No. 2 New Mexico State (24-8), 9:00 pm (ESPN2)

Mountain West:

FIRST ROUND
at Thomas & Mack Center
Las Vegas, NV

Tuesday, March 6

Game 1: No. 9 TCU 62, No. 8 New Mexico 54

QUARTERFINALS

Thursday, March 8
Game 2: No. 1 BYU 77, No. 9 TCU 64
Game 3: No. 5 Wyoming 67, No. 4 Air Force 62
Game 4: No. 2 UNLV 80, No. 7 Utah 54
Game 5: No. 6 Colorado State 69, No. 3 San Diego State 64

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 6: No. 1 BYU 96, No. 5 Wyoming 84
Game 7: No. 2 UNLV 88, No. 6 Colorado State 72

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 10

Game 8: No. 1 BYU (25-7) at No. 2 UNLV (27-6) , 7:00 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 70, No. 4 UC Santa Barbara 52
Game 4: No. 3 Cal State Fullerton 100, No. 7 Pacific 92, 2OT

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 5: No. 1 Long Beach State 77, No. 5 UC Irvine 63
Game 6: No. 2 Cal Poly 81, No. 3 Cal State Fullerton 56

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 10

Game 7: No. 2 Cal Poly (19-10) vs. No. 1 Long Beach State (23-7), 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. 4 Oregon 69, No. 5 Arizona 50
Game 4: No. 8 California 76, No. 1 UCLA 69, OT
Game 5: No. 3 USC 83 ,No. 6 Stanford 79, OT
Game 6: No. 2 Washington State 74, No. 7 Washington 64

SEMIFINALS

Friday, March 9

Game 7: No. 4 Oregon 81, No. 8 California 63
Game 8: No. 3 USC 70, No. 2 Washington State 61

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, March 10

Game 9: No. 4 Oregon (25-7) vs. No. 3 USC (23-10), 6:00 (CBS)

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