Friday, April 1, 2016

U.S. Department of College Basketball Tournament



So the deal with this one is that each state gets to send one Division I state champion to the U.S. Department of College Basketball Tournament. That's 49 of the 64 slots right there, because only Alaska doesn't have any Division I teams.

Kentucky has seven such teams, and this year's Kentucky state tournament took place in Paducah. It takes place every year in one of Kentucky's towns without a Division I team. I used this site to create a Randomly Scrambled List of Numbers 1 through 7, so that shook things out where Morehead State got a first-round bye. 

In the first-round games--again, I'm playing all of these with WhatIfSports.com--Kentucky beat Eastern, 93-78 (Jamal Murray had 24); Northern Kentucky shocked Louisville, 71-67 (the Cards probably lacked focus, given that they were ineligible for the national tournament, anyway), and Murray State downed Western Kentucky, 75-66 (#Harpermania). That was Thursday. On Friday, in the semifinals, Murray had 25 more, and UK beat Morehead, 75-55. Then, Murray sent the Norse back to Highland Heights, 77-66.

Saturday must've been a giant day in Paducah, leading up to the UK-Murray state championship. Maybe they had some big affair down at the riverfront. And near tipoff, the traffic must've been horrendous off I-24 and back to PCC's gym. 


Next year, the tournament is in Frankfort.

I found a map of the United States cut into four regions at FairVote.org, and I thought it looked pretty good. So the Wildcats go to the South. Each of the regions get 12 or 13 state champions. Before any of the state tournaments, there were televised U.S. Department of College Basketball committee meetings all season long, and they worked out rankings of all the Division I teams that ended up looking like KenPom.com. Based on those rankings, then, each region gets either three or four at-large teams from one of the other three regions.

-- South: North Carolina, Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Miami, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Arkansas-Little Rock, Mississippi, Louisiana State, Alabama, Iowa, Cincinnati and Notre Dame

-- North: Kansas, Michigan State, Xavier, Purdue, Iowa State, Wisconsin, Creighton, South Dakota State, Northwestern, North Dakota State, Missouri, Minnesota, Duke, Virginia Commonwealth, Saint Joseph's and Yale

-- East: Villanova, West Virginia, Syracuse, Seton Hall, Maryland, Connecticut, Providence, Northeastern, Vermont, New Hampshire, Delaware, Maine, Indiana, Stephen F. Austin, Butler and Florida

-- West: Oregon, Gonzaga, Arizona, California, Utah, Hawai'i, Colorado, Boise State, New Mexico State, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Wichita State, Baylor, Texas and Valparaiso

Those are listed in order of the U.S. Department of College Basketball rankings, but they're not seeds. Each region is bracketed by blind draw. Comments flow!

109 comments:

  1. Are you going to play out every state tournament I hope. Need help?

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  2. I was planning to do only Kentucky. But I an occupied for the next several hours. If you play out any other states, just post the results here and I'll re-jerry the national bracket accordingly. So glad you're interested!

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  3. I wont have time until tonight but would love to do it.

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  4. Alabama 9 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Alabama is the best team ranked at 99, UAB second at 114.

    Play-In: Samford 78, Alabama A&M 51

    Round 1 G1: UAB 80, Samford 63
    Round 1 G2: Alabama St 59, Troy 71
    Round 1 G3: Jacksonville St 57, Auburn 71
    Round 1 G4: Alabama 74, South Alabama 63

    Round 2 G1: UAB 65, Troy 56
    Round 2 G2: Auburn 68, Alabama 57

    Final: UAB 83, Auburn 76

    So UAB is in the tournament.

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    1. I hate UAB, but I am thrilled to replace Alabama in the South bracket (because I hate Alabama, too).

      -- South: North Carolina, Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Miami, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Arkansas-Little Rock, Mississippi, Louisiana State, Alabama-Birmingham, Iowa, Cincinnati and Notre Dame

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  5. Arizona 4 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Arizona is the best team ranked 21, Arizona St second at 104.

    Round 1 G1: Arizona St 59, Arizona 88
    Round 1 G2: Northern Arizona 83, Grand Canyon 93

    Final: Arizona 77, Grand Canyon 71

    Arizona is in the tourney.

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    1. The coach of Grand Canyon is Dan Majerle. I heard him on the radio the other day, and he was really funny.

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  6. Indiana does a blind draw, and it's state tournament looks like this.

    6 IPFW Mastodons

    2 Butler Bulldogs
    3 Evansville Purple Aces

    10 Valparaiso Crusaders
    5 Indiana State Sycamores

    8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

    7 IUPUI Jaguars
    1 Ball State Cardinals

    9 Purdue Boilermakers
    4 Indiana Hoosiers

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    1. This tournament is at Evansville.

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    2. Preliminary round:

      2 Butler Bulldogs 85
      3 Evansville Purple Aces 82

      7 IUPUI Jaguars 56
      1 Ball State Cardinals 61

      Dang.

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    3. First round:

      6 IPFW Mastodons 64
      2 Butler Bulldogs 99

      10 Valparaiso Crusaders 62
      5 Indiana State Sycamores 71

      8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 65
      1 Ball State Cardinals 56

      9 Purdue Boilermakers 73
      4 Indiana Hoosiers 71

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    4. Semis:

      2 Butler Bulldogs 83
      5 Indiana State Sycamores 66

      8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 80
      9 Purdue Boilermakers 87

      Dang.

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    5. Oh, my, what a final!

      2 Butler Bulldogs 71
      9 Purdue Boilermakers 70

      Butler came back from eight down at the half!

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    6. Scrambles every national-tournament region because Purdue is now an at-large instead of Butler ... new regional clusters ...

      -- South: North Carolina, Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Miami, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Arkansas-Little Rock, Mississippi, Louisiana State, Alabama-Birmingham, Indiana, Cincinnati and Notre Dame

      -- North: Kansas, Michigan State, Xavier, Iowa State, Wisconsin, Butler, Creighton, South Dakota State, Northwestern, North Dakota State, Missouri, Minnesota, Duke, Stephen F. Austin, Saint Joseph's and Yale

      -- East: Villanova, West Virginia, Syracuse, Seton Hall, Maryland, Connecticut, Providence, Northeastern, Vermont, New Hampshire, Delaware, Maine, Purdue, Baylor, Texas and Florida

      -- West: Oregon, Gonzaga, Arizona, California, Utah, Hawai'i, Colorado, Boise State, New Mexico State, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Wichita State, Iowa, Virginia Commonwealth and Valparaiso

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  7. Just play however many state tournaments you want, and I'll keep (happily) tinkering with the national layout. I might jump in with another state tournament from time to time, too, though we're doing a bunch of stuff today. Anyway, just say whenever you're done, and then we'll declare that the state tournaments are finished, and I'll get the national tournament going. Hooray!

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  8. I might beg the boys at WhatIfSports to get all of the NC2A and NAIA teams into their database, because I think the U.S. Department of College Basketball would probably prefer to not recognize any of those divisions. Of course, not all progress is going to happen today. Maybe someday. Toward a more perfect union, arc of the moral universe bending toward justice and all.

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  9. State of Maine has only one Division 1 program so the Maine black bears spent state tournament week on a tour around Maine conducting basketball clinics and giving away free u.s. Department of college basketball basketballs.

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  10. Marshall in West Virginia play a best-of-five series for that State's national tournament berth.

    Game 1: Marshall 66 at Wvu 77

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  11. 94-77 and 83-64, Mountaineer, in games 2 and 3 at Marshall.

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  12. Arkansas 5 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Arkansas Little Rock is the best team ranked 51, Arkansas second at 90.

    PlayIn Game Arkansas St 69, Central Arkansas 72

    Round 1 G1: Arkansas Pine Bluff 82, Central Arkansas 85
    Round 1 G2: Arkansas Little Rock 53, Arkansas 87

    Final: Central Arkansas 66, Arkansas 84

    Arkansas is in the tourney.

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  13. California 24 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, California is the best team ranked 29, St. Mary's second at 45.

    UC Davis, UCLA, San Jose St, Fresno St, Stanford, USC, Long Beach St, and St. Mary's all drew byes in the first round.

    Round 1 G1: Cal Poly 76, Sacramento St 59
    Round 1 G2: San Diego St 61, San Francisco 51
    Round 1 G3: UC Riverside 73, Pepperdine 65
    Round 1 G4: San Diego 52, Cal St Bakersfield 76
    Round 1 G5: Pacific 66, UC Irvine 77
    Round 1 G6: UC Santa Barbara 71, Santa Clara 74
    Round 1 G7: Loyola Marymount 78, Cal St Fullerton 73
    Round 1 G8: California 74, Cal St Northridge 70

    Sweet 16 G1: UC Davis 59, Cal Poly 69
    Sweet 16 G2: San Diego St 77, UCLA 79
    Sweet 16 G3: San Jose St 70, UC Riverside 75
    Sweet 16 G4: Cal St Bakersfield 47, Fresno St 66
    Sweet 16 G5: Stanford 73, UC Irvine 75
    Sweet 16 G6: Santa Clara 58, USC 77
    Sweet 16 G7: Long Beach St 79, Loyola Marymount 72
    Sweet 16 G8: California 73, St. Mary's 71

    Final 8 G1: Cal Poly 64, UCLA 74
    Final 8 G2: UC Riverside 62, Fresno St 78
    Final 8 G3: UC Irvine 59, USC 81
    Final 8 G4: Long Beach St 64, California 61

    Final 4 G1: UCLA 60, Fresno St 76
    Final 4 G2: USC 84, Long Beach St 66

    Final: Fresno St 78, USC 86

    USC is in the tourney.

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  14. Colorado 5 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Colorado is the best team ranked 63, Colorado St second at 155.

    Play in: Denver 69, Colorado 93
    Round 1 G1: Air Force 49, Colorado 85
    Round 1 G2: Northern Colorado 84, Colorado St 91

    Final: Colorado 90, Colorado St 73

    Colorado is in the tourney

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  15. -- South: North Carolina, Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Miami, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana State, Alabama-Birmingham, Indiana, California and Notre Dame

    -- North: Kansas, Michigan State, Xavier, Iowa State, Wisconsin, Butler, Creighton, South Dakota State, Northwestern, North Dakota State, Missouri, Minnesota, Duke, Stephen F. Austin, Texas and Florida

    -- East: Villanova, West Virginia, Syracuse, Seton Hall, Maryland, Connecticut, Providence, Northeastern, Vermont, New Hampshire, Delaware, Maine, Purdue, Baylor, Cincinnati an Valparaiso

    -- West: Oregon, Gonzaga, Arizona, Utah, Southern California, Hawai'i, Colorado, Boise State, New Mexico State, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Wichita State, Iowa, Virginia Commonwealth and Saint Joseph's

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  16. Wyoming has only one Division I team, so Laramie spent state-tournament week hosting a parade and festival honoring the 1943 NC2A champions.

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  17. Wisconsin's tournament is in Kenosha ... Marquette 87, Green Bay 74 ... Wisconsin 75, Milwaukee 64 ... Upset! ... Marquette 69, Wisconsin 65.

    -- South: North Carolina, Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Miami, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana State, Alabama-Birmingham, Indiana, California and Cincinnati

    -- North: Kansas, Michigan State, Xavier, Iowa State, Butler, Creighton, South Dakota State, Northwestern, Marquette, North Dakota State, Missouri, Minnesota, Duke, Stephen F. Austin, Texas and Saint Joseph's

    -- East: Villanova, West Virginia, Syracuse, Seton Hall, Maryland, Connecticut, Providence, Northeastern, Vermont, New Hampshire, Delaware, Maine, Purdue, Baylor, Wisconsin and Valparaiso

    -- West: Oregon, Gonzaga, Arizona, Utah, Southern California, Hawai'i, Colorado, Boise State, New Mexico State, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Wichita State, Iowa, Virginia Commonwealth and Notre Dame

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  18. Connecticut 7 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Connecticut is the best team ranked 26, Yale second at 43.

    Sacred Heart drew a bye

    Round 1 G1: Hartford 74, Central Connecticut 64
    Round 1 G2: Connecticut 70, Fairfield 56
    Round 1 G3: Quinnipiac 64, Yale 73

    Semi G1: Sacred Heart 64, Hartford 73
    Semi G2: Connecticut 74, Yale 64

    Final: Hartford 44, Connecticut 79

    Connecticut is in the tourney.

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    1. Ouch. I was totally rooting for Hartford here.

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  19. Delaware has two teams so Delaware and Delaware St play a best of five series, 2-2-1. Delaware was the higher ranked team so they get home court.

    Delaware St 50, Delaware 63
    Delaware St 73, Delaware 67
    Delaware 64, Delaware St 72
    Delaware 77, Delaware St 67
    Delaware St 40, Delaware 62

    Delaware is in the tourney.

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    1. Interesting that Delaware plays its state tournament as a 2-2-1. West Virginia does 1-2-2.

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  20. Florida 13 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Miami is the best team ranked 13, with Florida second at 41.

    South Florida, Florida St, and Florida Gulf Coast all drew byes.

    Round 1 G1: Florida A&M 51, Central Florida 74
    Round 1 G2: Florida 78, North Florida 62
    Round 1 G3: Jacksonville 59, Florida Atlantic 70
    Round 1 G4: Stetson 44, Miami 77
    Round 1 G5: Bethune-Cookman 58, Florida International 78

    Final 8 G1: South Florida 55, Central Florida 53
    Final 8 G2: Florida 62, Florida Atlantic 67
    Final 8 G3: Florida St 74, Miami 80
    Final 8 G4: Florida Gulf Coast 73, Florida International 73

    Final 4 G1: South Florida 64, Florida Atlantic 48
    Final 4 G2: Miami 67, Florida Gulf Coast 73
    Down 10 at the half, Miami stormed back to tie the game at 57 with 6:50 left. Then FGCU went on a 12 to 3 run to clinch it.

    Final: South Florida 72, Florida Gulf Coast 80

    Florida Gulf Coast is in the tourney.

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    1. That score in the final 8 should have been FGCU 73, FIU 56.

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  21. Wow! Great comeback for Florida Gulf Coast in the semis. And by bumping Miami to the at-larges and then winning the championship, I think that might well bump Florida out of the national tournament altogether!

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  22. Georgia 6 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Georgia Tech is the best team ranked 49, Georgia is second at 70.

    Savannah St and Georgia drew byes

    Round 1 G1: Georgia Tech 72, Kennesaw St 53
    Round 1 G2: Georgia St 48, Georgia Southern 69

    Final 4 G1: Savannah St 55, Georgia Tech 72
    Final 4 G2: Georgia St 48, Georgia 69

    Final: Georgia Tech 74, Georgia 77

    A back and forth game the whole way here are how the final two minutes played out.

    Up 68-67 JJ Frazier hits two free throws for Georgia to put them up 70-67. Nick Jacobs scores for Tech to close it to 69-70. Maten answers for Georgia on a floater in the lane to put Georgia back up 72-69. Georges-Hunt nails a three to tie it at 72-72 with 1:33 left. Gaines misses but Mike Edwards pulls down the offensive rebound then scores on an ally-oop from Maten, 74-72.

    Georgia Tech has the ball now with 1:06 left and down two. Georges-Hunt's misses a fadeaway, but Josh Heath gets the offensive rebound. Jacob then misses but James White gets the offensive rebound with :34 left. Tech works the ball and ends up getting a beautiful play to White for a dunk to tie the game up at 74 with 1 second left on the clock. A long inbound and Frazier hits the final second shot to win it for Georgia 77-74.

    Georgia is in the tourney.

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  23. Idaho 3 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Boise State is the best team ranked 100, Idaho second at 212.

    Boise St drew a bye.

    Semi: Idaho St 67, Idaho 76

    Final: Boise St 80, Idaho 74

    Boise State is in the tourney.

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  24. Illinois 14 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Northwestern is the best team ranked 78, Illinois State second at 116.

    Northwestern and Loyola Chicago drew byes.

    Round 1 G1: Bradley 49, Illinois State 63
    Round 1 G2: UI Chicago 65, Chicago State 63
    UIC sins on the last play of the game, a dunk from Tai Odiase
    Round 1 G3: Western Illinois 65, Robert Morris 69
    Round 1 G4: Northern Illinois 70, SIU Edwardsville 73
    Round 1 G5: Eastern Illinois 63, SIU 69
    Round 1 G6: DePaul 69, Illinois 55

    Final 8 G1: Northwestern 69, Illinois State 59
    Final 8 G2: UI Chicago 56, Robert Morris 46
    Final 8 G3: Loyola Chicago 57, SIU Edwardsville 68
    Final 8 G4: SIU 62, DePaul 73

    Final 4 G1: Northwestern 75, UI Chicago 63
    Final 4 G2: SIU Edwardsville 60, DePaul 73

    Final: Northwestern 78, DePaul 76

    DePaul's Eli Cain (15pts, 4reb, 3ast) makes a tough shot from the left corner to tie the game at 76 with :09 left in the game. But Northwestern wins it on a Gavin Skelly (9pts, 5reb) game winner.

    Northwestern is going to the tourney.

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  25. Iowa 4 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Iowa State is the best team ranked 16, Iowa is second at 23.

    Final 4 G1: Iowa 74, Drake 66
    Final 4 G2: Northern Iowa 78, Iowa State 61

    Final: Iowa 44, Northern Iowa 60

    Northern Iowa is in the tourney.

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  26. Kansas 3 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Kansas is the best team ranked 4, Wichita State second at 7.

    Wichita State drew a bye

    Semi: Kansas 66, Kansas State 55

    Final: Wichita State 72, Kansas 69

    Wichita State is in the tourney.

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  27. Exciting day! Current region lineups ...

    — South/Louisville: North Carolina, Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Clemson, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana State, Alabama-Birmingham, Florida Gulf Coast, Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin

    — North/Dayton: Michigan State, Wichita State, Xavier, Iowa State, Butler, Creighton, South Dakota State, Northwestern, Marquette, North Dakota State, Missouri, Minnesota, Miami, Baylor, Virginia Commonwealth, Texas

    — East/Philadelphia: Villanova, West Virginia, Syracuse, Seton Hall, Maryland, Connecticut, Providence, Northeastern, Vermont, New Hampshire, Delaware, Maine, Purdue, Duke, California and Notre Dame

    -- West: Oregon, Gonzaga, Arizona, Utah, Southern California, Hawai'i, Colorado, Boise State, New Mexico State, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Kansas, Iowa State, Stephen F. Austin and Cincinnati

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  28. Louisiana 11 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, LSU is the best team ranked 92, Louisiana-Lafayette second at 109.

    Northwestern State, Louisiana Tech, Louisiana-Lafayette, LSU, and Tulane all draw byes.

    Round 1 G1: McNeese St 65, Southern 68
    Round 1 G2: Louisana-Monroe 58, Grambling State 50
    Round 1 G3: Southeastern Louisiana 85, Nicholls State 91

    Final 8 G1: Northwestern State 60, Southern 75
    Final 8 G2: Louisiana Tech 75, Louisiana-Lafayette 72
    Final 8 G3: LSU 67, Louisiana-Monroe 69
    Final 8 G4: Tulane 68, Nicholls State 67

    Final 4 G1: Southern 61, Louisiana Tech 77
    Final 4 G2: Louisiana-Monroe 66, Tulane 47

    Final: Louisiana Tech 78, Louisiana-Monroe 68

    Louisiana Tech is in the tourney

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  29. Maryland 9 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Maryland is the best team ranked 25, Towson second at 149.

    Preliminary: UMBC 70, Mount St. Mary's 72

    Final 8 G1: Towson 52, Mount St. Mary's 62
    Final 8 G2: Loyola 53, Navy 77
    Final 8 G3: Coppin St 54, Morgan St 67
    Final 8 G4: Maryland 67, Maryland East Shore 54

    Final 4 G1: Mount St. Mary's 49, Navy 60
    Final 4 G2: Morgan St 82, Maryland 79

    Final: Navy 71, Morgan St 60

    Navy is in the tourney

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  30. Massachusetts 7 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Northeastern is the best team ranked 130, Massachusetts next at 165.

    Boston drew a bye
    Final 7 G1: Boston College 51, Northeastern 67
    Final 7 G2: Harvard 74, Massachusetts-Lowell 76
    Final 7 G3: Holy Cross 66, Massachusetts 78

    Final 4 G1: Boston 59, Northeastern 68
    Final 4 G2: Massachusetts-Lowell 73, Massachusetts 92

    Final: Northeastern 82, Massachusetts 75

    Northeastern is in the tourney.

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  31. Michigan 7 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Michigan State is the best team ranked 5, Michigan second at 58.

    Michigan State drew a bye
    Final 7 G1: Michigan 69, Western Michigan 58
    Final 7 G2: Oakland 75, Eastern Michigan 78
    Final 7 G3: Central Michigan 86, Detroit 88

    Final 4 G1: Michigan State 82, Michigan 62
    Final 4 G2: Eastern Michigan 69, Detroit 68
    Detroit had a 68-62 lead with :35 left. Here is what happened. Raven Lee makes a 3pt shot with :25 left 68-65. Josh McFolley is fouled and misses both shots. Ethan Alvano is fouled and hits both shots to cut the score to 68-67 with :15 left. Eastern Michigan immediately fouls Paris Bass who misses both free throws. Jordan Nobles hits a fadaway as time expires to win it 69-68. Nobles shot 1 for 4 in the game.

    Final: Michigan State 77, Eastern Michigan 60

    Michigan State is in the tourney

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  32. Mississippi 6 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Mississippi is the best team ranked 71, Mississippi second at 85.

    Southern Mississippi and Mississippi Valley State drew byes.

    Final 6 G1: Jackson State 61, Mississippi 71
    Final 6 G2: Mississippi State 77, Alcorn St 66

    Final 4 G1: Southern Mississippi 73, Mississippi 67
    Final 4 G2: Mississippi State 71, Mississippi Valley State 60

    Final: Southern Mississippi 73, Mississippi State 68

    Southern Mississippi is in the tourney.

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  33. Missouri 5 team tourney. According to Ken Pom, Missouri is the best team ranked 182, Saint Louis second at 235.

    Prelim: Missouri State 58, Saint Louis 67

    Final 4 G1: UMKC 67, Saint Louis 55
    Final 4 G2: Southeast Missouri St 74, Missouri 75

    Final: UMKC 74, Missouri 69

    University of Missouri at Kansas City is in the tourney.

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  34. Texas now has to win its state tournament to advance.

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  35. Montana 2 team tourney 2-2-1. Montana had home court. Ken Pom has them ranked 147, Montana State 258

    Montana St 75, Montana 78
    Montana St 93, Montana 91 in OT
    Quinton Everett (Montana St) hit his only shot of the game a 3 to send this one into overtime.

    Montana 72, Montana St 90
    Montana 72, Montana St 62

    Montana St 68, Montana 65

    Montana St is in the tourney

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  36. Another thing now is that Utah would go from hosting a subregional to out of the national tournament if it doesn't take care of its business.

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  37. Nebraska 3 team tourney. Ken Pom ranks Creighton best at 37, Nebraska second 98

    Semi: Nebraska-Omaha 52, Creighton 67

    Final: Nebraska 79, Creighton 86

    Creighton is in the tourney

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  38. Nevada 2 team tourney 2-2-1. Nevada has home court

    UNLV 71, Nevada 76
    UNLV 62, Nevada 72
    Nevada 74, UNLV 76
    Nevada 62, UNLV 64
    UNLF 61, Nevada 69

    Nevada is in the tourney

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  39. New Hampshire 2 team tourney 2-2-1. New Hampshire has home court

    Dartmouth 55, New Hampshire 64
    Dartmouth 66, New Hampshire 70
    New Hampshire 72, Dartmouth 73
    New Hampshire 68, Dartmouth 81
    Dartmouth 68, New Hampshire 50

    Dartmouth is in the tourney

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  40. New Jersey 8 team tourney. Ken Pom has Seton Hall ranked best at 22, Princeton second at 65

    Final 8 G1: Seton Hall 78, Fairleigh Dickinson 69
    Final 8 G2: Princeton 80, St. Peter's 54
    Final 8 G3: Rider 87, NJIT 93
    Final 8 G4: Rutgers 65, Monmouth 81

    Final 4 G1: Seton Hall 82, Princeton 88
    Final 4 G2: NJIT 49, Monmouth 65

    Final: Princeton 64, Monmouth 62

    Princeton is in the tourney

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  41. New Mexico 2 team tourney 1-2-2. New Mexico St has home court.

    New Mexico 85, New Mexico St 95
    New Mexico St 74, New Mexico 51
    New Mexico St 65, New Mexico 69
    New Mexico 67, New Mexico St 72

    New Mexico St is in the tourney

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    1. Strong. Aggies had to win to advance to nationals.

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  42. New Hampshire and Notre Dame are out of the national tournament.

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  43. Cincinnati is last team in the national tournament at this point. Wrong winner in New York tournament (anyone but Syracuse) would push UC outside looking in, needing championship in next state tournament.

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  44. At the Yakima Valley Sundome for the Washington state tournament, ...

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    1. Washington seeds:

      1. Gonzaga Bulldogs
      2. Washington Huskies
      3. Eastern Washington Eagles
      4. Washington State Cougars
      5. Seattle Redhawks

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    2. Thursday night:

      Washington State 67, Seattle 56

      Friday night:

      Washington 93, Eastern Washington 87 (OT)
      Gonzaga 80, Washington State 65

      Saturday 1 p.m.:

      Gonzaga 83, Washington 73

      Two-point game at half ... Kyle Wiltjer finishes with 25 ... everybody gets home to Seattle and Spokane before dark.

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  45. Virginia's random draw:

    1 Hampton Pirates of Hampton
    2 Norfolk State Spartans of Norfolk
    3 Radford Highlanders of Radford
    4 William & Mary Tribe of Williamsburg
    5 Liberty Flames of Lynchburg
    6 James Madison Dukes of Harrisonburg
    7 Old Dominion Monarchs of Norfolk
    8 George Mason Patriots of Fairfax
    9 Virginia Tech Hokies of Blacksburg
    10 Longwood Lancers of FarmVille
    11 Virginia Cavaliers of Charlottesville
    12 Virginia Commonwealth Rams of Richmond
    13 Virginia Military Institute Keydets of Lexington
    14 Richmond Spiders of Richmond

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    1. First-round games pit 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13. Hampton and Richmond get byes to top and bottom of second round.

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    2. First round: Norfolk State 68, Radford 65 ... William & Mary 75, Liberty 61 ... ODU 74, JMU 65 ... Va Tech 69, George Mason 48 ... Virginia 80, Longwood 51 ... VMI 78, VCU 74.

      VCU is still in the national field at the moment; all of the other losers here are done.

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    3. Second round: Norfolk State 68, Hampton 65 ... ODU 57, W&M 55 ... Virginia 77, Virginia Tech 53 ... Richmond 77, VMI 51.

      Only Virginia, among these eight teams, makes the national tournament without winning the state.

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    4. Semis: ODU 56, Norfolk State 55 ... Virginia 83, Richmond 68.

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    5. Cavs are finally challenged in the final but still win, 68-63, over ODU. Virginia secures its home subregional in the national tournament.

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  46. New York 22 team tourney. Ken Pom ranks Syracuse as the best at 24, Hofstra second at 77.

    Round 1 G1: Fordham 73, Siena 61
    Round 1 G2: Binghamton 68, Wagner 59
    Round 1 G3: Manhattan 66, Niagara 65
    Round 1 G4: Columbia 69, Army 53
    Round 1 G5: Hofstra 77, St. John's 61
    Round 1 G6: Canisius 89, Buffalo 79

    Sweet 16 G1: Marist 68, Fordham 83
    Sweet 16 G2: St. Francis 46, Syracuse 64
    Sweet 16 G3: Iona 75, Binghamton 71
    Sweet 16 G4: Manhattan 48, Stony Brook 64
    Sweet 16 G5: Cornell 58, Columbia 75
    Sweet 16 G6: St. Bonaventure 83, Albany 80
    Sweet 16 G7: LIU Brooklyn 67, Hofstra 76
    Sweet 16 G8: Canisius 66, Colgate 51

    Final 8 G1: Fordham 61, Syracuse 78
    Final 8 G2: Iona 74, Stony Brook 78
    Final 8 G3: Columbia 76, St. Bonaventure 75
    Final 8 G4: Hofstra 80, Canisius 75

    Final 4 G1: Syracuse 71, Stony Brook 66
    Final 4 G2: Columbia 70, Hofstra 61

    Final: Syracuse 82, Columbia 88

    Columbia is in the tourney

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  47. Vanderbilt is now the prime bubble team. The Commodores are the presumptive state champion from Tennessee; however, with a loss, Vanderbilt would be the 15th and final at-large berth for the naonal tournament.

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  48. Here are the teams that would host sub regionals if they win their state tournaments: Oregon, Utah, Villanova, Xavier, North Carolina and Oklahoma.

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  49. North Carolina 18 team tourney. Ken Pom ranks North Carolina as the best team at 2, Duke second at 20

    Elon, East Carolina, North Carolina, and UNC Asheville all drew to play prelim games.

    Prelim G1: Elon 82, East Carolina 78
    Prelim G2: North Carolina 59, UNC Asheville 57

    Sweet 16 G1: NC State 70, Elon 78
    Sweet 16 G2: North Carolina A&T 63, Appalachian State 79
    Sweet 16 G3: Campbell 72, Davidson 82
    Sweet 16 G4: UNC Wilmington 68, High Point 75
    Sweet 16 G5: NC Central 50, North Carolina 86
    Sweet 16 G6: Wake Forest 78, Western Carolina 77
    Sweet 16 G7: Charlotte 80, Duke 84
    Sweet 16 G8: Gardner-Webb 84, UNC Greensboro 64

    Final 8 G1: Elon 67, Appalachian State 73
    Final 8 G2: Davidson 69, High Point 71
    Final 8 G3: North Carolina 91, Wake Forest 65
    Final 8 G4: Duke 81, Gardner-Webb 88

    Final 4 G1: Appalachian State 73, High Point 75 OT
    Final 4 G2: North Carolina 81, Gardner-Webb 71

    Final High Point 65, North Carolina 100

    North Carolina is in the tourney

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    1. UNC Asheville is tough at tourney time!

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  50. North Dakota 2 team tourney 2-2-1. North Dakota State has home court

    North Dakota 41, North Dakota State 59
    North Dakota 51, North Dakota State 68
    North Dakota State 68, North Dakota 69
    Carson Shanks hit s jumper as time runs out to keep North Dakota's season alive.

    North Dakota State 74, North Dakota 65

    North Dakota State is in the tourney

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  51. Ohio 13 team tourney. Ken Pom ranks Xavier as the best team at 11, Cincinnati second at 34.

    Miami, Kent State, and Ohio drew byes

    Final 13 G1: Bowling Green 65, Ohio State 67
    Final 13 G2: Toledo 62, Youngstown 66
    Final 13 G3: Cincinnati 82, Dayton 64
    Final 13 G4: Akron 76, Cleveland State 82
    Final 13 G5: Wright State 61, Xavier 93

    Final 8 G1: Miami 38, Ohio State 50
    Final 8 G2: Youngstown 67, Cincinnati 79
    Final 8 G3: Kent State 71, Cleveland State 47
    Final 8 G4: Ohio 65, Xavier 76

    Final 4 G1: Ohio State 49, Cincinnati 51
    Final 4 G2: Kent State 74, Xavier 78

    Final: Cincinnati 62, Xavier 71

    Xavier is in the tourney

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    1. What a high-stakes tournament that was! Xavier keeps its subregional, and Cincinnati just misses the national tournament.

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  52. Utah state-tournament blind draw:

    1 Brigham Young Cougars of Provo (first-round bye)

    2 Utah Utes of Salt Lake City
    3 Utah State Aggies of Logan

    4 Southern Utah Thunderbirds of Cedar City
    5 Weber State Wildcats of Ogden

    6 Utah Valley Wolverines of Orem (first-round bye)

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    1. First round: Utah (needing state championship to hold subregional and spot in national tournament 89, Utah State 61 ... Weber State 87, Southern Utah 81

      Semifinals: Utah 82, BYU 74 ... Weber State 76, Utah Valley 81

      Championship: Utah 86, Utah Valley 51

      No problem ... Utes to host.

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  53. Texas blind draw per bracket ...

    Southern Bracket at Galveston

    2 Houston Baptist Huskies of Houston
    3 Rice Owls of Houston

    7 Texas State Bobcats of San Marcos
    8 Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros of Edinburg

    10 Texas Southern Tigers of Houston
    11 Incarnate Word Cardinals at San Antonio

    1 Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners of San Antonio

    4 Prairie View A&M Panthers of Prairie View
    5 Houston Cougars of Houston

    6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders of Corpus Christi

    9 Lamar Cardinals of Beaumont

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    1. 2 Houston Baptist Huskies of Houston 77
      3 Rice Owls of Houston 79

      7 Texas State Bobcats of San Marcos 62
      8 Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros of Edinburg 51

      10 Texas Southern Tigers of Houston 67
      11 Incarnate Word Cardinals at San Antonio 56

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    2. 1 Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners of San Antonio 66
      3 Rice Owls of Houston 58

      4 Prairie View A&M Panthers of Prairie View 51
      5 Houston Cougars of Houston 68

      6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders of Corpus Christi 71
      7 Texas State Bobcats of San Marcos 81

      9 Lamar Cardinals of Beaumont 81
      10 Texas Southern Tigers of Houston 88

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    3. 1 Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners of San Antonio 59
      5 Houston Cougars of Houston 64

      7 Texas State Bobcats of San Marcos 72
      10 Texas Southern Tigers of Houston 73

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    4. Houston 59, Texas Southern 45

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  54. Texas Northern Bracket at Amarillo

    2 Texas A&M Aggies of College Station
    3 Texas-El Paso Miners of El Paso

    7 Stephen F. Austin State Lumberjacks of Nacogdoches
    8 Texas-Arlington Mavericks of Arlington

    10 Texas Longhorns of Austin
    11 Abilene Christian Wildcats at Abilene

    1 Texas Tech Red Raiders of Lubbock

    4 Baylor University Bears of Waco
    5 Sam Houston State Bearkats of Huntsville

    6 Texas Christian Horned Frogs of Fort Worth

    9 North Texas Mean Green of Denton

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    1. 2 Texas A&M Aggies of College Station 71
      3 Texas-El Paso Miners of El Paso 73

      (Huge upset; TAMU was presumptive state champ)

      7 Stephen F. Austin State Lumberjacks of Nacogdoches 82
      8 Texas-Arlington Mavericks of Arlington 75

      10 Texas Longhorns of Austin 70
      11 Abilene Christian Wildcats at Abilene 48

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    2. 1 Texas Tech Red Raiders of Lubbock 77
      3 Texas-El Paso Miners of El Paso 54

      4 Baylor University Bears of Waco 93
      5 Sam Houston State Bearkats of Huntsville 62

      6 Texas Christian Horned Frogs of Fort Worth 73
      7 Stephen F. Austin State Lumberjacks of Nacogdoches 68

      9 North Texas Mean Green of Denton 73
      10 Texas Longhorns of Austin 78

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    3. 1 Texas Tech Red Raiders of Lubbock 67
      4 Baylor University Bears of Waco 65

      6 Texas Christian Horned Frogs of Fort Worth 68
      10 Texas Longhorns of Austin 70

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    4. Baylor's loss knocks Wisconsin out of the national tournament.

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  55. Only the Tennessee state champion will advance to the national tournament ... blind draw ... played on home courts ... home teams listed last:

    2 UT Chattanooga Mocs of Chattanooga
    3 Tennessee Volunteers of Knoxville

    5 Lipscomb Bisons of Nashville
    6 Vanderbilt Commodores of Nashville

    8 Memphis Tigers of Memphis
    9 East Tennessee State Buccaneers of Johnson City

    11 Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders of Murfreesboro
    12 Belmont Bruins of Nashville

    1 Tennessee State Tigers of Nashville

    4 UT Martin Skyhawks of Martin

    7 Austin Peay State Governors of Clarksville

    10 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles of Cookeville

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  56. Chattanooga 76 at Tennessee 70 ... Lipscomb 64 at Vanderbilt 92 ... Memphis 89 at East Tennessee State 62 ... Middle 75 at Belmont 71.

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    1. Tennessee State 65 at Chattanooga 69 ... UTM 69 at Vandy 74 ... APSU 75 at Memphis 76 ... Tech 62 at Middle 68.

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    2. Chattanooga 58 at Vandy 75 ... Memphis 58 at Middle 78 ...

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    3. Vandy 77 at Middle 68.

      VANDY goes to the national tournament and would get a home subregional if Oklahoma is upset in its state tournament!

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  57. Pierre Bowl: South Dakota State Jackrabbits 97, South Dakota Coyotes 92.

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  58. Can we start a new entry with a quick update on where we are?

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