College Basketball/NIT Rooting Interests Thread

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on

Every day is an important day for Michigan. The more 1 seeds mid-majors that win their conference tourneys, helps Michigan's chances as it saves NIT bids.

 

Conf Match Up Time/Net or Result
A-East Semis 4 New Hampshire at 1 Albany WON 60-58
Patriot Semis 4 Lafayette at 1 Bucknell LOST 80-74
A-Sun CHAMP 3 USC Upstate at 1 North Florida WON 63-57
CAA Semis 1 William & Mary vs. 5 Hofstra W 92-91  2OT
MAAC Semis 1 Iona vs. 4 Monmouth WON 95-77
SoCon Semis 1 Wofford vs. 4 W. Carolina WON 73-61

 

We also get to watch Wisconsin destroy OSU on their senior day at 4:30 on CBS.

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March 8th, 2015 at 2:13 PM ^

The board should be familiar with my Wofford Terriers from our first round matchup with UM in last year's Tourney- here's to hoping we can go back to back, again! 3rd smallest school in D1 so we need all the fans we can get!

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notYOURmom

March 8th, 2015 at 2:33 PM ^

So thankfully the Yale Bulldogs were defeated last night by a full court HRACE and buzzer beater by Dartmouth. This means Harvard and Yale are tied at the top of the league and must play a tiebreaker game next Saturday. The winner dances, but my question to y'all is

Does the loser qualify for an NIT autobid as a conference champ who has not gotten the NCAA autobid? Technically the two teams are now co-conference-champs regardless of the tiebreaker game's outcome.

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Wolverine Devotee

March 8th, 2015 at 2:38 PM ^

No, the NIT is only required to take the 1 seed of conferences if they lose their conference tournament and do not get into the NCAA Tournament.

Ivy League has no postseason tournament. Conference champion tiebreaker gets the NCAA auto-bid in Ivy League gets.

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Wolverine Devotee

March 8th, 2015 at 2:40 PM ^

Illinois State winning the MVC Tournament would make them the first NCAA Tournament bid thief. That is not good news for NCAA bubble teams.

Indiana fans are holding out hope they can slide in the NCAAs but NCAA Tournament bids being stolen almost certainly will keep Indiana out. 

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LSAClassOf2000

March 8th, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^

While I wait to see the 15-possession game that might be Wisconsin-OSU, I've tuned into Lafayette-Bucknell. 24-20 with about 4 minutes to go in the first - a fair number of missed threes  (4-15 between both teams) and Lafayette is not a big believer in getting the odd offensive rebound apparently. 

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Wolverine Devotee

March 8th, 2015 at 2:46 PM ^

North Florida - South Carolina Upstate has tipped on ESPN2 in the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship Game. 

5 minutes in and the score is 2-0 SCU. Abysmal shooting from both sides early on. 

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Wolverine Devotee

March 8th, 2015 at 2:49 PM ^

William & Mary has gotten out to a great start against Hofstra, who Vegas actually favors. 

19-9 after the under 12.

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julesh

March 8th, 2015 at 3:10 PM ^

Hofstra fans shouting, "YOU ARE GARBAGE," when a Tribe player was at the line. That seems harsh.

Also, Tarpey just rolled his ankle. No idea if he's any good or anything.

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Wolverine Devotee

March 8th, 2015 at 3:59 PM ^

It will be 3 Stony Brook at 1 Albany for the America East Tournament Championship on Saturday at 11am live on ESPN2. 

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Wolverine Devotee

March 8th, 2015 at 4:11 PM ^

Bucknell loses and now there are only 29 guaranteed NIT bids remaining. There could be 30 if Murray State gets an at-large NCAA bid with their stellar 27-9 and perfect OVC record. 

They sure as hell deserve it more than Indiana. Murray State is a good team. 

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