Conference Tourneys upset thread

[jasonpeoria911]

VCU is going to be a tough 1st round team to beat. Reminds me a lot of BU's Sweet 16 team. Drive and dish out for the 3 time and time again. Really get that offense spread out, tough to play D against them.

Jason

Upset in RPI only, but 24-9 VCU over 22-10 George Mason. GM had the slightly better RPI, but VCU had the better overall record, first place finish and 2-1 record over the RPI top 50 with two wins over GM. Due to George Mason's loss to Creighton in the Bracketbuster and two losses to VCU, there is no chance of them making the NCAA tournament, so Creighton is still okay for now.

However, that Siena/Niagara game is tight in the 2nd half and HAS to go the way of Siena! Gonzaga is pouring it on St. Mary's at the moment, but SM may or may not get in anyway. But the way Gonzaga is beating them, that could be the deciding factor.

[jasonpeoria911]

Another upset for the board...

-In the Sun Belt

19-12 S. Alabama over 23-7 AR-Little Rock to go to the Championship game.

Jason

[Bravesfan]

Huge upset today as previously winless DePaul takes out Cincinnati 67-57! Although they still look safe for the NIT, this loss may just send Cincy right down to the CBI again!

[southpaw nothin]

Another upset for the board...

-In the Sun Belt

19-12 S. Alabama over 23-7 AR-Little Rock to go to the Championship game.

Jason

USA is always a tough out in the Sun Belt tourney.

[Da Coach]

Huge upset today as previously winless DePaul takes out Cincinnati 67-57! Although they still look safe for the NIT, this loss may just send Cincy right down to the CBI again!

Wow, way to go Jerry!

[southpaw nothin]

Huge upset today as previously winless DePaul takes out Cincinnati 67-57! Although they still look safe for the NIT, this loss may just send Cincy right down to the CBI again!

And St. John's beats Georgetown.

Rutgers gave ND some fits in South Bend last week. Could be a third upset at the Garden.

[pfunk880]

Huge upset today as previously winless DePaul takes out Cincinnati 67-57! Although they still look safe for the NIT, this loss may just send Cincy right down to the CBI again!

Inexplicable.

[jasonpeoria911]

What a day for upsets....

-In the Big East
16-16 St. Johns over 16-14 Georgetown to go to quarterfinals
9-23 Depaul over 18-14 Cincinnati to go to quarterfinals

-In the Big Sky
14-16 Montana St with another upset, this time over 21-9 Weber St, to go to Champ. game

-In the Horizon
25-10 Cleveland St over #17 ranked 26-5 Butler to win Championship

-Honorable mention for the MAC
20-12 Akron survives by a point in OT over 7-25 Toledo in the 1st round

[jasonpeoria911]

Some more for the list...

-in the Big 12...
18-13 Baylor over 18-12 Nebraska to go to the quarterfinals
14-18 Texas Tech over 23-9 Texas A&M.... (Could push TX A&M to the bubble possibly?)

-in the Conference USA
10-21 Rice over 15-17 Marshall to go to the quarterfinals
15-16 S. Mississippi over 17-14 UCF

[pfunk880]

Yeah, A&M's tourney hopes definitely took a hit.

[SaintLouBrave22]

- Minnesota over NWestern 31-25 @ half

-Louisville currently up on Providence by 8 w/ min left in 1st half

-VT up on Miami by 4 w/ 1 min left in 1st half

-Xavier leads SLU by 5 w/ 4 min left in 1st half...

None of which would be upsets BUT:


Baylor leads Kansas by 12 in the Big 12 tournament

[Bravesfan]

- Minnesota over NWestern 31-25 @ half

-Louisville currently up on Providence by 8 w/ min left in 1st half

-VT up on Miami by 4 w/ 1 min left in 1st half

-Xavier leads SLU by 5 w/ 4 min left in 1st half...

None of which would be upsets BUT:


Baylor leads Kansas by 12 in the Big 12 tournament

Yes, we'll know soon whether a few of these big bubbles will pop. So far so good.

[pfunk880]

Xavier ended up blowing out SLU.

Baylor and KU are locked up at 51 with 10:07 to play.

Kentucky is trailing at half in the SEC tourney.

[pfunk880]

And Baylor ends up winning. They are a talented team and I wouldn't put a bubble-bursting conference tournament championship past them.

[Bravesfan]

Kentucky beats Ole Miss 71-58. Kentucky still needs to make it to the SEC championship game at the very least, if not win the whole thing to make the tournament. But the sooner these type of teams lose, the better for the mid-majors still waiting to see if they get their invite.

Also nice to see Joe Lunardi only locking in LSU and Tennessee at the moment. The best scenerio for the mids would be to see those two teams make the finals. A third team probably gets in, but let's not make a case for four by having LSU and Tennessee get upset along the way.