Casual Cheering Guide for Today/Tonight's NCAA Hoops Action
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 12:41 PM EST
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PrintAnother full slate of games awaits us today! Some important ones are already underway so I thought we would start the fun earlier than usual. The Colonial, West Coast, Metro Athletic, and Southern Conference Tournaments begin today, while the Ohio Valley semifinals, Atlantic Sun semifinals, Horizon quarterfinals, and Missouri Valley quarterfinals forge forward.
March is the best. via beat.bodog.com
As far as Georgetown goes, the Big East Women's Tournament kicks off today as well. The Lady Hoyas have a bye into second round, but two teams are squaring off this afternoon for the right to get beaten by Georgetown tomorrow.
There are also two important Ivy League games tonight as the conference leaders face traps before their showdown on Saturday. Since there is no conference tournament for the Ivy League, the regular season winner gets into the Dance.
After The Jump, I will provide you with everything you need to know about everything.
Big East Women's Conference Tournament 1st Round:
- #9 Syracuse vs. #16 Seton Hall 2pm Winner will face the Hoyas tomorrow at 2pm. Obviously we want Seton Hall to win, since they suck and they're playing Syracuse (not in that order). They're 8-21 while Syracuse is 21-8. The Hoyas whooped both of these teams, so hopefully it won't really matter who wins. If the Hoyas advance they have a date with UConn on Sunday. The Hoyas were able to keep it close at home last Saturday, but it would take quite an effort to pull off that upset.
Colonial Athletic Association Conference Tournament 1st Round:
- #8 UNC Willimington vs. #9 Georgia St. 12pm Winner faces the #1 Seed George Mason tomorrow. These teams split their series, each winning at home. Each game was close so anything could happen in this rematch.
- #5 Drexel vs. #12 Towson 2:30pm Winner gets the #4 Seed VCU. Towson did not win a single game this season in conference. However, Drexel only won by 3 @ Towson in the last game of the regular season. Everyone loves those classic 5-12 upsets.
- #7 Delaware vs. #10 North Eastern 6pm Winner gets the #2 Seed, our friends ODU. Delaware swept the season series.
- #6 James Madison vs. #11 William & Mary 8:30pm Winner faces the #3 Seed Hofstra. The teams split their season series each winning on the others home court.
Southern Conference Tournament 1st Round:
- #4S Davidson vs. #5N UNC Greensboro 2pm Winner faces #1N W. Carolina. The teams split their season series. Davidson won at home in the last game of the regular season by 11.
- #3N App St vs. #6S Georgia Southern 4:30pm Winner faces #2S Wofford, aka the other SoCon team Georgetown played. We want the Mountaineers to win obviously. App St. won the one meeting this year by 28pts.
- #3S Furman vs. #6N Samford 7pm Winner faces #2N Chatanooga aka The Fighting Wattads. Furman swept Samford in their season series.
- #4N Elon vs. #5S The Citadel 9:30 pm Winner faces #1S College of Charleston. Elon won the lone match up @ Citadel by 7.
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament 1st Round:
- #8 Niagara vs. #9 Marist 7:30pm Winner gets the #1 seed Fairfield. The teams split the season series. Marist won at home by 8 in early December. Niagara won at home by 17 in early February.
- #7 Sienna vs. #10 Manhattan 9:30pm Winner gets the #2 seed Iona. The Saints have fallen off after 3 straight NCAA appearances. The teams split their series. Both games took place in February and were decided by single digits.
West Coast Conference Tournament 1st Round:
- #5 Portland vs. #8 Loyola Marymount 9pm ESPN3 Winner faces the #4 seed Santa Clara. Portland Swept the series winning in 2OT at home but blowing out the Lions on the road.
- #6 Pepperdine vs. #7 San Diego 11:30pm ESPN3 Winner faces the #3 seed San Fransisco. Pepperdine swept the season series.
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Quarter Finals:
- #1 Missouri St vs. #8 S. Illinois 1:05pm Missouri St. swept the Salukis by double digits in each game.
- #4 N. Iowa vs. #5 Creighton 3:35pm The teams split the series each winning at home. Creighton won the rematch in the last game of the regular season. The Panthers are reeling since losing Lucas O'Rear to injury, dropping 6 of their last 7 games.
- #2 Wichita St. vs. #10 Bradley 7:05pm The Shockers swept Bradley, winning both games by double digits.
- #3 Indiana St. vs. #6 Evansville 9:35pm Despite being the higher seed, Indiana St. was actually swept by the Aces in the regular season. Each game was decided by single digits.
Horizon League Tournament Quarter Finals:
- #3 Cleveland St. vs. #6 Wright St. 6pm ESPN3 Winner gets #2 Butler. The Vikings swept both games over Wright St., winning by almost 20 at home and escaping with a 2pt. win on the road.
- #4 Valpraiso vs. #5 Detroit 8:30pm ESPN3 Winner gets #1 Wisconsin-Milwaukee. That's right, neither Butler nor Cleveland St. won the Horizon League - it was the Panthers who claimed the top spot. Anyway, Valpo swept the season series.
Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Semi Finals:
- #1 Belmont vs. #5 Mercer 6:30pm ESPN3 Belmont won both regular season matchups by double digits.
- #2 E. Tennessee St. vs. #6 N. Florida 9pm ESPN3 The Buccaneers swept N. Florida on the season, but then again so had Jacksonville who the Ospreys upset in the quarterfinals.
Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Semi Finals:
- #1 Murray St. vs. #4 Tennessee Tech 8pm ESPNU The Racers swept both of their games against Tenn. Tech. The Racers have been dominant in the OVC over the years, winning 14 conference championships.
- #2 Morehead St. vs. #3 Austin Peay 10pm ESPNU The Eagles split the series with Austin Peay losing on the road in overtime in December but getting the 13pt win at home in January. Morehead's Kenneth Faried is one of the best big men in the country and is the leading rebounder in modern NCAA history.
Other Games of Note:
- Penn @ Harvard 7pm and Princeton @ Dartmouth 7pm Harvard is 10-2 Princeton is 10-1. On Saturday they will have their second meeting of the season in a game that will likely determine the Conference Champion. Princeton won the first matchup. If the two finish tied at the end of the season there will be a playoff to see who goes to the Dance. Obviously we want former Georgetown Assistant Sidney Johnson and Princeton to prevail and win the Ivy League.
Phew.
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Extreme Winning!
Thanks VictorPage’sLeftEye! That was effing awesome to see.
I can’t believe I will admit to this on a blog, but I kinda miss Jacko. He was pretty cool back in the day.
I marched on Leavey to keep the Pub open in the 90's.
by Cuse Swallows on Mar 4, 2011 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
Explains Everything.
It's a great day to be great - Greg Jennings
I'm on a drug. It's called Charlie Sheen. - Charlie Sheen
by Esteban d' Amur on Mar 4, 2011 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
- Georgia State upsets #8 UNC whilmington. Georgia State used a 14-0 run in the first half to erase a 8 point hole and take the lead for good. The panthers shot a commendable 48% fromt eh field while the Sehawks shot 6-29 from behind the arc.
Its a simillar story in the #8Southern Illinois vs. #1 Missouri St game where the Salukis are up 8 at the half behind 58% shooting while the bears are shooting a lowly 6-24 from the field.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
Missouri State ties the game with less than a minute to go.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 3:02 PM EST up reply actions
Missouri State Avoids the upset and hits game winning shot with 1 second left in regulation.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
The game winning shot was Missouri States only lead of the game. Sucks to be Southern Illinois. Lead the whole way. Were up 6 with 2 minutes to go and lost.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
They pulled a 'Nova.
It's a great day to be great - Greg Jennings
I'm on a drug. It's called Charlie Sheen. - Charlie Sheen
by Esteban d' Amur on Mar 4, 2011 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
If only Channelsurfing
Would turn the page from yesterday…SMH
by VictorPage'sLeftEye on Mar 4, 2011 2:05 PM EST reply actions
UNC Greensboro up 8 at the half. The Spartans shot 48% compared to 16% by the wildcats. I’m sensing a pattern during games today.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 2:53 PM EST up reply actions
#5UNC Greensboro defeats #4Davidson 71-64
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
which is why it's good they lost
now we don’t have to hear about them for at least a year.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 4:14 PM EST up reply actions
By the way UNC Greensboro did not win a game this year until January 13th. They have 7 wins on the year all in conference.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 5:55 PM EST up reply actions
Link fail
Here’s what I was attempting to post
by VictorPage'sLeftEye on Mar 4, 2011 2:16 PM EST reply actions
Good News on Chris
http://twitter.com/1RonThompson/status/43730839640608768
#Hoya info: Chris Wright is healing great. Shot jumpers yesterday AND today in practice…
#Hoyas’ G Chris Wright’s recovery from a broken left hand is progressing as expected, JTIII told me. No change to time frame for return.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
just what we like to hear. awesome news.
by Hoya Saxual on Mar 4, 2011 4:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
#1manthread
Drexel and Towson tied at 28 at the half.
here’s something the lunch aficionado’s will appreciate:
" We’re all gearing up for the start of the CAA tourney. Meanwhile, a group of Drexel fans are on the road to Richmond. For reasons unknown to old people like me, they are making it tough on themselves. Challenging themselves.
However this isn’t any challenge. The Drexel carloads call this The Waffle House Challenge. The goal is simple: there are 12 Waffle Houses between Philadelphia and Richmond. The challenge: eat at six on the way down, and six on the way home.
Of course there are ground rules; minimums you might say. A participant has to order at least two eggs and toast, or a grilled cheese. Plates must be cleaned to be considered official. After each stop, the wait staff checks their restaurant off a list that’s printed on a t-shirt, and they autograph the shirt.
It’s four hours from Philly to Richmond, meaning a pace of more than one Waffle House per hour."
Creighton wins 60-57. N. Iowa had the ball with 7 seconds left to tie the game but missed the 3.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 5:28 PM EST up reply actions
what's the story with that Faried guy?
Why would “the leading rebounder in modern NCAA history” not be playing for a major? Or is he only dominant against lesser opposition?
KBE
I think he's just one of those guys who slipped through the cracks
He posts big numbers agianst Major conference teams too.
Dropped 20 and 18 on Florida, 15 and 12 on Ohio St. this year.
17 and 7 against Kentucky last year.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 4:26 PM EST up reply actions
Also...
had 14 and 11 against Louisville in the 09 tournament
by VictorPage'sLeftEye on Mar 4, 2011 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
hard
to predict prolific rebounders for guys that size since so much of that I think is just desire. Rodman went to an NAIA school after all. Faried, from what I’ve read, was like a buck eighty-five in high school and played for NJ tech, which ain’t exactly a powerhouse. Adding to that that his offensive game is, um, limited and he just wouldn’t have been on any of the majors’ radar.
by burgermadness on Mar 4, 2011 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
Appalachian State beats Georgia Southern 65-57.
Go teams that Georgetown beat out of conference.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 6:31 PM EST up reply actions
Initially agreed
but then I saw that he’s earning his degree early, so fine (even if it is a bullshit degree)
by More like Awesome Freeman on Mar 4, 2011 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
clarifies that if princeton and harvard are tied they will play a 1 game playoff to decide who goes to the NCAAs.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions
TIgers up 35-20 over Dartmouth at the half.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
Harvard up 22 at the half. Looks like the match up tomorrow will be for all the marbles.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 7:50 PM EST up reply actions
Harvard Rolls Penn by 15 79-64. Big show down tomorrow. Game is @ Harvard.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 8:57 PM EST up reply actions
Write St vs. Cleveland st on ESPN3 now.
finally a game we can watch.
Mercer vs. Belmont A Sun Semifinal comes on at 6:30.
Cleveland st up 10 half way through the 1st half.
Norris Cole’s flat top amazing as usual.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 6:26 PM EST up reply actions
Cleveland St up 21 with 5 minutes left in the game.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 7:48 PM EST up reply actions
Cleveland St wins 73-59. They will face butler in the next round who they have lost to twice.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
In High School Basketball news
My High School St. Anselm’s Abbey beat one of our main rivals the Washington International School 72-24 in the longest running high school basketball tournament in the Washington DC area, The St. Anselm’s Invitational. #notthatanyonecares
I played in this
Circa 1995
by who will sex dikembe tonight on Mar 4, 2011 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
Deleware chocking missed 2 freethrows up 2. NE has the ball with 9 seconds left.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 7:55 PM EST up reply actions
North Eastern chokes right back turning the ball over. Game over.
Delaware wins 60-58.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 7:56 PM EST up reply actions
Is it wrong...
…that I want Delaware to lose in every content now, solely because Bernard Muir seemingly made off with half of our university staff?
Belmont still up 11 halfway through the second half.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 8:06 PM EST up reply actions
Belmont missing a lot of free throws down the stretch.
68-65 with 2 minutes to go.
Interesting that despite belmont being the #1 seed the Game is being played at mercer presumably because it was a predetermined location for the tournament.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
9th seeded Marist up 10 half way through the second half on 8th seeded Niagara.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
Furman up 8 at the under 8 time out in the second half.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 8:25 PM EST up reply actions
Wichita St up 13 with 2 minutes to go.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
Wichita State wins by 14 over Bradley 70-56.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
Tennessee Tech up 5 29-24 on #1 seed Murray St at the half.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
mid way through the second half Tenn Tech has expanded lead to 8.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
This Swanson kid for Tennessee Tech is tough...
and is showing what March is all about…he’s clearly playing hurt
by VictorPage'sLeftEye on Mar 4, 2011 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
agreed. It’s stuff like that why I love these small conference tournaments. Kids play their hearts out. Lay everything on the line.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
And then
makes the biggest shot of his life…WOW
by VictorPage'sLeftEye on Mar 4, 2011 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
Tennessee Tech Upsets the #1 Seed Murray State. March Madness!
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 10:16 PM EST up reply actions
Valpo still up 4 half way through the second half.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
4 seed Valpo wins by 10 over 5 seed Detroit
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
James Madison up 1 with under a minute left.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 10:22 PM EST up reply actions
William and Mary the #11 Seed knocks of #6 JMU 72-68.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
Loyola Marymount Upsets Portland 72-68
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 10:52 PM EST up reply actions
Elon up 63-49 half way through the second half.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 10:36 PM EST up reply actions
Make it gaudy I’m going clubbing later.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 10:20 PM EST up reply actions
North florida up 7 with 7 minutes to go.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
North Florida up 5 with 2 minutes to go. N. Florida has never beaten ETSU and has never been to the ASUN finals before.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
North Florida with the 59-55 upset of the #2 seed ETSU.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 11:21 PM EST up reply actions
Halfway through the second the Sycamores have tied it up 35-35
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 11:15 PM EST up reply actions
Indiana St wins on a jumper with 2 seconds left
52-50
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 11:50 PM EST up reply actions
Headed to Over Time
Manhattan ties the game with 4 seconds left and we’re going to OT
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
Sienna out scores Manhattan 5-3 in OT and gets the 2 pt win 68-66.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
already has all 3 rebounds and all 4 points in this game.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 10:54 PM EST up reply actions
Under 16 time out and it’s 10-0 Morehead
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 10:59 PM EST up reply actions
Morehead gets the blow out victory 68-49
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 5, 2011 12:46 AM EST up reply actions
Indeed 6pts, 7 rebounds 6 blocks, 3 steals at the half.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 4, 2011 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
FInishes with 12 pts 21! rebounds, 7 blocks.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 5, 2011 12:47 AM EST up reply actions
Village A named 6th best Party Dorm in the Nation
And Darnall Hall
rated 3rd worst dorm in the country…
Looking for Thunder-based transportation?
as a former VP of Darnall Hall this saddens me...
ok not really
A broken hand can't break our heart. Hoya Saxa!
by SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak on Mar 6, 2011 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
San Diego fights to the finish but the last second heave doesn’t go and San Diego Loses 84-81.
Alright, Good night y’all. Let’s take Care of business ourselves tomorrow.
by hoyasincebirth on Mar 5, 2011 1:41 AM EST up reply actions
tremendous performances night after night from hoyasincebirth
bravo sir, bravo. Truly living up to the standards of the world’s greatest lunch blog.
KBE
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