As great as the conference tourney action has been, the really good stuff is still on its way. These same conferences – the small ones especially – only send a team (or two) to the NCAA Tournament.
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The Bracket Challenge Game, which is the official bracket game of the NCAA, is one way to compete against others online, with prizes and giveaways throughout the tournament. The four winning teams will then advance to the first round of the tournament.
Rarely do we have four consensus No. 1 seeds set in stone at this stage of Championship Week, but that’s the situation this year. As of Tuesday, he had eight teams in the field, with Alabama dangling precariously as the final team in his “last four in” rankings. Utah will need AT LEAST two wins to be considered on Sunday.
“But if it doesn’t get fixed in the long run it could”, McManus said.
Now college basketball’s other top conferences are heading into their tournaments. The winners of these two games will determine the final bracket before the First Round begins.
– Michael Porter Jr.’s health: We still aren’t sure if Porter Jr. will even play during the SEC tournament and how he will look if he does.
With the format change, fans will now find out earlier if their team is in, but still have to wait for the brackets to be unveiled. In Lunardi’s projections, only four teams are in the mix for a tourney berth. Xavier, Purdue, Cincinnati, if you go by the mileage consideration. The Bearcats’ last conference tourney title was in 2004 (also in C-USA). The victor of this contest will take on Kansas State in the semifinals. The Bearcats will have the edge because of the recent triumph. could end up earning No. 1 NCAA seeds. They continued to plow through the South Regional division all throughout March, taking out teams such as Arkansas (72-65), Butler (92-80), and Kentucky (75-73). The Wildcats won both meetings over the Musketeers, and neither was close.
Many major-conference schools won’t grant St. Mary’s return games for traveling to their gyms, and some won’t play the mid-major power at all.
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No. 14 Texas Tech, the second seed, opens play against the Iowa State-Texas victor, while No. 18 West Virginia faces bubble team Baylor to wrap up the quarterfinals. Texas moved on to the quarterfinals, where they will face Texas Tech. And Villanova swept the regular-season series. The conference’s No. 1 seed, Arizona, is in the mix, as are No. 2 seed USC, No. 4 seed UCLA and …
Syracuse. Finally, an ACC tourney win for the Orange (20-12, 39 RPI). No. 9 seed Arizona State.
ESPN predicts Gonzaga to enter as a No. 12 seed in the tournament as WWC champs.
No. 23 Florida is the other ranked team in the SEC field.
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So far, chalk has reigned in most of the conference tournaments. Yes, it does have the road win at Kansas and the neutral-floor victory over Xavier. He had a couple bad games down the stretch but is still averaging 22 points per game in his last five, coming into this tournament on a high.
