Championship Week Video Notebook: Saturday, March 5th

-The opening rounds of what we call the Under the Radar leagues may not be the most interesting games to most hoops fans, but they are elimination games where both teams are fighting to extend their seasons, and we pretty much had multiple exciting games going on at all times all day long.  All four Missouri Valley games were competitive, we had an overtime thriller in the Ohio Valley with Austin Peay upsetting Belmont, both opening round games in the Colonial were exciting, and the SoCon gave us two pretty good games as well.

We recap all of the action, and preview all of tomorrow’s games in what should be a great day with the Colonial quarterfinals, the Missouri Valley semifinals, and the Ohio Valley Championship game.

We also update our Hoops HD Survival Board, and begin what will be a daily correspondence with the chairman of the selection committee!

And for all you radio lovers, there is an mp3 version of the show at the bottom of the page…

BIG SOUTH
Semifinals
1:00 PM – (1) High Point vs (4) UNC-Asheville, espn3
3:30 PM – (2) Winthrop vs (6) Gardner-Webb, espn3

COLONIAL
 Quarterfinals
12:00 PM – (1) Hofstra vs (9) Drexel, Regional TV/caa.tv
2:30 PM – (4) James Madison vs (5) William & Mary, Regional TV/caa.tv
6:00 PM – (2) UNC-Wilmington vs (7) College of Charleston, Regional TV/caa.tv
8:30 PM – (3) Towson vs (6) Northeastern, Regional TV/caa.tv

HORIZON LEAGUE
First Round
12:00 PM – (4) Green Bay vs (9) Cleveland State, espn3
2:30 PM – (5) Milwaukee vs (8) Northern Kentucky, espn3
5:00 PM – (3) Wright State vs (10) Illinois-Chicago, espn3
7:30 PM – (6) Detroit vs (7) Youngstown State, espn3

METRO ATLANTIC
Quarterfinals
7:00 PM – (3) Siena vs (6) Manhattan, espn3
9:30 PM – (4) St. Peter’s vs (5) Fairfield, espn3

MISSOURI VALLEY
Semifinals
3:30 PM – (1) Wichita State vs (4) Northern Iowa, CBS Sports Network
6:00 PM – (2) Evansville vs (6) Indiana State, CBS Sports Network

NORTHEAST
Semifinals
2:00 PM – (5) Mount St. Mary’s at (2) Fairleigh Dickinson, Local TV/Fox College Sports Atlantic/necfrontrow.com
4:00 PM – (6) Long Island University at (1) Wagner, Local TV/Fox College Sports Atlantic/necfrontrow.com

OHIO VALLEY
Championship
6:00 PM – (2) Tennessee-Martin vs (8) Austin Peay, ESPN2

SOUTHERN
Quarterfinals
12:00 PM – (1) Chattanooga vs (8) Samford, espn3
2:30 PM – (4) Wofford vs (5) Western Carolina, espn3
6:00 PM – (2) East Tennessee State vs (7) Mercer, espn3
8:30 PM – (3) Furman vs (6) UNC-Greensboro, espn3

SUMMIT LEAGUE
Quarterfinals
7:00 PM – (1) Fort Wayne vs (8) South Dakota, Regional TV/espn3
9:30 PM – (2) South Dakota State vs (7) Oral Roberts, Regional TV/espn3

WEST COAST
Quarterfinals
3:00 PM – (3) BYU vs (6) Santa Clara, Local TV/BYU-TV/thew.tv
5:30 PM – (4) Pepperdine vs (5) San Francisco, Local TV/BYU-TV/thew.tv
10:00 PM – (1) St. Mary’s vs (8) Loyola Marymount, ESPN2
12:30 AM – (2) Gonzaga vs (7) Portland, ESPN2