Championship Week Video Notebook: Monday, March 7th

CLICK HERE for John Teitel’s Conference Tourney Previews (part 2)

Three teams clinched automatic bids today with Northern Iowa winning in a thriller over Evansville, UNC Asheville knocking off Winthrop, and Florida Gulf Coast winning in an overtime thriller over Stetson.  The storyline of the Atlantic Sun between Stetson and FGCU was interesting because had Stetson won North Florida would have captured the automatic bid.  As for Winthrop, who lost in the Big South Championship game for a third straight year, and Evansville who had one of their best seasons in recent memory, both will likely be invited to some sort of postseason tournament.

Chattanooga made it exciting, but they held on to beat Western Carolina and advance to the finals of the Southern Conference, where they will meet East Tennessee State.

Monmouth and Iona advanced to the Metro Atlantic Championship game without too much trouble, so they’ll face each other for a third time in this year.

We had two exciting games in the Colonial as Hofstra knocked off William & Mary and UNC Wilmington advanced against Northeastern.

All that, and all of the other conference tournament action as we recap Sunday and preview Monday

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

AMERICA EAST
Semifinals
7:00 PM – (7) Hartford at (1) Stony Brook, espn3
7:30 PM – (4) New Hampshire at (3) Vermont, espn3

COLONIAL
Championship
7:00 PM – (1) Hofstra vs (2) UNC-Wilmington, NBC Sports Network

HORIZON LEAGUE
Semifinals
7:00 PM – (1) Valparaiso vs (4) Green Bay, ESPNU
9:30 PM – (2) Oakland vs (3) Wright State, ESPNU

METRO ATLANTIC
Championship
7:00 PM – (1) Monmouth vs (2) Iona, ESPN

MID-AMERICAN
First Round
7:00 PM – (11) Miami-Ohio at (6) Ball State, espn3
7:00 PM – (12) Bowling Green at (5) Kent State, kentstatesports.com
7:30 PM – (9) Toledo at (8) Eastern Michigan, espn3
8:00 PM – (10) Western Michigan at (7) Northern Illinois, espn3

MEAC
First Round
6:30 PM – (5) Savannah State vs (12) Delaware State, espn3
9:00 PM – (6) North Carolina A&T vs (11) Coppin State, espn3

SOUTHERN
Championship
9:00 PM – (1) Chattanooga vs (2) East Tennessee State, ESPN2

SUMMIT LEAGUE
Semifinals
7:00 PM – (1) Fort Wayne vs (5) North Dakota State, Regional TV/espn3
9:30 PM – (2) South Dakota State vs (6) Denver, Regional TV/espn3

WEST COAST
Semifinals
9:00 PM – (1) St. Mary’s vs (4) Pepperdine, ESPN
11:30 PM – (2) Gonzaga vs (3) BYU, ESPN2