We look back at one of the busiest days of the entire college basketball season that featured some high stakes regular season games as well as lots of conference tournament action. The Horizon League has completely collapsed as the top two teams in Oakland and Valpo were eliminated and the bottom two teams in Milwaukee and Youngstown State are through to the semifinals. Chalk held in the Missouri Valley, which will feature Illinois State v Wichita State in the finals. Chalk also held in the Metro Atlantic and Colonial as well. We also had our first official ticket punched as Jacksonville State won the Ohio Valley Championship over UT Martin. We look at all that, the rest of today’s action, all of tomorrow’s action which includes the Atlantic Sun, Big South, and Missouri Valley championship games, we begin with our mailbag, and end by updating our Survival Board.
SUNDAY’S CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK ACTION
MISSOURI VALLEY
Format: Standard
Location: St. Louis, MO
Sunday, March 5 – Championship
2:00 PM – (1) Illinois State vs (2) Wichita State, CBS
BIG SOUTH
Format: Standard
Location: Campus Sites (First Round); Regular Season Champion (Quarterfinals and Semifinals); Highest Remaining Seed (Championship)
Sunday, March 5 – Championship
1:00 PM – (7) Campbell at (1) Winthrop, ESPN
ATLANTIC SUN
Format: Standard
Location: Campus site of higher seeded team
Sunday, March 5 – Championship
3:00 PM – (3) North Florida at (1) Florida Gulf Coast, ESPN
COLONIAL
Format: Standard
Location: North Charleston, SC
Sunday, March 5 – Semifinals
2:00 PM – (1) UNC-Wilmington vs (4) William & Mary, Regional TV/caa.tv
4:30 PM – (2) College of Charleston vs (3) Towson, Regional TV/caa.tv
METRO ATLANTIC
Format: Standard
Location: Albany, NY
Sunday, March 5 – Semifinals
4:30 PM – (1) Monmouth vs (4) Siena, espn3
7:00 PM – (2) St. Peter’s vs (3) Iona, espn3
SOUTHERN
Format: Standard
Location: Asheville, NC
Sunday, March 5 – Semifinals
5:00 PM – (1) UNC-Greensboro vs (5) Wofford, espn3
7:30 PM – (3) East Tennessee State vs (7) Samford, espn3
PATRIOT LEAGUE
Format: Standard
Location: Campus Sites
Sunday, March 5- Semifinals
12:00 PM – (3) Lehigh at (2) Boston University, CBS Sports Network
2:00 PM – (4) Navy at (1) Bucknell, CBS Sports Network
HORIZON LEAGUE
Format: Standard
Location: Detroit, MI
Sunday, March 5 – Quarterfinals
5:00 PM – (3) Green Bay vs (6) Illinois-Chicago, espn3
7:30 PM – (4) Northern Kentucky vs (5) Wright State, espn3
SUMMIT LEAGUE
Format: Standard
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Note: Only the top 8 of the Summit League’s 9 teams qualify for the conference tournament.
Sunday, March 5 – Quarterfinals
7:00 PM – (4) South Dakota State vs (5) Denver, Regional TV/espn3
9:30 PM – (3) Omaha vs (6) Fort Wayne, Regional TV/espn3
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