Championship Week Video Notebook: Day 7

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We look back at the three championship games that were played as the Atlantic Sun, Big South, and Missouri Valley had teams punch tickets to the dance.  It was a busy day beyond that as the upsets continued in the Horizon League, and as chalk held in the Colonial.  Monmouth, who was clearly the best team in the MAAC this year, fell to Siena on Siena’s home court.  We spend some time discussing whether or not it’s fair to structure a tournament in a way that forces the first place team to play and win a road game, especially if they had already previously played and won.  We also look at all of the other action in the Summit League, two great games in the Patriot League, and the SoCon, and look ahead to all of Monday’s action.  As always we look into our mailbag at the beginning and update our Survival Board at the end.

MONDAY’S CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK ACTION

COLONIAL
Format: Standard
Location: North Charleston, SC
Monday, March 6 – Championship
7:00 PM – (1) UNC-Wilmington vs (2) College of Charleston, CBS Sports Network

METRO ATLANTIC
Format: Standard
Location: Albany, NY
Monday, March 6 – Championship
9:00 PM – (3) Iona vs (4) Siena, ESPN2

SOUTHERN
Format: Standard
Location: Asheville, NC
Monday, March 6 – Championship
7:00 PM – (1) UNC-Greensboro vs (3) East Tennessee State, ESPN

WEST COAST
Format: Standard
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Monday, March 6 – Semifinals
9:00 PM – (1) Gonzaga vs (4) Santa Clara, ESPN
11:30 PM – (2) Saint Mary’s vs (3) BYU, ESPN2

SUMMIT LEAGUE
Format: Standard
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Monday, March 6 – Semifinals
7:00 PM – (1) South Dakota vs (4) South Dakota State, Regional TV/espn3
9:30 PM – (3) Omaha vs (7) IUPUI, Regional TV/espn3

AMERICA EAST
Format: Standard with Re-Seed for semifinals
Location: Campus site of higher seeded team
Monday, March 6 – Semifinals
7:00 PM – (4) New Hampshire at (1) Vermont, espn3
7:30 PM – (3) Albany at (2) Stony Brook, espn3

HORIZON LEAGUE
Format: Standard
Location: Detroit, MI
Monday, March 6 – Semifinals
7:00 PM – (4) Northern Kentucky vs (9) Youngstown State, ESPNU
9:30 PM – (6) Illinois-Chicago vs (10) Milwaukee, ESPNU

MID-AMERICAN
Format: Standard
Location: Campus sites (first round); Cleveland, OH (second round through championship)
Note: Division standings are ignored for the purpose of seeding the conference tournament.
Monday, March 6 – First Round
7:00 PM – (9) Northern Illinois at (8) Eastern Michigan, espn3
7:00 PM – (11) Central Michigan at (6) Kent State, kentstatesports.com
7:30 PM – (12) Miami-Ohio at (5) Western Michigan, espn3
8:00 PM – (10) Bowling Green at (7) Toledo, espn3

MEAC
Format: Standard
Location: Norfolk, VA
Note: Savannah State is ineligible for the MEAC tournament due to an APR postseason ban.
Monday, March 6 – First Round
5:00 PM – (5) Maryland-Eastern Shore vs (12) North Carolina A&T, espn3
7:30 PM – (6) Coppin State vs (11) Howard, espn3

And for all you radio lovers, below is an mp3 version of the show….