Three more teams punched their tickets tonight as UNC Wilmington won the Colonial, Iona repeated as Metro Atlantic champions by winning a thriller at Siena, and East Tennessee State won the SoCon, and we review that as well as all the other action. Chaos continues to reign in the Horizon League as Milwaukee and Northern Kentucky have advanced to the finals, South Dakota and South Dakota State played a thriller in the semifinals of the Summit League with SD State advancing to meet Omaha in the championship game, Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s have advanced to the championship game of the West Coast conference and will play each other tomorrow, Vermont rolled through the semis of the America East, and the MEAC and MAC Tournaments got underway.
TUESDAY’S CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK ACTION
WEST COAST
Format: Standard
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Tuesday, March 7 – Championship
9:00 PM – (1) Gonzaga vs (2) Saint Mary’s, ESPN
SUMMIT LEAGUE
Format: Standard
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Tuesday, March 7 – Championship
9:00 PM – (3) Omaha vs (4) South Dakota State, ESPN2
HORIZON LEAGUE
Format: Standard
Location: Detroit, MI
Tuesday, March 7 – Championship
7:00 PM – (4) Northern Kentucky vs (10) Milwaukee, ESPN
NORTHEAST
Format: Standard with Re-seed for Semifinals
Location: Campus sites
Tuesday, March 7 – Championship
7:00 PM – (4) St. Francis (PA) at (1) Mount St. Mary’s, ESPN2
SWAC
Format: Standard
Location: Campus Sites (Quarterfinals); Houston, TX (Semifinals and Championship)
Note: Alcorn State is ineligible for the automatic bid due to an APR postseason ban but will be allowed to participate in the SWAC tournament. If Alcorn State wins the tournament, the team they defeat in the championship game will receive the automatic bid. Only the top 8 of the 10 SWAC teams qualify for the conference tournament.
Tuesday, March 7 – Quarterfinals
7:00 PM – (7) Mississippi Valley State at (2) Alcorn State, alcornsports.com (pay-per-view)
8:30 PM – (8) Alabama State at (1) Texas Southern, tsusports.com
8:30 PM – (6) Jackson State at (3) Southern, gojagsports.com (pay-per-view)
9:00 PM – (5) Grambling State at (5) Prairie View A&M, pvpanthers.com
ACC
Format: Ladder (top four seeds bye into quarterfinals)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Note: All games will be shown regionally on local stations via the ACC Network television package as well.
Tuesday, March 7 – First Round
12:00 PM – (12) Clemson vs (13) North Carolina State, ESPN2
2:30 PM – (10) Wake Forest vs (15) Boston College, ESPN2
7:00 PM – (11) Georgia Tech vs (14) Pittsburgh, ESPNU
BIG SKY
Format: Standard
Location: Reno, NV
Note: Northern Colorado is ineligible for the Big Sky tournament due to self-imposed sanctions.
Tuesday, March 7 – First Round
5:30 PM – (8) Portland State vs (9) Northern Arizona, watchbigsky.com
8:30 PM – (7) Sacramento State vs (10) Idaho State, watchbigsky.com
11:00 PM – (6) Montana State vs (11) Southern Utah, watchbigsky.com
MEAC
Format: Standard
Location: Norfolk, VA
Tuesday, March 7 – First Round
5:00 PM – (8) Delaware State vs (9) Bethune-Cookman, espn3
7:30 PM – (7) South Carolina State vs (10) Florida A&M, espn3
And for all you radio lovers, below is an mp3 version of the show…