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Congrats to Colgate on snapping up the Patriot League title last night with a 94-80 win over Bucknell!
That ends our run of championship games, at least for today. However, today is Quarterfinal day in every single tournament that’s going to wrap up on Saturday, and that means we get DAYTIME BASKETBALL~! in THIRTEEN different leagues. That’s fun. Even more fun is the fact that the leagues and the television partners agreed on staggered start times. We’ve got some 11am starts, some 11:30am starts, and some noon starts. Starting at about 12:30pm Central time today, we’re going to start getting tournament games going down to the wire prrrrrrrrrretty much the entire rest of the day. That’s never a bad thing.
NCAA Tournament Automatic Bids
Atlantic Sun: Liberty
Big South: Gardner-Webb
CAA: Northeastern
Horizon League: Northern Kentucky
MAAC: Iona
Missouri Valley: Bradley
NEC: Fairleigh Dickinson
Ohio Valley: Murray State
Patriot League: Colgate
SoCon: Wofford
Summit League: North Dakota State
WCC: Saint Mary’s
Here’s the schedule for today! Enjoy!
All times Central.
AAC FIRST ROUND (ESPNU)
12pm: #8 South Florida vs #9 Connecticut
2:30pm: #5 Memphis Tigers vs #12 Tulane Green Wave
7pm: #7 Tulsa Golden Hurricane vs #10 SMU Mustangs
9:30pm: #6 Wichita State Shockers vs #11 East Carolina Pirates
ATLANTIC 10 SECOND ROUND (NBC Sports Network)
11am: #8 Rhode Island Rams vs #9 La Salle Explorers
1:30pm: #5 George Mason Patriots vs #12 George Washington Colonials
5pm: #7 Duquesne Dukes vs #10 Saint Josephs Hawks
7:30pm: #6 Saint Louis Billikens vs #11 Richmond Spiders
ACC QUARTERFINALS (ESPN)
11:30am: #1 Virginia Cavaliers vs #8 North Carolina State Wolfpack
2pm: #4 Florida State Seminoles vs #5 Virginia Tech Hokies
6pm: #2 North Carolina Tar Heels vs #7 Louisville Cardinals
8:30pm: #3 Duke Blue Devils vs #6 Syracuse Orange
BIG 12 QUARTERFINALS (ESPN2)
11:30am: #4 Baylor Bears vs #5 Iowa State Cyclones
2pm: #1 Kansas State Wildcats vs #8 TCU Horned Frogs
6pm: #2 Texas Tech Red Raiders vs #10 West Virginia Mountaineers
8:30pm: #3 Kansas Jayhawks vs #6 Texas Longhorns
BIG EAST QUARTERFINALS (FS1)
11am: #1 Villanova Wildcats vs #8 Providence Friars
1:30pm: #4 Xavier Musketeers vs #5 Creighton Bluejays
6pm: #2 Marquette Golden Eagles vs #7 St. John’s
8:30pm: #3 Seton Hall Pirates vs #6 Georgetown Hoyas
BIG SKY QUARTERFINALS (WatchBigSky.com)
1pm: #1 Montana Grizzlies vs #9 Sacramento State Hornets
3:30pm: #4 Weber State Wildcats vs #5 Portland State Vikings
6:30pm: #2 Northern Colorado Bears vs #7 Southern Utah Thunderbirds
9pm: #3 Eastern Washington Eagles vs #6 Montana State Bobcats
BIG TEN SECOND ROUNDS (Big Ten Network)
11:30am: #8 Ohio State Buckeyes vs #9 Indiana Hoosiers
2pm: #5 Maryland Terrapins vs #13 Nebraska Cornhuskers
6pm: #7 Minnesota Golden Gophers vs #10 Penn State Nittany Lions
8:30pm: #6 Iowa Hawkeyes vs #11 Illinois Fighting Illini
BIG WEST QUARTERFINALS (WatchESPN)
2pm: #2 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs #7 CS-Northridge Matadors
4:30pm: #3 Cal State Fullerton Titans vs #6 UC Davis Aggies
8pm: #1 UC Irvine Anteaters vs #8 UC Riverside Highlanders
10:30pm: #4 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors vs #5 Long Beach State 49ers
CONFERENCE USA QUARTERFINALS
6pm: #1 Old Dominion Monarchs vs #8 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Stadium)
6:30pm: #4 Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners vs #5 UAB Blazers (Facebook Live)
8:30pm: #2 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs #10 North Texas Mean Green (Stadium)
9pm: #3 Southern Miss vs #6 Marshall Thundering Herd (Facebook Live)
MAC QUARTERFINALS (ESPN+)
11am: #1 Buffalo Bulls vs #8 Akron Zips
1:30pm: #4 Kent State Golden Flashes vs #5 Central Michigan Chippewas
5:30pm: #2 Toledo Rockets vs #7 Northern Illinois Huskies
8pm: #3 Bowling Green Falcons vs #11 Ball State Cardinals
MEAC QUARTERFINALS (FloHoops.com)
5pm: #3 NC Central Eagles vs #11 Delaware State Hornets
7:30pm: #4 Howard Bison vs #5 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
MOUNTAIN WEST QUARTERFINALS (CBS Sports Network)
2pm: #1 Nevada Wolf Pack vs #8 Boise State Broncos
4:30pm: #4 San Diego State Aztecs vs #5 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels
8pm: #2 Utah State Aggies vs #7 New Mexico Lobos
10:30pm: #3 Fresno State Bulldogs vs #6 Air Force Falcons
PAC-12 QUARTERFINALS
2pm: #1 Washington Huskies vs #8 USC Trojans (Pac-12 Network)
4:30pm: #4 Oregon State Beavers vs #5 Colorado Buffaloes (Pac-12 Network)
8pm: #2 Arizona State Sun Devils vs #7 UCLA Bruins (Pac-12 Network)
10:30pm: #3 Utah Utes vs #6 Oregon Ducks (ESPN)
SEC SECOND ROUND (SEC Network)
12pm: #8 Florida Gators vs #9 Arkansas Razorbacks
2:30pm: #5 Auburn Tigers vs #12 Missouri Tigers
6pm: #7 Ole Miss Rebels vs #10 Alabama Crimson Tide
8:30pm: #6 Mississippi State Bulldogs vs #11 Texas A&M Aggies
SOUTHLAND QUARTERFINALS (ESPN+)
5pm: #4 New Orleans Privateers vs #5 Lamar Cardinals
7:30pm: #3 Southeastern Louisiana Lions vs #7 Central Arkansas Bears
SUN BELT SECOND ROUND (ESPN+)
5pm: #5 Louisiana vs #8 South Alabama Jaguars
7:30pm: #6 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers vs #7 ULM Warhawks
WAC QUARTERFINALS (ESPN+)
2pm: #1 New Mexico State Aggies vs #8 Chicago State Cougars
4:30pm: #4 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros vs #5 CS-Bakersfield Roadrunners
8pm: #2 Utah Valley U Wolverines vs #7 UMKC Kangaroos
10:30pm: #3 Grand Canyon Antelopes vs #6 Seattle Redhawks