Bracket Racket 3/10

Bracket Racket 3/10


This Weekend's Important Results

North Carolina 76 Duke 68
Heels close to wrapping up a #1 seed with decent ACC showing

Kentucky 75 Florida 70
Cats win SEC play-in game, will be dancing this season

USC 77 Stanford 64
Tough turnaround for Cardinal after emotionally draining UCLA loss

Oregon 78 Arizona 69
We said this may have been the biggest bubble game of the year and the Ducks take advantage

Syracuse 87 Marquette 72
Cuse set up play-in game with Villanova in Big East opener

Georgetown 55 Louisville 52
Hoyas in position for #2 seed with Big East championship

Ohio State 63 Michigan State 54
Gotta give the Buckeyes credit, they have played their way into the bracket

Virginia 91 Maryland 76
Thanks for playing Terrpians!

Dayton 79 Saint Joseph's 67
All of the good that the Xavier win did is gone, now Hawks must beat Muskies again in A-10 tourney to Dance

William and Mary 56 VCU 54
Our first bubble may have been burst with VCU loss....

Clemson 70 Virginia Tech 69
Hokies drop a must win that they hands their hands on...

Villanova 73 Providence 63
Did we mention that we are excited for the Nova-Cuse play-in game on Wednesday at MSG?

Temple 85 La Salle 66
A-10 bracket sets up nicely for the Owls

Drake 79 Illinois State 49
Does the blowout knock the Redbirds out of the tournament?

Memphis 94 UAB 56
Blowout loss does knock the Blazers out of the tournament


Welcome to the Dance!

Austin Peay
Everyone gets to Peay!

Winthrop
We're kinda sad we'll be missing Big Kenny, but give credit to the Yankees of the Big South

Belmont
Bruins make it a three-peat in the A-Sun with rout of Jacksonville

Drake
Easy to forget thanks to all the media attention that Drake hasn't danced since 1971


Today’s Conference Finals

William and Mary vs George Mason ESPN 7 p.m.
Tribe look to become the Cinderella of Championship Week

Gonzaga vs San Diego ESPN 9 p.m.
WCC title game won't feel the same without seeing the 3rd Round of Zaga-SMC

Rider vs Siena ESPN2 7 p.m.
Pulling for Rider just to see Jason Thompson play in March

Elon vs Davidson ESPN2 9 p.m.
Elon victory would be the shocker of championship week shockers


Keep an Eye on….

- If William and Mary can buck the early trend of favorties winning big this Championship and pull shocker over the GMU

- If Gonzaga can use a rout of SD to sneak into a #5 seed

- If the bubble eligible teams in the Sun Belt (USA and WKU) can reach the title game

Moving Up the Bracket

USC (to 6 seed)

Gonzaga (to 5 seed)

Drake (to 4 seed)


Moving Down the Bracket

Indiana (to 5 seed)

Vanderbilt (to 6 seed)

Duke (to 3 seed)


Top 8 Seeds

1. North Carolina (E)
UCLA (W)
Tennessee (M)
Memphis (S)

2. Wisconsin (M)
Georgetown (E)
Texas (S)
Kansas (W)



Last 6 In

Ohio State
Syracuse
Arizona
Ole Miss
Arizona State
VCU

Last 6 Out

Oregon
UAB
Villanova
Virginia Tech
Western Kentucky
New Mexico