Sunday, March 17, 2019

'Twas the night before the Selection Show.....

Final Dance tickets punched today:

Big upset in the MVC: Missouri State over Drake, 94-79.

The Ivy League Championship belongs to Princeton, after they downed Penn, 65-54.

FGCU routed Liberty, 72-49, for the ASUN title.

Radford overcame Liberty, 57-45, for their first Tourney appearance in 23 years for the Big South Conference.

Bucknell ran by American, 66-54, for the Patriot League 'Chip.

Abilene Christian held off Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 69-68, for the Southland crown and their first trip to the Tournament.

Robert Morris defeated St. Francis, 65-54, for their first NEC Championship.

NCAA Tournament news:

The seven Tournament bubble teams are: Arkansas, Auburn, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, TCU and UCF.

Longest active Tournament appearances streaks.

Best Tournament performances.

Thomas More beat Bowdoin last night to claim the DIII Championship.

College team news:

Iowa is likely to get a two seed in the Tourney.

Will Louisville get a one seed?

Maryland is headed into the Dance motivated by one loss.

Big performance fluctuations make Michigan State a mid-seed in the Tournament.

Kansas State appears finally to be in the NCAA Tournament.

Will Ohio still make it to the bracket?

College player news:

No one rattles Asia Durr - not even her mom.

For UC Davis senior forward Morgan Bertsch, anything is possible.

Bonus:

Some of the game's greats reflect on Title IX author Birch Bayh.

Ohio State great Katie Smith is now calling the shots.

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