Saturday, March 15, 2008

Wake up and smell the bubble

Only seven conference championships left to be decided, and two of them will happen tonight (although at least one commissioner hopes to be sleeping at the time) -- the WAC championship just went into triple OT, and the Big West is still in the first half. P Leach is now alone at the top, with 86 points, followed by Karlsruher (85), D Josephs (83), and McAtee-Gattone (82). If you add S Leach and M Leach together, they're tied for fourth with McAtee-Gattone.

Big favorites Memphis (picked by 64), Kent State (60), UMBC (58), and UCLA (50) won today. But Temple and Coppin State have joined San Diego and Mt. St. Mary's as teams chosen by a grand total of zero (0) of us. Pitt (Karlsruher, Siegel) and Mississippi Valley State (N Donadio, McAtee-Gattone) were selected by only two of us. And there's more goose-eggs on the way. As we said before, tomorrow's Southland final pits two teams (Northwestern State and Texas Arlington) that nobody in the pool thought would win, and the SEC matches Arkansas (picked by D Kedson) and Georgia (picked by nobody). Other finals with a zero team are the Big West (Cal-St-Fullerton (26) vs. UC-Irvine (0)), and the Big Ten (Wisconsin (29) vs. Illinois (0)). The ACC pairs North Carolina (45) and Clemson (only M Leach). The two remaining conferences are the WAC (Boise State (26) vs. New Mexico State (24)) and the Big 12 (Kansas (39) vs. Texas (24)).

When we wake up, it'll be Selection Sunday. Enjoy!

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