How low can you go?

The following final scores all happened today:

44-43
45-43
47-42
51-50
53-51
56-52
60-49

Did they stop playing at halftime? Was the shot clock broken? Whatever, if it doesn't affect the Pre-NCAA Contest, then it didn't really happen, right?

As of the time this post is being written, three conference finals are still going on:

-- Arizona (picked by 70) vs. Oregon (picked by none);

-- New Mexico State (picked by 78) vs. Seattle (picked by none);

AND a conference final we forgot to list in our earlier post:

-- BIG WEST: Cal-Irvine (selected by 3: D Kedson, E Leach, Tester) vs. Hawaii (chosen by no one).

Twelve conference champions popped a cork so far today:

-- AMERICA EAST: Albany (65);
-- ACC: Notre Dame (3: Geo B, E Pogach, L Schlegel);
-- BIG 12: Iowa State (15);
-- BIG EAST: Villanova (66);
-- BIG SKY: Eastern Washington (53);
-- CUSA: UAB (9: Geo B, Butscher, Da Dye, Do Dye, E Leach, Mad Leach, Mash Leach, Mahalko, Selig);
-- IVY: Harvard (73);
-- MAC: Buffalo (8: Baumgarten, Biebel, Harlan, Harlan 2, D Kedson, Rubinson, L Schlegel, Templeton);
-- MEAC: Hampton (0);
-- MOUNTAIN WEST: Wyoming (2: Booth, T Joseph);
-- SOUTHLAND: Stephen F. Austin (56);
-- SWAC: Texas Southern (47).

Five games are on tap for tomorrow:

-- AAC: SMU (59) vs. UConn (5: M Josephs, Rybaltowski, Selig 2, Steinhardt, Warner);

-- ATLANTIC 10: VCU (51) vs. Dayton (14);

-- BIG 10: Wisconsin (66) vs. Michigan State (4: M Josephs, Mad Leach, Steinhardt, Templeton);

-- SEC: Kentucky (78) vs. Arkansas (Rybaltowski);

-- SUN BELT (battle of the little Georgias): Georgia State (41) vs. Georgia Southern (18).


We have new standings, and a new leader -- Dale Dye sits atop the leaderboard with 74 points. Breathing down Da Dye's neck are E Leach and L Schlegel, each with 71 points, followed by T Cristinzio (69 pts), Mahalko (68), Doug Dye (66), Rubinson (66), and B Peloso (64). Floundering at the bottom is E Pogach (33), just a hair behind Hahn (36).

Full standings may be found at the link above or the Standings link on the right hand side of the page.