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Teams in italics (or bold italics) received bids to the NCAA Division I Tournament. Teams marked with an asterisk (*) received bids to the NIT. AMERICA EAST --------------------------------------------- Vermont 16- 2 25- 7 Northeastern* 15- 3 21-10 Boston U* 14- 4 20- 9 Albany 9- 9 13-15 Maine 8-10 14-15 Binghamton 8-10 12-17 Stony Brook 6-12 12-17 New Hampshire 5-13 9-19 Maryland-Baltimore County 5-13 11-18 Hartford 4-14 8-20 ---------------------------------------------Northeastern leaves to join Colonial. March 4 (at Binghamton) (7)Stony Brook 66, (10)Hartford 46 (9)Maryland-Baltimore County 78, (8)New Hampshire 73 March 5 (at Binghamton) (1)Vermont 76, (9)Maryland-Baltimore County 61 (2)Northeastern 90, (7)Stony Brook 79 (6)Maine 47, (3)Boston U 45 (5)Binghamton 76, (4)Albany 70 March 6 (at Binghamton) (1)Vermont 76, (5)Binghamton 65 (2)Northeastern 86, (6)Maine 73 March 12 (at Vermont) (1)Vermont 80, (2)Northeastern 57 Vermont (24-6) earns automatic bid (#13 seed AUS) Northeastern (21-9) accepts bid to NIT Boston U (20-8) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Memphis) Memphis 90, Northeastern 65 FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Georgetown) Georgetown 64, Boston U 34 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: AUS R1, March 18 (at Worcester MA) (13)Vermont 60, (4)Syracuse 57 (OT) AUS R1, March 20 (at Worcester MA) (5)Michigan State 72, (13)Vermont 61 ATLANTIC COAST --------------------------------------------- North Carolina 14- 2 33- 4 NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONS Wake Forest 13- 3 27- 6 Duke 11- 5 27- 6 Virginia Tech* 8- 8 16-14 Georgia Tech 8- 8 20-12 Miami (FL)* 7- 9 16-13 North Carolina State 7- 9 21-14 Maryland* 7- 9 19-13 Clemson* 5-11 16-16 Florida State 4-12 12-19 Virginia 4-12 14-15 ---------------------------------------------Miami (FL) and Virginia Tech joined from Big East. Boston College joins from Big East. March 10 (at Washington DC) (11)Virginia 66, (6)Miami (FL) 65 (7)North Carolina State 70, (10)Florida State 54 (9)Clemson 84, (8)Maryland 72 March 11 (at Washington DC) (1)North Carolina 88, (9)Clemson 81 (7)North Carolina State 81, (2)Wake Forest 65 (3)Duke 76, (11)Virginia 64 (5)Georgia Tech 73, (4)Virginia Tech 54 March 12 (at Washington DC) (5)Georgia Tech 78, (1)North Carolina 75 (3)Duke 76, (7)North Carolina State 69 March 13 (at Washington DC) (3)Duke 69, (5)Georgia Tech 64 Duke (25-5) earns automatic bid (#1 seed AUS) North Carolina (27-4) accepts at-large bid (#1 seed SYR) Wake Forest (26-5) accepts at-large bid (#2 seed ALB) Georgia Tech (19-11) accepts at-large bid (#5 seed ALB) North Carolina State (19-13) accepts at-large bid (#10 seed SYR) Virginia Tech (15-13) accepts bid to NIT Miami (FL) (16-12) accepts bid to NIT Maryland (16-12) accepts bid to NIT Clemson (16-15) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: FIRST ROUND, March 15 (at Virginia Tech) Virginia Tech 60, Temple 50 FIRST ROUND, March 15 (at South Carolina) South Carolina 69, Miami (FL) 67 FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Maryland) Maryland 85, Oral Roberts 72 FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Texas A&M) Texas A&M 82, Clemson 74 SECOND ROUND, March 19 (at Memphis) Memphis 83, Virginia Tech 62 SECOND ROUND, March 23 (at Maryland) Maryland 78, Davidson 63 QUARTERFINAL, March 26 (at Maryland) Maryland 85, Texas Christian 73 SEMIFINAL, March 29 (at New York) South Carolina 75, Maryland 67 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: ALB R1, March 17 (at Cleveland OH) (2)Wake Forest 70, (15)Tennessee-Chattanooga 54 AUS R1, March 18 (at Charlotte NC) (1)Duke 57, (16)Delaware State 46 SYR R1, March 18 (at Charlotte NC) (1)North Carolina 96, (16)Oakland 68 ALB R1, March 18 (at Cleveland OH) (5)Georgia Tech 80, (12)George Washington 68 SYR R1, March 18 (at Worcester MA) (10)North Carolina State 75, (7)North Carolina-Charlotte 63 ALB QF, March 19 (at Cleveland OH) (7)West Virginia 111, (2)Wake Forest 105 (2OT) AUS QF, March 20 (at Charlotte NC) (1)Duke 63, (9)Mississippi State 55 SYR QF, March 20 (at Charlotte NC) (1)North Carolina 92, (9)Iowa State 65 ALB QF, March 20 (at Cleveland OH) (4)Louisville 76, (5)Georgia Tech 54 SYR QF, March 20 (at Worcester MA) (10)North Carolina State 65, (2)Connecticut 62 SYR SF, March 25 (at Syracuse NY) (1)North Carolina 67, (5)Villanova 66 (6)Wisconsin 65, (10)North Carolina State 56 AUS SF, March 25 (at Austin TX) (5)Michigan State 78, (1)Duke 68 SYR FINAL, March 27 (at Syracuse NY) (1)North Carolina 88, (6)Wisconsin 82 NATIONAL SEMIFINAL (Final Four), April 2 (at Saint Louis MO) North Carolina 87, Michigan State 71 NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, April 4 (at Saint Louis MO) North Carolina 75, Illinois 70 NORTH CAROLINA WINS 2005 NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP ATLANTIC SUN --------------------------------------------- Gardner-Webb 13- 7 18-12 Central Florida 13- 7 24- 9 Belmont 12- 8 14-16 Lipscomb 11- 9 16-12 Jacksonville 11- 9 16-13 Georgia State 11- 9 14-15 Mercer 11- 9 16-12 Troy 10-10 12-18 Florida Atlantic 10-10 10-17 Stetson 8-12 10-17 Campbell 0-20 2-25 ---------------------------------------------Central Florida leaves to join Conference USA. Georgia State leaves to join Colonial. Troy leaves to join Sun Belt. East Tennessee State joins from Southern. Kennesaw State and North Florida join from Peach Belt (NCAA-II). Not invited to conference tourney: (9)Florida Atlantic (10)Stetson (11)Campbell March 3 (at Nashville TN) (1)Gardner-Webb 64, (8)Troy 62 (2)Central Florida 81, (7)Mercer 68 (3)Belmont 67, (6)Georgia State 61 (4)Jacksonville 68, (5)Lipscomb 64 March 4 (at Nashville TN) (1)Gardner-Webb 77, (4)Jacksonville 76 (2)Central Florida 66, (3)Belmont 61 March 6 (at Nashville TN) (2)Central Florida 63, (1)Gardner-Webb 54 Central Florida (24-8) earns automatic bid (#15 seed SYR) NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: SYR R1, March 18 (at Worcester MA) (2)Connecticut 77, (15)Central Florida 71 ATLANTIC TEN --------------------------------------------- EASTERN DIVISION --------------------------------------------- Saint Joseph's (PA)* 14- 2 24-12 NIT RUNNERS-UP Temple* 11- 5 16-14 Massachusetts 9- 7 16-12 Fordham 8- 8 13-16 Rhode Island 4-12 6-22 Saint Bonaventure 1-15 2-26 --------------------------------------------- WESTERN DIVISION --------------------------------------------- George Washington 11- 5 22- 8 Xavier 10- 6 17-12 Dayton 10- 6 18-11 Richmond 8- 8 14-15 Duquesne 5-11 8-22 La Salle 5-11 10-19 ---------------------------------------------North Carolina-Charlotte and Saint Louis join from Conference USA. March 9 (at Xavier) (W6)La Salle 70, (E3)Massachusetts 64 (W3)Dayton 78, (E6)Saint Bonaventure 48 (W4)Richmond 68, (E5)Rhode Island 60 (E4)Fordham 65, (W5)Duquesne 53 March 10 (at Xavier) (E1)Saint Joseph's (PA) 63, (W4)Richmond 51 (W1)George Washington 79, (E4)Fordham 63 (W2)Xavier 83, (W6)La Salle 70 (E2)Temple 61, (W3)Dayton 51 March 11 (at Cincinnati) (E1)Saint Joseph's (PA) 73, (W2)Xavier 68 (W1)George Washington 77, (E2)Temple 58 March 12 (at Cincinnati) (W1)George Washington 76, (E1)Saint Joseph's (PA) 67 George Washington (22-7) earns automatic bid (#12 seed ALB) Saint Joseph's (PA) (19-11) accepts bid to NIT Temple (16-13) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Saint Joseph's) Saint Joseph's (PA) 53, Hofstra 44 FIRST ROUND, March 15 (at Virginia Tech) Virginia Tech 60, Temple 50 FIRST ROUND, March 19 (at Saint Joseph's) Saint Joseph's (PA) 55, Buffalo 50 SECOND ROUND, March 21 (at Saint Joseph's) Saint Joseph's (PA) 68, Holy Cross 60 QUARTERFINAL, March 23 (at Texas A&M) Saint Joseph's (PA) 58, Texas A&M 51 SEMIFINAL, March 29 (at New York) Saint Joseph's (PA) 70, Memphis 58 CHAMPIONSHIP, March 31 (at New York) South Carolina 60, Saint Joseph's (PA) 57 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: ALB R1, March 18 (at Cleveland OH) (5)Georgia Tech 80, (12)George Washington 68 BIG EAST --------------------------------------------- Boston College 13- 3 25- 5 Connecticut 13- 3 23- 8 Syracuse 11- 5 27- 7 Villanova 11- 5 24- 8 Pittsburgh 10- 6 20- 9 Notre Dame* 9- 7 17-12 Georgetown* 8- 8 19-13 West Virginia 8- 8 24-11 Providence 4-12 14-17 Seton Hall 4-12 12-16 Saint John's (NY) 3-13 9-18 Rutgers 2-14 10-19 ---------------------------------------------Miami (FL) and Virginia Tech left to join Atlantic Coast. Boston College leaves to join Atlantic Coast. Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, and South Florida join from Conference USA. Not invited to conference tourney: (11)Saint John's (NY) (probation) March 9 (at New York City) (12)Rutgers 72, (6)Notre Dame 65 (7)Georgetown 56, (10)Seton Hall 51 (8)West Virginia 82, (9)Providence 59 March 10 (at New York City) (8)West Virginia 78, (1)Boston College 72 (2)Connecticut 66, (7)Georgetown 62 (3)Syracuse 81, (12)Rutgers 57 (4)Villanova 67, (5)Pittsburgh 58 March 11 (at New York City) (3)Syracuse 67, (2)Connecticut 63 (8)West Virginia 78, (4)Villanova 76 March 12 (at New York City) (3)Syracuse 68, (8)West Virginia 59 Syracuse (27-6) earns automatic bid (#4 seed AUS) Boston College (24-4) accepts at-large bid (#4 seed CHI) Connecticut (22-7) accepts at-large bid (#2 seed SYR) Villanova (22-7) accepts at-large bid (#5 seed SYR) Pittsburgh (20-8) accepts at-large bid (#9 seed ALB) West Virginia (21-10) accepts at-large bid (#7 seed ALB) Notre Dame (17-11) accepts bid to NIT Georgetown (17-12) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: FIRST ROUND, March 15 (at Notre Dame) Holy Cross 78, Notre Dame 73 FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Georgetown) Georgetown 64, Boston U 34 SECOND ROUND, March 22 (at Georgetown) Georgetown 74, Cal State-Fullerton 57 QUARTERFINAL, March 24 (at South Carolina) South Carolina 69, Georgetown 66 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: CHI R1, March 17 (at Cleveland OH) (4)Boston College 85, (13)Pennsylvania 65 (7)West Virginia 63, (10)Creighton 61 ALB R1, March 17 (at Boise ID) (8)Pacific 79, (9)Pittsburgh 71 SYR R1, March 18 (at Worcester MA) (2)Connecticut 77, (15)Central Florida 71 AUS R1, March 18 (at Worcester MA) (13)Vermont 60, (4)Syracuse 57 (OT) SYR R1, March 18 (at Nashville TN) (5)Villanova 55, (12)New Mexico 47 CHI QF, March 19 (at Cleveland OH) (12)Wisconsin-Milwaukee 83, (4)Boston College 75 ALB QF, March 19 (at Cleveland OH) (7)West Virginia 111, (2)Wake Forest 105 (2OT) SYR QF, March 20 (at Worcester MA) (10)North Carolina State 65, (2)Connecticut 62 SYR QF, March 20 (at Nashville TN) (5)Villanova 76, (4)Florida 65 ALB SF, March 24 (at Albuquerque MN) (7)West Virginia 65, (6)Texas Tech 60 SYR SF, March 25 (at Syracuse NY) (1)North Carolina 67, (5)Villanova 66 ALB FINAL, March 26 (at Albuquerque MN) (4)Louisville 93, (7)West Virginia 85 (OT) BIG SKY --------------------------------------------- Portland State 11- 3 19- 9 Montana State 9- 5 14-14 Montana 9- 5 18-13 Sacramento State 8- 6 12-16 Weber State 7- 7 14-16 Eastern Washington 5- 9 8-20 Northern Arizona 4-10 11-17 Idaho State 3-11 9-18 ---------------------------------------------Not invited to conference tourney: (7)Northern Arizona (8)Idaho State March 5 (at higher seed) (3)Montana 58, (6)Eastern Washington 48 (5)Weber State 74, (4)Sacramento State 71 March 8 (at Portland State) (5)Weber State 71, (1)Portland State 61 (3)Montana 79, (2)Montana State 67 March 9 (at Eastern Washington) (3)Montana 63, (5)Weber State 61 Montana (18-12) earns automatic bid (#16 seed ALB) NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: ALB R1, March 17 (at Boise ID) (1)Washington 88, (16)Montana 77 BIG SOUTH --------------------------------------------- Winthrop 15- 1 27- 6 Liberty 11- 5 13-15 North Carolina-Asheville 8- 8 11-17 Birmingham Southern 7- 9 16-14 Radford 7- 9 12-16 High Point 7- 9 13-18 Charleston Southern 7- 9 13-17 Coastal Carolina 7- 9 10-19 Virginia Military 3-13 9-18 ---------------------------------------------Not invited to conference tourney: (9)Virginia Military March 1 (at higher seed) (1)Winthrop 74, (8)Coastal Carolina 72 (7)Charleston Southern 66, (2)Liberty 60 (6)High Point 99, (3)North Carolina-Asheville 93 (OT) (4)Birmingham Southern 69, (5)Radford (40) March 3 (at higher seed) (1)Winthrop 78, (4)Birmingham Southern 64 (7)Charleston Southern 58, (6)High Point 55 March 5 (at Winthrop) (1)Winthrop 68, (7)Charleston Southern 46 Winthrop (27-5) earns automatic bid (#14 seed ALB) NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: ALB R1, March 17 (at Tucson AZ) (3)Gonzaga 74, (14)Winthrop 64 BIG TEN --------------------------------------------- Illinois 15- 1 37- 2 NCAA D-I RUNNER-UP Michigan State 13- 3 26- 7 Wisconsin 11- 5 24- 9 Indiana* 10- 6 15-14 Minnesota 10- 6 21-11 Ohio State 8- 8 20-12 Iowa 7- 9 21-12 Northwestern 6-10 15-16 Michigan 4-12 13-18 Purdue 3-13 7-21 Penn State 1-15 7-23 ---------------------------------------------Ohio State ineligible for post-season play. March 10 (at Chicago IL) (6)Ohio State 72, (11)Penn State 69 (7)Iowa 71, (10)Purdue 52 (8)Northwestern 58, (9)Michigan 56 March 11 (at Chicago IL) (1)Illinois 68, (8)Northwestern 51 (7)Iowa 71, (2)Michigan State 69 (3)Wisconsin 60, (6)Ohio State 49 (5)Minnesota 71, (4)Indiana 55 March 12 (at Chicago IL) (1)Illinois 64, (5)Minnesota 56 (3)Wisconsin 59, (7)Iowa 56 March 13 (at Chicago IL) (1)Illinois 54, (3)Wisconsin 43 Illinois (32-1) earns automatic bid (#1 seed CHI) Michigan State (22-6) accepts at-large bid (#5 seed AUS) Wisconsin (22-8) accepts at-large bid (#6 seed SYR) Minnesota (21-10) accepts at-large bid (#8 seed SYR) Iowa (21-11) accepts at-large bid (#10 seed AUS) Indiana (15-13) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Indiana) Vanderbilt 67, Indiana 60 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: CHI R1, March 17 (at Indianapolis IN) (1)Illinois 67, (16)Fairleigh-Dickinson 55 AUS R1, March 17 (at Indianapolis IN) (7)Cincinnati 76, (10)Iowa 64 AUS R1, March 18 (at Worcester MA) (5)Michigan State 89, (12)Old Dominion 81 SYR R1, March 18 (at Oklahoma City OK) (6)Wisconsin 57, (11)Northern Iowa 52 SYR R1, March 18 (at Charlotte NC) (9)Iowa State 64, (8)Minnesota 53 CHI QF, March 19 (at Indianapolis IN) (1)Illinois 71, (9)Nevada 59 AUS QF, March 20 (at Worcester MA) (5)Michigan State 72, (13)Vermont 61 SYR QF, March 20 (at Oklahoma City OK) (6)Wisconsin 71, (14)Bucknell 62 CHI SF, March 24 (at Chicago IL) (1)Illinois 77, (12)Wisconsin-Milwaukee 63 AUS SF, March 25 (at Austin TX) (5)Michigan State 78, (1)Duke 68 SYR SF, March 25 (at Syracuse NY) (6)Wisconsin 65, (10)North Carolina State 56 CHI FINAL, March 26 (at Chicago IL) (1)Illinois 90, (3)Arizona 89 (OT) AUS FINAL, March 27 (at Austin TX) (5)Michigan State 94, (2)Kentucky 88 (2OT) SYR FINAL, March 27 (at Syracuse NY) (1)North Carolina 88, (6)Wisconsin 82 NATIONAL SEMIFINAL (Final Four), April 2 (at Saint Louis MO) Illinois 72, Louisville 57 North Carolina 87, Michigan State 71 NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, April 4 (at Saint Louis MO) North Carolina 75, Illinois 70 BIG TWELVE --------------------------------------------- Oklahoma 12- 4 25- 8 Kansas 12- 4 23- 7 Oklahoma State 11- 5 26- 7 Texas Tech 10- 6 22-11 Iowa State 9- 7 19-12 Texas 9- 7 20-11 Texas A&M* 8- 8 21-10 Missouri* 7- 9 16-17 Nebraska 7- 9 14-14 Kansas State 6-10 17-12 Colorado 4-12 14-16 Baylor 1-15 9-19 ---------------------------------------------March 10 (at Kansas City MO) (5)Iowa State 77, (12)Baylor 57 (11)Colorado 81, (6)Texas 69 (7)Texas A&M vs. (10)Kansas State (8)Missouri 70, (9)Nebraska 67 March 11 (at Kansas City MO) (1)Oklahoma 83, (8)Missouri 79 (2)Kansas 80, (10)Kansas State 67 (3)Oklahoma State 87, (11)Colorado 85 (4)Texas Tech 64, (5)Iowa State 56 March 12 (at Kansas City MO) (4)Texas Tech 69, (1)Oklahoma 63 (3)Oklahoma State 78, (2)Kansas 75 March 13 (at Kansas City MO) (3)Oklahoma State 72, (4)Texas Tech 68 Oklahoma State (24-6) earns automatic bid (#2 seed CHI) Oklahoma (24-7) accepts at-large bid (#3 seed AUS) Kansas (23-6) accepts at-large bid (#3 seed SYR) Texas Tech (20-9) accepts at-large bid (#6 seed ALB) Iowa State (18-11) accepts at-large bid (#9 seed SYR) Texas (20-10) accepts at-large bid (#8 seed CHI) Texas A&M (19-9) accepts bid to NIT Missouri (16-16) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: FIRST ROUND, March 15 (at Missouri) DePaul 75, Missouri 70 FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Texas A&M) Texas A&M 82, Clemson 74 SECOND ROUND, March 19 (at DePaul) Texas A&M 75, DePaul 72 QUARTERFINAL, March 23 (at Texas A&M) Saint Joseph's (PA) 58, Texas A&M 51 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: AUS R1, March 17 (at Tucson AZ) (3)Oklahoma 84, (14)Niagara 67 ALB R1, March 17 (at Tucson AZ) (6)Texas Tech 78, (11)Cal-Los Angeles 66 CHI R1, March 17 (at Indianapolis IN) (9)Nevada 61, (8)Texas 57 CHI R1, March 18 (at Oklahoma City OK) (2)Oklahoma State 63, (15)Southeastern Louisiana 50 SYR R1, March 18 (at Oklahoma City OK) (14)Bucknell 64, (3)Kansas 63 SYR R1, March 18 (at Charlotte NC) (9)Iowa State 64, (8)Minnesota 53 AUS QF, March 19 (at Tucson AZ) (6)Utah 67, (3)Oklahoma 58 ALB QF, March 19 (at Tucson AZ) (6)Texas Tech 71, (3)Gonzaga 69 CHI QF, March 20 (at Oklahoma City OK) (2)Oklahoma State 85, (7)Southern Illinois 77 SYR QF, March 20 (at Charlotte NC) (1)North Carolina 92, (9)Iowa State 65 CHI SF, March 24 (at Chicago IL) (3)Arizona 79, (2)Oklahoma State 78 ALB SF, March 24 (at Albuquerque MN) (7)West Virginia 65, (6)Texas Tech 60 BIG WEST --------------------------------------------- Pacific 18- 0 27- 4 Utah State 13- 5 24- 8 Cal State-Fullerton* 12- 6 21-11 Cal State-Northridge 12- 6 18-13 Cal-Irvine 8-10 16-13 Cal State-Long Beach 7-11 10-20 Cal-Santa Barbara 7-11 11-18 Idaho 6-12 8-22 Cal-Riverside 4-14 9-19 Cal Poly-SLO 3-15 5-22 ---------------------------------------------Idaho and Utah State leave to join Western. Not invited to conference tourney: (9)Cal-Riverside (10)Cal Poly-SLO March 9 (at Anaheim CA) (5)Cal-Irvine 80, (8)Idaho 67 (7)Cal-Santa Barbara 55, (6)Cal State-Long Beach 49 March 10 (at Anaheim CA) (3)Cal State-Fullerton 66, (7)Cal-Santa Barbara 55 (4)Cal State-Northridge 72, (5)Cal-Irvine 56 March 11 (at Anaheim CA) (1)Pacific 63, (4)Cal State-Northridge 61 (2)Utah State 84, (3)Cal State-Fullerton 77 March 12 (at Anaheim CA) (2)Utah State 65, (1)Pacific 52 Utah State (24-7) earns automatic bid (#14 seed CHI) Pacific (26-3) accepts at-large bid (#8 seed ALB) Cal State-Fullerton (19-10) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Oregon State) Cal State-Fullerton 85, Oregon State 83 (OT) FIRST ROUND, March 18 (at San Francisco) Cal State-Fullerton 85, San Francisco 69 SECOND ROUND, March 22 (at Georgetown) Georgetown 74, Cal State-Fullerton 57 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: ALB R1, March 17 (at Boise ID) (8)Pacific 79, (9)Pittsburgh 71 CHI R1, March 17 (at Boise ID) (3)Arizona 66, (14)Utah State 53 ALB QF, March 19 (at Boise ID) (1)Washington 97, (8)Pacific 79 COLONIAL --------------------------------------------- Old Dominion 15- 3 28- 6 Virginia Commonwealth* 13- 5 19-13 North Carolina-Wilmington 13- 5 19-10 Drexel* 12- 6 17-12 Hofstra* 12- 6 21- 9 George Mason 10- 8 16-13 Delaware 7-11 11-20 James Madison 3-15 6-22 William & Mary 3-15 8-21 Towson 2-16 5-24 ---------------------------------------------Georgia State joins from Atlantic Sun. Northeastern joins from America East. March 4 (at Old Dominion) (7)Delaware 76, (10)Towson 56 (9)William & Mary 68, (8)James Madison 54 March 5 (at Old Dominion) (1)Old Dominion 64, (9)William & Mary 51 (2)Virginia Commonwealth 74, (7)Delaware 61 (3)North Carolina-Wilmington 60, (6)George Mason 47 (5)Hofstra 89, (4)Drexel 77 March 6 (at Old Dominion) (1)Old Dominion 72, (5)Hofstra 58 (2)Virginia Commonwealth 55, (3)North Carolina-Wilmington 46 March 7 (at Old Dominion) (1)Old Dominion 73, (2)Virginia Commonwealth (66 (OT) Old Dominion (28-5) earns automatic bid (#12 seed AUS) Virginia Commonwealth (19-12) accepts bid to NIT Drexel (17-11) accepts bid to NIT Hofstra (21-8) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Virginia Commonwealth) Davidson 77, Virginia Commonwealth 62 OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Buffalo) Buffalo 81, Drexel 76 (OT) OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Saint Joseph's) Saint Joseph's (PA) 53, Hofstra 44 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: AUS R1, March 18 (at Worcester MA) (5)Michigan State 89, (12)Old Dominion 81 CONFERENCE USA --------------------------------------------- Louisville 14- 2 33- 5 North Carolina-Charlotte 12- 4 21- 8 Cincinnati 12- 4 25- 8 Alabama-Birmingham 10- 6 22-11 DePaul* 10- 6 20-11 Houston* 9- 7 18-14 Memphis* 9- 7 22-16 Texas Christian* 8- 8 21-14 Marquette* 7- 9 19-12 Saint Louis 6-10 9-21 South Florida 5-11 13-16 Tulane 4-12 10-18 East Carolina 4-12 9-19 Southern Mississippi 2-14 11-17 ---------------------------------------------Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, and South Florida leave to join Big East. North Carolina-Charlotte and Saint Louis leave to join Atlantic Ten. Texas Christian leaves to join Mountain West. Central Florida joins from Atlantic Sun. Marshall joins from Mid-American. Rice, Southern Methodist, Texas El-Paso, and Tulsa join from Western. Not invited to conference tourney: (13)East Carolina (14)Southern Mississippi March 9 (at Memphis) (5)DePaul 81, (12)Tulane 71 (11)South Florida 69, (6)Houston 64 (7)Memphis 79, (10)Saint Louis 59 (8)Texas Christian 60, (9)Marquette 57 March 10 (at Memphis) (1)Louisville 85, (8)Texas Christian 61 (7)Memphis 83, (2)North Carolina-Charlotte 69 (11)South Florida 80, (3)Cincinnati 68 (4)Alabama-Birmingham 59, (5)DePaul 56 March 11 (at Memphis) (1)Louisville 74, (4)Alabama-Birmingham 67 (7)Memphis 81, (11)South Florida 68 March 12 (at Memphis) (1)Louisville 75, (7)Memphis 74 Louisville (29-4) earns automatic bid (#4 seed ALB) North Carolina-Charlotte (21-7) accepts at-large bid (#7 seed SYR) Cincinnati (24-7) accepts at-large bid (#7 seed AUS) Alabama-Birmingham (21-10) accepts at-large bid (#11 seed CHI) DePaul (19-10) accepts bid to NIT Houston (18-13) accepts bid to NIT Memphis (19-15) accepts bid to NIT Texas Christian (19-13) accepts bid to NIT Marquette (19-11) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Wichita State) Wichita State 85, Houston 69 FIRST ROUND, March 14 (at Marquette) Western Michigan 54, Marquette 40 FIRST ROUND, March 15 (at Missouri) DePaul 75, Missouri 70 FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Memphis) Memphis 90, Northeastern 65 FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Miami (OH)) Texas Christian 60, Miami (OH) 58 SECOND ROUND, March 19 (at Memphis) Memphis 83, Virginia Tech 62 SECOND ROUND, March 19 (at DePaul) Texas A&M 75, DePaul 72 SECOND ROUND, March 21 (at Western Michigan) Texas Christian 78, Western Michigan 76 (OT) QUARTERFINAL, March 23 (at Memphis) Memphis 81, Vanderbilt 68 QUARTERFINAL, March 26 (at Maryland) Maryland 85, Texas Christian 73 SEMIFINAL, March 29 (at New York) Saint Joseph's (PA) 70, Memphis 58 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: AUS R1, March 17 (at Indianapolis IN) (7)Cincinnati 76, (10)Iowa 64 CHI R1, March 17 (at Boise ID) (11)Alabama-Birmingham 82, (6)Louisiana State 68 ALB R1, March 18 (at Nashville TN) (4)Louisville 68, (13)Louisiana-Lafayette 62 SYR R1, March 18 (at Worcester MA) (10)North Carolina State 75, (7)North Carolina-Charlotte 63 AUS QF, March 19 (at Indianapolis IN) (2)Kentucky 69, (7)Cincinnati 60 CHI QF, March 19 (at Boise ID) (3)Arizona 85, (11)Alabama-Birmingham 63 ALB QF, March 20 (at Nashville TN) (4)Louisville 76, (5)Georgia Tech 54 ALB SF, March 24 (at Albuquerque NM) (4)Louisville 93, (1)Washington 79 ALB FINAL, March 26 (at Albuquerque NM) (4)Louisville 93, (7)West Virginia 85 (OT) NATIONAL SEMIFINAL (Final Four), April 2 (at Saint Louis MO) Illinois 72, Louisville 57 HORIZON --------------------------------------------- Wisconsin-Milwaukee 14- 2 26- 6 Wisconsin-Green Bay 10- 6 17-11 Detroit 9- 7 14-16 Loyola (IL) 8- 8 13-17 Illinois-Chicago 8- 8 15-14 Wright State 8- 8 15-15 Butler 7- 9 13-15 Cleveland State 6-10 9-17 Youngstown State 2-14 5-23 ---------------------------------------------March 1 (at higher seed) (4)Loyola (IL) 78, (9)Youngstown State 75 (5)Illinois-Chicago 84, (8)Cleveland State 65 (6)Wright State 61, (7)Butler 57 March 4 (at Wisconsin-Milwaukee) (3)Detroit 61, (6)Wright State 48 (4)Loyola (IL) 87, (5)Illinois-Chicago 81 (OT) March 5 (at Wisconsin-Milwaukee) (1)Wisconsin-Milwaukee 94, (4)Loyola (IL) 76 (3)Detroit 61, (2)Wisconsin-Green Bay 55 March 8 (at higher seed) (1)Wisconsin-Milwaukee 59, (3)Detroit 58 Wisconsin-Milwaukee (24-5) earns automatic bid (#12 seed CHI) NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: CHI R1, March 17 (at Cleveland OH) (12)Wisconsin-Milwaukee 83, (5)Alabama 73 CHI QF, March 19 (at Cleveland OH) (12)Wisconsin-Milwaukee 83, (4)Boston College 75 CHI SF, March 24 (at Chicago IL) (1)Illinois 77, (12)Wisconsin-Milwaukee 63 IVY LEAGUE --------------------------------------------- Pennsylvania 13- 1 20- 9 Cornell 8- 6 13-14 Yale 7- 7 11-16 Harvard 7- 7 12-15 Dartmouth 7- 7 10-17 Princeton 6- 8 15-13 Brown 5- 9 12-16 Columbia 3-11 12-15 ---------------------------------------------No conference tourney. Pennsylvania (19-8) earns automatic bid (#13 seed CHI) NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: CHI R1, March 17 (at Cleveland OH) (4)Boston College 85, (13)Pennsylvania 65 METRO ATLANTIC --------------------------------------------- Niagara 13- 5 20-10 Rider 13- 5 19-11 Fairfield 11- 7 15-15 Saint Peter's 10- 8 15-13 Iona 9- 9 15-16 Manhattan 9- 9 15-14 Canisius 8-10 11-18 Marist 8-10 11-17 Loyola (MD) 5-13 6-22 Siena 4-14 6-24 ---------------------------------------------March 4 (at Canisius) (5)Iona 68, (10)Siena 51 (6)Manhattan 88, (9)Loyola (MD) 67 (7)Canisius 62, (8)Marist 60 March 5 (at Canisius) (2)Rider 79, (7)Canisius 59 (3)Fairfield 62, (6)Manhattan 60 (5)Iona 97, (4)Saint Peter's 73 March 6 (at Canisius) (1)Niagara 69, (5)Iona 66 (2)Rider 76, (3)Fairfield 74 March 7 (at Canisius) (1)Niagara 81, (2)Rider 59 Niagara (20-9) earns automatic bid (#14 seed AUS) NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: AUS R1, March 17 (at Tucson AZ) (3)Oklahoma 84, (14)Niagara 67 MID-AMERICAN --------------------------------------------- EASTERN DIVISION --------------------------------------------- Miami (OH)* 12- 6 19-11 Ohio 11- 7 21-11 Kent State* 11- 7 20-13 Akron 11- 7 19-10 Buffalo* 11- 7 23-10 Marshall 3-15 6-22 --------------------------------------------- WESTERN DIVISION --------------------------------------------- Toledo 11- 7 16-13 Western Michigan* 11- 7 20-13 Bowling Green 10- 8 18-11 Ball State 10- 8 15-13 Northern Illinois 7-11 11-17 Eastern Michigan 5-13 12-18 Central Michigan 4-14 10-18 ---------------------------------------------Marshall leaves to join Conference USA. March 7 (at higher seed) (4)Ohio 72, (13)Marshall 66 (5)Kent State 91, (12)Central Michigan 60 (6)Akron 78, (11)Eastern Michigan 66 (7)Buffalo 73, (10)Northern Illinois 66 (8)Bowling Green 75, (9)Ball State 73 March 10 (at Cleveland OH) (1)Miami (OH) 85, (8)Bowling Green 65 (7)Buffalo 85, (2)Toledo 72 (3)Western Michigan 66, (6)Akron 60 (4)Ohio 62, (5)Kent State 55 March 11 (at Cleveland OH) (4)Ohio 63, (1)Miami (OH) 56 (7)Buffalo 75, (3)Western Michigan 68 March 12 (at Cleveland OH) (4)Ohio 80, (7)Buffalo 79 (OT) Ohio (21-10) earns automatic bid (#13 seed SYR) Miami (OH) (19-10) accepts bid to NIT Western Michigan (19-12) accepts bid to NIT Kent State (20-12) accepts bid to NIT Buffalo (22-9) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Buffalo) Buffalo 81, Drexel 76 (OT) OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Western Kentucky) Western Kentucky 88, Kent State 80 (OT) FIRST ROUND, March 14 (at Marquette) Western Michigan 54, Marquette 40 FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Miami (OH)) Texas Christian 60, Miami (OH) 58 FIRST ROUND, March 19 (at Saint Joseph's) Saint Joseph's (PA) 55, Buffalo 50 SECOND ROUND, March 21 (at Western Michigan) Texas Christian 78, Western Michigan 76 (OT) NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: SYR R1, March 18 (at Nashville TN) (4)Florida 67, (13)Ohio 62 MID-CONTINENT --------------------------------------------- Oral Roberts* 13- 3 25- 8 Missouri-Kansas City 12- 4 16-12 Valparaiso 10- 6 15-16 Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis 9- 7 16-13 Western Illinois 7- 9 11-17 Chicago State 7- 9 9-19 Oakland 7- 9 13-19 Southern Utah 6-10 13-15 Centenary (LA) 1-15 3-24 ---------------------------------------------Not invited to conference tourney: (9)Centenary (LA) March 5 (at Oral Roberts) (1)Oral Roberts 82, (8)Southern Utah 59 (7)Oakland 67, (2)Missouri-Kansas City 63 March 6 (at Oral Roberts) (6)Chicago State 72, (2)Valparaiso 67 (4)Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis 70, (5)Western Illinois 62 March 7 (at Oral Roberts) (1)Oral Roberts 80, (4)Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis 69 (7)Oakland 56, (6)Chicago State 53 March 8 (at Oral Roberts) (7)Oakland 61, (1)Oral Roberts 60 Oakland (12-18) earns automatic bid (play-in) Oral Roberts (25-7) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Maryland) Maryland 85, Oral Roberts 72 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: PLAY-IN, March 15 (at Dayton OH) Oakland 79, Alabama A&M 69 SYR R1, March 18 (at Charlotte NC) (1)North Carolina 96, (16)Oakland 68 MID-EASTERN --------------------------------------------- Delaware State 14- 4 19-14 Hampton 13- 5 17-13 Coppin State 13- 5 14-15 South Carolina State 11- 7 19-12 Norfolk State 11- 7 13-14 Morgan State 11- 7 14-16 Florida A&M 10- 8 14-15 Bethune-Cookman 8-10 13-17 North Carolina A&T 5-13 6-24 Howard 2-16 5-23 Maryland-Eastern Shore 1-17 2-26 ---------------------------------------------March 7 (at Richmond, VA) (6)Morgan State 77, (11)Maryland-Eastern Shore 56 (7)Florida A&M 80, (10)Howard 56 March 8 (at Richmond, VA) (8)Bethune-Cookman 76, (9)North Carolina A&T 62 March 9 (at Richmond, VA) (1)Delaware State 66, (8)Bethune-Cookman 43 (2)Hampton 81, (7)Florida A&M 72 March 10 (at Richmond, VA) (3)Coppin State 60, (6)Morgan State 43 (4)South Carolina State 76, (5)Norfolk State 59 March 11 (at Richmond, VA) (1)Delaware State 61, (4)South Carolina State 48 (2)Hampton 62, (3)Coppin State 50 March 12 (at Richmond, VA) (1)Delaware State 55, (2)Hampton 53 Delaware State (19-13) earns automatic bid (#16 seed AUS) NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: AUS R1, March 18 (at Charlotte NC) (1)Duke 57, (16)Delaware State 46 MISSOURI VALLEY --------------------------------------------- Southern Illinois 15- 3 27- 8 Wichita State* 12- 6 22-10 Creighton 11- 7 22-11 Northern Iowa 11- 7 21-11 Southwest Missouri State* 10- 8 19-13 Illinois State 8-10 17-13 Drake 7-11 13-16 Bradley 6-12 13-15 Indiana State 5-13 11-21 Evansville 5-13 11-17 ---------------------------------------------Southwest Missouri State changes name to Missouri State. March 4 (at Saint Louis MO) (7)Drake 82, (10)Evansville 68 (9)Indiana State 63, (8)Bradley 61 March 5 (at Saint Louis MO) (1)Southern Illinois 64, (9)Indiana State 49 (2)Wichita State 72, (7)Drake 52 (3)Creighton 69, (6)Illinois State 52 (5)Southwest Missouri State 70, (4)Northern Iowa 62 March 6 (at Saint Louis MO) (5)Southwest Missouri State 65, (1)Southern Illinois 61 (3)Creighton 70, (2)Wichita State 60 March 7 (at Saint Louis MO) (3)Creighton 75, (5)Southwest Missouri State 57 Creighton (23-10) earns automatic bid (#10 seed ALB) Southern Illinois (21-10) accepts at-large bid (#7 seed CHI) Northern Iowa (21-10) accepts at-large bid (#11 seed SYR) Wichita State (20-9) accepts bid to NIT Southwest Missouri State (18-12) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Wichita State) Wichita State 85, Houston 69 OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Southwest Missouri State) Southwest Missouri State 105, Rice 82 FIRST ROUND, March 19 (at Southwest Missouri State) Davidson 82, Southwest Missouri State 71 FIRST ROUND, March 19 (at Wichita State) Wichita State 84, Western Kentucky 81 SECOND ROUND, March 21 (at Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt 65, Wichita State 63 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: CHI R1, March 17 (at Cleveland OH) (7)West Virginia 63, (10)Creighton 61 CHI R1, March 18 (at Oklahoma City OK) (7)Southern Illinois 65, (10)Saint Mary's (CA) 56 SYR R1, March 18 (at Oklahoma City OK) (6)Wisconsin 57, (11)Northern Iowa 52 CHI QF, March 20 (at Oklahoma City OK) (2)Oklahoma State 85, (7)Southern Illinois 77 MOUNTAIN WEST --------------------------------------------- Utah 13- 1 29- 6 New Mexico 10- 4 26- 7 Air Force 9- 5 18-12 Nevada-Las Vegas* 7- 7 17-14 Wyoming 7- 7 15-13 San Diego State 4-10 11-18 Brigham Young 3-11 9-21 Colorado State 3-11 11-17 ---------------------------------------------Texas Christian joins from Conference USA. March 10 (at Denver CO) (1)Utah 62, (8)Colorado State 49 (2)New Mexico 85, (7)Brigham Young 71 (6)San Diego State 73, (3)Air Force 68 (4)Nevada-Las Vegas 70, (5)Wyoming 63 March 11 (at Denver CO) (1)Utah 73, (4)Nevada-Las Vegas 67 (2)New Mexico 77, (6)San Diego State 67 March 12 (at Denver CO) (2)New Mexico 60, (1)Utah 56 New Mexico (26-6) earns automatic bid (#12 seed SYR) Utah (27-5) accepts at-large bid (#6 seed AUS) Nevada-Las Vegas (16-13) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: FIRST ROUND, March 17 (at Nevada-Las Vegas) Nevada-Las Vegas 89, Arizona State 78 SECOND ROUND, March 22 (at South Carolina) South Carolina 77, Nevada-Las Vegas 66 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: AUS R1, March 17 (at Tucson AZ) (6)Utah 60, (11)Texas-El Paso 54 SYR R1, March 18 (at Nashville TN) (5)Villanova 55, (12)New Mexico 47 AUS QF, March 19 (at Tucson AZ) (6)Utah 67, (3)Oklahoma 58 AUS SF, March 25 (at Austin TX) (2)Kentucky 62, (6)Utah 52 NORTHEAST --------------------------------------------- Monmouth (NJ) 14- 4 16-13 Fairleigh Dickinson 13- 5 20-13 Robert Morris (PA) 11- 7 14-15 Long Island-Brooklyn 10- 8 14-15 Saint Francis (PA) 10- 8 15-13 Wagner 10- 8 13-17 Saint Francis (NY) 9- 9 13-15 Central Connecticut State 8-10 12-16 Quinnipiac 6-12 10-17 Mount Saint Mary's 5-13 7-20 Sacred Heart 3-15 4-23 ---------------------------------------------Not invited to conference tourney: (11)Sacred Heart (10)Mount Saint Mary's (9)Quinnipiac March 3 (at higher seed) (1)Monmouth (NJ) 54, (8)Central Connecticut State 53 (2)Fairleigh Dickinson 78, (7)Saint Francis (NY) 60 (6)Wagner 69, (3)Robert Morris (PA) 56 (4)Long Island-Brooklyn 76, (5)Saint Francis (PA) 67 March 6 (at higher seed) (6)Wagner 63, (1)Monmouth (NJ) 60 (2)Fairleigh Dickinson 70, (4)Long Island-Brooklyn 62 March 9 (at higher seed) (2)Fairleigh Dickinson 58, (6)Wagner 52 Fairleigh-Dickinson (20-12) earns automatic bid (#16 seed CHI) NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: CHI R1, March 17 (at Indianapolis IN) (1)Illinois 67, (16)Fairleigh-Dickinson 55 OHIO VALLEY --------------------------------------------- Tennessee Tech 12- 4 18-11 Eastern Kentucky 11- 5 22- 9 Murray State 11- 5 17-11 Samford 10- 6 15-13 Austin Peay 9- 7 13-19 Southeast Missouri State 9- 7 15-14 Tennessee State 9- 7 14-17 Eastern Illinois 7- 9 12-16 Morehead State 5-11 11-16 Tennessee-Martin 3-13 6-21 Jacksonville State 2-14 7-22 ---------------------------------------------Not invited to conference tourney: (11)Jacksonville State (10)Tennessee-Martin (9)Morehead State March 1 (at higher seed) (1)Tennessee Tech 72, (8)Eastern Illinois 68 (2)Eastern Kentucky 74, (7)Tennessee State 68 (6)Southeast Missouri State 61, (3)Murray State 58 (5)Austin Peay 71, (4)Samford 60 March 4 (at Tennessee State) (5)Austin Peay 67, (1)Tennessee Tech 61 (2)Eastern Kentucky 69, (6)Southeast Missouri State 52 March 5 (at Tennessee State) (2)Eastern Kentucky 52, (5)Austin Peay 46 Eastern Kentucky (22-8) earns automatic bid (#15 seed AUS) NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: AUS R1, March 17 (at Indianapolis IN) (2)Kentucky 72, (15)Eastern Kentucky 64 PACIFIC TEN --------------------------------------------- Arizona 15- 3 30- 7 Washington 14- 4 29- 6 Stanford 11- 7 19-13 Cal-Los Angeles 11- 7 18-11 Oregon State* 8- 9 17-14 Washington State 7-11 12-16 Arizona State* 7-11 18-14 California 6-12 13-16 Oregon 6-12 14-13 Southern California 4-13 12-17 ---------------------------------------------Not invited to conference tourney: (10)Southern California (9)Oregon March 10 (at Los Angeles CA) (1)Arizona 88, (8)California 63 (2)Washington 95, (7)Arizona State 90 (3)Stanford 60, (6)Washington State 58 (5)Oregon State 79, (4)Cal-Los Angeles 72 March 11 (at Los Angeles CA) (1)Arizona 90, (5)Oregon State 59 (2)Washington 66, (3)Stanford 63 March 12 (at Los Angeles CA) (2)Washington 81, (1)Arizona 72 Washington (27-5) earns automatic bid (#1 seed ALB) Arizona (27-6) accepts at-large bid (#3 seed CHI) Stanford (18-12) accepts at-large bid (#8 seed AUS) Cal-Los Angeles (18-10) accepts at-large bid (#10 seed ALB) Oregon State (17-14) accepts bid to NIT Arizona State (18-13) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Oregon State) Cal State-Fullerton 85, Oregon State 83, (OT) FIRST ROUND, March 17 (at Nevada-Las Vegas) Nevada-Las Vegas 89, Arizona State 78 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: ALB R1, March 17 (at Boise ID) (1)Washington 88, (16)Montana 77 CHI R1, March 17 (at Boise ID) (3)Arizona 66, (14)Utah State 53 ALB R1, March 17 (at Tucson AZ) (6)Texas Tech 78, (11)Cal-Los Angeles 66 AUS R1, March 18 (at Charlotte NC) (9)Mississippi State 93, (8)Stanford 70 ALB QF, March 19 (at Boise ID) (1)Washington (28-5) vs. (8)Pacific (27-3) CHI QF, March 19 (at Boise ID) (3)Arizona 85, (11)Alabama-Birmingham 63 ALB SF, March 24 (at Albuquerque NM) (4)Louisville 93, (1)Washington 79 CHI SF, March 24 (at Chicago IL) (3)Arizona 79, (2)Oklahoma State 78 CHI FINAL, March 26 (at Chicago IL) (1)Illinois 90, (3)Arizona 89 (OT) PATRIOT --------------------------------------------- Holy Cross* 13- 1 25- 7 Bucknell 10- 4 23-10 American 8- 6 16-12 Lehigh 7- 7 14-15 Colgate 7- 7 12-16 Navy 5- 9 9-19 Lafayette 5- 9 9-19 Army 1-13 3-24 ---------------------------------------------March 4 (at Holy Cross) (1)Holy Cross 76, (8)Army 42 (4)Lehigh 77, (5)Colgate 60 March 4 (at Bucknell) (2)Bucknell 70, (7)Lafayette 34 (3)American 85, (6)Navy 83 March 6 (at Holy Cross) (1)Holy Cross 57, (4)Lehigh 53 March 6 (at Bucknell) (2)Bucknell 53, (3)American 35 March 11 (at Holy Cross) (2)Bucknell 61, (1)Holy Cross 57 Bucknell (22-9) earns automatic bid (#14 seed SYR) Holy Cross (24-6) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: FIRST ROUND, March 15 (at Notre Dame) Holy Cross 78, Notre Dame 73 SECOND ROUND, March 21 (at Saint Joseph's) Saint Joseph's (PA) 68, Holy Cross 60 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: SYR R1, March 18 (at Oklahoma City OK) (14)Bucknell 64, (3)Kansas 63 SYR QF, March 20 (at Oklahoma City OK) (6)Wisconsin 71, (14)Bucknell 62 SOUTHEASTERN --------------------------------------------- EASTERN DIVISION --------------------------------------------- Kentucky 14- 1 28- 4 Florida 11- 4 22- 8 Vanderbilt* 8- 8 20-14 South Carolina* 6- 9 19-13 NIT CHAMPIONS Tennessee 6-10 14-17 Georgia 2-14 8-20 --------------------------------------------- WESTERN DIVISION --------------------------------------------- Alabama 12- 4 24- 8 Louisiana State 12- 4 20-10 Mississippi State 9- 7 23-11 Arkansas 6-10 18-12 Mississippi 4-11 14-16 Auburn 4-12 14-17 ---------------------------------------------March 10 (at Atlanta GA) (W3)Mississippi State 76, (E6)Georgia 65 (W6)Auburn 77, (E3)Vanderbilt 73 (E5)Tennessee 65, (W4)Arkansas 46 (W5)Mississippi 53, (E4)South Carolina 52 March 11 (at Atlanta GA) (E1)Kentucky 76, (E5)Tennessee 62 (W1)Alabama 69, (W5)Mississippi 52 (W2)Louisiana State 89, (W6)Auburn 58 (E2)Florida 80, (W3)Mississippi State 64 March 12 (at Atlanta GA) (E1)Kentucky 79, (W2)Louisiana State 78 (OT) (E2)Florida 68, (W1)Alabama 62 March 13 (at Atlanta GA) (E2)Florida 70, (E1)Kentucky 53 Florida (22-7) earns automatic bid (#4 seed SYR) Kentucky (25-5) accepts at-large bid (#2 seed AUS) Alabama (24-7) accepts at-large bid (#5 seed CHI) Louisiana State (20-9) accepts at-large bid (#6 seed CHI) Mississippi State (22-10) accepts at-large bid (#9 seed AUS) South Carolina (15-13) accepts bid to NIT Vanderbilt (18-13) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: FIRST ROUND, March 15 (at South Carolina) South Carolina 69, Miami (FL) 67 FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Indiana) Vanderbilt 67, Indiana 60 SECOND ROUND, March 21 (at Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt 65, Wichita State 63 SECOND ROUND, March 22 (at South Carolina) South Carolina 77, Nevada-Las Vegas 66 QUARTERFINAL, March 23 (at Memphis) Memphis 81, Vanderbilt 68 QUARTERFINAL, March 24 (at South Carolina) South Carolina 69, Georgetown 66 SEMIFINAL, March 29 (at New York) South Carolina 75, Maryland 67 CHAMPIONSHIP, March 31 (at New York) South Carolina 60, Saint Joseph's (PA) 57 SOUTH CAROLINA (20-13) WINS 2005 NIT CHAMPIONSHIP NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: AUS R1, March 17 (at Indianapolis IN) (2)Kentucky 72, (15)Eastern Kentucky 64 CHI R1, March 17 (at Cleveland OH) (12)Wisconsin-Milwaukee 83, (5)Alabama 73 CHI R1, March 17 (at Boise ID) (11)Alabama-Birmingham 82, (6)Louisiana State 68 SYR R1, March 18 (at Nashville TN) (4)Florida 67, (13)Ohio 62 AUS R1, March 18 (at Charlotte NC) (9)Mississippi State 93, (8)Stanford 70 AUS QF, March 19 (at Indianapolis IN) (2)Kentucky 69, (7)Cincinnati 60 SYR QF, March 20 (at Nashville TN) (5)Villanova 76, (4)Florida 65 AUS QF, March 20 (at Charlotte NC) (1)Duke 63, (9)Mississippi State 55 AUS SF, March 25 (at Austin TX) (2)Kentucky 62, (6)Utah 52 AUS FINAL, March 27 (at Austin TX) (5)Michigan State 94, (2)Kentucky 88 (2OT) SOUTHERN --------------------------------------------- NORTHERN DIVISION --------------------------------------------- Tennessee-Chattanooga 10- 6 20-11 North Carolina-Greensboro 9- 7 17-12 Appalachian State 9- 7 19-12 Elon 5-11 8-23 East Tennessee State 4-12 10-19 Western Carolina 3-13 8-22 --------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN DIVISION --------------------------------------------- Davidson* 16- 0 23- 9 College of Charleston 10- 6 18-11 Georgia Southern 10- 6 18-13 Furman 9- 7 16-13 Wofford 7- 9 14-14 The Citadel 4-12 12-16 ---------------------------------------------East Tennessee State leaves to join Atlantic Sun. March 2 (at Tennessee-Chattanooga) (N3)Appalachian State 68, (S6)Citadel 59 (S3)Georgia Southern 69, (N6)Western Carolina 57 (N5)East Tennessee State 87, (S4)Furman 84 (N4)Elon 64, (S5)Wofford 58 March 3 (at Tennessee-Chattanooga) (N1)Tennessee-Chattanooga 77, (N5)East Tennessee State 70 (S1)Davidson 67, (N4)Elon 53 (N2)North Carolina-Greensboro 73, (S3)Georgia Southern 71 (N3)Appalachian State 63, (S2)College of Charleston 60 March 4 (at Tennessee-Chattanooga) (N2)North Carolina-Greensboro 73, (S1)Davidson 68 (N1)Tennessee-Chattanooga 57, (N3)Appalachian State 51 March 5 (at Tennessee-Chattanooga) (N1)Tennessee-Chattanooga 66, (N2)North Carolina-Greensboro 62 Tennessee-Chattanooga (20-10) earns automatic bid (#15 seed ALB) Davidson (21-8) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Virginia Commonwealth) Davidson 77, Virginia Commonwealth 62 FIRST ROUND, March 19 (at Southwest Missouri State) Davidson 82, Southwest Missouri State 71 SECOND ROUND, March 23 (at Maryland) Maryland 78, Davidson 63 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: ALB R1, March 17 (at Cleveland OH) (2)Wake Forest 70, (15)Tennessee-Chattanooga 54 SOUTHLAND --------------------------------------------- Northwestern State 13- 3 21-12 Southeastern Louisiana 13- 3 24- 9 Sam Houston State 11- 5 18-12 Texas-San Antonio 10- 6 15-13 Lamar 9- 7 18-11 McNeese State 8- 8 13-15 Texas State 8- 8 14-14 Texas-Arlington 7- 9 13-15 Stephen F. Austin 6-10 12-15 Louisiana-Monroe 2-14 8-19 Nicholls State 1-15 6-21 ---------------------------------------------Not invited to conference tourney: (11)Nicholls State (10)Louisiana-Monroe (9)Stephen F. Austin March 8 (at higher seed) (1)Northwestern State 81, (8)Texas-Arlington 67 (2)Southeastern Louisiana 75, (7)Texas State 58 (3)Sam Houston State 88, (6)McNeese State 70 (5)Lamar 91, (4)Texas-San Antonio 83 March 10 (at higher seed) (1)Northwestern State 90, (5)Lamar 75 (2)Southeastern Louisiana 71, (3)Sam Houston State 62 March 12 (at higher seed) (2)Southeastern Louisiana 49, (1)Northwestern State 42 Southeastern Louisiana (24-8) earns automatic bid (#15 seed CHI) NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: CHI R1, March 18 (at Oklahoma City OK) (2)Oklahoma State 63, (15)Southeastern Louisiana 50 SOUTHWESTERN --------------------------------------------- Alabama A&M 12- 6 18-14 Alabama State 11- 7 15-15 Grambling State 11- 7 14-12 Mississippi Valley State 11- 7 13-15 Jackson State 11- 7 16-16 Southern 10- 8 14-15 Prairie View A&M 6-12 6-22 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 6-12 8-20 Texas Southern 6-12 8-18 Alcorn State 6-12 7-22 ---------------------------------------------Texas Southern (9-9, 11-15) forfeited wins over Prairie View A&M (1/8), Jackson State (1/15), and Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1/22) due to use of ineligible player. Not invited to conference tourney: (10)Alcorn State (9)Texas Southern March 10 (at Birmingham AL) (1)Alabama A&M 64, (8)Arkansas-Pine Bluff 52 (2)Alabama State 64, (7)Prairie View A&M 56 (6)Southern 69, (3)Grambling State 65 (OT) (5)Jackson State 57, (4)Mississippi Valley State 55 March 11 (at Birmingham AL) (1)Alabama A&M 74, (5)Jackson State 56 (2)Alabama State 54, (6)Southern 50 March 12 (at Birmingham AL) (1)Alabama A&M 72, (2)Alabama State 53 Alabama A&M (18-13) earns automatic bid (play-in) NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: PLAY-IN, March 15 (at Dayton OH) Oakland 79, Alabama A&M 69 SUN BELT --------------------------------------------- EASTERN DIVISION --------------------------------------------- Arkansas-Little Rock 10- 4 18-10 Western Kentucky* 9- 5 22- 9 Middle Tennessee State 7- 7 19-12 Arkansas State 7- 7 16-13 Florida International 4-10 14-17 --------------------------------------------- WESTERN DIVISION --------------------------------------------- Denver* 12- 3 20-11 Louisiana-Lafayette 11- 4 20-11 New Orleans 7- 8 13-17 South Alabama 6- 9 10-19 North Texas 6- 9 14-14 New Mexico State 1-14 6-24 ---------------------------------------------New Mexico State leaves to join Western. Troy joins from Atlantic Sun. March 4 (at North Texas) (3E)Middle Tennessee State 77, (6W)New Mexico State 63 (5E)Florida International 60, (4W)South Alabama 57 (4E)Arkansas State 84, (5W)North Texas 76 March 5 (at North Texas) (1W)Denver 64, (4E)Arkansas State 57 (5E)Florida International 69, (1E)Arkansas-Little Rock 64 March 6 (at North Texas) (2W)Louisiana-Lafayette 71, (3E)Middle Tennessee State 57 (2E)Western Kentucky 78, (3W)New Orleans 67 March 7 (at North Texas) (1W)Denver 77, (2E)Western Kentucky 68 (2W)Louisiana-Lafayette 80, (5E)Florida International 69 March 8 (at North Texas) (2W)Louisiana-Lafayette 88, (1W)Denver 69 Louisiana-Lafayette (20-10) earns automatic bid (#13 seed ALB) Denver (20-10) accepts bid to NIT Western Kentucky (21-8) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Western Kentucky) Western Kentucky 88, Kent State 80 (OT) OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at San Francisco) San Francisco 69, Denver 67 FIRST ROUND, March 19 (at Wichita State) Wichita State 84, Western Kentucky 81 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: ALB R1, March 18 (at Nashville TN) (4)Louisville 68, (13)Louisiana-Lafayette 62 WEST COAST --------------------------------------------- Gonzaga 12- 2 26- 5 Saint Mary's (CA) 11- 3 25- 9 Santa Clara 7- 7 15-16 San Diego 7- 7 16-13 Pepperdine 6- 8 17-14 San Francisco* 6- 8 17-14 Portland 4-10 15-15 Loyola Marymount 3-11 11-17 ---------------------------------------------March 4 (at Santa Clara) (5)Pepperdine 91, (8)Loyola Marymount 79 (6)San Francisco 65, (7)Portland 60 March 5 (at Santa Clara) (3)Santa Clara 67, (6)San Francisco 60 (4)San Diego 86, (5)Pepperdine 80 March 6 (at Santa Clara) (1)Gonzaga 90, (4)San Diego 74 (2)Saint Mary's (CA) 69, (3)Santa Clara 64 March 7 (at Santa Clara) (1)Gonzaga 80, (2)Saint Mary's (CA) 67 Gonzaga (25-4) earns automatic bid (#3 seed ALB) Saint Mary's (CA) (25-8) accepts at-large bid (#10 seed CHI) San Francisco (16-13) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at San Francisco) San Francisco 69, Denver 67 FIRST ROUND, March 18 (at San Francisco) Cal State-Fullerton 85, San Francisco 69 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: ALB R1, March 17 (at Tucson AZ) (3)Gonzaga 74, (14)Winthrop 64 CHI R1, March 18 (at Oklahoma City OK) (7)Southern Illinois 65, (10)Saint Mary's (CA) 56 ALB QF, March 19 (at Tucson AZ) (6)Texas Tech 71, (3)Gonzaga 69 WESTERN --------------------------------------------- Nevada 16- 2 25- 7 Texas El-Paso 14- 4 27- 8 Rice* 12- 6 19-12 Fresno State 9- 9 16-14 Lousiana Tech 9- 9 14-15 Southern Methodist 9- 9 14-14 Hawai'i 7-11 16-13 Boise State 6-12 16-18 Tulsa 5-13 9-20 San Jose State 3-15 6-23 ---------------------------------------------Rice, Southern Methodist, Texas-El Paso, and Tulsa leave to join Conference USA. Idaho and Utah State join from Big West. New Mexico State joins from Sun Belt. March 8 (at Nevada) (7)Hawai'i 72, (10)San Jose State 48 (8)Boise State 83, (9)Tulsa 73 March 10 (at Nevada) (8)Boise State 73, (1)Nevada 72 (2)Texas El-Paso 80. (7)Hawai'i 62 (3)Rice 63, (6)Southern Methodist 47 (4)Fresno State 84, (5)Louisiana Tech 81 (OT) March 11 (at Nevada) (2)Texas El-Paso 85, (3)Rice 77 (8)Boise State 86, (4)Fresno State 85 March 12 (at Nevada) (2)Texas El-Paso 91, (8)Boise State 78 Texas El-Paso (27-7) earns automatic bid (#11 seed AUS) Nevada (24-6) accepts at-large bid (#9 seed CHI) Rice (19-11) accepts bid to NIT NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT: OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Southwest Missouri State) Southwest Missouri State 105, Rice 82 NCAA D-I TOURNAMENT: CHI R1, March 17 (at Indianapolis IN) (9)Nevada 61, (8)Texas 57 AUS R1, March 17 (at Tucson AZ) (6)Utah 60, (11)Texas-El Paso 54 CHI QF, March 19 (at Indianapolis IN) (1)Illinois 71, (9)Nevada 59 INDEPENDENTS --------------------------------------------- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 20- 8 Utah Valley State 16-12 Texas-Pan American 12-16 Cal-Davis 11-17 South Dakota State 10-18 Northern Colorado 8-21 Indiana/Purdue-Fort Wayne 7-22 Longwood 1-30 Savannah State 0-28 ---------------------------------------------Cal-Davis joined from California (NCAA-II). Longwood joined from NCAA-II Independents. Northern Colorado and South Dakota State joined from North Central (NCAA-II). Utah Valley State joined from unclassified (former junior college). North Dakota State joins from North Central (NCAA-II). No post-season invitations. |