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 tournament:
(11)Jacksonville
(10)Campbell
(9)Gardner-Webb
March 10 (at Troy)
(1)Central Florida 65, (8)Mercer 59
(2)Troy 65, (7)Florida Atlantic 57
(3)Georgia State vs. (6)David Lipscomb
(5)Stetson 68, (4)Belmont 54
March 11 (at Troy)
(5)Stetson 61, (1)Central Florida 59
(3)Georgia State 80, (2)Troy 56
March 12 (at Troy)
(5)Stetson 88, (3)Georgia State 62
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.
March 5 (at Hartford CT)
(5)Villanova 67, (12)Providence 39
(11)Syracuse 65, (6)Georgetown 58
(7)West Virginia 77, (10)Pittsburgh 68
(8)Saint John's (NY) 45, (9)Seton Hall 42
March 6 (at Hartford CT)
(1)Rutgers 69, (8)Saint John's (NY) 45
(2)Notre Dame 70, (7)West Virginia 59
(3)Connecticut 82, (11)Syracuse 56
(5)Villanova 41, (4)Boston College 37
March 3 (at Indianapolis IN)
(6)Iowa 70, (11)Michigan 42
(7)Illinois 66, (10)Northwestern 43
(8)Wisconsin 75, (9)Indiana 74 (2OT)
March 4 (at Indianapolis IN)
(1)Ohio State 70, (8)Wisconsin 46
(2)Michigan State 71, (7)Ilinois 68
(3)Penn State 68, (6)Iowa 60
(4)Minnesota 71, (5)Purdue 68
March 6 (at Indianapolis IN)
(4)Minnesota 66, (1)Ohio State 63
(2)Michigan State 83, (3)Penn State 76
March 7 (at Indianapolis IN)
(2)Michigan State 55, (4)Minnesota 49
Michigan State (28-3) earns automatic bid (#1 seed KCY) Ohio State (28-4) accepts at-large bid (#2 seed PHI) Penn State (19-10) accepts at-large bid (#4 seed CHA) Minnesota (24-7) accepts at-large bid (#3 seed TEM) Purdue (16-12) accepts at-large bid (#9 seed PHI) Iowa (20-9) accepts bid to WNIT Illinois (17-12) accepts bid to WNIT
WOMEN'S NIT:
FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Indiana State)
Indiana State 72, Illinois 60
FIRST ROUND, March 18 (at Iowa) Iowa 67, Creighton 52
SECOND ROUND, March 21 (at Nebraska) Iowa 71, Nebraska 67
QUARTERFINAL, March 24 (at Iowa) Iowa 66, Arkansas State 52
SEMIFINAL, March 28 (at Southwest Missouri State)
Southwest Missouri State 89, Iowa 80
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
KCY R1, March 19 (at Minneapolis)
(1)Michigan State 73, (16)Alcorn State 41
TEM R1, March 19 (at Minneapolis)
(3)Minnesota 64, (14)Saint Francis (PA) 33
PHI R1, March 20 (at College Park MD)
(2)Ohio State 86, (15)Holy Cross 45
CHA R1, March 20 (at College Park MD)
(13)Liberty 78, (4)Penn State 70
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 tournament:
(14)Tulane
(13)Saint Louis
FIRST ROUND, March 17 (at South Florida) South Florida 61, Florida 56
FIRST ROUND, March 17 (at Marquette)
Nebraska 66, Marquette 57
FIRST ROUND, March 18 (at Wake Forest)
Wake Forest 100, North Carolina-Charlotte 75
SECOND ROUND, March 21 (at Wake Forest)
Wake Forest 78, South Florida 63
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
TEM R1, March 19 (at Seattle WA)
(10)Oregon 58, (7)Texas Christian 55
KCY R1, March 19 (at Minneapolis MN)
(8)Southern California 65, (9)Louisville 49
CHA R1, March 20 (at College Park MD)
(5)DePaul 79, (12)Virginia Tech 78
CHA R1, March 20 (at Chapel Hill NC)
(7)Boston College 65, (10)Houston 43
CHA QF, March 22 (at College Park MD)
(13)Liberty 88, (5)DePaul 79 HORIZON
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Wisconsin-Green Bay 15- 1 27- 4
Wisconsin-Milwaukee 11- 5 14-14
Wright State 11- 5 19-11
Illinois-Chicago 10- 6 14-15
Butler 8- 8 14-14
Youngstown State 6-10 12-16
Detroit 5-11 9-20
Loyola (IL) 4-12 7-21
Cleveland State 2-14 4-25
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March 1 (at Loyola (IL))
(9)Cleveland State 62, (8)Loyola (IL) 55
March 3 (at higher seed)
(1)Wisconsin-Green Bay 96, (9)Cleveland State 66
(7)Detroit 59, (2)Wisconsin-Milwaukee 49
(3)Wright State 66, (6)Youngstown State 52
(4)Illinois-Chicago 78, (5)Butler 47
March 6 (at Wright State)
(1)Wisconsin-Green Bay 72, (4)Illinois-Chicago 59
(3)Wright State 77, (7)Detroit 66
March 7 (at Wright State)
(1)Wisconsin-Green Bay 58, (3)Wright State 48
Wisconsin-Green Bay (27-3) earns automatic bid (#10 seed PHI)
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
PHI R1, March 20 (at College Park MD)
(7)Maryland 65, (10)Wisconsin-Green Bay 55 IVY LEAGUE
Southwest Missouri State changes name to Missouri State.
Not invited to conference tournament:
(10)Southern Illinois
(9)Wichita State
March 10 (at Iliinois State)
(8)Illinois State 61, (1)Southwest Missouri State 57
(2)Indiana State 83, (7)Bradley 59
(6)Drake 61, (3)Creighton 44
(4)Northern Iowa 58, (5)Evansville 47
March 11 (at Iliinois State)
(2)Indiana State 79, (6)Drake 66
(8)Illinois State 58, (4)Northern Iowa 48
March 12 (at Iliinois State)
(8)Illinois State 72, (2)Indiana State 70
Illinois State (13-17) earns automatic bid (#15 seed TEM) Southwest Missouri State (20-8) accepts bid to WNIT Indiana State (22-8) accepts bid to WNIT Creighton (19-9) accepts bid to WNIT
WOMEN'S NIT:
FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Southwest Missouri State) Southwest Missouri State 83, Southern Methodist 56
FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Indiana State) Indiana State 72, Illinois 60
FIRST ROUND, March 18 (at Iowa)
Iowa 67, Creighton 52
SECOND ROUND, March 21 (at Southwest Missouri State) Southwest Missouri State 85, Gonzaga 66
SECOND ROUND, March 21 (at Indiana State)
Xavier 79, Indiana State 70
QUARTERFINAL, March 24 (at Southwest Missouri State> Southwest Missouri State 62, Texas A&M 60
SEMIFINAL, March 28 (at Southwest Missouri State> Southwest Missouri State 89, Iowa 80
NIT CHAMPIONSHIP, March 31 (at Southwest Missouri State) Southwest Missouri State 78, West Virginia 70
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE (25-8) WINS 2005 WNIT CHAMPIONSHIP
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
TEM R1, March 19 (at Seattle WA)
(2)Baylor 91, (15)Illinois State 70 MOUNTAIN WEST
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New Mexico 12- 2 26- 5
Utah 12- 2 26- 8
Brigham Young* 9- 5 19-11
Wyoming 7- 7 16-12
Nevada-Las Vegas* 6- 8 16-15
Colorado State 6- 8 15-13
Air Force 2-12 7-21
San Diego State 2-12 8-20
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Texas Christian joins from Conference USA.
March 9 (at Denver CO)
(1)New Mexico 81, (8)San Diego State 52
(2)Utah 63, (7)Air Force 52
(3)Brigham Young 70, (6)Colorado State 65
(5)Nevada-Las Vegas 64, (4)Wyoming 59
March 11 (at Denver CO)
(1)New Mexico 70, (5)Nevada-Las Vegas 67
(2)Utah 64. (3)Brigham Young 48
March 12 (at Denver CO)
(1)New Mexico 47, (2)Utah 37
New Mexico (26-4) earns automatic bid (#8 seed PHI) Utah (25-7) accepts at-large bid (#10 seed KCY) Brigham Young (19-10) accepts bid to WNIT Nevada-Las Vegas (16-14) accepts bid to WNIT
WOMEN'S NIT:
FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Gonzaga)
Gonzaga 71, Brigham Young 57
FIRST ROUND, March 18 (at Arkansas)
Arkansas 61, Nevada-Las Vegas 48
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
KCY R1, March 19 (at Fresno CA)
(10)Utah 73, (7)Iowa State 61
TEM R1, March 19 (at Fresno CA)
(5)Arizona State 87, (12)Eastern Kentucky 65 PACIFIC TEN
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Stanford 17- 1 32- 3
Oregon 12- 6 21-10
Arizona State 12- 6 24-10
Southern California 12- 6 20-11
Arizona 11- 7 20-12
Cal-Los Angeles 10- 8 16-12
Washington 9- 9 13-16
California 4-14 10-18
Washington State 2-16 6-21
Oregon State 1-17 6-22
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March 4 (at San Jose CA)
(7)Washington 81, (10)Oregon State 68
(8)California 70, (9)Washington State 52
March 5 (at San Jose CA)
(1)Stanford 81, (8)California 40
(2)Oregon 64, (7)Washington 50
(3)Arizona State 73, (6)Cal-Los Angeles 71
(4)Southern California 74, (5)Arizona 66
March 6 (at San Jose CA)
(1)Stanford 73, (4)Southern California 69
(3)Arizona State 54, (2)Oregon 47
March 7 (at San Jose CA)
(1)Stanford 56, (3)Arizona State 42
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Louisiana-Monroe 13- 3 22- 8
Texas-Arlington 13- 3 21-10
Texas State 11- 5 14-14
Northwestern State 11- 5 17-12
Texas-San Antonio 10- 6 16-12
McNeese State 8- 8 10-19
Stephen F. Austin 6-10 12-16
Nicholls State 5-11 8-20
Southeastern Louisiana 4-12 10-17
Sam Houston State 4-12 7-20
Lamar 3-13 9-18
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Not invited to conference tournament:
(11)Lamar
(10)Sam Houston State
(9)Southeastern Louisiana
March 7 (at higher seed)
(1)Louisiana-Monroe 72, (8)Nicholls State 68
(2)Texas-Arlington 75, (7)Stephen F. Austin 45
(6)McNeese State 78, (3)Texas State 71 (OT)
(4)Northwestern State 51, (5)Texas-San Antonio 48
March 9 (at higher seed)
(1)Louisiana-Monroe 50, (6)McNeese State 41
(2)Texas-Arlington 74, (4)Northwestern State 45
March 12 (at highest seed)
(2)Texas-Arlington 60, (1)Louisiana-Monroe 54
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Alcorn State 14- 4 21- 9
Alabama State 11- 7 15-14
Southern 11- 7 16-14
Alabama A&M 11- 7 16-12
Grambling State 11- 7 14-15
Mississippi Valley State 9- 9 11-17
Jackson State 9- 9 11-17
Texas Southern 5-13 5-23
Prairie View A&M 5-13 6-21
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4-14 6-21
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Not invited to conference tourney:
(10)Arkansas-Pine Bluff
(9)Prairie View A&M
March 9 (at Birmingham AL)
(1)Alcorn State 72, (8)Texas Southern 44
(2)Alabama State 71, (7)Jackson State 52
(3)Southern 59, (6)Mississippi Valley State 54
(5)Grambling State 81, (4)Alabama A&M 73
March 11 (at Birmingham AL)
(1)Alcorn State 59, (5)Grambling State 50
(3)Southern 58, (2)Alabama State 51
March 12 (at Birmingham AL)
(1)Alcorn State 56, (3)Southern 47
Alcorn State (21-8) earns automatic bid (#16 seed KCY)
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
KCY R1, March 19 (at Minneapolis)
(1)Michigan State 73, (16)Alcorn State 41 SUN BELT
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EAST DIVISION
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Western Kentucky* 12- 2 20-10
Arkansas State* 11- 3 21-11
Middle Tennessee State 11- 3 24- 9
Florida International 7- 7 18-11
Arkansas-Little Rock 3-11 10-19
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WEST DIVISION
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Lousiana-Lafayette 10- 5 22- 9
North Texas 9- 6 14-14
South Alabama 7- 8 13-15
Denver 4-11 6-22
New Mexico State 4-11 9-19
New Orleans 2-13 2-26
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New Mexico State leaves to join Western.
Troy joins from Atlantic Sun.
March 4 (at North Texas)
(3E)Middle Tennessee State 73, (6W)New Orleans 30
(5E)Arkansas-Little Rock 50, (4W)Denver 48
(4E)Florida International 48, (5W)New Mexico State 45
March 5 (at North Texas)
(1W)Louisiana-Lafayette 61, (4E)Florida International 60
(1E)Western Kentucky 91, (5E)Arkansas-Little Rock 60
March 6 (at North Texas)
(2E)Arkansas State 61, (3W)South Alabama 53
(3E)Middle Tennessee State 59, (2W)North Texas 58
March 7 (at North Texas)
(1W)Louisiana-Lafayette 61, (2E)Arkansas State 49
(3E)Middle Tennessee State 65, (1E)Western Kentucky 61
March 8 (at North Texas)
(3E)Middle Tennessee State 67, (1W)Louisiana-Lafayette 52
Middle Tennessee State (23-8) earns automatic bid (#12 seed PHI) Western Kentucky (20-9) accepts bid to WNIT Arkansas State (19-10) accepts bid to WNIT
WOMEN'S NIT:
FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Western Kentucky)
Xavier 87, Western Kentucky 85
FIRST ROUND, March 17 (at Arkansas State) Arkansas State 78, Mississippi State 61
SECOND ROUND, March 20 (at Arkansas State) Arkansas State 98, Arkansas 84
QUARTERFINAL, March 24 (at Iowa)
Iowa 66, Arkansas State 52
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
PHI R1, March 19 (at Dallas TX)
(12)Middle Tennessee State 60, (5)North Carolina State 58
PHI QF, March 21 (at Dallas TX)
(4)Texas Tech 80, (12)Middle Tennessee State 69 WEST COAST
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Gonzaga* 14- 0 28- 4
Loyola Marymount 9- 5 16-13
Santa Clara 8- 6 17-14
Pepperdine 7- 7 12-17
Saint Mary's (CA) 7- 7 15-13
San Francisco 6- 8 12-16
San Diego 4-10 9-19
Portland 1-13 6-22
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March 3 (at Santa Clara)
(1)Gonzaga 77, (8)Portland 42
(2)Loyola Marymount 68, (7)San Diego 49
(3)Santa Clara 90, (6)San Francisco 49
(4)Pepperdine 57, (5)Saint Mary's (CA) 49
March 5 (at Santa Clara)
(1)Gonzaga 58, (4)Pepperdine 40
(3)Santa Clara 73, (2)Loyola Marymount 64
March 6 (at Santa Clara)
(3)Santa Clara 77, (1)Gonzaga 66
Santa Clara (17-13) earns automatic bid (#15 seed KCY) Gonzaga (27-3) accepts bid to WNIT
WOMEN'S NIT:
FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Gonzaga) Gonzaga 71, Brigham Young 57
SECOND ROUND, March 21 (at Southwest Missouri State)
Southwest Missouri State 85, Gonzaga 66
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
KCY R1, March 19 (at Fresno CA)
(2)Stanford 94, (15)Santa Clara 57 WESTERN
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)
(10)Nevada 65, (7)Hawai'i 61
(9)Boise State 55, (8)Texas-El Paso 50
March 9 (at Nevada)
(1)Louisiana Tech 81, (9)Boise State 68
(2)Rice 64, (10)Nevada 54
(6)San Jose State 63, (3)Tulsa 60
(4)Fresno State 71, (5)Southern Methodist 53
March 11 (at Nevada)
(1)Louisiana Tech 92, (4)Fresno State 87
(2)Rice 76, (6)San Jose State 68
March 12 (at Nevada)
(2)Rice 86, (1)Louisiana Tech 66
Rice (24-8) earns automatic bid (#11 seed CHA) Louisiana Tech (20-9) accepts at-large bid (#11 seed PHI) Tulsa (19-10) accepts bid to WNIT Fresno State (20-10) accepts bid to WNIT Southern Methodist (19-10) accepts bid to WNIT
WOMEN'S NIT:
FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Texas A&M)
Texas A&M 73, Tulsa 62
FIRST ROUND, March 16 (at Southwest Missouri State)
Southwest Missouri State 83, Southern Methodist 56
FIRST ROUND, March 18 (at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 56, Fresno State 53
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
CHA R1, March 19 (at Dallas TX)
(6)Georgia 75, (11)Rice 49
PHI R1, March 20 (at Storrs CT)
(6)Temple 66, (11)Louisiana Tech 61 DIVISION I INDEPENDENTS
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Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 23- 7
South Dakota State 22- 7
Longwood 15-13
Texas-Pan American 14-14
Northern Colorado 12-16
Cal-Davis 9-18
Savannah State 6-22
Indiana/Purdue-Fort Wayne 5-23
Utah Valley State 4-22
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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).
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (22-6) accepts bid to WNIT
WOMEN'S NIT:
FIRST ROUND, March 18 (at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 56, Fresno State 53
SECOND ROUND, March 21 (at Texas A&M)
Texas A&M 65, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 59