NATIONAL SEMIFINALS (Final Four), April 2 (at Boston MA) Maryland 81, North Carolina 70 Duke 64, Louisiana State 45
NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP, April 4 (at Boston MA) Maryland 78, Duke 75 (OT)
MARYLAND (34-4) WINS 2006 NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP ATLANTIC SUN
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Belmont* 17- 3 22- 7
Florida Atlantic 16- 4 20-11
East Tennessee State 14- 6 18-10
Gardner-Webb 11- 9 14-16
Campbell 10-10 11-17
Mercer 10-10 13-16
North Florida 9-11 11-17
Jacksonville 7-13 10-19
Stetson 7-13 9-19
David Lipscomb 5-15 6-21
Kennesaw State 4-16 5-22
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Central Florida left to join Conference USA.
Troy left to join Sun Belt.
Georgia State left to join Colonial.
East Tennessee State joined from Southern.
North Florida and Kennesaw state joined from Peach Belt (NCAA-II).
David Lipscomb becomes simply Lipscomb.
Florida Atlantic leaves to join Sun Belt.
Not invited to conference tournament:
(11)Kennesaw State (provisional from D-II)
(10)David Lipscomb
(7)North Florida (provisional from D-II)
March 2 (at Indianapolis IN)
(6)Indiana 68, (12)Michigan 52
(7)Illinois 60, (11)Northwestern 49
(8)Penn State 80, (9)Wisconsin 73
March 3 (at Indianapolis IN)
(1)Ohio State 64, (8)Penn State 46
(2)Purdue 68, (7)Illinois 57
(6)Indiana 61, (3)Minnesota 46
(4)Michigan State 79, (5)Iowa 58
March 5 (at Indianapolis IN)
(1)Ohio State 68, (4)Michigan State 64
(2)Purdue 67, (6)Indiana 41
March 6 (at Indianapolis IN)
(1)Ohio State 63, (2)Purdue 60
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Old Dominion 17- 1 22- 9
James Madison* 14- 4 24- 7
Delaware* 13- 5 22- 8
Hofstra* 12- 6 19-12
William & Mary 11- 7 15-13
North Carolina-Wilmington 9- 9 15-13
Drexel 9- 9 15-14
George Mason 7-11 12-17
Virginia Commonwealth 6-12 13-15
Towson 4-14 9-19
Northeastern 3-15 8-21
Georgia State 3-15 9-20
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Georgia State joined from Atlantic Sun.
Northeastern joined from America East.
March 8 (at George Mason)
(12)Georgia State 81, (5)William & Mary 66
(11)Northeastern 63, (6)North Carolina-Wilmington 54
(7)Drexel 61, (10)Towson 46
(8)George Mason 74, (9)Virginia Commonwealth 60
March 9 (at George Mason)
(1)Old Dominion 66, (8)George Mason 50
(2)James Madison 53, (7)Drexel 51 (OT)
(3)Delaware 55, (11)Northeastern 45
(4)Hofstra 86, (12)Georgia State 77
March 10 (at George Mason)
(1)Old Dominion 94, (4)Hofstra 73
(2)James Madison 61, (3)Delaware 59
March 11 (at George Mason)
(1)Old Dominion 58, (2)James Madison 54
Old Dominion (22-8) earns automatic bid (#10 seed CLE) James Madison (24-6) accepts bid to WNIT Delaware (22-7) accepts bid to WNIT Hofstra (18-11) accepts bid to WNIT
WOMEN'S NIT:
FIRST ROUND, March 15 (at Hofstra) Hofstra 92, Stony Brook 65
FIRST ROUND, March 17 (at North Carolina-Charlotte)
North Carolina-Charlotte 70, James Madison 62
FIRST ROUND, March 18 (at Pittsburgh)
Pittsburgh 64, Delaware 57
FIRST ROUND, March 18 (at Villanova)
Villanova 77, Hofstra 44
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
CLE R1, March 19 (at Norfolk VA)
(7)George Washington 87, (10)Old Dominion 72 CONFERENCE USA
Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, and South Florida left to join Big East.
North Carolina-Charlotte and Saint Louis left to join Atlantic Ten.
Texas Christian left to join Mountain West.
Central Florida joined from Atlantic Sun.
Marshall joined from Mid-American.
Rice, Southern Methodist, Texas-El Paso, and Tulsa joined from Western.
Morehead State lost 85-74 to Murray State on December 10, but that game
was forfeited to Morehead State by OVC ruling due to use of an ineligible player.
Not invited to conference tournament:
(11)Tennessee State
(10)Tennessee-Martin
(9)Eastern Kentucky
February 28 (at higher seed)
(1)Tennessee Tech 83, (8)Eastern Illinois 69
(2)Southeast Missouri State 80, (7)Murray State 49
(3)Samford 58, (6)Jacksonville State 56
(5)Morehead State 81, (4)Austin Peay 78
March 3 (at Nashville TN)
(1)Tennessee Tech 80, (5)Morehead State 66
(2)Southeast Missouri State 59, (3)Samford 52
March 4 (at Nashville TN)
(2)Southeast Missouri State 71, (1)Tennessee Tech 50
Southeast Missouri State (22-8) earns automatic bid (#14 seed SAN) Tennessee Tech (22-8) earns automatic bid to WNIT
FIRST ROUND, March 17 (at Western Kentucky)
Western Kentucky 83, Tennessee Tech 66
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
SAN R1, March 18 (at Denver CO)
(3)Stanford 72, (14)Southeast Missouri State 45 PACIFIC TEN
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Stanford 15- 3 26- 8
Arizona State 14- 4 25- 7
Cal-Los Angeles 12- 6 21-11
Washington 11- 7 19-11
Southern California 11- 7 19-12
California 10- 8 18-12
Oregon State* 7-11 16-15
Oregon 5-13 14-15
Arizona 3-15 8-22
Washington State 2-16 8-20
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March 3 (at San Jose CA)
(7)Oregon State 77, (10)Washington State 38
(9)Arizona 64, (8)Oregon 57
March 4 (at San Jose CA)
(1)Stanford 77, (9)Arizona 50
(2)Arizona State 74, (7)Oregon State 66
(3)Cal-Los Angeles 80, (6)California 63
(5)Southern California 70, (4)Washington 67
March 5 (at San Jose CA)
(1)Stanford 73, (5)Southern California 44
(3)Cal-Los Angeles 60, (2)Arizona State 59
March 6 (at San Jose CA)
(3)Cal-Los Angeles 85, (1)Stanford 76 (OT)
Cal-Los Angeles (20-10) earns automatic bid (#5 seed CLE) Stanford (23-7) accepts at-large bid (#3 seed SAN) Arizona State (24-6) accepts at-large bid (#4 seed ALB) Washington (18-10) accepts at-large bid (#9 seed SAN) Southern California (18-11) accepts at-large bid (#8 seed BRP) California (18-11) accepts at-large bid (#10 seed ALB) Oregon State (15-14) accepts bid to WNIT
WOMEN'S NIT:
OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Oregon State) Oregon State 74, Santa Clara 48
FIRST ROUND, March 18 (at Wyoming)
Wyoming 67, Oregon State 49
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
SAN R1, March 18 (at Denver CO)
(3)Stanford 72, (14)Southeast Missouri State 45
ALB R1, March 18 (at Tucson AZ)
(4)Arizona State 80, (13)Stephen F. Austin 61
SAN R1, March 18 (at Nashville TN)
(9)Washington 73, (8)Minnesota 69
CLE R1, March 19 (at West Lafayette IN)
(5)Cal-Los Angeles 74, (12)Bowling Green 61
BRP R1, March 19 (at Norfolk VA)
(8)Southern California 67, (9)South Florida 65
ALB R1, March 19 (at University Park PA)
(7)Saint John's (NY) 78, (10)California 68
SAN QF, March 20 (at Denver CO)
(3)Stanford 88, (6)Florida State 70
ALB QF, March 20 (at Tucson AZ)
(5)Utah 86, (4)Arizona State 65
CLE QF, March 20 (at West Lafayette IN)
(4)Purdue 61, (5)Cal-Los Angeles 54
SAN QF, March 18 (at Nashville TN)
(1)Louisiana State 72, (9)Washington 49
BRP QF, March 21 (at Norfolk VA)
(1)Duke 85, (8)Southern California 51
SAN SF, March 25 (at San Antonio TX)
(3)Stanford 88, (2)Oklahoma 74
SAN FINAL, March 27 (at San Antonio TX)
(1)Louisiana State 62, (3)Stanford 59 PATRIOT
March 2 (at North Little Rock AR)
(5)Florida 98, (12)Mississippi State 83
(6)Vanderbilt 84, (11)Alabama 62
(10)Auburn 64, (7)South Carolina 48
(8)Mississippi 94, (9)Arkansas 64
March 3 (at North Little Rock AR)
(1)Louisiana State 91, (8)Mississippi 73
(2)Tennessee 77, (10)Auburn 45
(3)Georgia 69, (6)Vanderbilt 47
(4)Kentucky 88, (5)Florida 70
March 4 (at North Little Rock AR)
(1)Louisiana State 79, (4)Kentucky 52
(2)Tennessee 89, (3)Georgia 79
March 5 (at North Little Rock AR)
(2)Tennessee 63, (1)Louisiana State 62
BRP QF, March 18 (at Chicago IL)
(5)Kentucky 69, (12)Tennessee-Chattanooga 59 SOUTHLAND
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Stephen F. Austin 14- 2 23- 8
Texas-Arlington 13- 3 20- 9
Texas-San Antonio 11- 5 18-12
Louisiana-Monroe 9- 7 18-11
Texas State 9- 7 17-11
Southeastern Louisiana 8- 8 11-16
McNeese State 7- 9 13-15
Lamar 6-10 11-16
Northwestern State 4-12 11-16
Sam Houston State 4-12 9-18
Nicholls State 3-13 4-23
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Louisiana-Monroe leaves to join Sun Belt.
Central Arkansas joins from Gulf South (NCAA-II).
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi joins from NCAA-I Independents.
Not invited to conference tournament:
(11)Nicholls State
(10)Sam Houston State
(9)Northwestern State
March 6 (at higher seed)
(1)Stephen F. Austin 54, (8)Lamar 53
(2)Texas-Arlington 71, (7)McNeese State 43
(3)Texas-San Antonio 61, (6)Southeastern Louisiana 46
(5)Louisiana-Monroe 72, (4)Texas State 56
March 8 (at higher seed)
(1)Stephen F. Austin 72, (5)Louisiana-Monroe 71 (OT)
(3)Texas-San Antonio 76, (2)Texas-Arlington 75 (3OT)
March 11 (at Stephen F. Austin)
(1)Stephen F. Austin 56, (3)Texas-San Antonio 48
Stephen F. Austin (23-7) earns automatic bid (#13 seed ALB)
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
ALB R1, March 18 (at Tucson AZ)
(4)Arizona State 80, (13)Stephen F. Austin 61 SOUTHWESTERN
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Jackson State* 14- 4 17-14
Southern 14- 4 20-11
Mississippi Valley State 13- 5 17-11
Alabama State 10- 8 15-15
Alcorn State 9- 9 11-16
Alabama A&M 8-10 13-16
Grambling State 7-11 11-15
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 6-12 7-21
Prairie View A&M 6-12 7-21
Texas Southern 3-15 5-22
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Not invited to conference tourney:
(10)Texas Southern
(9)Prairie View A&M
March 8 (at Birmingham AL)
(1)Jackson State 56, (8)Arkansas-Pine Bluff 55
(2)Southern 84, (7)Grambling State 76
(6)Alabama A&M 64, (3)Mississippi Valley State 59
(4)Alabama State 57, (5)Alcorn State 45
March 10 (at Birmingham AL)
(2)Southern 58, (6)Alabama A&M 55 (OT)
(4)Alabama State 67, (1)Jackson State 57
March 11 (at Birmingham AL)
(2)Southern 61, (4)Alabama State 58
Southern (20-10) earns automatic bid (#16 seed BRP) Jackson State (17-13) earns automatic bid to WNIT
WOMEN'S NIT:
OPENING ROUND, March 15 (at Rice)
Rice 64, Jackson State 48
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
BRP R1, March 19 (at Norfolk VA)
(1)Duke 96, (16)Southern 27 SUN BELT
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EAST DIVISION
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Western Kentucky* 12- 2 27- 7
Middle Tennessee State 10- 4 20-11
Florida International 9- 5 19-13
Arkansas State 7- 7 15-15
Arkansas-Little Rock 5- 9 13-15
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WEST DIVISION
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North Texas 9- 6 19- 9
Denver 8- 7 15-13
Lousiana-Lafayette 8- 7 18-10
South Alabama 8- 7 15-14
Troy 3-12 9-18
New Orleans 1-14 3-25
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New Mexico State left to join the Western.
Troy joined from Atlantic Sun.
Florida Atlantic joins from Atlantic Sun.
Louisiana-Monroe joins from Southland.
March 2 (at Middle Tennessee State)
(3E)Florida International 69, (6W)New Orleans 46
(4W)South Alabama 48, (5E)Arkansas-Little Rock 34
(4E)Arkansas State 68, (5W)Troy 62
March 4 (at Middle Tennessee State)
(1E)Western Kentucky 83, (4W)South Alabama 68
(4E)Arkansas State 78, (1W)North Texas 62
(2E)Middle Tennessee State 84, (3W)Louisiana-Lafayette 58
(3E)Florida International 68, (2W)Denver 59
March 6 (at Middle Tennessee State)
(1E)Western Kentucky 66, (3E)Florida International 58
(2E)Middle Tennessee State 90, (4E)Arkansas State 64
March 7 (at Middle Tennessee State)
(2E)Middle Tennessee State 84, (1E)Western Kentucky 73
Middle Tennessee State (20-10) earns automatic bid (#12 seed ALB) Western Kentucky (24-6) accepts bid to WNIT
WOMEN'S NIT:
FIRST ROUND, March 17 (at Western Kentucky) Western Kentucky 83, Tennessee Tech 66
SECOND ROUND, March 20 (at Western Kentucky) Western Kentucky 81, North Carolina-Charlotte 68
QUARTERFINAL, March 23 (at Villanova) Western Kentucky 94, Villanova 81
SEMIFINAL, March 28 (at Kansas State)
Kansas State 57, Western Kentucky 56 (OT)
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
ALB R1, March 18 (at Tucson AZ)
(4)Utah 76, (12)Middle Tennessee State 71 WEST COAST
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Santa Clara* 11- 3 19-12
Gonzaga 11- 3 16-14
Loyola Marymount 10- 4 17-12
Pepperdine 8- 6 14-17
Saint Mary's (CA) 7- 7 12-16
San Diego 4-10 9-19
San Francisco 4-10 9-20
Portland 1-13 4-24
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March 2 (at Gonzaga)
(1)Santa Clara 83, (8)Portland 77
(7)San Francisco 75, (2)Gonzaga 67
(3)Loyola Marymount 61, (6)San Diego 56
(4)Pepperdine 70, (5)Saint Mary's (CA) 58
March 4 (at Gonzaga)
(1)Santa Clara 75, (7)San Francisco 65 (OT)
(4)Pepperdine 59, (3)Loyola Marymount 58
March 5 (at Gonzaga)
(4)Pepperdine 71, (1)Santa Clara 67
Pepperdine (14-16) earns automatic bid (#15 seed SAN) Santa Clara (19-11) earns automatic bid to WNIT
WOMEN'S NIT:
OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Oregon State)
Oregon State 74, Santa Clara 48
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
SAN R1, March 18 (at Denver CO)
(2)Oklahoma 78, (15)Pepperdine 66 WESTERN
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Louisiana Tech 15- 1 26- 5
Fresno State* 14- 2 24- 8
Hawai'i 9- 7 18-10
San Jose State 8- 8 13-15
Nevada 8- 8 13-17
Boise State 6-10 15-15
Idaho 5-11 10-19
New Mexico State 5-11 10-20
Utah State 2-14 3-24
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Rice, Southern Methodist, Texas-El Paso, and Tulsa left to join Conference USA.
Idaho and Utah State joined from Big West.
New Mexico State joined from Sun Belt.
March 7 (at Nevada)
(8)Idaho 70, (9)Utah State 59
March 8 (at Nevada)
(1)Louisiana Tech 80, (8)Idaho 57
(7)New Mexico State 74, (2)Fresno State 66
(6)Boise State 72, (3)Hawai'i 63
(5)Nevada 75, (4)San Jose State 61
March 10 (at Nevada)
(1)Louisiana Tech 69, (5)Nevada 60
(7)New Mexico State 60, (6)Boise State 59
March 11 (at Nevada)
(1)Louisiana Tech 63, (7)New Mexico State 39
Louisiana Tech (26-4) earns automatic bid (#11 seed SAN) Fresno State (22-7) accepts bid to WNIT
WOMEN'S NIT:
OPENING ROUND, March 16 (at Fresno State) Fresno State 78, Cal-Santa Barbara 59
FIRST ROUND, March 19 (at Nevada-Las Vegas) Fresno State 77, Nevada-Las Vegas 57
SECOND ROUND, March 22 (at Kansas State)
Kansas State 64, Fresno State 61
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT:
SAN R1, March 18 (at Denver CO)
(6)Florida State 80, (11)Louisiana Tech 71 DIVISION I INDEPENDENTS
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South Dakota State 19- 9
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 16-12
Cal-Davis 16-12
Northern Colorado 13-15
Utah Valley State 10-16
North Dakota State 8-17
Longwood 9-19
Indiana/Purdue-Fort Wayne 7-21
Texas-Pan American 7-21
Savannah State 4-24
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North Dakota State joined from North Central (NCAA-II).
Northern Colorado leaves to join Big Sky.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi leaves to join Southland.
Chicago State joins from Mid-Continent.
New Jersey Tech joins from Central Atlantic (NCAA-II).
Winston-Salem State joins from Central (NCAA-II).