Very brief hits this week: links to SID recaps of all the week’s games, extremely quick notes on next week’s quarterfinal matches, and the weekly panels after the jump.
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The first week of the playoffs is done, as well as the ECAC bowl games and a couple of make-up games postponed during the regular season. The quick hits follow, with detailed recaps and previews for the playoffs to come later in the week.
Every region saw a mild upset in the first round, with three fives and a six advancing. Invitations have gone out for the three D-II bowl games, and the final D-II regular season game of the year awaits. Quickest of notes on last week’s action and upcoming games follows; detailed recaps will be in the Playoff Update later this week.
Done for the year:
Abilene Christian
Albany State
Concord
Elizabeth City State
Minot State
Missouri Western
Saginaw Valley State
Southern Nazarene
West Alabama
The OVC avoided the disasterpants scenario, #1 tumbled yet again, the strongest league in the nation crowned its last place team from 2010 as its 2011 champion, a team which has had a chance to clinch a title for three weeks eliminated themselves, a de facto title game resulted in an upset, and oh, yes, the playoff field has been announced. All the gory details after the jump.
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The second part of the NAIA first round playoff preview, our final playoff preview piece of the week, featuring the teams in the bottom half of the bracket.
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Here’s the first part of the NAIA first round playoff preview, featuring the teams in the top half of the bracket.
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Our final set of D-III precaps, this for the four games in the Mary Hardin-Baylor bracket of this week’s playoff first round.
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Handy precaps for the four games in the Delaware Valley bracket of this week’s D-III playoff first round. Which was supposed to be the Saint Thomas bracket, until something apparently happened deep in the bowels of NCAA headquarters.
Either that, or I just got a screwed-up bracket somehow.
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Handy precaps for the four games in the Mount Union bracket of this week’s D-III playoff first round.
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Handy precaps for the four games in the Whitewater bracket of this week’s D-III playoff first round.
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