Games of Interest - March 11

[BeKnighted]

Three more conference champions today.

*Indicates automatic qualifiers for NCAA tournament.


B1G

None


Other RU opponents

St. Francis (PA) 91 Bryant 78 – Red Flash get #2 seed Sacred Heart next, but not until Thursday
#12 Gonzaga 78 St. Mary’s 77 2OT – really narrow escape for Bulldogs


Other ranked teams

#1 Baylor 67 #13 Iowa State 49 – most of margin came in 4th quarter
#2 Connecticut 66 Central Florida 45 – 39-15 1st half
#13 Marquette 75 Georgetown 62 – not as close as it looks


Also

Quinnipiac* 81 Marist 51 – way outside margin of error
Green Bay 55 Youngstown State 53 – close, but Phoenix make it to Horizon final
DePaul 80 Creighton 69 – close until the 4th
San Diego State 70 New Mexico 61 OT – huge upset


Today:

B1G: 0-0
Other RU opponents: 2-0


Year to date:

B1G: 109-37
RU opponents: 171-131

There have been palindromic scores in 32 games completed so far today. There have been 45 palindromic scores in 5,215 games so far this year. It’s been one day since the last palindromic score.

 

[MADHAT1]

DePaul 80 Creighton 69 :okay:

 

[ea_1]

UNM point guard (newcomer of the year, all-defensive team) out with torn ACL--went down with minutes left on senior night.

 

[RC66]

South Dakota beat North Dakota in the semi's of the Summit League.

Why is that important to us?

Avoiding the dreaded 8/9 spot at the dance means getting a 7 or better.

Currently Creme has South Dakota as a 7 ... even though they have an RPI rank of 37 to our 24. Maybe if they lose to South Dakota State in the Summit championship game, they'll move down?

Currently, Creme's other 7s are Texas (28th rpi), Drake (16 rpi), and Central Michigan (27 rpi).