Conference Tournaments

[Greek Tragedy]

Good work!  I just did the same in the Pool C board because someone asked! 

[Ralph Turner]

SCAC:  Trinity TX 61, Centre 50

[Hugenerd]

MIT is able to hold off Springfield for the NEWMAC crown. Things got tight at the end, as Springfield took momentary 1 point leads twice, but MIT had the answer each time and in the closing minutes.

I can't say enough about MIT's veteran leadership, especially that of point guard Mitch Kates. He has done whatever the team has needed to win all season. Because he typically looks to setup his teammates first, his ppg numbers may not jump out at you, but there isn't another point guard I would rather have in the country at this level.  In today's win he did basically everything, scoring 24 points on 10-16 FGs, in addition to 6 assists, 3 rebounds, and only 2 turnovers in 39 minutes. Noel Hollingsworth also had one of his standard solid games with 14 points on 50% shooting, to go along with 10 boards and 2 blocks. Will Tashman added 10 boards, 5 points, and 4 assists.

MIT did some renovations to their gym in the off-season, so I am hoping they will get high consideration for first weekend hosting duties with their 25-1 mark.

[7express]

Sunday tournaments all updated which marks the end of the tournaments.

[magicman]

Amherst holds off Middlebury 71-68 to claim the NESCAC championship.

[Falcons04]

UW-River Falls comes back from 8 down at half to beat UW-Whitewater in the WIAC conference tournament

[sac]

In one heck of a good game to follow St. Thomas beat Gustavus Adolphus 66-62 in the MIAC.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Here is the final list of Pool A bids for winning their conference

AMCC: Medaille
ASC: McMurry
CAC: York (PA)
CC: Franklin & Marshall
CUNYAC: Staten Island
CCIW: North Central
CSAC: Cabrini
CCC: Endicott
E8: Ithaca
GNAC: Albertus Magnus
HCAC: Rose-Hulman
IIAC: Buena Vista
Land: Scranton
LL: Skidmore
LEC: E Connecticut
MASCAC: Salem St
MIAA: Hope
MA:C: Messiah
MA:F: Misericordia
MWC: Carroll
MIAC: St Thomas
NECC: Becker
NESCAC: Amherst
NEWMAC: MIT
NJAC: William Paterson
NorthAC: Castleton St
NCAC: Wooster
NEAC: Morrisville St
NorthernAC: Edgewood
NWC: Whitworth
OAC: Capital
ODAC: VA Wesleyan
PAC: Bethany
SLIAC: Westminster (MO)
Sky: Farmingdale St
SCIAC: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
SCAC: Trinity (TX)
SUNYAC: Oswego St
UAA: WashU
UMAC: Northwestern (MN)
USAC: Christopher Newport
WIAC: UW-River Falls

[7express]

The first conference tournament set for 2013 is the NESCAC (all times Eastern as will all my conference tournament updates this year):

#8 Colby (7-16, 3-7) (52)
@ 2/16 2:00 PM
#1 Amherst (22-2, 10-0) (83)

#5 Bowdoin (14-9, 5-5) (71)
@ 2/16 2:00 PM
#4 Tufts (16-8, 7-3) (82)

#7 Bates (10-14, 4-6) (79)
@ 2/16 2:00 PM
#2 Williams (21-3, 9-1) (88)

#6 Wesleyan (12-12, 4-6) (49)
@ 2/16 2:00 PM
#3 Middlebury (21-2, 8-2) (61)

Highest remaining seed after the quarters hosts the semifinals and finals Saturday-Sunday February 23-24.  I think a couple of these teams are playing an OOC game on Thursday so I'll edit with records Thursday or Friday.

#4 Tufts (17-8, 8-3)
@ 2/23 1:00
#1 Amherst (23-2, 11-0)

#2 Williams (22-3, 10-1)
vs. 2/23 3:00
#3 Middlebury (22-2, 9-2)

[Just Bill]

Northern Athletics Conference

http://northernac.org/sports/mbkb/2012-13/tournament

Quarterfinals - Saturday, Feb. 16, 2 p.m.
#8 Marian at #1 Lakeland
#7 Benedictine at #2 Aurora
#6 Rockford at #3 Dominican
#5 MSOE at #4 Concordia Wisconsin

Semifinals - Tuesday, Feb. 19

Final - Saturday, Feb. 23

[7express]

Little East quarterfinals are Tuesday, February 19.  Semifinals and finals are at the site of the highest remaining seed Friday-Saturday February 22-23.  Only spot that's officially locked up is UMass-Boston at #5.  Dartmouth clinched the 8 seed tonight.  Other 6 up for grabs heading into Saturday.

LEC tournament set:

#8 UMass-Dartmouth (5-20, 2-12) (58)
@ 2/19 7:00
#1 Rhode Island College (22-3, 13-1) (62)

#5 UMass-Boston (12-12, 6-8) (65)
@ 2/19 7:30
#4 Southern Maine (14-11, 8-6) (85)

#6 Plymouth state (7-18, 3-11) (68)
@ 2/19 7:00
#3 Keene state (15-10, 9-5) (74)

#7 Western Connecticut (5-20, 3-11)  (54)
@ 2/19 7:30
#2 Eastern Connecticut (18-7, 12-2) (65)

Semifinals (@ RIC):
#4 USM (15-11, 9-6)
@ 2/22 6:00
#1 RIC (23-3, 14-1)

#2 Eastern Connecticut (19-7, 13-2)
vs. 2/22 8:00
#3 Keene (16-10, 10-5)

Final is Saturday at 5

semifinals and finals 22-23 at the highest remaining seed.  I have a feeling the LEC tourney could be crazy.  No team is really that good (RIC has a good record because the conference is terrible overall) and 3/4 of these games are rivalry games so you throw records out the window.

[smedindy]

The NCAC starts next Tuesday.

Wooster is #1 and Ohio Wesleyan will be #2. As far as the rest, it's up for grabs. Allegheny is practically eliminated as they'd have to upset Wooster tonight and beat Kenyon at Kenyon to even tie for #8.

If Oberlin beats Hiram tonight at Oberlin, they're in the catbird seat for #8 as they will have swept the Terriers.

[hickory_cornhusker]

Midwest Conference February 22-23 at #1 seed (Grinnell/St. Norbert)

Friday, February 22
#3 Carroll vs. #2 St. Norbert/Grinnell
#4 Ripon at #1 Grinnell/St. Norbert

Saturday, February 23
Championship


If Grinnell wins at Lawrence on Saturday OR St. Norbert loses at Illinois College on Saturday, Grinnell will be the #1 and host. If St. Norbert wins at Illinois College AND Grinnell loses at Lawrence, St. Norbert will be the #1 and host.

[hopefan]

The CUNYAC Tourney is locked, starting with Quarterfinals on Sunday Feb 17, Semis Thursday Feb 21,  Finals Saturday, Feb 23

#1 Staten Island (14-2, 19-5) hosts #8 Hunter (5-11, 8-17)

#4 Brooklyn (9-7, 11-13) hosts #5 Medgar Evers (8-8, 12-13)

#3 John Jay (9-7, 13-12) hosts #6 York, NY (7-9, 11-14)

#2 Baruch (12-4, 16-9) hosts #7 CCNY (10-15)

[Hugenerd]

NEWMAC Tournament February 20, 23-24 at #1 seed (MIT/WPI)

Wednesday, February 20
#5 Babson at #4 Clark

Saturday, February 23
Semifinals
#4/#5 at #1 MIT/WPI
#3 Springfield/WPI vs. #2 MIT/WPI

Sunday, February 24
Championship

If WPI loses to Clark next Saturday, MIT is the #1 seed (MIT has already completed the conference slate at 10-2, WPI is currently 9-2).  If WPI beats Clark, then MIT and WPI would be tied and I believe all tiebreakers would be tied (MIT and WPI split, and each lost at Springfield).  Therefore, a coin toss would decide the host, unless the conference has recently come up with new tiebreaker criteria that I am unaware of.  I also believe that Springfield would hold the tiebreaker against WPI, if WPI loses on Saturday and Springfield wins (as a result of sweeping Clark, and WPI splitting). So WPI could go from 1st to 3rd in just 2 games.