Well, the first ticket to the dance was claimed yesterday, with Murray State (26-5) beating a very solid Belmont team handily in the OVC final. Murray has the looks of a 12 or 13 that could beat the right 4/5.
Elsewhere, Loyola (27-5) advanced to the MVC final, where it plays Ill St (18-14) today at 1.
Wagner (23-8) and LIU Brooklynn (17-16) advanced to the NEC final, which is played on Tuesday. Go Wagner!
In the Big Ten, Purdue and Michigan advance and play today for the championship in MSG.
And lastly for yesterday, we had a top seed fall, NKU (22-9, 15-3) out of the Horizon. They and Wright State were the class of the Horizon this year. NKU gets knocked out in the first round.
Today’s action:
Championship games:
Big Ten- Purdue vs Michigan at 3:30 on CBS
MVC- Loyola vs Illinois State at 1 on CBS
Big South- Liberty (20-13) at Radford (21-12). Liberty is the 5 seed and Radford is the 2 seed. Top seed UNCA (21-12) was knocked off by Liberty yesterday. The winner likely gets to play in Dayton in a play in game. The game is on ESPN at noon.
Atlantic Sun- The top two seeds advance to fight for a spot in the dance. The winner will likely be a Dayton team. It’s 1 seed FGCU (23-10) vs 2 seed Lipscomb (22-9). The game is at FGCU on ESPN at 2. These two teams are far and away the class of the A-Sun, with third place finishing at 15-18, 8-6. Either way this one plays out, the league should be happy with this final.
Semifinals:
Patriot League- Top seed Bucknell (23-9, 16-2) hosts 5 seed Boston U (15-15, 10-8) at 1 on CBSSN. Go Bucknell. Also, 2 seed Colgate (18-12, 12-6) hosts 6 seed Holy Cross.
SoCon- UNCG (25-7, 15-3) is the top seed and they are hosting 4 seed Wofford (21-11). ETSU (24-8) plays Furman (23-9). All four teams won 21+ this season. The SoCon had a pretty good year. UNCG beat NC St this year and ETSU lost by 2 at Xavier. Deep low major conference.
MAAC- The top 3 seeds have already lost, including top seed Rider at 22-9, 15-3. It’s St Peters at Iona (top seed remaining, 18-13, 11-7) and Quinipiac vs Fairfield.
Other tournaments in action today (quarterfinal action):
CAA (top seeds CoC 23-7, 14-4, and Northeasern 21-9, 14-4)
Horizon (top seed NKU lost, 2 seed Wright St 23-9, 14-4).
Summit (S Dak St and S Dak at 25 and 26 wins respectively).
Elsewhere, Loyola (27-5) advanced to the MVC final, where it plays Ill St (18-14) today at 1.
Wagner (23-8) and LIU Brooklynn (17-16) advanced to the NEC final, which is played on Tuesday. Go Wagner!
In the Big Ten, Purdue and Michigan advance and play today for the championship in MSG.
And lastly for yesterday, we had a top seed fall, NKU (22-9, 15-3) out of the Horizon. They and Wright State were the class of the Horizon this year. NKU gets knocked out in the first round.
Today’s action:
Championship games:
Big Ten- Purdue vs Michigan at 3:30 on CBS
MVC- Loyola vs Illinois State at 1 on CBS
Big South- Liberty (20-13) at Radford (21-12). Liberty is the 5 seed and Radford is the 2 seed. Top seed UNCA (21-12) was knocked off by Liberty yesterday. The winner likely gets to play in Dayton in a play in game. The game is on ESPN at noon.
Atlantic Sun- The top two seeds advance to fight for a spot in the dance. The winner will likely be a Dayton team. It’s 1 seed FGCU (23-10) vs 2 seed Lipscomb (22-9). The game is at FGCU on ESPN at 2. These two teams are far and away the class of the A-Sun, with third place finishing at 15-18, 8-6. Either way this one plays out, the league should be happy with this final.
Semifinals:
Patriot League- Top seed Bucknell (23-9, 16-2) hosts 5 seed Boston U (15-15, 10-8) at 1 on CBSSN. Go Bucknell. Also, 2 seed Colgate (18-12, 12-6) hosts 6 seed Holy Cross.
SoCon- UNCG (25-7, 15-3) is the top seed and they are hosting 4 seed Wofford (21-11). ETSU (24-8) plays Furman (23-9). All four teams won 21+ this season. The SoCon had a pretty good year. UNCG beat NC St this year and ETSU lost by 2 at Xavier. Deep low major conference.
MAAC- The top 3 seeds have already lost, including top seed Rider at 22-9, 15-3. It’s St Peters at Iona (top seed remaining, 18-13, 11-7) and Quinipiac vs Fairfield.
Other tournaments in action today (quarterfinal action):
CAA (top seeds CoC 23-7, 14-4, and Northeasern 21-9, 14-4)
Horizon (top seed NKU lost, 2 seed Wright St 23-9, 14-4).
Summit (S Dak St and S Dak at 25 and 26 wins respectively).
