Some strange things happened on Thursday in Bracketville. Click on the graphic for more detail of the projected bracket.
UCLA inexplicably lost in overtime to the 8th place team in the Pac-10, Cal. I have not moved them from my projection, as I already had them as the 3rd #1 seed. I don't see them slipping past that spot, in spite of today's bad loss.
The team that hurt itself the most was Air Force. The Falcons lost to Wyoming today in Las Vegas, 77-72, knocking themselves out of the Mountain West tournament. Air Force has never won a post-season tournament game, either in the NCAA, the NIT, or a conference tournament. This is the third year in a row that the Zoomies have entered the MWC tournament with over 20 wins, only to lose in the first round. Air Force has lost four in a row. They will have a long next three days. I have them out of my projected bracket for now.
Say goodbye also to UMass. They lost an overtime game to the St. Louis Billikens, in the Atlantic 10 tournament in Atlantic City. The Minutemen were hoping to turn their 23 wins into at least an at-large bid. That looks doubtful, now. By the way, it's really unstable for St. Louis, the Gateway to the West, to be in a conference with Atlantic in the name. There's nothing Atlantic about St. Louis.
In Tampa, Duke and Maryland were both upset today in the ACC tournament. Both will make the Big Dance, but their seeding will suffer. By the way, it's weird to see the ACC tournament in Florida. But, it's good to spread it around every once in a while, and Tampa's a good place to have it.
One automatic bid will be decided on Friday. Bucknell plays at Holy Cross in the Patriot League final.
Last four in: Drexel, Missouri State, Syracuse, Illinois
Last four out: Air Force, Florida State, Purdue, Kansas State
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Justin Ingram scored 14 points and forced six steals to help top-seeded Toledo beat Eastern Michigan 62-to-54.
The Rockets advance to the MAC semifinals with the win.
Go ROCKETS!!!
Toledo plays Miami (Ohio) tonight, while Akron plays Kent State on the other side of the bracket, at the Q in CLE.
I was looking at Toledo's non-conference schedule, and they lost a bunch of games to some pretty decent teams. They'll have to win the tournament to go to the Big Dance, but they're not bad.
At minimum, they'll go to the NIT, since they're the regular season MAC champs.
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