2015 Conference Tournament Thread

[NDSUstudent]

My favorite time of the year, Championship week and then onto the Big Dance. Tons and tons of great basketball, it all starts tomorrow with the ASun, Patriot League and Horizon League getting their tournaments going.

Great link to TV/Webcast info for all the conference tournaments: http://hoopshd.com/conference-tourney-info/

Ticket's Punched:
A10: VCU
AAC: SMU
ACC: Notre Dame
America East: Albany
Atlantic Sun: North Florida
Big 10: Wisconsin
Big 12: Iowa State
Big East: Villanova
Big South: Coastal Carolina
Big Sky: EWU
Big West: UC Irvine
CAA: Northeastern
CUSA: UAB
Horizon: Valpo
Ivy: Harvard
MAAC: Manhattan
MAC: Buffalo
MEAC: Hampton
MVC: Northern Iowa
MWC: Wyoming
NEC: Robert Morris
OVC: Belmont
Pac 12: Arizona
Patriot: Lafayette
SEC: Kentucky
SLC: SFA
SoCon: Wofford
Summit: NDSU
Sun Belt: Ga State
SWAC: Texas Southern
WAC: NMSU
WCC: Gonzaga

[ndsubison1]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/page/fourcorners150302/who-take-month-march


Summit (Begins Saturday in Sioux Falls, South Dakota)Favorite: Pick a Dakota. South Dakota State (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2571/south-dakota-st-jackrabbits) and North Dakota State (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2449/north-dakota-st-bison) finished with identical 12-4 league records and split the regular-season meetings. The aptly named Jackrabbits of South Dakota like to score (averaging 72.9 per game) and the more lumbering Bison, fittingly prefer to stop people (they allow just 62.3 PPG).
Sleeper: IPFW (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2870/ipfw-mastodons). Let's face it, the tourney really could use some Mastodons, but it's not on nickname alone that IPFW earns a shot. The Mastodons beat both North and South Dakota State this season and won eight of their final 10.

[ndsubison1]

2 seed Florida Gulf Coast fell to 3 seed USC-Upstate

[NDSUstudent]

Top seed in the Big South Charleston Southern just went down.

[marenlee]

So I've been watching some of the UNI/Bradley game. I thought the MVC averaged 20k per tourney game? Certainly doesn't look any better than a Summit game.

[NDSUstudent]

I think they get the bigger crowds on Saturday and obviously Sunday.

[marenlee]

I think they get the bigger crowds on Saturday and obviously Sunday.

No doubt. I'm just referencing the extreme exaggeration of MVC superiorists. Like the Redbird fans sitting in front of me at Frisco..... Damn he wouldn't shutup.

[NDSUstudent]

No doubt. I'm just referencing the extreme exaggeration of MVC superiorists. Like the Redbird fans sitting in front of me at Frisco..... Damn he wouldn't shutup.

It is odd how they whine about the Big 10/Big 12 not giving them enough credit and they go off and do the same to the Summit.

That said the Summit tournament is a bit of a hidden gem, hopefully the new arena makes the perception a bit better.

[ndsubison1]

Top seed in the Big South Charleston Southern just went down.

2 seed High Point also went down

[NDSUstudent]

MAC bracket...Crazy how huge the advantage the top seeds get...also long road for Saul....

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_dmqiUUwAEu06c.png:large

[bisonaudit]

2 seed High Point also went down

shaping up for a Coastal Carolina cruise to the dance?

[MNLonghorn10]

ISUr potential bid stealer after they shocked the Shockers.

Go UNI

*takes shower*

[ndsubison1]

shaping up for a Coastal Carolina cruise to the dance?

i think theyre hosting too

[ndsubison1]

#25 murray st goes down. belmont is dancing.

[StL Bison Fan]

#25 murray st goes down. belmont is dancing.

This makes me sad. :(

[NDSUstudent]

Just saw the OVC title game highlights. Murray State #25 in the nation and their RPI is 67 with sadly no real quality wins. Wow to win 25 row and lose like that in a huge game, I can't even imagine that.

[DePereBisonFan]

Just saw the OVC title game highlights. Murray State #25 in the nation and their RPI is 67 with sadly no real quality wins. Wow to win 25 row and lose like that in a huge game, I can't even imagine that.

Will they get an auto-bid? To go from being ranked #25 to not even getting an auto-bid based on a conference championship loss? That would be quite a fall.

[marenlee]

UNI and Illinois State for the MVC Championship at 2pm EST on CBS. Ugh.

[bisonaudit]

Will they get an auto-bid? To go from being ranked #25 to not even getting an auto-bid based on a conference championship loss? That would be quite a fall.

None of the bracketologists seem to think they're getting in.

[HoopsBison]

None of the bracketologists seem to think they're getting in.

Sadly somebody like Texas,who wasn't even .500 in the Big 12 will get in over them.

[NDSUstudent]

CCU is going dancing.

[Mr Meaty]

Ill st is taking it to uni right now.

[StL Bison Fan]

Ill st is taking it to uni right now.

I dislike uni more than il
Murray State is out, Bison need to come thru for me. Two heartbreaks would be too much

[MNLonghorn10]

whole country cheering for UNI. Redbirds are melting down. Good.

[ndsubison1]

ill st looking to steal a bid. murray st should get an at-large imo, but wont.

[MNLonghorn10]

Hell yea UNI! tuttles a beast.

[NDSUstudent]

Lafayette knocks off #1 seed Bucknell to advance to the Patriot League title game.

[NDSUstudent]

UNI punches their ticket, impressive second half. Bubble teams can breathe a bit easier now.

[NDSUstudent]

North Florida to the dance for the first time in school history. Love the court storm!

[ndsubison1]

hofstra bob & mary in ot on nbcsn

dbl ot now.

[MNLonghorn10]

just watched the end of that Hofstra w&M game...That was a cold blooded 3.

[NDSUFan_Sav]

Hell yea UNI! tuttles a beast.

really wanting to get your Longhorns in just to have your hopes crushed early?

[MNLonghorn10]

really wanting to get your Longhorns in just to have your hopes crushed early?

yea, normally i dont like getting Barnes'ed...but meh.

[NDSUstudent]

William and Mary takes on Northeastern in tonigh'ts CAA title game. William and Mary is one of five charter NCAA members(Northwestern, Army, The Citadel and St Francis) to have never played in the big dance.

[ndsubison1]

10 seed Furman tied with 1 seed Wofford at half.

[MNLonghorn10]

10 seed Furman tied with 1 seed Wofford at half.

Ive switched to this game over the abortion in South Dakota.

[NDSUstudent]

Ive switched to this game over the abortion in South Dakota.
I am at the game and I switched over...thankfully the WiFi is better then the game in here.

Sent from my A0001

[MNLonghorn10]

If Furman pulls this off...Geoff Beans is going to be a household name for the next 10 days

[ndsubison1]

Great game between Iona and Manhattan.

[HerdBot]

We pissed a ten point lead away. up by 1 .

[NDSUstudent]

Manhattan, Northeastern and Wofford all punched tickets to the dance.

[marenlee]

Poor William & Mary.

[bisonmike2]

The Pac-12 tournament is at the MGM and the Merryweather/Paciou presser is going on. I've never seen it this packed before.

[ndsubison1]

Nebraska with a nice little comeback vs Penn State. On ESPN2. 66-65 PSU 39 seconds.

[MNLonghorn10]

Waitin for Texas/Tech...go pards Leopards are up on American on CBS SN. The rest of the college games are quarter finals boring stuff.

[Tatanka]

Yep... Cheering on the Pards for sure.
Sent from somewhere on teh intarwebs.

[MNLonghorn10]

man these games are awesome.

[NDSUstudent]

Congrats to the Pards and of course to Pards Rule!

[Tatanka]

Congrats to the Pards and of course to Pards Rule!

indeed!!!!!! way to go pards! first trip in 15 years!

[NDSUFan_Sav]

I've rewatched our game from last night twice already.

[Tatanka]

I've rewatched our game from last night twice already.


Did we win again?

[NDSUFan_Sav]

Did we win again?
Dude please don't ruin it, seriously come on now there is just a few mins left.

[Tatanka]

Dude please don't ruin it, seriously come on now there is just a few mins left.


My bad. I must have been talking about a different game.

[NDSUFan_Sav]

My bad. I must have been talking about a different game.
Sir just for this mistake you must get in the back of the line behind Nagy and co. They're at the back whining and constantly bitching about it.

[NDSUFan_Sav]

Congrats to the Pards and of course to Pards Rule!
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/11/c9e590d5c5c37834f9e672db2f5058a6.jpg

[Tatanka]

Sir just for this mistake you must get in the back of the line behind Nagy and co. They're at the back whining and constantly bitching about it.


Good. I can help them warm up maybe.

[NDSUstudent]

Texas is collapsing after controlling most of this game.

[HoopsBison]

Wow how do you not hold for the last shot?

[NDSUstudent]

Barnes fired yet?

[HoopsBison]

Texas deserves that.

[NorthernBison]

Texas deserves that.

Major fail.

[NDSUFan_Sav]

Barnes fired yet?
Please no please no

[NDSUFan_Sav]

Texas is collapsing after controlling most of this game.
Please don't tell me that surprises you?

[NDSUstudent]

Please don't tell me that surprises you?

No, just Texas being Texas.

[NDSUFan_Sav]

No, just Barnes being Barnes.

Fixed it, that's more like it.

[NDSUstudent]

Please no please no

Not sure how he survives this debacle. But maybe basketball at Texas is like UND and they just don't give a damn that their coach sucks.

That shot the Texas player took at the end of the game might be one of the worst that I have ever seen in that situation.

[MNLonghorn10]

Not sure how he survives this debacle. But maybe basketball at Texas is like UND and they just don't give a damn that their coach sucks.

That shot the Texas player took at the end of the game might be one of the worst that I have ever seen in that situation.

New AD. Patterson will make his mark if he fires barnes immediately.

No texas fans likes barnes.

http://www.shaggybevo.com/board/forumdisplay.php/12-Basketball

going into prevent offense is vintage barnes, especially with over 7 minutes left in the game

[NDSUFan_Sav]

New AD. Patterson will make his mark if he fires barnes immediately.

No texas fans likes barnes.

http://www.shaggybevo.com/board/forumdisplay.php/12-Basketball

going into prevent offense is vintage barnes, especially with over 7 minutes left in the game
I'm a huge Barnes supporter

[ndsubison1]

auburn up on lsu 72-68 with 1:21 left in ot. auburn hit a 3 at the buzzer. lsu didnt foul.

[ndsubison1]

NC Central goes down!

[NDSUstudent]

La Tech gets upset in the CUSA tournament, kind of a shame since I thought they could make some noise in the dance. Now UAB and MTSU will play in the title game.

[NDSUstudent]

Even though they play in the SWAC title game tomorrow, Texas Southern has already clinched the autobid because Southern is ineligible.

[HoopsBison]

UC Davis lost out tonight, the #1 seed in the Big West.

[NDSUFan_Sav]

Wow Spangler missed a wide open layup to tie and send it to OT but lose to ISU by 2

[Hammersmith]

Oklahoma blew a point blank shot for OT. Lose to Iowa State 67-65.


Looks like Duke is going to get upset by Notre Dame. But Duke is finally starting to make up ground with three minutes left.

[GRAFTONBISON]

Oklahoma blew a point blank shot for OT. Lose to Iowa State 67-65.


Looks like Duke is going to get upset by Notre Dame. But Duke is finally starting to make up ground with three minutes left.
Lot of game left

[HoopsBison]

Notre Dame beats duke.

Pretty crazy how good this Notre Dame team is this season. NDSU beat pretty much this same team last season. Just shows how big of a loss Grant was last year for them.

[ndsubison1]

uc davis was projected higher than us

[MNLonghorn10]

stony brook/albany going down to the wire again. SB up 3 with 30 sec left

[MNLonghorn10]

holy shit...fantastic finish

Albany wins on a last second 3, havent made a 3 all game, dude who makes it lost his dad in the last few months i think.

[NorthernBison]

Crushing defeat for Stony Brook.

[NorthernBison]

holy shit...fantastic finish

Albany wins on a last second 3, havent made a 3 all game, dude who makes it lost his dad in the last few months i think.

I think it was his Mother. Age 52 from cancer.

[NDSUstudent]

Looking like Hampton will be dancing, they were in Fargo early in the season. Gave us a decent game, I remember they had a lot of transfers and looks like they gelled at the right time.

[Hammersmith]

Wild Big 12 game so far. Iowa State down 17 at the half. Now up 6 with 6 min left.


Thinking more and more that one of these teams will be our opponent in a 3/14 matchup.

[tjbison]

Yo ming, hits a 3 to go up 43-41on sdsu

1 to go

[Hammersmith]

Got to say that Iowa State's coach is a seriously lucky guy.

[bisonaudit]

Flagrant 2, ejection and an injury in the last 30 seconds of meaningless SWAC title game. They may want to rethink letting ineligible teams participate in the conference tournament.

[bisonaudit]

Bilas just said North Carolina rebounds 40% of their own misses. How can you lose 10 games getting that many extra possessions?

[KC Bison]

I like KU and really disliking ISU fans so the Bison win in Ames is all the more enjoyable. If we're going to beat KU, this is the year.

[bisonpride4ever]

Flagrant 2, ejection and an injury in the last 30 seconds of meaningless SWAC title game. They may want to rethink letting ineligible teams participate in the conference tournament.

I thought that was odd as well. The southland didn't let the crapload of ineligible teams participate in their tourney, no idea why southern was allowed. Especially when their entire athletic dept is ineligible from postseason play.


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[MNLonghorn10]

Got to say that Iowa State's coach is a seriously lucky guy.

MAYOR! One of the better guys in all of college bball. Loved him as a Timberwolf, love his style of play as a coach. his week was awesome. MAYOR is the man

[MNLonghorn10]

I like KU and really disliking ISU fans so the Bison win in Ames is all the more enjoyable. If we're going to beat KU, this is the year.

the amount of booing ISU fans did this weekend was nauseous. Sucks that the MAYOR is from there, or it'd be super easy to pile on them.

[MNLonghorn10]

the University of New York at Buffalo to the tourney for the first time ever.

[NDSUstudent]

SFA is dancing.

[NDSUstudent]

Battle of the GSU's on ESPN2 right now. Slick's favorite coach Ron Hunter is still at Ga State.

[MNLonghorn10]

VCU just went from up 4, to down 6 to up 4 in like 3 min.

Im bad when it comes to picking A10 teams to win, i probably went 0-4 last year

[Hammersmith]

Real barnburner in the Sun Belt.

GSU up 19-16 on GSU at the half.


(pick which GSU is which; it really doesn't matter)

[bisonaudit]

Real barnburner in the Sun Belt.

GSU up 19-16 on GSU at the half.


(pick which GSU is which; it really doesn't matter)

makes Kentucky pounding whoever is next sound entertaining.

[MNLonghorn10]

VCU Dayton is alright.

back and forth. VCU is fun to watch

[NDSUstudent]

Battle of the GSU's tied at 34 with 3:39 to play in the game.

[HoopsBison]

Ron hunter injured storming the court.

[MNLonghorn10]

38-36? lol. No way could i watch this one

[NDSUstudent]

38-36? lol. No way could i watch this one

I watched the last 5 minutes now back to VCU-Dayton.

[Hammersmith]

Battle of the GSU's on ESPN2 right now. Slick's favorite coach Rod Hunter is still at Ga State.

Rod Hunter gets hurt celebrating the win. Probably turned his ankle when he hugged/slammed into his son and the two of them hit the floor.

[HoopsBison]

Rod Hunter gets hurt celebrating the win. Probably turned his ankle when he hugged/slammed into his son and the two of them hit the floor.

Rumors on twitter are that he tore his Achilles during the celebration.

[Hammersmith]

Rumors on twitter are that he tore his Achilles during the celebration.

Damn. With only four days until the tourney begins, I hope he can put off surgery until after(assuming he needs surgery to fix it).

[jack power]

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.@GSUPanthers coach Ron Hunter tore his achilles in the celebratory scrum after the game

[NDSUstudent]

If there is a coach that would get hurt celebrating going to the big dance it would be Hunter, that guy is intense. Glad to see him to the dance, he has had a lot of very good teams just miss out IUPUI and Ga State.

[Tatanka]

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.@GSUPanthers coach Ron Hunter tore his achilles in the celebratory scrum after the game


Gonna need some help to whoop yer ass boy now.

[NDSUFan_Sav]

Gonna need some help to whoop yer ass boy now.
I'll whoop yo ass I'll whoop yo ass boy

[NDSUstudent]

The Big 10 is delivering right now. Great game.

[NDSUstudent]

MSU is just so well coached, going for the quick 2 for 1 is a savvy play you don't see a lot of late in games(at the college level) and they got a good look as well.

[HoopsBison]

Both teams are very well coached.

[HoopsBison]

UCONN about to lose out and bubble teams across america can exhale, no bid steal there.

[MNLonghorn10]

nothin wrong with a little extra playing time...better than a half hour of pre bracket talk

[tjbison]

nothin wrong with a little extra playing time...better than a half hour of pre bracket talk

True this......

[Wally]

What are the replay rules for college? It seems like they will spend minutes on a flagrant call or something, but a close call like the one in which MSU got jobbed doesn't get a look?

[NDSUstudent]

Wisconsin locks up a #1 seed with that win and gets to avoid the Kentucky in Cleveland scenario.

[Hammersmith]

10-0 run by Wisc to start OT.

50 sec left. Looks like the Badgers are going to be the Big 10 champs.

[NDSUstudent]

What are the replay rules for college? It seems like they will spend minutes on a flagrant call or something, but a close call like the one in which MSU not jobbed doesn't get a look?

Head official I believe decides to review. A coach or player can ask but I believe it is at his discretion.