Saturday, March 10, 2012

On the Thirteenth Day of Conference tourneys, the Buffet gave (will give) to me....

13Intrigue on the top line
12Can Marshall's magic continue?
11Michigan continue's climb
10Will the Tigers flee with a title
9Stony Brook aims for first tourney
8Delta Ds continue to own
7Clash of the Big West Titans
6Durand Scott suspension issues
5Will the Pac get 1, 2 or 3
A10 & CUSA try to burgle,
NC State is in,
so is Seton Hall
And another day of Interactive Buffet begins...

The Buffet has reloaded for a delicious weekend brunch, but even with a lighter slate, it is an earlier one, so as the American East tournament kicks off, and in advance of the 1130ET Conference USA final between Josh Pastner's Memphis team facing the Miracle Seeking Thundering Herd, who have played 135 minutes of hoops in the last 3 days (and DeAndre Kane has played 128 of those, and almost every second has been something just short of genius but well above brilliant), we thought we'd post our latest Buffetology as well as the schedule, for everyone to use as a viewing guide to the next to last day of college basketball that didn't involve Greg Gumble's dramatic tone, Seth Davis becoming a more trusted source than Walter Cronkite (or, in today's America, Jon Stewart), and Charles Barkley proves he's an accidental tourist who doesn't watch college basketball but does hear Dick Vitale's bluster away about Duke, UNC and Jim Boeheim.

Today's schedule (all times Eastern)
ACC
(semis)
1pm #1 North Carolina v. #5 North Carolina St, ESPN
330pm #2 Duke v. #3 Florida State, ESPN

America East
(Championship)
Currently airing: #1 Stony Brook v. 2 Vermont, ESPN2

Atlantic Ten
(semis)
1pm #4 St. Bonaventure v. #8 Massachusetts, CBS Sports Network
330pm #2 Saint Louis v. #3 Xavier, CBS Sports Network

Big East
(Championship)
9pm ET, #4 Cincinnati v. #7 Louisville, ESPN

Big Ten
(semis)
130pm #1 Michigan St v. #4 Wisconsin, CBS
4pm #2 Michigan v. #3 Ohio State, CBS

Big XII
(Championship)
6pm #2 Missouri v. #4 Baylor, ESPN

Big West
(Championship)
10pm #1 Long Beach State v. #3 UC-Santa Barbara, ESPN2

Conference USA
(Championship)
1130am #1 Memphis v. #6 Marshall

Great West
(championship - OH YES)
5pm #2 North Dakota (aka Fake Notre Dame) v. #4 NJIT, gosucougars.com/showcase

MEAC
(championship)
1pm #2 Norfolk St v #4 Bethune-Cookman, ESPN2

Mid-American Championship
(championship)
8pm #1 Akron v #3 Ohio, ESPN2

Mountain West
(championship)
7pm #1 San Diego St v. #2 New Mexico, NBC Sports Network

Pac-12
(championship)
6pm #4 Arizona v. #6 Colorado, CBS

SEC
(semis)
1pm #1 Kentucky v #4 Florida
330pm #3 Vanderbilt v. #7 Mississippi

Southland
(championship)
3pm #3 Lamar v. #4 McNeese State, ESPN2

SWAC
(championship)
8pm #1 Mississippi Valley St v. #2 Texas Southern, ESPNU

WAC
(championship)
12am #2 New Mexico St v #5 Louisiana Tech, ESPN2

BUFFETOLOGY 3/10
*all is subject to change, as closer inspection occurs during the day, don't read that because say Texas is an 11, but finished playing, that they can't end up out just because only 1-2 teams out are left playing and they aren't next in line to go*

1 Kentucky 1 Auto
Syracuse 2 Auto
North Carolina 3 Auto
Kansas 4 At-Large
2 Ohio State 5 At-Large
Missouri 6 At-Large
Michigan St 7 Auto
Duke 8 At-Large
3 Baylor 9 At-large
Michigan 10 At-large
Marquette 11 At-large
Wisconsin 12 At-large
4 Georgetown 13 At-large
Indiana 14 At-large
Louisville 15 Auto
Temple 16 At-large
5 Murray St 17 Auto
New Mexico 18 At-large
Creighton 19 Auto
Vanderbilt 20 At-large
6 UNLV 21 At-large
Florida 22 At-large
Florida St 23 At-large
Wichita St 24 At-large
7 Notre Dame 25 At-large
San Diego St 26 Auto
Gonzaga 27 Auto
Memphis 28 Auto
8 St. Mary's 29 At-large
Cincinnati 30 At-large
Purdue 31 At-large
Kansas St 32 At-large
9 Alabama 33 At-large
Iowa St 34 At-large
Connecticut 35 At-large
Saint Louis 36 Auto
10 West Virginia 37 At-large
Virginia 38 At-large Stuck in the Waiting Line
Colorado State 39 At-large Stuck in the Waiting Line
Southern Miss 40 At-large Stuck in the Waiting Line
11 South Florida 41 At-large Stuck in the Waiting Line
Harvard 42 Auto Stuck in the Waiting Line
VCU 43 Auto Stuck in the Waiting Line
Texas 44 At-large Stuck in the Waiting Line
12 Xavier 45 At-large Stuck in the Waiting Line
BYU 46 At-large Stuck in the Waiting Line
North Carolina St 47 At-large Stuck in the Waiting Line
Long Beach 48 Auto Stuck in the Waiting Line
13 Drexel 49 At-large/Play-in Stuck in the Waiting Line
Washington 50 At-large/Play-in Stuck in the Waiting Line
Miss State 51 At-large/Play-in Stuck in the Waiting Line
Seton Hall 52 At-large/Play-in Stuck in the Waiting Line
Davidson 65 Auto
Akron 71 Auto
14 Belmont 72 Auto
Montana 73 Auto
South Dakota St 74 Auto
Bucknell 75 Auto
15 South Dakota St 76 Auto
Detroit 77 Auto
Long Island 78 Auto
Loyola MD 79 Auto
16 Western Kentucky 80 Auto
UNC Asheville 81 Auto
Lamar 82 Auto/Play-in
Stony Brook 83 Auto/Play-in
Mississippi Valley St 84 Auto/Play-in
Norfolk St 85 Auto/Play-in
Last Four Out: Miami FL 53 Stuck in the Waiting Line
Ole Miss 54 Stuck in the Waiting Line
California 55 Stuck in the Waiting Line
Marshall 56 Stuck in the Waiting Line
Next Four Out: Arizona 57 Stuck in the Waiting Line
Northwestern 58 Stuck in the Waiting Line
Tennessee 59 Stuck in the Waiting Line
Iona 60 Stuck in the Waiting Line
Last 9 consider Colorado 61 Stuck in the Waiting Line
Saint Joseph's 62 Stuck in the Waiting Line
Massachusetts 63 Stuck in the Waiting Line
Oral Roberts 64 Stuck in the Waiting Line
Minnesota 66 Stuck in the Waiting Line
UCF 67 Stuck in the Waiting Line
Oregon 68 Stuck in the Waiting Line
Dayton 69 Stuck in the Waiting Line
Maryland 70 Stuck in the Waiting Line

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