{"id":1188,"date":"2018-03-06T12:35:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T12:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/?p=1188"},"modified":"2018-03-06T12:35:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T12:35:40","slug":"tuesday-viewing-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/?p=1188","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Viewing Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday didn&#8217;t have a lot of games, but it sure did have some surprises.\u00a0 That being said, those surprises didn&#8217;t happen in the two conference finals.\u00a0 Iona won the MAAC tournament and UNC-Greensboro took the Southern tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland State continued their reign of terror in the Horizon tournament &#8211; as they entered the post-season with a 9-22 record, and in three days have won the play-in game, knocked off the #1 seed Northern Kentucky, and then hit a basket with 32 seconds and made a few defensive stops to finish off #4 seed Oakland 44-43.<\/p>\n<p>Then, to end the night, BYU put together one of their best games of the season by taking down nationally ranked #20 St. Mary&#8217;s.\u00a0 While BYU has had a pretty good season at 24-9 so it is hard to say that this is an amazing upset.\u00a0 \u00a0But it does have huge bubble implications &#8211; everyone expected the West Coast Conference final to be Gonzaga and St. Mary&#8217;s and both teams would get in.\u00a0 Now, BYU can steal the bid and shrink the bubble &#8211; and St. Mary&#8217;s sadly goes on it (since their 28-5 resume looks eerily similar to other years where they got snubbed and sent to the NIT).<\/p>\n<p>So &#8211; to the viewing guide.\u00a0 Their are five conference finals tonight.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7 pm &#8211; Horizon:\u00a0 #2 Wright State (24-9) vs #8 Cleveland State (12-22) &#8211; can Wright State end the Vikings Cinderella run.<\/li>\n<li>7 pm &#8211; Colonial: #1 Charleston (25-7) vs #2 Northeastern (23-9) &#8211; regular season co-champions fight for the bid.<\/li>\n<li>7 pm &#8211; NEC: #1 Wagner (23-8) vs #4 LIU Brooklyn (17-16) &#8211; the Northeast conference tourney reseeds each round allowing for an unusual 1 vs 4 matchup in the final.<\/li>\n<li>9 pm &#8211; Summit: #1 South Dakota State (27-6) vs #2 South Dakota (26-7) &#8211; SD State is one of those conference champions with a high enough RPI at 53 to get a look, but with being beaten by double digits by Kansas and Wichita State, and only Quadrant 1 win being a neutral court victory over Buffalo (RPI 32), they probably need this game.\u00a0 And of course, they get a talented in-state rival who is the only Summit conference team to beat them this season &#8211; should be a fun game.<\/li>\n<li>9 pm &#8211; WCC: #1 Gonzaga vs #3 BYU &#8211; can BYU steal the bid and shrink the bubble, or will Gonzaga continue their dominance of the West Coast Conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also today is the first round games of the ACC Tournament.\u00a0 Notre Dame is trying to show now that Bonzie Colson is back, they are a worthy team to make the tournament despite their 8-10 conference record (where they slumped once their star was out of the lineup).\u00a0 However, beating Pittsburgh today isn&#8217;t going to sway the committee &#8211; but losing certainly won&#8217;t help their cause.\u00a0 You also have 8-10 Syracuse i(who has a much better RPI and is more solidly in the bubble conversation) in the same boat, as winning against Wake Forest likely doesn&#8217;t get the Orange into the dance, but losing to the Demon Deacons could end their chances for an invitation.<\/p>\n<p>The Madness is beginning &#8211; should be a fun day of games!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday didn&#8217;t have a lot of games, but it sure did have some surprises.\u00a0 That being said, those surprises didn&#8217;t happen in the two conference finals.\u00a0 Iona won the MAAC tournament and UNC-Greensboro took the Southern tournament. 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