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| CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY Sat, Mar 14, 2015 |
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| America East Conference Championship | |||
10 a.m. CT
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 (3) Stony Brook (23-10, 12-4 AEC) |
at |
(1) Albany (23-8, 15-1 AEC) |
| Big Ten Conference Semifinal | |||
noon CT
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 (4) Purdue (21-11, 12-6 Big 10) |
vs |
 (1) Wisconsin (29-3, 16-2 Big 10) |
| Mid-Eastern Conference Championship | |||
| noon CT
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(6) Hampton (15-17, 8-8 MEAC) |
vs |
(5) Delaware State (18-16, 9-7 MEAC) |
| Southeastern Conference Semifinal | |||
noon CT
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 (13) Auburn (15-19, 4-14 SEC) |
vs |
 (1) Kentucky (32-0, 18-0 SEC) |
| Atlantic Ten Conference Semifinal | |||
12:30 p.m. CT
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(5) VCU (24-9, 12-6 A10) |
vs |
(1) Davidson (24-6, 14-4 A10) |
| Sun Belt Conference Semifinal | |||
1:00 p.m. CT
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(4) UL-Lafayette (20-12, 13-7 SBC) |
vs |
(1) Georgia State (22-9, 15-5 SBC) |
| American Athletic Conference Semifinal | |||
| 2 p.m. CT
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(4) Temple (23-9, 13-5 AAC) |
vs |
(1) SMU (25-6, 15-3 AAC) |
| Southeastern Conference Semifinal | |||
| 2:00 p.m. CT
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 (3) Georgia (21-10, 11-7 SEC) |
vs |
 (2) Arkansas (25-7, 13-5 SEC) |
| Big Ten Conference Semifinal | |||
| 2:25pm CT
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 (3) Michigan State (22-10, 12-6 Big 10) |
vs |
 (2) Maryland (26-5, 14-4 Big 10) |
| Conference USA Championship | |||
2:30 p.m. CT
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(6) MTSU (19-15, 9-9 CUSA) |
vs |
(4) UAB (18-15, 12-6 CUSA) |
| Atlantic Ten Conference Semifinal | |||
| 3 p.m. CT
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(3) Rhode Island (21-8, 13-5 A10) |
vs |
(2) Dayton (24-7, 13-5 A10) |
| Ivy League Playoff | |||
| 3 p.m. CT
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Harvard (21-7, 11-3 Ivy) |
vs |
Yale (22-9, 11-3 Ivy) |
| Sun Belt Conference Semifinal | |||
| 3:30 p.m. CT
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(3) UL-Monroe (21-11, 14-6 SBC) |
vs |
(2) Georgia Southern (21-8, 14-6 SBC) |
| American Athletic Conference Semifinal | |||
| 4 p.m. CT
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 (6) Connecticut (19-13, 10-8 AAC) |
vs |
(2) Tulsa (22-9, 14-4 AAC) |
| Big 12 Conference Championship | |||
| 5 p.m. CT
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 (2) Iowa State (24-8, 12-6 Big 12) |
vs |
 (1) Kansas (26-7, 13-5 Big 12) |
| Mountain West Conference Championship | |||
| 5 p.m. CT
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 (4) Wyoming (24-9, 11-7 MWC) |
vs |
(2) San Diego St (26-7, 14-4 MWC) |
| Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship | |||
5:30 p.m. CT
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(3) Southern (18-16, 13-5 SWAC) |
vs |
(1) Texas Southern (21-12, 16-2 SWAC) |
| Mid-American Conference Championship | |||
| 6:30 p.m. CT
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 (2) Buffalo (22-9, 12-6 MAC) |
vs |
 (1) C. Michigan (23-7, 12-6 MAC) |
| Big East Conference Championship | |||
| 7 p.m. CT
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 (6) Xavier (20-12, 9-9 Big East) |
vs |
 (1) Villanova (30-2, 16-2 Big East) |
| Atlantic Coast Conference Championship | |||
| 7:30 p.m. CT
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 (5) North Carolina (24-10, 11-7 ACC) |
vs |
 (3) Notre Dame (28-5, 14-4 ACC) |
| Big Sky Conference Championship | |||
| 8 p.m. CT
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(1) E. Washington (25-8, 14-4 Big Sky) |
AT |
(1) Montana (20-11, 14-4 Big Sky) |
| Southland Conference Championship | |||
| 8:30 p.m. CT
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(2) Sam Houston St (25-7, 15-3 Big 12) |
vs |
(1) SF Austin (28-4, 17-1 SLC) |
| Pac-12 Conference Championship | |||
| 10 p.m. CT
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 (4) Oregon (25-8, 13-5 Pac-12) |
vs |
 (1) Arizona (30-3, 16-2 Pac-12) |
| Western Athletic Conference Championship | |||
| 10 p.m. CT
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(2) Seattle (16-14, 7-7 WAC) |
vs |
(1) New Mexico St (22-10, 13-1 WAC) |
| Big West Conference Championship | |||
| 10:30 p.m. CT
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(4) Hawai'i (22-12, 8-8 Big West) |
vs |
(1) Cal-Irvine (20-12, 11-5 Big West) |
5. That's how many automatic bids will still be left after today, when 14 teams will earn their invitations to the NCAA Tournament. There are a few stories to keep an eye on, too. Three teams are openly fighting for their position atop the bracket. Kentucky's a lock for the top seed regardless of what happens to them today, but Villanova, Arizona, and Wisconsin will be trying to make a case that they're superior to Duke and Virginia, whose regular seasons crashed out yesterday. Some other teams are looking for either their first NCAA Tournament bid ever - Stony Brook, Cal-Irvine and Buffalo -- or their first bid in a long, long time. For Yale, a win over Harvard would give the Elis their first trip since 1962. Seattle, who defeated K-State in the 1958 Final Four, is seeking a win over New Mexico State to earn their first trip since 1968. And then there's Hawai'i, playing for an NCAA bid after firing their coach in October. We had more chalk in the Big 12 last night, as Kansas easily dispatched Baylor and Iowa State squeaked past Oklahoma. Recaps from our friends across the network below, as well as your detailed How to Watch for the Big 12 title game.
Friday recaps from our colleagues
Kansas 62, Baylor 52
Rock Chalk Talk recap (mikeville)
Our Daily Bears recap (PocketChange)
Iowa State 67, Oklahoma 65
Wide Right Natty Lite recap (KFitzy87)
Crimson and Cream Machine recap (Rich DeCray)
The Big 12 Championship
Game Nine
The game: The second seeded Iowa State Cyclones face the top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks. Each team won at home in the regular season, Iowa State by five and Kansas by 13.
Iowa State game notes (pdf) - Kansas game notes (pdf)
Odds: Kansas opens as a one-point favorite.
Tipoff: Saturday, March 14 at 5:00pm CT, Sprint Center (18,972) in Kansas City, Missouri.
Tickets: $256-825 on the secondary market.
Television: ESPN with Brent Musburger, Fran Fraschilla, and Holly Rowe.
Radio: In Iowa, John Walters and Eric Heft have the call for the Cyclone Radio Network. In Kansas, the Jayhawk Sports Network carries Bob Davis and Greg Gurley. One of the two teams will be featured on the satellite feed on Sirius/XM 84.
Online: Video streaming via WatchESPN. Iowa State's audio feed available via Cyclones.com; the Kansas feed is available via KUAthletics.com. Live stats via Gametracker, though we don't have a live link yet.