Championship Week Thursday Rewind: Holy Cross, Batman

Yesterday's Men's Results

There was some other stuff going on last night, but for the most part brackets held to form outside of the Atlantic 10, where both first-round games were upsets. Georgia Tech sent Clemson home early in the ACC, and in the SWAC seventh-seeded Mississippi Valley State ended the season of the second seed, Alcorn State; the Braves are done for the year because they're ineligible for the real postseason due to APR penalties. And, of course, there was the surprising second Big 12 game of the night. Fortunately for Texas Tech, they appear to be well clear of the bubble.

There were two crazy games; in the Southland, Nicholls State took down McNeese State in double overtime, while UNLV needed three extra sessions to finally rid themselves of the aerial portion of the U.S. Military.

As always, links in green indicate recaps from our friends around the SB Nation network.

Yesterday's Women's Results

There's no other way to put this: the WNIT field got a heck of a lot stronger last night. Montana State, Ohio, and Bethune-Cookman -- one seeds all -- were all dispatched by either eight or nine seeds last night in a bloodletting of epic proportion. In lesser upsets, the CAA's tenth-and-final seed, Towson, dumped seven-seed William & Mary, Rice sent Louisiana Tech home early in a 10-7 upset, and the four final seeds in the MAC are 2, 5, 6, and 8 after the quarterfinals went pear-shaped.

Three finals are now set, though, although none of them take place today. In the Atlantic Sun, the top-seeded Florida Gulf Coast women did what the men did: knocked off Stetson. FGCU will attempt to join the men in the big dance by beating second-seeded Jacksonville later this week. The top two seeds will also vie for the Mountain West crown as Colorado State and Fresno State both survived; in the NEC, third seed Robert Morris upset the two, Bryant, for the right to face top-seeded Sacred Heart.

The rest of today's results:

Today's Men's Schedule

There are no finals today, and the final wave of conferences swing into action as the American, Sun Belt, and WAC begin tournament play. With K-State playing Kansas very early in the day, there will be plenty of action for you to take in this evening:

Today's Women's Schedule

No finals here today, either -- or even semifinals, for that matter -- and the Big South, Horizon, Missouri Valley, Southland, and WAC commence hostilities.