March 22 NIT, WNIT schedules; March 21 NCAAW, NIT, CBI, CIT, WNIT results

It's happened, but very rarely. We're not going to see it happen this year, though, because once again an upstart outplayed a superior team for about 39 minutes only to collapse in the final minute. Last night, it was twelfth-seeded South Dakota State. The Jackrabbits led Stanford, AT Stanford, by as many as eight points in the final couple of minutes. But the Cardinal weaseled their way back into within two and then scored on a Lilli Thompson layup... and a foul was called. Thompson converted the three-point play, and although the Rabbits had eight seconds to work with, Erica McCall laid a stone cold block on Macy Miller's last-second bunny attempt, and Madison Guebert's putback was wide of the mark.

What might have been? South Dakota State would have had to face Notre Dame next -- but the game would have been in Sioux Falls in front of throngs of screaming Dakotans. (This is not sarcasm; the Summit League women's tournament actually outdrew every Power 5 conference's women's tournament this year.)

One big upset did happen on the women's side, though: seven seed Washington toppled second-seeded Maryland. And for those of you who haven't suffered enough basketball horror in the last 24 hours, Leticia Romero is in the Sweet Sixteen as Florida State posted a very mild upset over Texas A&M.

As for the men... well, goodbye Monmouth, goodbye South Carolina. Both of the top seeds in play last night were upset, and neither game was particularly close. Harrumph. Here's your full results from last night (men and women, contrary to our usual pattern), with green links indicating SB Nation team site recaps.

Today's Schedule

There are only four games tonight, all of the NIT flavor. Half of the men's NIT semifinals are tonight; Valpo will try to be the only number-one seed in the semifinals. The other two games are WNIT tilts, Power 5 schools facing off against feisty mid-majors.