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In keeping with the annual tradition, Tina asked for her name to be changed to Christina on the standings.
You are probably asking yourself why this matters, well, early on in the pool when everyone is bunched together and tied, the 6th sorting option in the spreadsheet is alphabetical order. By Tina changing to Christina, she is visually jumping up 2-3 spots in the standings, and although this has no impact to the final results, it makes her feel better.
Next year I recommend she just submits her entry under the name of Aardvark.
Now let's look at the action from the conferences tournaments today. Because we are seeing increased conference action, I will scale it back in how detailed I go with each conference/game. I will focus more on exciting games and games that specifically impact our pool, so if you're looking for an update on the results of Furman/Samford from the opening round of the Southern Conference, you probably won't find it here.
Southern Conference
- The Southern Conference tipped off today beginning with Georgia Southern vs. Wofford
- Georgia Southern, a 9 seed, won by almost 20 points and we do have 1 person with Georgia Southern as their champion, so this will be a team to watch
- I am already breaking my rule and mentioning Furman, but only because they are the Furman Paladins (The paladins, sometimes known as the Twelve Peers, were the foremost warriors of Charlemagne's court, according to the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. Paladins are also known as holy warriors.)
- That is a intense meaning to your team name, especially considering you just played a team named "Bulldogs"
- UNC Greensboro was down 11 points in the second half and ended up beating Chattanooga by 6!
Missouri Valley Conference (Arch Madness)
- Tina was worried that Drake was going to win when they were within 4 points in the second half, but I calmed her down and let her know Creighton would win by 15
- Creighton 65 - Drake 53, I was close enough
- 44.4% of our pool was happy to see that Creighton came out on top
- Indiana State and Evansville played a great game that came down to 1 free throw to win the game for Indiana State
- Indiana State ended up winning and knocked out Evansville to eliminate Andrew and Rabitoy's MVC Champion
Atlantic Sun Conference
- The Atlantic Sun Conference Champion will be determined tomorrow and either Mercer or Florida Gulf Coast will officially be the first team to get a automatic bid in the 2013 NCAA Tournament!
Horizon League
- Wright State advanced to the next round
Sun Belt Conference
- Western Kentucky and LA-Lafayette advanced to the next round
Ohio Valley Conference
- The Ohio Valley Conference Champion will be determined tomorrow between Belmont and the winner of Murray State/Eastern Kentucky tonight, and they will officially be the second team to get a automatic bid in the 2013 NCAA Tournament!
MAAC
- Sienna advanced to the next round
West Coast Conference
- Loyola Marymount went 1-15 in the regular season and they are now 2-0 in the tournament!
- As of halftime, LMU has the lead over Santa Clara - If LMU hangs on for the win they get to play Gonzaga
- Can you imagine if LMU advances and beats Gonzaga tomorrow? Andrew would probably go enroll at LMU, or at least make a very large donation to the athletic program
- Since the WCC tournament takes place in Vegas, I leave you with a final picture...
