It's Championship Week!
You may have missed it amid all the political drama -- I know I did -- but Championship Week, which actually lasts the better part of two weeks, began yesterday with first-round games in the Horizon League and quarterfinals in the Big South and Ohio Valley conferences. There were two upsets: #8 Loyola over #5 Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the Horizon, and #6 Tennessee State over #3 Morehead State in the OVC.
The action continues tonight with the Sun Belt first round, the Patriot League quarterfinals, and two of the four Atlantic Sun quarters. Probably the most interesting storyline comes out of the Patriot, where #2-seed Navy is looking for its first NCAA bid in a decade. They host recent Big Dance (and Brendan Loy) darling Bucknell, the #7 seed, in the quarters tonight.
Here's the full schedule. Tomorrow, the first of "my teams" puts its season on the line, as NEC #6-seed Central Connecticut State travels to #3 Sacred Heart for a conference quarterfinal. The Blue Devils haven't had a great season, but all they gotta do is win three straight (probably against #3, #2 and #1, in that order), and they're in! God, I love March.
We could very well have a Navy v American final in the Patriot League. Who do you root for there? I mean, do you root for the military or the country? I'm so confused . . .
Posted by: B. Minich | Mar 5, 2008 2:11:33 PM
They told me that if George Bush were re-elected, the military would do battle against American civilians. And they were right!
;)
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Mar 5, 2008 2:35:05 PM
Oh, and Gonzaga is now a lock according to Bubble Watch. So there's that.
Posted by: B. Minich | Mar 5, 2008 9:13:58 PM
So much for that. The Middies Coug it in triple OT.
Bucknell (12-18) 24 35 6 10 12 - 87
Navy (16-14) 34 25 6 10 11 - 86
Posted by: MHiggo | Mar 5, 2008 10:32:46 PM