2018 Conference Tournament Discussion

[phenom1990]

I figure we can get this thread started with the regular season wrapping up for a # of leagues including the Big 10.

Spoiler below going over all the leagues that have wrapped up.

Spoiler

America East- Regular Season Champ was Vermont. All games are at the higher seed site and the championship game will be on Saturday, March 10th.

Atlantic Sun- Regular Season Champ was Florida Gulf Coast. All games are at the higher seed site and the championship game will be on Sunday, March 4th.

Big 10- Regular Season Champ was Michigan State. All games are at MSG in New York City. The championship game will be on Sunday, March 4th.

Big South- Regular Season Champ was UNC-Asheville. All games are at the higher seed site and the championship game will be on Sunday, March 4th.

CAA ( Colonial) Regular Season Champ was College of Charleston. Games are at a neutral site in North Charleston, SC. The championship game will be on Tuesday, March 6th.

Horizon- Regular Season Champ was Northern Kentucky. Games are at a neutral site in Detroit. The championship game will be on Tuesday, March 6th.

MAAC- Regular Season Champ was Rider. Games are at a neutral site in Albany. The championship game will be on Monday, March 5th.

MVC- Regular Season Champ was Loyola Chicago. Games are at a neutral site in St. Louis aka Arch Madness. The championship game will be on Sunday, March 4th.

NEC-Regular Season Champ was Wagner. Games are at the higher seed site. The championship game will be on Tuesday, March 6th.

OVC- Regular Season Champ was Murray State. Games are at a neutral site in Nashville. The championship game will be on Saturday, March 3rd.

Patriot- Regular Season Champ was Bucknell. Games are at the higher seed site. The championship game will be on Wednesday, March 7th.

SoCon- Regular Season Champ was UNC-Greensboro. Games are in Asheville, NC. The championship game will be on Monday, March 5th.

Summit- Regular Season Champ was South Dakota State. Games are in Sioux Falls, SD. The championship game will be on Tuesday, March 6th.

WCC- Regular Season Champ was Gonzaga. Games are in Las Vegas. The championship game will be on Tuesday, March 6th.

[Bunselpower32]

Just got back from the SIU vs. Missouri State game. Go Dawgs!

Exciting but frustrating game for an SIU fan. They were very passive and didn't push the ball very much. When they did, they built up an 11 or 12 point lead. Then the immediately took out the hot starters and started playing passively again. Then Pippen, who was a big difference maker on the inside, was taken out with about 2 minutes left.

MSU was alternating between a 3-2 zone and a man defense early, and SIU had no idea how to break either. They were passing on the man defense and trying pick and rolls on the zone. They continued using pick and rolls on the zone basically to halftime. It was frustrating, and even more it was unbelievable to me that a college coach doesn't make sure his players know how to read and beat a zone and man defense.

I'll give credit where credit is due, MSU switched to a 1-3-1 and after being foiled by it once, SIU ended that one quickly.

The entire starting 5 had a good second half. LLoyd was great and with Pippen was probably the reason SIU won that game. Lloyd played great D and Pippen was handling business in the post. Smithpeters was awful with his decision making in the second half.

Overall, they got lucky that MSU wasn't more talented. If they play that way again they'll get beat in a hurry. They got outcoached big time.

[phenom1990]

Rutgers Purdue... Gus Johnson Bill Raftery alert.

[phenom1990]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bunselpower32

Just got back from the SIU vs. Missouri State game. Go Dawgs! Exciting but frustrating game for an SIU fan. They were very passive and didn't push the ball very much. When they did, they built up an 11 or 12 point lead. Then the immediately took out the hot starters and started playing passively again. Then Pippen, who was a big difference maker on the inside, was taken out with about 2 minutes left. MSU was alternating between a 3-2 zone and a man defense early, and SIU had no idea how to break either. They were passing on the man defense and trying pick and rolls on the zone. They continued using pick and rolls on the zone basically to halftime. It was frustrating, and even more it was unbelievable to me that a college coach doesn't make sure his players know how to read and beat a zone and man defense. I'll give credit where credit is due, MSU switched to a 1-3-1 and after being foiled by it once, SIU ended that one quickly. The entire starting 5 had a good second half. LLoyd was great and with Pippen was probably the reason SIU won that game. Lloyd played great D and Pippen was handling business in the post. Smithpeters was awful with his decision making in the second half. Overall, they got lucky that MSU wasn't more talented. If they play that way again they'll get beat in a hurry. They got outcoached big time.

Interesting to see what goes in the Missouri Valley with the Wichita State departure. Loyola Chicago is the 1 seed in its 1st year in the conference.

The 1st bid to the tournament will be given out on Saturday in the OVC: Murray State vs Belmont. That should be a pretty good game.

Sunday, we have 4 bids being given out: Big South, Missouri Valley, Atlantic Sun and Big 10.

Big South- Radford vs Liberty
Atlantic Sun- Lipscomb at Florida Gulf Coast

Missouri Valley and Big 10- TBD with semi-finals tomorrow.

In other conference tournament news, the top 2 seeds ( Ride, Cansius) were knocked out by the 7 and 9 seed in the MAAC quarterfinals. I think the top seed gets knocked out early almost every year in the MAAC.

Top seeds knocked out of their tournaments so far and clinched a NIT bid in the process:

Big South- UNC Asheville
MAAC- Rider

[l3ulvl]

Man, when Sparty started fouling with a bit under 3 mins left I thought "uh oh, here we go, fatal flaw about to be exposed", but Michigan didn't clank nearly as many FTs as I figured, hopefully that can hold up

[ImTellinTim]

Sparty wanted revenge but got another L to hold.


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[BleacherBum2310]

Nebraska and MSU both Wanted Michigan. Didn't work out too well.

this team is really good... giving Beilein a top 10 Defense in the nation team seems like a mistake lol

[ProfessaPackMan]

Damn, Maryland y’all ain’t ****.


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