Saturday's Madness

Seeing as championship week has officially started, we are going to be doing a new daily madness segment. Here, you can find the daily scores and schedules for every conference tournament game that day as Trizzle will once again be taking over BIAH. For a full schedule of the conference tournaments and a listing of the automatic bids, click here.

GAME OF THE DAY: Creighton 63, Wichita State 62

March Madness is officially here people. Creighton built up a 47-25 lead with 15 minutes left in the game, but the Shockers would slowly chip away at the lead. They would get within six at 59-53 with under two minutes left on a three-point play, which set up a wild finish. I'll let gocreighton.com explain it:

WSU drew within six at 59-53 with 1:59 to play on a three-point play by J.T. Durley. Durley had eight baskets in the second half after a scoreless opening period. After a Bluejay turnover, Graham Hatch would miss a three-pointer from the left wing that could have made it a one-score game. Young would then hit both shots of a bonus to give CU an eight-point lead with 1:45 to play.

Durley answered with a three-point play with 1:22 left as WSU closed within 61-56. Another Bluejay turnover in the backcourt returned the ball to WSU. Durley would drive and be fouled. He missed the first foul before sinking the second as WSU trimmed the margin to four. Woodfox would miss the front end of a bonus situation, but Stinnett came up with a steal when he stripped Shocker guard Toure' Murry. Hannah missed a deep three-pointer and Murry a putback, but WSU retained the ball with 22 seconds left. Murry airballed a three-pointer on the inbounds, but Hatch grabbed the rebound and was fouled, sinking both.

Stinnett turned it over just past the midcourt line, and in the scramble for the loose ball Young tripped up Aaron Ellis with 12.2 seconds left. Ellis, an 68.8 percent shooter, missed the front end but WSU called timeout while falling out-of-bounds. The Shockers set up a play for star freshman Murry, and Murry drained what appeared to be his third game-winner of the season, when his trey splashed down with 7.1 seconds left.

CU hurried the ball up court, where Young's off-balance leaner went out-of-bounds with 1.9 seconds left with CU keeping possession. The teams traded timeouts before CU ran a play for its All-America candidate. Woodfox pump faked, took a dribble to his left and then sank the jumper as time expired. After a review, officials confirmed that it beat the buzzer and sent CU on to the semi's.

Here is a video of the shot by Woodfox (it is pretty bad, I'll keep looking for a cleaner one).



PLAYER OF THE DAY: Courtney Pigrim, East Tennessee State

Pigrim went for 30 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists as he led the Buccaneers to the finals of the Atlantic Sun tournament. ETSU beat Belmont, ending the Bruins three-year run in the NCAA tournament. Pigrim also broke the 2,000 point mark for his career.

They were good too: Charles Jenkins, Hofstra - 27 pts, 9 asts, 4 rebs; Alex Renfroe, Belmont - 9 pts, 10 rbs, 10 asts; Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin - 34 pts, 10 rebs; Shy Ely, Evansville - 29 pts, 5 rebs.

TEAM OF THE DAY: Morehead State Eagles

Morehead State took a six point lead at the half, and never trailed in the second half as the fourth seeded Eagles upset conference champion Tennessee-Martin and OVC player of the year Lester Hudson. Kenneth Faried led the Eagles with his 22nd double-double of the season, going for 22 points and 17 boards. The Eagles advance to the OVC title game with the win, with UT-Martin and the Lester Hudson show are destined for the NIT.

Kenneth Faried putting home 2 of his 22 points.
(photo credit: msueagles.com)

They were good too: #11 Towson upset #6 Drexel 73-62; #1 Jacksonville advanced to the A-Sun finals on #4 Lipscomb's home floor.


Friday's Results

Atlantic Sun Semis (at Lipscomb's Allen Arena):
- #2 East Tennessee State 88, #3 Belmont 74
- #1 Jacksonville 88, #4 Lipscomb 72

America East First Round (Albany):
- #9 Hartford 65, #8 Maine 56

Colonial Athletic First Round (Richmond):
- #8 Georgia State 54, #9 Delaware 41
- #5 Hofstra 79, #12 UNC Wilmington 66
- #7 James Madison 70, #10 William & Mary 48
- #11 Towson 63, #6 Drexel 52

Horizon Second Round (Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis):
- #4 Wright State 80, #5 UW-Milwaukee 70
- #3 Cleveland State 67, #7 Illinois-Chicago 64

MAAC First Round (Albany):
- #9 Canisius 74, #8 Loyola MD 68
- #10 Marist 43, #7 Iona 40

Missouri Valley Quarters (St. Louis):
- #1 Northern Iowa 63, #8 Indiana State 59
- #4 Bradley 67, #5 Southern Illinois 55
- #2 Creighton 63, #7 Wichita State 62
- #3 Illinois State 78, #6 Evansville 68

Ohio Valley Semis (Nashville):
- #4 Morehead State 63, #1 Tennessee-Martin 55
- #2 Austin Peay 67, #3 Murray State 50

Southern Tournament (Chattanooga):
- #4N Appalachian State 86, #5S Georgia Southern 75
- #3S College of Charleston 69, #6N UNC Greensboro 56
- #5N Elon 62, #4S Western Carolina 55
- #3N Samford 57, #6S Furman 52

West Coast Tournament (Vegas):
- #5 San Diego 62, #8 Loyola Marymount 56
- #6 Pepperdine 93, #7 San Francisco 85


Saturday's Games

CHAMPIONSHIPS

Big South Finals (Radford, VA):
- 4:00 PM: #2 VMI @ #1 Radford

Ohio Valley Finals (Nashville, TN):
- 8:00 PM: #4 Morehead State vs. #2 Austin Peay

America East Second Round (Albany, NY):
- 12:00 PM: #2 Vermont vs. #7 Albany
- 2:30 PM: #3 Boston U vs. #6 UMBC
- 6:00 PM: #1 Binghamton vs. #9 Hartford
- 8:30 PM: #4 New Hampshire vs. #5 Stony Brook

Big Sky Quarters (campus sites):
- 9:00 PM: #6 Montana State @ #3 Montana
- 9:00 PM: #5 Northern Colorado @ #4 Idaho State

Colonial Athletic Second Round (Richmond):
- 12:00 PM: #1 VCU vs. #8 Georgia State
- 2:30 PM: #4 Old Dominion vs. #5 Hofstra
- 6:00 PM: #2 George Mason vs. #7 James Madison
- 8:30 PM: #3 Northeastern vs. #11 Towson

Horizon League Semis (Indianapolis, IN):
- 7:00 PM: #4 Wright State at #1 Butler
- 9:00 PM: #2 UW-Green Bay vs. #3 Cleveland State

Missouri Valley Semis (St. Louis, MO):
- 2:35 PM: #1 Northern Iowa vs. #4 Bradley
- 5:05 PM: #2 Creighton vs. #3 Illinois State

Southern Conference Second Round (Chattanooga, TN):
- 2:00 PM: #1S Davidson vs. #4N Appalachian State
- 4:30 PM: #2N Western Carolina vs. #3S College of Charleston
- 7:00 PM: #1N Chattanooga vs. #5N Elon
- 9:30 PM: #2S The Citadel vs. #3N Samford

Summit League First Round (in Sioux Falls, South Dakota):
- 7:00 PM: #8 Centenary vs. #1 North Dakota State
- 9:30 PM: #7 South Dakota State vs. #2 Oral Roberts

West Coast Second Round (Las Vegas, NV):
- 9:00 PM: #4 Santa Clara vs. #5 San Diego
- 11:30 PM: #3 Portland vs. #6 Pepperdine