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Saturday, March 3, 2007
Tony Barnhart’s daily picks
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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WHO’S IN?
• Penn (20-8) becomes the first team to qualify for the NCAA Tournament as the Quakers beat Yale 86-58 Friday night to clinch the Ivy League championship. The Ivy does not hold a conference tournament.
WHO GETS IN TODAY?
• East Tennessee State (21-8, RPI 117) faces Belmont (20-9) in Atlantic Sun championship, 4 p.m.
• Winthrop (23-4, RPI 69) faces VMI in the Big South championship, 2 p.m. Does Winthrop get an at-large if they lose?
• Austin Peay (18-10, RPI 121) meets Eastern Kentucky in the Ohio Valley championship, 8 p.m.
• Bobby Cremins, in his first year back in coaching, can go to the NCAA Tournament if College of Charleston (21-10) upsets Davidson (25-4) in the Southern Conference championship, 6 p.m. The game is in Charleston.
• Appalachian State (22-6, RPI 57): The Mountaineers were upset in the semifinals of the Southern Conference Tournament by College of Charleston. Are they worthy of an at-large bid after beating Vanderbilt, Virginia, and VCU?
• Clemson (20-9, RPI 47): The Tigers must win at Virginia Tech on Sunday and get hot in the ACC Tournament.
• Florida State (18-11, RPI 50): Seminoles must win at Miami today and win at least two in the ACC Tournament.
• Georgia (16-11, RPI 56): A win over Tennessee (21-9, RPI 8) today would make the committee sit up and take notice. The Bulldogs would be 9-7 against an SEC schedule that included two games against Florida (RPI 10), Tennessee (RPI 8), Kentucky (RPI 9), and Vanderbilt (RPI 27).
• Illinois (21-9, RPI 32): the Illini don’t have a decent road win but could make up ground by beating Iowa today and making some noise in Big Ten Tournament.
• Michigan (20-10, RPI 48): Wolverines, who beat Indiana and Michigan State in February, could make a big step by beating Ohio State at home today.
• Oklahoma State (19-9, RPI 42): Cowboys have two games left with Baylor and Nebraska. Must win both and go deep into Big 12 Tournament to have a chance.
• West Virginia (8-7, RPI 55): Mountaineers have lost three of our since upsetting UCLA.
BY CONFERENCE
We project that 22 of the 31 conferences will receive only one bid. The other 43 spots in the NCAA Field …
• SEC (5): Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt. Tournament: March 8-11, Atlanta.
• PAC-10 (6): Arizona, Oregon, Southern Cal, Stanford, UCLA, Washington State. Tournament: March 7-10, Los Angeles.
• Mountain West (3): Air Force, BYU, UNLV Tournament: March 6, 8-10, Las Vegas.
• Missouri Valley (3): Creighton, Missouri State, Southern Illinois. Tournament: Today-Sunday, St. Louis.
• Colonial (3): Drexel, Old Dominion, VCU. Tournament: Today-March 5, Richmond.
• Big 12 (4): Kansas, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech. Tournament: March 8-11, Oklahoma City.
• Big Ten (5): Indiana, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin. Tournament: March 8-11, Chicago
• Big East (7): Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Marquette, Syracuse, Villanova. Tournament: March 7-10, New York.
• ACC (7) Boston College, Duke, Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech. Tournament: March 8-11, Tampa.
• How do you see it?
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