It was another full day of conference tournaments and there were surprisingly no top seeds that were upset today. Northern Iowa, Indiana State, Drake, and Bradley all won in the Missouri Valley. UNC Asheville and High Point won in the Big South. Little Rock and Morehead State won in the Ohio Valley. Those were all of the top teams who were in action today in conference tournaments. In some other games that had an impact. Dayton came back from a late deficit to beat VCU. Western Michigan scored over 50 points in the second half to beat Akron. Toledo blew out Kent State and won the MAC regular season title. Boise State won a close game against San Diego State at Viejas.
Yesterday I went 16-9 in my picks that brings my 122 day total of 3,616-1,505 total. We have finally reached the final Saturday of the regular season and there are still a lot of conference tournament games to be played today and a lot of games between bubble teams. It is also another great day of rivalry games. The CAA, Northeast, Southern, Big South, Sun Belt, Missouri Valley, Summit League, and West Coast all resume today. The Big Sky and America East begin. There is one championship game today in the Ohio Valley. Picks for day 123 March 9th, 2024, are below.
Alabama over Arkansas
Monmouth over Campbell
Merrimack over Le Moyne
Samford over Mercer
High Point over Longwood
Florida Atlantic over Memphis
St. John’s over Georgetown
Yale over Brown
Appalachian State over Georgia Southern
St. Bonaventure over Saint Louis
Fordham over Rhode Island
Saint Joseph’s over Davidson
Iona over Siena
Western Kentucky over Liberty
Iowa State over Kansas State
Central Connecticut over Wagner
Bryant over Maine
UNC Asheville over Gardner-Webb
Texas over Oklahoma
Cincinnati over West Virginia
Ole Miss over Texas A&M
Duquesne over George Washington
Saint Peter’s over Quinnipiac
Marist over Niagara
Cornell over Columbia
Villanova over Creighton
Mississippi State over South Carolina
Towson over William & Mary
UNC Greensboro over ETSU
Virginia Tech over Notre Dame
George Mason over Richmond
South Florida over Tulsa
Vermont over Albany
New Hampshire over Binghamton
UMass Lowell over UMBC
Arkansas State over Louisiana
Stephen F. Austin over Utah Tech
Louisiana Tech over MTSU
Sam Houston over Jacksonville State
Indiana State over Northern Iowa
Jackson State over Mississippi Valley State
Houston over Kansas
Tennessee over Kentucky
Alcorn State over Pine Bluff
Florida State over Miami
Charlotte over East Carolina
Loyola Chicago over La Salle
Colorado State over Air Force
Fairfield over Mount St. Mary’s
Canisius over Manhattan
Bethune over Florida A&M
Abilene Christian over Utah Valley
New Mexico State over FIU
Florida over Vanderbilt
Marquette over Xavier
Oregon State over Colorado
TCU over UCF
Grambling over Alabama State
Southern over Alabama A&M
Tarleton over Seattle
Boston College over Louisville
Texas Tech over Baylor
Stony Brook over Northeastern
Drake over Bradley
Texas State over Troy
Chattanooga over Wofford
Clemson over Wake Forest
Texas Southern over Prairie View
Princeton over Penn
Long Beach State over UC Davis
Duke over North Carolina
Auburn over Georgia
South Dakota State over Oral Roberts
Oregon over Utah
Fresno State over Wyoming
UC San Diego over Cal Poly
Idaho over Sacramento State
Southern Utah over UT Rio Grande Valley
Pitt over NC State
UConn over Providence
Little Rock over Morehead State
Virginia over Georgia Tech
North Texas over Rice
Grand Canyon over Cal Baptist
Utah State over New Mexico
Delaware over Hampton
James Madison over Marshall
Western Carolina over Furman
Seton Hall over DePaul
LSU over Missouri
BYU over Oklahoma State
Northwestern over Minnesota
UC Irvine over Fullerton
Kansas City over Denver
USC over Arizona
Santa Clara over San Diego
Northern Arizona over Idaho State
Santa Barbara over Riverside
UNLV over Nevada
UCLA over Arizona State
Hawaii over Bakersfield
San Francisco over Portland
There are a ton of games tomorrow but the highlight of the day has to be the Tobacco Road rivalry between Duke and North Carolina. If North Carolina wins the game they will clinch the ACC, but if Duke wins there are a whole lot of scenarios as to who wins the league.
There will also be the first team to qualify for the NCAA tournament tomorrow in the Ohio Valley. That team will likely be a 16 seed but it will still be awesome to watch the celebration. Northwestern needs to beat Minnesota to keep their double bye hopes alive. Houston and Kansas will be a battle and it will officially clinch the Big 12 for Houston.