Dead or Alive 3/2

Here we go again, it's time for another edition of Dead or Alive.  Monday is the last day with no casualties until the brackets are revealed on March 15th.  There are a whopping 351 teams in Division I this year, so there will be a lot of teams dropping off in a hurry these next two weeks.  At this very moment we still have 315 teams still with the shot at winning the title and being immortalized.  So, simple subtraction says that we have already lost 36 schools that can no longer dream of hoisting the trophy.  Here are the schools that are dead and will not be coming back alive...

WAC - Grand Canyon
SUN BELT - Appalachian State
SOUTHLAND - Lamar, Houston Baptist, Central Arkansas, Incarnate Word, Abilene Christian
MOUNTAIN WEST - San Jose State
INDEPENDENT - NJIT
ATLANIC SUN - Northern Kentucky
AMERICA EAST - UMASS Lowell
SWAC - Alabama State, Southern
MEAC - Florida A&M
HORIZON - Milwaukee
ACC - Syracuse
NORTHEAST - Central Connecticut State, Fairleigh Dickinson
IVY - Dartmouth, Brown, Pennsylvania, Cornell, Columbia, Princeton
OHIO VALLEY - Austin Peay, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, Jacksonville State
CONFERENCE USA - Florida Atlantic, Southern Mississippi
SUMMIT - Western Illinois, Troy
BIG SKY - North Dakota, Montana State, Idaho State
BIG WEST - Cal State Fullerton



We have three Conference Tourney's kicking off on Tuesday, the Patriot League, Atlantic Sun, and Horizon.  In the Patriot it looks like Bucknell is the team to beat since they are the top seed and get to play at home.  The story line in the Atlantic Sun will be whether or not Florida Gulf Coast and Dunk City can get in and make another run.  The Horizon is a toss up, Green Bay, Valparaiso, Cleveland State and Oakland are all evenly matched. 

Check back Tuesday night to see who else bit the big one and joined the rest in the graveyard.  Enjoy the games.

Curt