Dead or Alive 3/9

We enter the final week of the College Basketball season with 222 teams still with a shot.  Another 13 teams were eliminated on Sunday.  Here are the teams that went down...

BIG SOUTH - Winthrop
ATLANTIC SUN - Florida Gulf Coast
MISSOURI VALLEY - Indiana State
COLONIAL - Northeastern, Towson
MAAC - Canisius, Quinnipiac
AMERICA EAST - Vermont, Hartford
SOUTHERN - Davidson, Georgia Southern
SUMMIT - South Dakota, Western Illinois



Three more schools earned AUTO bids on Sunday by winning their conference tournaments, they are...

BIG SOUTH - Coastal Carolina
ATLANTIC SUN - Mercer
MISSOURI VALLEY - Wichita State


Here are what the total standings look like with 7 days of basketball to go...

TOTAL    351
DEAD      129
ALIVE     222
ZOMBIE     0
AUTO         5
LOCK         0

Three more conference championship games will be held on Monday.  The Southern Conference will be without Davidson for the first time in awhile, Wofford and Western Carolina will faceoff for the title.  The MAAC will have Manhattan take on top seeded Iona.  Iona is always a tough out in the dance if they get there.  William and Mary will face Delaware in the Colonial.  Delaware has been trouncing teams lately, they should win that one.

 The MAC and the MEAC will start their tourneys on Monday.  Can my Bobcats get back to the dance in Kellogg's last year?  25-5 North Carolina Central is the team to beat in the MEAC.  7 days of basketball until Selection Sunday, getting closer.  Thanks for reading.

Curt