Four conferences are starting tournament play on Tuesday, most notably the expanded 10-team SEC event. The Missouri Valley and Big South conference tournaments also are getting underway, along with the Great West (which does not have an NCAA automatic bid but features the Utah Valley team that recently rattled off 32 consecutive wins). front-page photo courtesy of Creighton
See below for a listing of the full SEC, MVC and Big South day-1 schedules, along with Utah Valley’s opening game and four other Tuesday games of note (involving Pac-12 and WCC teams), plus the completion of the decisive third game in the Patriot League title series.
CB360 plans to introduce a new postseason feature – as we will being recognizing Primetime Performers for each day of the 2012 postseason. Check back to this page throughout the day for results and the daily Primetime Performer honorees.
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TUESDAY’S KEY GAMES (schedule & results; May 22, 2012)
upsets in italics
SEC Tournament (Hoover, AL) … Tournament Central
• 4-seed Kentucky 2 … def. (9) Mississippi 0
• 7-seed Mississippi State 9 … def. (6) Arkansas 1
• 3-seed Florida 6 … def. (10) Auburn 1
• 5-seed Vanderbilt 4 … def. (8) Georgia 1
Big South Tournament (High Point, NC) … Tournament Central
• 5-seed Gardner-Webb 8 … def. (4) Gardner-Webb 2
• 1-seed Coastal Carolina 9 … def. (8) Charleston Southern 8
• 3-seed Liberty 9 … def. (6) UNC Asheville 2
• 7-seed High Point vs. (2) Campbell – suspended to 5/23( (HP leads 2-1, t3)
Missouri Valley Tournament (Springfield, MO) … Tournament Central
• 4-seed Illinois State 10 … def. (5) Evansville 3
• 8-seed Creighton 5 … def. (1) Indiana State 0
• 6-seed Southern Illinois 6 … def. (3) Wichita State 3
• 7-seed Bradley 5 … def. (2) Missouri State 3
Patriot League (title series; gm-3/final)
• at 1-seed Army 8 … def. (2) Holy Cross 4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Army Recap | HC Recap | Photos
Great West (no auotomatic NCAA bid; 8-team tournament) Tournament Central
• 1-seed Utah Valley 17 … def. (8) New York Tech 10
Non-Conference
• Oregon at Portland – rainout (no makeup; still set to play Wed., May 23 at Oregon, 6 PT)
• UCLA 6 … won at UC Irvine 1
• Stanford 10 … won at Santa Clara 5
• at Washington State 1 … def. Gonzaga 0 (10 inn.)
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Sunday’s Key Results (cb360 top-50; May 20, 2012)
• at #4 Oregon 6 … def. Seattle 1 (series sweep)
• at California 6 … def. #5 UCLA 5 (UCLA won series, 2-1)
• #12 Stanford 4 … won at Utah 1 (series sweep)
• UC Riverside 1 … won at #15 Cal State Fullerton 0 (UCR won series, 2-1)
• #16 Arizona 6 … won at USC 1 (AZ won series, 2-1)
• #19 Oregon State 7 … won at Washington State 5 (OR-St. won series, 2-1)
• at #22 TCU 10 … def. San Diego State 2 (TCU won series, 2-1)
… TCU earned share of Mountain West regular-season title, with New Mexico
• at Loyola Marymount 4 … def. #34 Pepperdine 3 (PEP won series, 2-1)
• at #42 Arizona State 9 … def. Washington 6 (series sweep)
• #45 New Mexico State 15 … won at San Jose State 2 (series sweep)
… NMSU earned share of WAC regular-season title, with Nevada & Sacramento State
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC, title games; Norfolk, VA)
• north-1 seed Delaware State 3 … def. south-1 Bethune-Cookman 2
• Bethune-Cookman 8 … def. Delaware State 2
Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC, title game; Baton Rouge, LA)
• west-2 seed Prairie View A&M 7 … def. east-4 Mississippi Valley State 4
Patriot League (title series)
• at #1-seed Army 4 … def. (2) Holy Cross 0
• Holy Cross 7 … won at Army 4 (3-gm series tied)