Went to the Patriot League Tournament this weekend. First off I want to let the basketball players of Bucknell University know that they did an amazing job in the tournament. They provided many fabolous basketball moments. Although, neither women's nor men's teams advanced to the championship game, so we will not see them in the Big Dance.
Moments from the tournament can be seen at
Matt Albert's and
Jason Dolan's websites. Look for the cheerleader pic, I was the lucky one who got to take the pic.
Basketball Picks...predicting who will win their conference championships.
Patriot League
Mens: Lehigh, even though they had a close game w/ Navy, watching them play against Bucknell proved why they were the #1 team in the Patriot League.
Womens: Colgate, the American girls are a bunch of thugs with the most annoying fans. If I see the "AU has HART" sign ever again, it will be guaranteed to be ripped up.
ACC
Mens: NC State...i pick anyone but Duke.
Womens: Duke...the women are cool, just don't like the men's team
Big East
Mens: Pitt
Womens: UConn
Big Ten
Mens:
Illinois/Wisconsin - can't decide who will win. I'm going to go w/ Illinois. hard decision though.
Womens: Penn State - kelly mazzante is awesome!
Big 12
Mens: was surprised to see Oklahoma State the top team in this conference and Texas Tech #5. shows what a hard conference this is. last year, it was easy to see Kansas or Texas the Big 12 tournament, but this year, it looks like anyone can win. My pick is
Oklahoma State. They were able to beat Texas twice in the regular season. The two teams they lost to were Texas Tech & Missouri. They should've won the Missouri game, only lost by one point. And they lost to Texas Tech early in the season...lot has changed since then.
Womens: Texas, lots of good teams in this conference, but ultimately i think Texas will win the tourney. K-State has a good chance as well.
C-USA
Mens: can you say logjam at the top of the conference. 5-way tie for first place, unbelievable. Since the tournament is being held in Cincinnati, I will choose
Cincinnati.
Womens: Houston
Pac-10
Mens: Stanford
Womens: Stanford
SEC
Mens: Miss St or Kentucky...i think i'll choose Miss St
Womens: Vanderbilt
America East
Mens: Boston University
Womens: Maine
Atlantic Sun
Mens: Central Florida
Womens: David Lipscomb
A10
Mens: St. Josephs...i was a little uncertain, i really thought they wouldn't have a perfect record going into the tournament, but i've changed my mind.
Womens: George Washington
Big Sky
Mens: Weber St - pretty tight conference race, 4 teams w/ a .500 record. Eastern Washington maybe #1 in the conference but they are entering the tournament on a 2 game loss streak.
Womens: Montana - 14-0 in conference, they will dominate in the Big Sky Tournament.
Big South
Mens: Liberty
Womens: Liberty - another team that went 14-0 in conference!
Big West
Mens: Utah State - only TWO losses for the season, granted they didn't play the best teams in the country.
Womens: Santa Barbara
Colonial Athletic Association
Mens: Viginia Commonwealth
Womens: Old Dominion
Horizon
Mens: Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Womens: Wisonsin - Green Bay
Ivy - no league tourney
Mens: Princeton
Womens: Penn
Metro Atlantic
Mens: Manhattan
Womens: Marist
Mid-American
Mens: Western Michigan
Womens: Miami (Ohio)
Mid-Continent
Mens: Valpo
Womens: Western Illinois
MEAC
Mens: South Carolina St
Womens: Deleware St
Missouri Valley Conference
Mens: Southwest Missouri State (predicting an upset here)
Womens: Southwest Missouri State...yep, both the men & the women's are going to go dancing.
Mountain West
Mens: Air Force, they've been a surprise all season...definetely don't want to give up an opportunity to go to the Big Tourney
Womens: New Mexico, a tie for first w/ Utah but i have a feeling New Mexico will win it all
Northeast
Mens: Monmouth NJ
Womens: St. Francis (PA) another team to go undefeated in conference play!
Ohio Valley
Mens: Murray State
Womens: Austin Peay
Southern
Mens: East Tennessee State
Womens: Chattanooga
Southland
Mens: 3 way tie for first, i think i will choose Stephen F Austin, they finished 2nd
Womens: Northwestern St
SWAC
Mens: Miss Valley St
Womens: Jackson St
Sun Belt
Mens: LA Lafayette
Womens: South Alabama
West Coast
Mens: Gonzaga
Womens: Loyola Marymount
WAC
Mens: UTEP
Womens: LA Tech maybe Rice will pull the upset, but I don't think so