Don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead an hour…….
— Alabama 93, Auburn 91 OT
Sears scored only 9 points, but had the game-winning shot at the buzzer.
Alabama is only 3-4 last seven games, after a 21-3 start.
Auburn has lost two in a row, after a 27-2 start.
— St John’s 86, Marquette 84 OT
Red Storm has won six in a row, 16 of last 17 games.
St John’s went 18-2 in Big East, despite shooting only 26.8% on arc.
Marquette went 4-6 in last ten games, after an 18-3 start.
— OVC Tournament
SIU-Edwardsville 69, SE Missouri State 48
Cougars are first team officially in the NCAA Tournament
Cougars out-rebounded SE Missouri State, 50-31
SIU-Edwardsville has #35 eFG% defense in country.
— WCC Tournament
Pepperdine 77, Oregon State 73
Waves win for 2nd night in row; after losing 8 of previous 9 games.
6-8 senior Todorovic scored 34 points, was 5-9 on arc.
Pepperdine advances to play Santa Clara Sunday night,
— SoCon Tournament
Three of the four underdogs won Saturday’s games.
VMI 64, NC-Greensboro 57
Keydets are only 9-11 SU in SoCon games, but are 15-5 ATS.
VMI played only three subs, who in a combined 21:00, went 0-1 from floor.
Teams combined to shoot 5-33 on the arc.
— Upsets of the Day
Penn State (+11.5) 86, Wisconsin 75
Pepperdine (+10.5) 77, Oregon State 73
VMI (+10.5) 64, NC-Greensboro 57
LaSalle (+8.5) 81, St Joe’s 74
Alabama (+7.5) 93, Auburn 91 OT
Abilene Christian (+7.5) 82, Grand Canyon 81
Fairfield (+6.5) 83, Quinnipiac 74
— Arch Madness (MVC Tournament)
Drake 57, Belmont 50
Drake held its last seven opponents to 61 or fewer points.
Bulldogs are 17-1 in their last 18 games.
Bradley 70, Valparaiso 65
11-seed Valpo led by 11 points early on.
Braves won eight of their last nine games.
Drake-Bradley play for the MVC title Sunday.
— Summit Tournament
Omaha-St Thomas play for the Summit title Sunday night, but St Thomas has only been a D-I team for five years, so they’re ineligible to go to the NCAA’s. No matter what happens here, Omaha is going to the NCAA’s.
Omaha 100, South Dakota 75
Mavericks led 55-26 at halftime.
Omaha shot 71.8% inside the arc.
St Thomas 85, North Dakota 69
Game was tied at halftime.
St Thomas shot 12-29 on the arc.
Tommies are in only their 4th season as a D-I team.
— Kansas 83, Arizona 76
Big man Dickinson had 33 points in 34:00 for Kansas.
Arizona is 3-5 in last eight games, after a 14-6 start.
Last three games, Arizona gave up 84-100-83 points.
— Sun Belt Tournament
Arkansas State 77, Marshall 74
Marshall led 52-46 with 13:58 left to play.
Red Wolves advance to play South Alabama Sunday.
Troy 75, Old Dominion 59
Trojans won six of their last seven games.
Troy plays James Madison Sunday.
— Famous birthdays, March 9th:
Bert Campaneris, 83
Dennis Harrah, 72
Linda Fiorentino, 67
Shooty Babitt, 66
Darrell Walker, 64
Terry Mulholland, 62
Sean Salisbury, 62
Brian Bosworth, 60
Benito Santiago, 60
— Notre Dame 112, California 110, 4 OT’s
Cal led 103-99 with 2:40 left in the 4th overtime.
6-0 soph Burton scored 43 points for Notre Dame
Notre Dame won its last three home games, by 4-2-2 points.
— Indiana 66, Ohio State 60
Indiana was 23-31 on foul line, Buckeyes 10-15
Hoosiers won five of last seven games, finished 10-10 in Big 18.
Ohio State led by 10 with 12:12 left in the game.
— Arkansas 93, Mississippi State 92
Hogs led by 16 with 11:41 left, trailed 89-87 with 1:46 left.
Arkansas shot 62.9% inside the arc.
Miss State lost four of its last five games.
— Duke 82, North Carolina 69
Tar Heels led by 6 with 15:44 left in the game.
Duke has won eight in row, 24 of last 25 games.
North Carolina is 1-11 in Quad-1 games, not ideal.
Bracketology has them as the second team outside the Field of 68
— CAA Tournament
Three of the four underdogs won Saturday’s games.
Drexel 91, Elon 74
Dragons were only CAA favorite to win Saturday
Drexel led 45-22 at halftime.
Drexel advances to play #1-seed Towson Sunday.
