Welcome back, college sports fans! The regular season is officially over for every conference which means that from now until the first week of April, if a team loses, they go home. Conference tourneys are still moving forward so there are a few second chances out there, but a loss now could be the difference in seeding, or even which tournament (NCAA, NIT, etc.), if any, sends the invitation. Every game is now listed in the tables below.
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An error-correction. G put the ASUN Women’s Championship Game on Sunday when that game is being played today. Apologies for any confusion. There were 8 conference champions who punched their Women’s NCAA tickets yesterday: Duke (ACC), High Point (Big South), Rhode Island (A10), Samford (SoCon), South Dakota St (Summit), Texas (SEC), UCLA (Big Ten), and West Virginia (Big 12). There were 4 conference champions on the men’s side: High Point (Big South), N Iowa (Missouri Valley), North Dakota St (Summit), and Queens (ASUN). Special congratulations to High Point for being a double winner!
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Yesterday, on the women’s side, the GCR correctly picked 17 out of 20 (.850) winners. That brings the 2-day total to 42-9 (.823). As a reminder, the Prediction column assumes a neutral site although not all Round 1 games are such, and both the Score and RPIF metrics agree on the winner. If they do not, we publish “NO PRED.” We do have four more finals today and some new conferences joining the fray. Here are the 26 games for today.
| CONF | Round | Game (All Times Eastern) | Tipoff | Prediction |
| ASUN | FINAL | Austin Peay (19-12/130) / Jacksonville (23-8/65) | 5:00 | Jacksonville |
| AmEast | SF | Binghamton (19-11/105) / Maine (18-12/128) | 6:00 | NO PRED |
| AmEast | SF | Balt County (16-13/158) / Vermont (25-7/35) | 6:00 | Vermont |
| Big East | FINAL | Villanova (25-6/18) / UCONN (33-0/4) | 7:00 | UCONN |
| Big Sky | R3 | Sacramento St (14-17/215) / Idaho St (19-10/112) | 2:00 | Idaho St |
| Big Sky | R3 | E Washington (14-17/224) / N Colorado (22-9/84) | 4:30 | N Colorado |
| Horizon | SF | Fort Wayne (20-12/142) / Green Bay (23-8/72) | 12:00 | Green Bay |
| Horizon | SF | Cleveland St (24-8/99) / Youngstown St (23-8/73) | 2:30 | Youngstown St |
| MAAC | FINAL | Fairfield (27-4/39) / Quinnipiac (26-5/88) | 6:00 | Fairfield |
| Mtn West | SF | Air Force (15-17/207) / Boise St (25-8/82) | 8:00 | Boise St |
| Mtn West | SF | Colorado St (25-7/60) / UNLV (21-10/98) | 10:30 | NO PRED |
| Northeast | QF | Stonehill (12-17/282) / Mercyhurst (13-15/242) | 6:00 | Mercyhurst |
| Northeast | QF | Chicago St (9-22/318) / Long Island (19-10/202) | 7:00 | Long Island |
| Northeast | QF | Le Moyne (11-20/299) / Wagner (13-16/251) | 7:00 | Wagner |
| Northeast | QF | St Francis (3-26/358) / Fair Dickins (27-4/86) | 7:00 | Fair Dickins |
| Patriot | QF | Colgate (7-23/323) / Holy Cross (20-9/103) | 6:00 | Holy Cross |
| Patriot | QF | Lafayette (11-18/284) / Army (23-6/70) | 6:00 | Army |
| Patriot | QF | Loyola MD (12-17/246) / Lehigh (15-13/180) | 6:00 | Lehigh |
| Patriot | QF | Boston Univ (11-19/273) / Navy (21-7/83) | 7:00 | Navy |
| SWAC | R1 | Bethune (6-25/339) / TX Southern (10-20/286) | 11:00am | TX Southern |
| SWAC | R1 | Prairie View (2-27/360) / MS Valley (7-22/332) | 5:30 | MS Valley |
| Southland | R1 | East Texas (13-16/233) / Nwestern St (17-13/163) | 12:00 | Nwestern St |
| Southland | R1 | Nicholls (14-15/238) / Incarnate Word (13-16/210) | 2:30 | Incarnate Word |
| Sun Belt | FINAL | James Madison (25-8/40) / Troy (25-6/25) | 2:00 | NO PRED |
| West Coast | SF | Oregon St (22-10/66) / LMU (21-8/93) | 3:00 | Oregon St |
| West Coast | SF | Santa Clara (24-8/50) / Gonzaga (22-9/55) | 5:30 | NO PRED |
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The men have a more abbreviated schedule today, but we do have two finals. Yesterday the GCR was 12-8 (.600) picking the winner bringing the 2-day total to 33-15 (.688). Here are the 14 games today.
| CONF | Round | Game (All Times Eastern) | Tipoff | Prediction |
| Big Sky | R3 | N Colorado (20-11/142) / Montana (16-15/214) | 7:30 | N Colorado |
| Big Sky | R3 | Weber St (16-15/210) / E Washington (13-18/260) | 10:00 | Weber St |
| Coastal | SF | Campbell (16-17/189) / Monmouth (18-14/151) | 6:00 | NO PRED |
| Coastal | SF | Towson (19-14/110) / Hofstra (22-10/74) | 8:30 | Hofstra |
| Horizon | SF | N Kentucky (20-13/148) / Wright St (21-11/98) | 7:00 | Wright St |
| Horizon | SF | Detroit (16-14/201) / Robert Morris (22-10/106) | 9:30 | Robert Morris |
| SWAC | R1 | Alcorn St (8-22/344) / Alabama St (10-21/337) | 2:00 | NO PRED |
| SWAC | R1 | MS Valley (3-29/365) / Grambling (13-18/275) | 8:30 | Grambling |
| SoCon | FINAL | Furman (21-12/111) / E Tenn St (23-10/83) | 7:00 | E Tenn St |
| SLAN | QF | New Orleans (15-17/219) / Corpus Christi (17-14/211) | 6:00 | NO PRED |
| SLAN | QF | Nicholls (14-18/252) / Rio Grande (18-13/156) | 8:30 | Rio Grande |
| Sun Belt | FINAL | Ga Southern (20-16/193) / Troy (21-11/84) | 7:00 | Troy |
| West Coast | SF | Oregon St (17-15/129) / Gonzaga (28-3/6) | 9:00 | Gonzaga |
| West Coast | SF | Santa Clara (25-7/25) / St Marys (27-4/7) | 11:30 | St Marys |
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That’s it for today. We are not publishing the Top 363 and Top 365 this week while we are focusing on the conference tourneys. Look for a giant-sized episode on Monday, March 16 that will have both men’s and women’s rankings prior to the tournaments (NCAA, NIT, etc.). Thank you for reading and sharing with others, JoJo and G.
