Welcome back, college sports fans. Let’s start with some congratulations to a couple new men’s conference champions crowned yesterday: Furman (SoCon) and Troy (Sun Belt). We also added four women’s champions: Jacksonville (ASUN), UCONN (Big East), Fairfield (MAAC), and James Madison (Sun Belt). All six teams have officially punched their tickets to the NCAA tournament.
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There are no finals for the women today and a short schedule to boot – just 15 games, 11 of them Round 1 bouts. As a reminder, the Prediction is based on two factors: 1) we assume a neutral site game, and 2) if both the Score and RPIF metrics agree on a favorite, that team is listed as the winner – if they disagree, we list NO PRED. Yesterday, the GCR was 16-6 (.727) picking the winner bringing the 3-day total to 58-15 (.795). Here are the women’s games today.
| CONF | Round | Game (All Times Eastern) | Tipoff | Prediction |
| American | R1 | FAU (13-17/247) / Charlotte (14-17/236) | 1:00 | Charlotte |
| American | R1 | Tulane (11-19/281) / Temple (14-16/214) | 3:30 | Temple |
| Big Sky | SF | Sacramento St (15-17/206) / Idaho (27-5/59) | 2:00 | Idaho |
| Big Sky | SF | E Washington (15-17/211) / Montana St (24-6/24) | 4:30 | Montana St |
| C-USA | R1 | Kennesaw St (13-16/210) / Delaware (12-18/250) | 12:30 | NO PRED |
| C-USA | R1 | UTEP (13-16/217) / Jax St (15-15/194) | 3:00 | NO PRED |
| Horizon | FINAL | Youngstown St (24-8/69) / Green Bay (24-8/72) | 12:00 | NO PRED |
| Mtn West | FINAL | Air Force (16-17/198) / Colorado St (26-7/55) | 9:30 | Colorado St |
| SWAC | R2 | Bethune (7-25/333) / Florida A&M (8-21/316) | 11:00am | Florida A&M |
| SWAC | R2 | MS Valley (8-22/326) / Ark Pine Bluff (13-15/235) | 5:30 | Ark Pine Bluff |
| Southland | QF | Nwestern St (18-13/158) / Rio Grande (19-12/130) | 12:00 | Rio Grande |
| Southland | QF | Nicholls (15-15/226) / Steph F Austin (22-9/103) | 2:30 | Steph F Austin |
| West Coast | FINAL | Oregon St (23-10/57) / Gonzaga (23-9/48) | 4:00 | Gonzaga |
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The men have five championship games today with the Coastal, Horizon, MAAC, NEC, and West Coast vying for the NCAA ticket. The 24 games also include 11 Round 1 games. As a reminder, the Prediction is based on two factors: 1) we assume a neutral site game, and 2) if both the Score and RPIF metrics agree on a favorite, that team is listed as the winner – if they disagree, we list NO PRED. Yesterday, the GCR was a paltry 6-5 (.545) picking the winner with a 3-day total of 39-20 (.661). Let’s hope that percentage improves with the games listed below.
| CONF | Round | Game (All Times Eastern) | Tipoff | Prediction |
| ACC | R1 | Pittsburgh (12-19/227) / Stanford (20-11/45) | 2:00 | Stanford |
| ACC | R1 | Syracuse (15-16/134) / SMU (19-12/53) | 4:30 | SMU |
| ACC | R1 | Wake Forest (16-15/103) / Virginia Tech (19-12/56) | 7:00 | Virginia Tech |
| AmEast | SF | Lowell (15-17/264) / Balt County (22-8/139) | 6:00 | Balt County |
| AmEast | SF | NJ Tech (16-16/226) / Vermont (21-11/158) | 7:00 | Vermont |
| Big Ten | R1 | Maryland (11-20/257) / Oregon (12-19/220) | 5:00 | Oregon |
| Big Ten | R1 | Penn St (12-19/230) / Northwestern (13-18/195) | 7:30 | Northwestern |
| Big 12 | R1 | Baylor (16-15/104) / Arizona St (16-15/105) | 12:30 | Baylor |
| Big 12 | R1 | Utah (10-21/279) / Cincinnati (17-14/85) | 3:00 | Cincinnati |
| Big 12 | R1 | Kansas St (12-19/223) / BYU (21-10/27) | 7:00 | BYU |
| Big 12 | R1 | Oklahoma St (18-13/72) / Colorado (17-14/96) | 9:30 | Oklahoma St |
| Big Sky | SF | Montana (17-15/203) / Portland St (20-10/126) | 9:00 | Portland St |
| Big Sky | SF | Idaho (19-14/192) / E Washington (14-18/244) | 11:30 | NO PRED |
| C-USA | R1 | Missouri St (14-17/234) / FIU (15-16/204) | 6:30 | FIU |
| C-USA | R1 | New Mexico St (15-15/201) / Jax St (15-16/212) | 9:00 | New Mexico St |
| Coastal | FINAL | Monmouth (19-14/143) / Hofstra (23-10/71) | 7:00 | Hofstra |
| Horizon | FINAL | Detroit (17-14/189) / Wright St (22-11/92) | 7:00 | Wright St |
| MAAC | FINAL | Siena (22-11/101) / Merrimack (23-10/70) | 9:00 | Merrimack |
| NEC | FINAL | Mercyhurst (17-16/247) / Long Island (23-10/112) | 7:00 | Long Island |
| SWAC | R2 | Alcorn St (9-22/343) / Prairie View (14-17/300) | 2:00 | NO PRED |
| SWAC | R2 | Grambling (14-18/270) / Jackson St (11-20/301) | 8:30 | NO PRED |
| SLAN | SF | Corpus Christi (18-14/202) / Steph F Austin (27-4/55) | 7:00 | Steph F Austin |
| SLAN | SF | Rio Grande (19-13/147) / McNeese (26-5/38) | 9:30 | McNeese |
| West Coast | FINAL | Santa Clara (26-7/23) / Gonzaga (29-3/7) | 9:00 | Gonzaga |
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That’s it for today. Tune in tomorrow for more Madness. Thank you for reading and sharing with others, JoJo and G.
