In the aforementioned parallel universe, the rest of the conference tournaments also were played. Here are the notable results:
In America East, Vermont cruises to victory over Hartford to claim the auto-bid, as expected.
In the Big Sky, No. 1 seed Eastern Washington was upset in quarter final action by Sacramento State. This paved the way for Northern Colorado to claim the auto-bid with a title game win over Montana State.
In the Big West, favorite UC Irvine earned the auto-bid with a win in the Finals over UC Santa Barbara.
In C-USA, early favorites North Texas (No. 1 seed) and LA Tech (No. 3 seed) both get upset in the quarterfinals. As a result, No. 2 seed WKU takes the title and the automatic bid.
Chaos in the MAC! All four top seeds lose in the quarterfinals, paving the way for No. 8 Seed Ohio to win the title over No. 7 seed Toledo.
In the Mid-Eastern conference, Norfolk State entered the tournament as the No. 3 seed, but they were the Kenpom favorite to win the tournament... and that they did.
In the Metro Atlantic, top seed Siena wins the orderly tournament over St. Peter's to claim the auto-bid.
In the Southland conference, the biggest upset of the week occurred as Stephen F. Austin is bounced in the semifinals by Northwestern State. This clears the way for Nicholls State to claim the auto-bid.
In the SWAC, in a mild upset, Southern University takes out Prairie View A&M in the finals.
In the WAC, New Mexico State was the big favorite and rolled to victory and the auto-bid.
In the Ivy League, No. 3 Seed Princeton defeats Harvard and then Yale to claim the conference's automatic bid.
In the Sun Belt, in a mild Finals upset, No. 2 seed South Alabama takes out Arkansas Little Rock to claim the conference crown and automatic bid.
In other notable conference tournament action:
Dayton wins the A-10
Florida St. wins the ACC
Houston wins the AAC
Kansas edges Baylor to win the Big 12
Creighton wins the Big East
Oregon wins the Pac-12
Kentucky wins the SEC
(Note: I did not actually simulate the results of this final batch of tournaments. For seeding purposes, I will lean heavily on the aggregated results from the bracket matrix project. Even I have limits
In America East, Vermont cruises to victory over Hartford to claim the auto-bid, as expected.
In the Big Sky, No. 1 seed Eastern Washington was upset in quarter final action by Sacramento State. This paved the way for Northern Colorado to claim the auto-bid with a title game win over Montana State.
In the Big West, favorite UC Irvine earned the auto-bid with a win in the Finals over UC Santa Barbara.
In C-USA, early favorites North Texas (No. 1 seed) and LA Tech (No. 3 seed) both get upset in the quarterfinals. As a result, No. 2 seed WKU takes the title and the automatic bid.
Chaos in the MAC! All four top seeds lose in the quarterfinals, paving the way for No. 8 Seed Ohio to win the title over No. 7 seed Toledo.
In the Mid-Eastern conference, Norfolk State entered the tournament as the No. 3 seed, but they were the Kenpom favorite to win the tournament... and that they did.
In the Metro Atlantic, top seed Siena wins the orderly tournament over St. Peter's to claim the auto-bid.
In the Southland conference, the biggest upset of the week occurred as Stephen F. Austin is bounced in the semifinals by Northwestern State. This clears the way for Nicholls State to claim the auto-bid.
In the SWAC, in a mild upset, Southern University takes out Prairie View A&M in the finals.
In the WAC, New Mexico State was the big favorite and rolled to victory and the auto-bid.
In the Ivy League, No. 3 Seed Princeton defeats Harvard and then Yale to claim the conference's automatic bid.
In the Sun Belt, in a mild Finals upset, No. 2 seed South Alabama takes out Arkansas Little Rock to claim the conference crown and automatic bid.
In other notable conference tournament action:
Dayton wins the A-10
Florida St. wins the ACC
Houston wins the AAC
Kansas edges Baylor to win the Big 12
Creighton wins the Big East
Oregon wins the Pac-12
Kentucky wins the SEC
(Note: I did not actually simulate the results of this final batch of tournaments. For seeding purposes, I will lean heavily on the aggregated results from the bracket matrix project. Even I have limits
