Monday, March 7, 2011

The College Basketball Blog: 2011 Conference Tournament Predictions (Part VII)

The final five conference tourneys get underway on Thursday. Here are my picks.


Great West Conference (No automatic bid)

First Round

#2 New Jersey Tech over #7 Houston Baptist

#3 North Dakota over #6 Texas-Pan American

#4 South Dakota over #5 Chicago State

Semifinals

#1 Utah Valley over #4 South Dakota

#2 New Jersey Tech over #3 North Dakota

Championship

#1 Utah Valley over #2 New Jersey Tech


SEC

First Round

W3 Mississippi over E6 South Carolina

E3 Vanderbilt over W6 LSU

E5 Tennessee over W4 Arkansas

E4 Georgia over W5 Auburn

Quarterfinals

E4 Georgia over W1 Alabama

E1 Florida over E5 Tennessee

E3 Vanderbilt over W2 Mississippi State

E2 Kentucky over W3 Mississippi

Semifinals

E1 Florida over E3 Vanderbilt

E2 Kentucky over E4 Georgia

Championship

E1 Florida over E2 Kentucky


ACC

First Round

#5 Boston College over #12 Wake Forest

#6 Virginia Tech over #11 Georgia Tech

#7 Maryland over #10 NC State

#8 Virginia over #9 Miami

Quarterfinals

#1 North Carolina over #8 Virginia

#2 Duke over #7 Maryland

#3 Florida State over #6 Virginia Tech

#4 Clemson over #5 Boston College

Semifinals

#1 North Carolina over #4 Clemson

#2 Duke over #3 Florida State

Championship

#1 North Carolina over #2 Duke


Big Ten Conference

First Round

#6 Penn State over #11 Indiana

#7 Michigan State over #10 Iowa

#8 Northwestern over #9 Minnesota

Quarterfinals

#1 Ohio State over #8 Northwestern

#2 Purdue over #7 Michigan State

#3 Wisconsin over #6 Penn State

#4 Michigan over #5 Illinois

Semifinals

#1 Ohio State over #4 Michigan

#2 Purdue over #3 Wisconsin

Championship

#1 Ohio State over #2 Purdue


Big West Conference

Quarterfinals

#1 Long Beach State over #8 UC Irvine

#2 Cal Poly over #7 UC Riverside

#3 Cal State Northridge over #6 Cal State Fullerton

#4 Pacific over #5 UC Santa Barbara

Semifinals

#1 Long Beach State over #4 Pacific

#2 Cal Poly over #3 Cal State Northridge

Championship

#1 Long Beach State over #2 Cal Poly

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