The College Basketball Blog: 2013 Conference Tournament Predictions (Part VI)

Here are my predictions for the final six conference tourneys getting underway on Thursday. 

ACC

First Round

#5 North Carolina State over #12 Virginia Tech

#6 Florida State over #11 Clemson

#7 Maryland over #10 Wake Forest 

#8 Boston College over #9 Georgia Tech

Quarterfinals

#1 Miami over #8 Boston College 

#2 Duke over #7 Maryland

#3 North Carolina over #6 Florida State 

#5 North Carolina State over #4 Virginia 

Semifinals 

#5 North Carolina State over #1 Miami 

#2 Duke over #3 North Carolina 

Finals 

#2 Duke over #5 North Carolina State 

Atlantic Ten Conference 

First Round

#5 Butler over #12 Dayton 

#6 Massachusetts over #11 George Washington 

#7 Xavier over #10 St. Joseph’s 

#8 Richmond over #9 Charlotte 

Quarterfinals 

#1 St. Louis over #8 Richmond 

#2 VCU over #7 Xavier 

#3 Temple over #6 Massachusetts 

#5 Butler over #4 LaSalle 

Semifinals 

#1 St. Louis over #5 Butler 

#3 Temple over #2 VCU 

Finals 

#1 St. Louis over #3 Temple 

Big Sky Conference 

First Round

#2 Weber State over #7 Northern Arizona 

#3 North Dakota over #6 Southern Utah 

#5 Northern Colorado over #4 Montana State 

Semifinals 

#1 Montana over #5 Northern Colorado 

#2 Weber State over #3 North Dakota 

Finals 

#1 Montana over #2 Weber State 

Big Ten Conference 

First Round

#5 Michigan over #12 Penn State 

#6 Iowa over #11 Northwestern 

#7 Purdue over #10 Nebraska 

#8 Illinois over #9 Minnesota 

Quarterfinals 

#1 Indiana over #8 Illinois 

#2 Ohio State over #7 Purdue 

#3 Michigan State over #6 Iowa

#5 Michigan over #4 Wisconsin 

Semifinals 

#5 Michigan over #1 Indiana 

#2 Ohio State over #3 Michigan State 

Finals 

#2 Ohio State over #5 Michigan 

Big West Conference 

Quarterfinals 

#1 Long Beach State over #8 Cal State Fullerton 

#2 Pacific over #7 UC Santa Barbara 

#3 Cal Poly over #6 UC Davis 

#4 UC Irvine over #5 Hawaii 

Semifinals 

#1 Long Beach State over #4 UC Irvine 

#2 Pacific over #3 Cal Poly 

Finals 

#2 Pacific over #1 Long Beach State 

Great West Conference (No Automatic Bid) 

First Round 

#4 Houston Baptist over #5 Utah Valley 

Semifinals

#1 New Jersey Tech over #4 Houston Baptist 

#2 Texas-Pan American over #3 Chicago State 

Finals 

#1 New Jersey Tech over #2 Texas-Pan American