Thursday, March 1, 2012

Conference Tournament Previews - 3/1

Missouri Valley:
Favorite – Wichita State Shockers – A top 25 RPI and nothing but win after win after win. Can the Shockers ride this wave to a top 4 seed?

Co-Favorite – Creighton Blue Jays – embarrassed by Wichita last time they have the revenge factor.

Potential Upset – Northern Iowa Panthers – I had this team pegged as a tournament team earlier in the year, they have the horses to win 3 in a row and make the Missouri Valley a 3 bid league

American East:
Favorite – Stony Brook Seawolves – Hey look! A play in game team!

Potential Upset – Vermont Catamounts – If only they still had Taylor Coppenwrath and TJ Sorrentine.

Northeast:
Favorite – Long Island Blackbirds – They are only listed as favorite because they got the #1 seed in the tournament. I do not expect them to win the auto-bid

Potential…Likely Upset – Wagner Seahawks – has three top 100 RPI wins and played UConn tough. When Wagner wins the auto-bid they’ll be a 15 seed. Did I mention their head coach is Danny Hurley and Bobby is an assistant? I did, okay, good.

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