Doggydaddy's Den: DoggyDaddy's Dailies 3/15/15

GO HUSKIES!!!!!

I made a few changes with the NCAA tournament coming up. Hope you like them. Still have my opinion pieces and UConn links. I added links to anything going on in WCBB. I added the scores from all the conference tournaments and any I'll point out any automatic bid winners.

Once the NCAA tournament starts, I'll have the brackets listed and scored posted as they happen. So any time you check the blog, you will see updates.

Hope this all works out...it's all new to me!!!!

Thanks for reading!

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As much pleasure I get from watching the UConn women dismantle teams, this latest run in the conference tournament by the UConn men's team has been a ton of fun.

After hammering South Florida in the first round on Thursday, they beat Cincinnati Friday on a 3 point buzzer beater by Ryan Boatright to get into the semi-finals. Saturday, they were down to Tulsa 38-28 with 6 minutes remaining. Once again, led by their terrific defense, they outscored Tulsa 19-4 to win 47-42. Back to back three pointers by the freshman Daniel Hamilton and Boatright tied the game at 41. After a free throw by Tulsa, a Rodney Purvis jumper put UConn ahead by one with 49 second remaining. Boatright closed out the scoring by going 4-4 on free throws. Sunday, the Huskies play top seed No. 20 SMU for the chance to grab the automatic bid for the AAC. They beat SMU 80-73 the last time these two teams met on March 1st. Would anyone count out UConn at this point?

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More tickets punched to the dance!!!!

In the Big Sky finals, Montana grabbed the automatic bid by beating N Colorado 60-49.

Cal State Fullerton is going dancing after upsetting Hawaii 67-60 in the Big West finals.

In the C-USA Finals Western Kentucky defeated Southern Miss 58-57 to lock up their spot.

Ohio beat Eastern Michigan for their automatic big in the MAC Finals 60-44.

American University beat Lehigh 66-50 to take the Patriot leagues automatic bid.

Alabama St. upset Southern 73-55 to take the SWAC automatic bid.

AR-Little Rock slides into the Sunbelt slot by beating Arkansas State 78-72.

New Mexico St. is going to the NCAA's after beating UT Pan American 70-52 in the WAC tournament finals.

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It's Mid-Major time for the rest of the week as the Power-5 Conferences plus the Big East and American conferences have completed their tournaments. Several NCAA tourney berths are in play and you get some really intense games as teams know it's their only shot to get to the tourney. I'll post the results here. Some games are late so I'll add them as I see them after my initial posting.

Wednesday's Conference Tourney Games

Lower ranked team listed first - Winner in bold

Big Sky Finals

Northern Colorado 49 Montana 60

Big West Finals

C S Northridge 67 Hawaii 50

C-USA Finals

Southern Miss 57 Western Kentucky 58

CAA Semifinals

Delaware 42 Hofstra 45

Elon 60 James Madison 64

MAC Finals

Eastern Michigan 44 Ohio 60

MEAC Finals

Maryland Eastern Shore 47 Savannah State 65

MVC Semifinals

Northern Iowa 42 Wichita State 56

Evansville 56 Missouri State 75

Patriot League Final

Lehigh 50 American U 66

Southland Semifinals

Houston Baptist 88 SF Austin 81

Northwestern State 70 Lamar 64

Sunbelt Finals

Arkansas State 72 AR-Little Rock 78

SWAC Finals

Alabama State 73 Southern 55

WAC Finals

UT Pan American 52 New Mexico State 70

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NEWS LINKS

Family ties are strong for UConn's Morgan Tuck Jim Fuller

Record performance for UConn incoming freshman Jim Fuller

Top recruit Cox facing tough decisions Carl Adamac

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NCAA Women's Basketball News
Links from around the world of WCBB

No women's teams in Michigan will enter NCAA tourney

Who should be the women's basketball player of the year?

FGCU basketball: women hope to avoid No. 9 seed in NCAA tournament

Should Tulane women's basketball be in the NCAA Tournament?

The wait is the hardest part for TCU

Dream season ends as UAA women fall in NCAA tourney

Boise State women beat New Mexico 66-60 to win Mountain West

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Thanks to my friend JohnnyC who sends me these numbers when he can.

Cha Sweeney Eastern Michigan 24 points
Kiyanna Black Ohio 25 points
Rachel Arthur Houston Baptist 22 points
Tayler Jefferson Houston Baptist 29 points
Porsha Roberts Stephen F Austin 22 points
Tiyonda Davis Savannah State 10 points 16 rebounds
Jasmine Norman Savannah State 20 points
D'shara Strange Northern Colorado 23 points
Maggie Rickman Montana 20 points
Kellie Rubel Montana 14 points 11 rebounds
Kellie Rubel New Mexico State 20 points
Janelle Perez Northwestern State 24 points
Beatrice Attura Northwestern State 26 points
Kiandra Bowers Lamar 16 points 12 rebounds
Jen Dumiak American 24 points
Janae Sharpe CS Northridge 20 points
Ashlee Guay CS Northridge 22 points
Megan Huff Hawaii 16 points 12 rebounds

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