March 9, 2021
Bids On The Line Tonight
Colonial Athletic Association: Drexel vs. Elon
Northeast Conference: Bryant vs. Mount St. Mary’s
Horizon League: Cleveland St. vs. Oakland
Summit League: North Dakota St. vs. Oral Roberts
West Coast Conference: Gonzaga vs. BYU
America East Conference
Championship Game–Saturday, March 13, 11 AM, ESPN2
6 U Mass-Lowell at 4 Hartford
American Athletic Conference
1st Round–Thursday, March 11 @ Fort Worth, TX
8 South Florida vs. 9 Temple (winner plays 1 Wichita St. Friday)
(4 SMU plays 5 Cincinnati Friday)
7 Tulsa vs. 10 Tulane (winner plays 2 Houston Friday)
6 Central Florida vs. 11 East Carolina (winner plays 3 Memphis Friday)
Atlantic Coast Conference
First Round–Tuesday, March 9 @ Greensboro, NC
12 Pittsburgh vs. 13 Miami (Fla.)
10 Duke vs. 15 Boston College
11 Notre Dame vs. 14 Wake Forest
Atlantic 10 Conference
Championship Game–Sunday, March 14, 1PM, CBS @ Dayton, OH
1 Saint Bonaventure vs. 2 Virginia Commonwealth
Big East Conference
1st Round–Wednesday 10 @ New York, NY
8 Georgetown vs. 9 Marquette (winner plays 1 Villanova Thursday)
(4 St. John’s plays 5 Seton Hall Thursday)
7 Xavier vs. 10 Butler (winner plays 2 Creighton Thursday)
6 Providence vs. 11 DePaul (winner plays 3 Connecticut Thursday)
Big Sky Conference
1st Round–Wednesday, March 10 @ Boise, ID
8 Northern Colorado vs. 9 Sacramento St. (winner plays 1 Southern Utah Thursday)
(4 Idaho St. plays 5 Montana St. Thursday)
7 Portland St. vs. 10 Northern Arizona (winner plays 2 Eastern Washington Thursday)
6 Montana vs. 11 Idaho (winner plays 3 Weber St. Thursday)
Big Ten Conference
1st Round–Wednesday, March 10 @ Indianapolis, IN
12 Northwestern vs. 13 Minnesota
11 Penn St. vs. 14 Nebraska
Big 12 Conference
1st Round–Wednesday, March 10 @ Kansas City, MO
8 TCU vs. 9 Kansas St. (winner plays 1 Baylor Thursday)
(4 West Virginia plays 5 Oklahoma St. Thursday)
7 Oklahoma vs. 10 Iowa St. (winner plays 2 Kansas Thursday)
(3 Texas plays 6 Texas Tech Thursday)
Big West Conference
1st Round–Tuesday, March 9 @ Las Vegas
8 Cal St. Northridge vs. 9 Long Beach St. (winner plays 1 UCSB Wednesday)
(4 Cal St. Bakersfield vs. 5 UC-Davis Wednesday)
7 Cal St. Fullerton vs. 10 Cal Poly (winner plays 2 UC-Irvine Wednesday)
(3 UC-Riverside plays 6 Hawaii Wednesday)
Colonial Athletic Association
Championship Game–Tuesday, March 9 @ James Madison (Harrisonburg, VA)
7 PM EST on CBSSN
6 Drexel vs. 8 Elon
Conference USA
1st Round–Tuesday, March 9 @ Frisco, TX (Dallas Cowboys Practice Facility)
6W Rice vs. 7W Southern Miss.
6E Middle Tennessee vs. 7E Florida Intl. (MTSU wins by Default–FIU Covid Casualty)
Horizon League
Championship Game, Tuesday, March 9 @ Indianapolis, IN
7PM EST on ESPN
1 Cleveland St. vs. 3 Oakland
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
1st Round Continues, Tuesday, March 9 @ Atlantic City, NJ
8 Quinnipiac vs. 9 Rider
7 Fairfield vs. 10 Manhattan
Mid-American Conference
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Cleveland
1 Toledo vs. 8 Ball St.
4 Kent St. vs. 5 Ohio U
2 Buffalo vs. 7 Miami (O)
3 Akron vs. 6 Bowling Green
Mideastern Athletic Conference
Quarterfinals, Thursday, March 11 @ Norfolk, VA
2S Florida A&M vs. 3N Morgan St. (winner plays 1N Coppin St. Friday)
2N Norfolk St. vs. 3S UNC-Central (winner plays 1S North Carolina A&T Friday)
Mountain West Conference
1st Round–Wednesday, March 10 @ Las Vegas
8 Wyoming vs. 9 San Jose St. (winner plays 1 San Diego St. Thursday)
(4 Boise St. plays 5 Nevada Thursday)
7 UNLV vs. 10 Air Force (winner plays 2 Utah St. Thursday)
6 Fresno St. vs. 11 New Mexico (winner plays 3 Colorado St. Thursday)
Northeast Conference
Championship Game, Tuesday, March 11, 7PM, ESPN2
4 Mount St. Mary’s at 2 Bryant
Pac-12 Conference
1st Round–Wednesday, March 10 @ Las Vegas
8 Arizona St. vs. 9 Washington St. (winner plays 1 Oregon Thursday)
(4 UCLA plays 5 Oregon St. Thursday)
7 Utah vs. 10 Washington (winner plays 2 USC Thursday)
6 Stanford vs. 11 California (winner plays 3 Colorado Thursday)
Patriot League
Semifinals–Wednesday, March 10
9 Loyola (MD) at 4 Army
6 Bucknell at 2 Colgate
Southeastern Conference
1st Round–Wednesday, March 10 @ Nashville, TN
12 Texas A&M vs. 13 Vanderbilt
Southland Conference
1st Round–Tuesday, March 9 @ Katy, TX (Greater Houston)
8 Southeast Louisiana vs. 9 McNeese St.
7 Incarnate Word vs. 10 Houston Baptist
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Quarterfinals–Wednesday, March 10 (& Thursday, March 11) @ Birmingham, AL
1 Prairie View vs. 8 Mississippi Valley (3/10)
4 Grambling vs. 5 Southern (3/11)
2 Jackson St. vs. 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/10)
3 Texas Southern vs. 6 Alcorn St. (3/11)
Summit League
Championship Game, Tuesday, March 9 @ Sioux Falls, SD
9PM EST on ESPN2
3 North Dakota St. vs. 4 Oral Roberts
West Coast Conference
Championship Game, Tuesday, March 9 @ Las Vegas
9 PM EST on ESPN
1 Gonzaga vs. 2 BYU
Western Athletic Conference
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Las Vegas
4 California-Baptist vs. 5 Seattle (winner plays 1 Grand Canyon Friday)
3 New Mexico St. vs. 6 UT-Rio Grande Valley (winner plays 2 Utah Valley Friday)
Automatic Qualifiers
Liberty 23-5
Winthrop 23-1
Loyola (Chi.) 24-4
Morehead St. 23-7
UNC-Greensboro 21-8
Appalachian St. 17-11
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