WINNER: overlander — 2013-14 NCAA COLLEGE BASKETBALL

[iAmCaffeine]

Sooo being second in CUSA with a fairly decent lead over third, and the only person apart from Toledo with a positive record against the Top 20 in CUSA gets me nowhere.

[biscuit boy]

Sooo being second in CUSA with a fairly decent lead over third, and the only person apart from Toledo with a positive record against the Top 20 in CUSA gets me nowhere.

Of course it does...The conference tournament is for the automatic qualifiers. You will get an at-large bid with your record.

[flexmaster33]

Yes, the main tournament (championship event) follows these smaller conference tourneys. If you're in the top 2-3 in your league you should be pretty safe for getting an at-large bid into that.

The winner of each conference tourney gets into the NCAA bracket (9 spots)
The remaining 47 spots will be granted as at-large bids based on record, strength of schedule, etc. A "Selection Show" will go live online announcing the NCAA bracket and those at-large berths.

[iAmCaffeine]

Oh. My bad. I really need to read things thoroughly.

[flexmaster33]

tourney brackets updated ... new games sent out.

[Culs De Sac]

Colombia wins. Bring on the other big cats... Here we come Princeton!

[flexmaster33]

tourney brackets updated...new matchups sent out.

[TheCrown]

I eat Columbia students for breakfast...

[flexmaster33]

tourney brackets are updated...most tourneys are into the semifinals, so we should be able to start filling in some of the automatic bids soon. Good luck all

[flexmaster33]

Most tourneys are into the semifinals...here's a push to try to wrap these up quickly. Hoping to get the NCAA bracket going by August 1.

[flexmaster33]

brackets updated...we are into title games in several of the conference tourneys now.

[flexmaster33]

tourney brackets updated...we're into title games in about half of the leagues, so it should just be a matter of days before we start handing out the first batch of automatic bids

[danervinsucks]

Iowa Hawkeyes the first to punch their ticket???

[flexmaster33]

yes indeed...the Iowa Hawkeyes are the first team officially into the championship tournament...congrats danervinsucks

[jon_snow]

The University of Georgia wins the SEC tourney, knocking off a couple of Top 25 teams along the way.

[flexmaster33]

Georgia wins the SEC and is the 2nd team to punch a ticket to the Big Dance...Congrats jon_snow

[flexmaster33]

UConn wins the American tourney and is the third team to reach the NCAA championship tournament. Congrats osujacket

[flexmaster33]

SELECTION DAY ANNOUNCEMENT —

I will be running the live Selection Show to announce the NCAA and NIT brackets at 9 a.m. PST/12 p.m. EST on Friday, Aug. 1. Find us in the Conquer Club chat room to see the bracket revealed one region at a time and to join the commentary. Time to find our if your bubble has burst

[iAmCaffeine]

Toledo are going to beat Evansville with a similar result to last time.

What time is that GMT please?

[flexmaster33]

Looks like that would be 5 p.m. GMT

[iAmCaffeine]

Thanks mate.

[flexmaster33]

Hi all...I got called into a meeting in the morning that is going to conflict with our Selection Show, so moving that back half-an-hour to a 9:30 PST/12:30 p.m. EST start. See you then, and may your bubble not burst

[flexmaster33]

All right...brackets are uploaded, I will be making contact with coaches shortly and getting out the NIT invites.
Notice I decided to go with a full 64-team championship bracket to bring better balance, while shrinking the NIT to 16 teams.

If your bubble got burst, thanks for playing and I hope to see you back next season.

I will be starting the 2014-15 rendition on time with sign-ups beginning in late October, so look for the link then.

[flexmaster33]

Sent out all tourney matchups for ones that I've heard back on power-ups.

Coaches have until Saturday night to get me their power-up requests. At that point I will use defaults to designate spots and send out the remainder of the matchups.

Good luck as we get under way with the Madness

[SirLindsley]

How is scoring done for March Madness? I remember seeing it posted somewhere, but can't find it now.