Preview of all 5 Conference Championship Games Today

Below is a quick preview of the 5 conference championship games that will be played today, I'll attempt to update standings twice tonight as each set of games finishes.  After tonight we will be close to half way through the pool, so for those that find themselves at the bottom after tonight should start getting nervous, but know you're not yet mathematically eliminated.

Link to the Standings 

At 6pm CST we have 3 games being playing at the same time tonight, which can be stressful if you're alive in all 3 conferences, but works out well when you don't have a team to root for.  At 8pm CST we have 2 games being played at the same time, with the majority of the pool alive in both conferences.

Horizon League Championship Game (6p CST)

• (2) Wright State vs. (8) Cleveland State, no one in our pool has Cleveland State, 9 people have Wright State
• Wright State is projected to win by 9 points, so expect a blowout easy win here
• No bonus points will be awarded as no one has Cleveland State
• This is making me relive my 2009 nightmare in Vegas when Tim Husted GAURANTEED a Cleveland State win over Wake Forest during the NCAA Tournament while almost getting in a fight with a guy that actually went to school at George Mason

 

Colonial Conference Championship Game (6p CST)

• All chalk with this match-up as (1) Charleston plays (2) Northeastern
• 47% of our pool picked Charleston, however Northeastern was a very close 2nd
• Charleston is projected to win by 2 points, but it looks as though we'll see a good close game tonight
• No bonus points will be awarded as no 3 seeds or lower are playing 

Northeast Conference Championship Game (6p CST)

• (1) Wagner vs. (4) LIU-Brooklyn, no one has LIU-Brooklyn in our pool, and this is the 1st year ever Aardvark Tina didn't choose LIU-Brooklyn
• Vegas has Wagner winning by 8, so this should give 20 people in the pool an easy win
• No bonus points will be awarded as no one has LIU-Brooklyn 

 

 

West Coast Conference Championship Game (8p CST)

• (1) Gonzaga vs. (3) BYU, with 82% of the pool on Gonzaga, which means a Gonzaga win won't create too much separation in the standings
• However, B.I. has BYU, which would award him bonus points with a win, and he is the only person with BYU;  a BYU win should give B.I. some separation in the standings
• Now having said all that, Gonzaga is favored to win this game by 10 points, but Mormons are always a tough out 

 

 

 

Summit League Championship Game (8p CST)

• More chalk with (1) South Dakota State vs. (2) South Dakota, 82% of the pool is on South Dakota State
• We do have 6 people on South Dakota, and amazingly this is our first conference championship game in which ALL of us are alive and can root for a winner
• This is projected to be a super close game, with South Dakota actually being favored by 1 point
• No bonus points will be awarded as no 3 seeds or lower are playing 

 

 

In addition to these conference championship games, we do have conference tournament games all day that will impact our pool with losses, we really will rack up losses at a furious pace over the next 3-4 days.