Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Tournament scores & schedules
Men's scores
EAST
Princeton 76, Penn 70
TOURNAMENT
Big Sky Conference
Semifinals
N. Arizona 91, Idaho St. 72
Mid-Continent Conference
Championship
Valparaiso 75, Ind.-Pur.-Indpls. 70
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
First Round
Md.-Eastern Shore 51, Bethune-Cookman 50
Western Athletic Conference
First Round
SMU 79, Tulsa 60
Men's schedule
TODAY
TOURNAMENTS
Atlantic 10 Conference
At Dayton, Ohio
First Round
Xavier vs. St. Bonaventure, Noon
Rhode Island vs. La Salle, 2:30 p.m.
Massachusetts vs. Duquesne, 7 p.m.
Richmond vs. Fordham, 9:30 p.m.
Big East Conference
At New York
First Round
Virginia Tech vs. Rutgers, Noon
Boston College vs. Georgetown, 2:30 p.m.
Notre Dame vs. West Virginia, 7 p.m.
Seton Hall vs. Villanova, 9:30 p.m.
Big Sky Conference
At Cheney, Wash. Championship
Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.
Big West Conference
At Anaheim, Calif.
First Round
UC Riverside vs. Cal Poly-SLO, 9 p.m.
CS Northridge vs. Cal St. Fullerton, 11:30 p.m.
Conference USA
At Cincinnati
First Round
Charlotte vs. Tulane, 1 p.m.
Marquette vs. TCU, 3:30 p.m.
Louisville vs. East Carolina, 7 p.m.
Saint Louis vs. Southern Miss., 9:30 p.m.
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
At Richmond, Va.
Quarterfinals
South Carolina State vs. Bethune-Cookman-Maryland-Eastern Shore winner, 6 p.m.
Coppin State vs. Morgan State, 8:30 p.m.
Northeast Conference
At West Long Branch, N.J.
Championship
Central Conn. St. at Monmouth, N.J., 7 p.m.
Southland Conference
Semifinals
Stephen F. Austin at Texas-Arlington 8 p.m.
Texas-San Antonio at Sthestrn Louisiana, 8 p.m.
Women's scores
EAST
Harvard 82, Dartmouth 59
TOURNAMENT
Big 12 Conference
First Round
Baylor 86, Kansas 71
Iowa St. 63, Nebraska 52
Missouri 75, Oklahoma St. 52
Big East Conference
Championship
Boston College 75, Rutgers 57
Big South Conference
First Round
Birmingham-Southern 56, N.C.-Asheville 49
Coastal Carolina 68, High Point 62
Liberty 81, Winthrop 47
Radford 58, Charleston Southern 57
Mid-Continent Conference
Championship
Valparaiso 64, Oral Roberts 63
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
First Round
Norfolk St. 60, S. Carolina St. 56
Southland Conference
First Round
Louisiana-Monroe 72, Texas St. 59
Northwestern St. 69, Sam Houston St. 61
Texas-Arlington 69, Stephen F.Austin 61
Texas-San Antonio 61, McNeese St. 42
Sun Belt Conference
Championship
Middle Tennessee 79, W. Kentucky 57
Western Athletic Conference
First Round
Boise St. 59, Hawaii 56
San Jose St. 68, Nevada 60
Women's schedule
TOURNAMENTS
First rounds of: America East at Hartford, Conn.; Big West at Anaheim, Calif.; Colonial Athletic Association at Norfolk, Va.;
Quarterfinals of: Big 12 at Dallas Texas; Mid-American at Cleveland, Ohio; MEAC at Richmond Va. (two games); Mountain West at Denver, Colo.; Southwestern Athletic at Birmingham, Ala.; Western Athletic at Fresno, Calif.
Championship of: Patriot League at highest remaining seed.
NCAA Automatic Bids
MEN
Central Florida, Atlantic Sun Conference
East Tennessee State, Southern Conference
Gonzaga, West Coast Conference
Illinois-Chicago, Horizon League
Liberty, Big South Conference
Louisiana-Lafayette, Sun Belt Conference
Manhattan, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Murray State, Ohio Valley Conference
Northern Iowa, Missouri Valley Conference
Princeton, Ivy League
Valparaiso, Mid-Continent Conference
Virginia Commonwealth, Colonial Athletic Association
WOMEN
Austin Peay, Ohio Valley Conference
Boston College, Big East Conference
Chattanooga, Southern Conference
Duke, Atlantic Coast Conference
Houston, Conference USA
Loyola Marymount, West Coast Conference
Marist, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Middle Tennessee, Sun Belt Conference
Pennsylvania, Ivy League
Purdue, Big Ten Conference
Stanford, Pacific 10 Conference
Temple, Atlantic 10 Conference
Valparaiso, Mid-Continent Conference
Vanderbilt, Southeastern Conference
Wisconsin-Green Bay, Horizon League
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