This was a pretty remarkable day. It started with DePaul's stunning upset of Cincinnati that may have knocked two teams out of the tournament. Not only is Cincinnati clearly done, but Providence now loses an opportunity for a worthwhile win as they get DePaul rather than Cincinnati. A win over DePaul likely will not be enough for Providence as they will probably also need a win over Louisville. That, obviously, is unlikely.
One upset followed another at Madison Square Garden as Georgetown had any slim hopes killed as they lost to St. John's. Now there is talk that Georgetown might not even be an NIT team. That's probably extreme.
The worst news of the day for bubble teams was Cleveland State's upset win over Butler. I am not all that upset by this (and I'm even a fan of a bubble team) because I really enjoy watching that Cleveland State team. Their win did not seem very flukish and I'm not convinced they're much worse than Butler even though their seeds will probably be quite different. I would not be shocked to see Cleveland State make a bit of a run.
Maybe the biggest upset of the day was Montana State's semifinal win against Weber State in the Big Sky Tournament in Weber State's gym. The game was not even all that close and Weber State lost despite holding approximately a 130 rank advantage in the RPI. This upset gets a bit more interesting as you look at the season a bit deeper. This was Weber State's second conference loss and both were at home to Montana State. However, in the final game of the regular season Weber State won by 20 at Montana State.
College basketball is a hard sport to figure out.
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