Last Update of the Day

Well, the most important game of the day went Maryland's way - I am, of course, referring to Maryland's gutsy comeback performance against NC State. When all looked lost (and for the majority of the first half, all definitely looked lost), Maryland managed to find a way. Kudos to Eric Hayes for singlehandedly preserving Maryland's NCAA hopes. Without him, Greivis just would have gotten frustrated and turning the ball over, and Maryland may never have gotten out of their first half rut. Wake Forest presents matchup problems galore tomorrow, but the Terps have shown that when they take care of the ball and shoot well, they can play with anyone. 

Now, only one more bubble game of the day - Wyoming at New Mexico. A loss by New Mexico would be huge, but is not absolutely necessary: a defeat of Wyoming isn't exactly a big-time win. 

As for the rest of the day ...

The Good

- (from earlier) Louisville popped Providence's bubble; Virginia Tech popped Miami's bubble; BYU is still on track to win the Mountain West; Arizona State ended Arizona; Texas ended Kansas State

- from 5:30: Utah State took care of Fresno State to stay in control for winning the WAC

- from 6:30: Rhode Island's chance for an at-large bid ended with a 4-point loss to Duquesne

- from 7:00: Memphis scared everyone, but ended up beating Tulane by 10 to stay in the Conference USA tournament

- from 9:00: Utah, thanks to a game winning three pointer as time expired, beat TCU to put themselves one step closer to the MWC championship

The Bad (and sadly there was a lot more of it in the later games)

- (from earlier) Xavier keeps going; Minnesota may have locked up a bid against Northwestern; Iowa didn't give Michigan a game; Temple gets a resume-boosting win against St. Joseph's

- from 5:00: Penn State beat Indiana. It won't help the weakest part of Penn State's resume, their RPI, but they have a chance for a huge win tomorrow now

- from 5:30: San Diego State, in contention for an at-large bid from the MWC, rolled past UNLV

- from 7:00: Oklahoma State secured an at-large bid by defeating Oklahoma

- from 9:00: Boston College may have had an at-large big anyway, but they secured it with an easy win over Virginia

Dayton can feel good about their at-large chances as well after their victory over Richmond

- from 9:45: Arkansas could not pull off the upset over bubble team Florida

That's all for today. I'll be back tomorrow for more of the same.