Womhoops Guru

Mel Greenberg covered college and professional women’s basketball for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he worked for 40 plus years. Greenberg pioneered national coverage of the game, including the original Top 25 women's college poll. His knowledge has earned him nicknames such as "The Guru" and "The Godfather," as well as induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Friday, March 14, 2014

Guru's Look at Completing the NCAA Lead-Ins

By Mel Greenberg

Here is a rough schedulle look on Friday action and the AQ roads still open to the NCAA women's field.

Will update.

Friday, March 14

Big Sky
@ North Dakota

Semifinals


North Dakota vs. Idaho State, 6 p.m.
Southern Utah vs. Montana, 8:30 p.m.

Big West
@ Anaheim, Calif.

Semifinals


Cal-St. Northridge vs. UC Irvine, 3 p.m.
Cal Poly vs. Hawaii, 5:30 p.m.

Colonial Athletic Association
@Upper Marlboro, Md.

Quarterfinals


James Madison vs. UNC Wilmington, Noon
Drexel vs. Hofstra, 2:30 p.m.
Delaware vs. Northeastern, 5 p.m.
College of Charleston vs. Towson, 7:340 p.m.

Conference USA
@El Paso, Texas

Semifinals

Middle Tennessee vs. FIU, 11 a.m.
UTEP vs. Southern Miss, 1:30 p.m.

Horizon League
@Green Bay, Wis.

Semifinals


Young State vs. Wright St., 6 p.m.
Illinois St. at Green Bay., 8:30 p.m.

Mid-American Conference
@Cleveland, Ohio

Semifinals


Bowling Green vs. Ball State, noon
Cent. Michigan vs. Akron, 2:30 p.m.

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
@Norfolk, Va.

Semifinals


Hampton vs. Savannah St., noon
North Carolina A&T vs. Coppin State, 2:30 p.m.

Missouri Valley Conference
@St. Charles, Mo.

Quarterfinals

Indiana State vs. Loyola of Chicago, 1 p.m.
Evansville vs. Drake, 3:30 p.m.
Wichita St. vs. Missouri St, 7 p.m.
Northern Iowa vs. Illinois State, 9:30 p.m.

Mountain West Conference
@Las Vegas, Nevada

Semifinals

Colorado State vs. Wyoming, 3 p.m.
Fresno State vs. Nevada, 5:30 p.m.

Southland Conference
@Katy, Texas

Second Round

Northwestern State vs. Nicholls State, noon
Central Arkansas vs. McNeese State, 2:30 p.m.


Southwesterrn Athletic Conference
@Houston

Semifinals

Texas Southern vs. Jackson State, 1 p.m.
Southern University vs. Prairie View, 7 p.m.

Sun Belt Conference
@New Orleans, Louisiana

Semifinals

Arkansas State vs. Texas State, 1 p.m.
Western Kentucky vs. UALR, 3:30 p.m.

Western Athletic Conference
@Las Vegas, Nevada

Semifinals

Idaho vs. New Mexico State, 3 p.m.
Seattle vs. Cal-State Bakersfield, 5:30 p.m.

NCAA Automatic Qualifiers

America East Conference: Albany
American Athletic Conference: Connecticut
Atlantic Coast Conference: Notre Dame
*-Atlantic Sun – Sunday (1st was Florida Gulf Coast)
Atlantic Ten: Dayton (Upset) – Dayton was 1st
Big East: DePaul
*-Big Sky -- Saturday (1st was Southern Utah)
Big South: Winthrop (Upset) – High Point was 1st by a game
Big Ten: Nebraska (Upset) – Penn State and Michigan State were 1st – Moot
Big Twelve: Baylor
*-Big West: -- Sunday (Cal-State Northridge was 1st)
*-Colonial Athletic Association – Sunday (James Madison was 1st)
*-Conference USA -- Saturday (1st was Middle Tennessee)
*-Horizon League – Sunday (1st was Wis.-Green Bay)
Ivy League: Penn (Upset) – Princeton was favored
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference: Marist (Iona tied for 1st)
*-Mid-American Conference – Saturday (1st was Bowling Green)
*-MEAC – Saturday (1st was Hampton)
*-Missouri Valley Conference – Sunday (1st was Wichita State and Indiana State)
*-Mountain West – Saturday (1st was Clolorado State)
*-Northeast Conference – Saturday (1st was Robert Morris)
Ohio Valley Conference: UT Martin
PAC-12: Southern California (Upset) (1st was Stanford)
*-Patriot League – Saturday (Upset) (1st was Navy by a game)
Southeastern Conference: Tennessee (Upset) (South Carolina was 1st) – Moot
Southern Conference: Chattanooga
*-Southland – Sunday (1st was Stephen F. Austin and Lamar)
*-Southwestern Athletic Conference – Saturday (Southern was 1st)
Summit League: South Dakota (Upset) South Dakota State was 1st
*-Sun Belt – Saturday (1st was Arkansas State)
West Coast: Gonzaga (1st was Gonzaga)
*-Western Athletic – Saturday (1st was Idaho)

Total 16 AQs
10 coming Saturday (BSC, C-USA, MAC, MEAC, MWC, NEC, PL, SWAC, SBC, WAC)

6 coming Sunday (A-Sun, BWC, CAA, HL, MVC, SLC





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