Murray State Clinches the 1st NCAA Tournament Birth of 2019

We have our first ticket punched for 2019 with the Ohio Valley conference tournament champion (2) Murray State.  Our 1st champion is not a 1 seed, but also is not worth any bonus points.  We are starting to get some more clarity in the standings now that we have an actual conference tournament champion, and a win on the board for 13 people.  We still have 31 more champions coming over the next 8 days so don't be discouraged if you still have a 0 next to your name.

Standings and Blog

You can get to the Standings by clicking on Standings, everything is up to date through the entire day Saturday.  The Top 5 are in great shape, but everything can change drastically tomorrow as we have 3 championship games.

If you are not checking out the Blog everyday then you're missing constant updates to the standings and conference tournaments.

https://2019conferencetournamentchallenge.blogspot.com/

Everything Else

Today was a brutal day for favorites across almost all conference tournaments, and as a pool we collectively racked up 131 losses since we started.  We also saw many of our solid bonus point picks lose today.  Starting in the Northeast conference, this was the only conference where we saw favorites advance.  The championship game match up will be (1) St. Francis PA vs. (2) Fairleigh Dickinson.  Popular bonus point picks (3) Robert Morris and (6) LIU Brooklyn lost.

In the America East (2) Stony Brook lost, in the MAAC popular bonus point picks (3) Quinnipiac and (4) Rider are out, in the Summit League (1) South Dakota State is shockingly out with a loss to (8) Western Illinois, and proving God does not exist, (1) Loyola Chicago is out.  RIP Sister Jean.

Before Sunday, 3/11 afternoon I will post a comprehensive look at the 3 conference championship games that are being played Sunday.  We're also starting to see conference seeds finalized for the rest of the conferences, as that happens we'll see the standings shift as seeding changes.  The only conference seeding that will not be updated when I post Sunday morning are the American and Big 10.