Friday, March 12, 2010 games I may view from the couch, if I'm not napping

[size=10pt]Atlantic 10 Conference Championship Quarter-finals, Atlantic City, NJ
12:00, #8 Saint Bonaventure (15-15, 7-9) vs #1 Temple (26-5, 14-2)
2:30, #5 Rhode Island (22-8, 9-7) vs #4 Saint Louis (20-10, 11-5)
6:30, #7 Dayton (20-11, 8-8) vs #2 Xavier (23-7, 14-2)
9:00, #11 Massachusetts (12-19, 5-11) vs #3 Richmond (24-7, 13-3)

Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Quarter-finals, Greensboro, NC
12:00, #1 Duke (26-5, 13-3) vs #9 Virginia (15-15, 5-11)
7:00, #7 Georgia Tech (20-11, 7-9) vs #2 Maryland (23-7, 13-3)

Southeastern Conference Championship Quarter-finals, Nashville, TN
3:15, #E3 Tennessee (24-7, 11-5) vs #W1 Mississippi (21-9, 9-7)[/size]

Atlantic 10 Conference Championship Quarter-finals, Atlantic City, NJ
[b]#8 Saint Bonaventure 51
#1 Temple 69

#5 Rhode Island 63
#4 Saint Louis 47

#7 Dayton 73
#2 Xavier 78

#11 Massachusetts 72
#3 Richmond 77[/b]

Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Quarter-finals, Greensboro, NC
#1 Duke 57
#9 Virginia 46

#7 Georgia Tech 69
#2 Maryland 65

Southeastern Conference Championship Quarter-finals, Nashville, TN
#E3 Tennessee 76
#W1 Mississippi 65

Watching the Flyers disintegrate in the final 10 minutes was painful. Perry missed a layup that would have put UD up by 17 and it was all downhill from there. Counted 3 more missed layups, missed FTs, a lane violation after a missed X-Men FT that culminated in another missed FT that X converted into an offensive RB and a score, poor perimeter shot selection, turnovers, poor use of Chris Wright in crunch time, and, of course, the technical on Lowery with UD down by 2 with the ball with about 35 seconds left in the game [FWIW, I thought it should have been a double technical since Holloway swiped the ball out of Lowery’s hands after the latter had called a timeout; still a boneheaded move by Lowery, though].

Wow!