It is that point of yr once more. March is upon us and, earlier than we get to the Huge Dance, we’ve to settle the convention tournaments. Many Prime 25 groups had been in motion on Thursday and there have been a number of upsets and a pair slim victories. Let’s break down essentially the most thrilling video games from convention event play.
The day’s greatest upset came about within the SEC, with Alabama surprising No. 24 Georgia, 74-62. The Crimson Tide, led their guard duo of Brittany Davis and Megan Abrams, received forward and stayed forward all through the sport. The guards had been sensational, scoring 50 of the workforce’s 74 factors. Having simply two gamers carry such a load not often works, however these are the sort of heroics we see in March. Gamers get scorching and every recreation turns into a one-game season the place something can occur. Sadly for Georgia, this implies an early exit from the SEC event and certain a worse inserting within the NCAA bracket.
No. 23 Florida barely survived, beating Vanderbilt 53-52 within the SEC event. The Gators solely led as soon as, but it surely was when it mattered essentially the most on the finish of the sport. They took the lead with eight seconds left on Nina Rickards free throws. Vanderbilt had management of the sport however fell aside within the fourth quarter, getting outscored 20-8. A Vanderbilt win would’ve been large; the Commodores have a shedding document and profitable the SEC event was possible their solely approach into the Huge Dance.
Within the Pac-12 event, Colorado beat No. 14 Arizona 45-43 in what become an exciting affair halfway by means of the fourth quarter. The sport went backwards and forwards within the last six minutes. Down 41-38, Colorado went on a seven-point run led by Frida Formann to take the lead for good at 45-41 with two minutes left. Colorado will not have lengthy to rejoice; the Buffaloes play top-seeded Stanford within the semifinals on Friday.
Friday schedule
ACC (all video games on RSN)
No. 4 North Carolina vs. No. 5 Virgina Tech, 11 a.m. ET
No. 1 NC State vs No. 9 Florida State, 2 p.m. ET
No. 2 Louisville vs No. 7 Miami 6 p.m. ET
No. 3 Notre Dame vs No. 6 Georgia Tech 8 p.m. ET
Huge Ten (all video games on BTN)
No. 1 Ohio State vs. No.8 Michigan State 11:30 a.m. ET
No. 4 Maryland vs No. 5 Indiana 25 min after Ohio State vs Michigan State
No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 7 Northwestern 6:30 p.m. ET
No. 3 Michigan vs No. 6 Nebraska 25 min after Iowa vs Northwestern
Pac-12 (all video games on Pac-12 Community
No. 5 Colorado vs. No. 1 Stanford 6 p.m. ET
No. 6 Utah vs. No. 2 Oregon 8:30 p.m. ET
SEC (all video games on SEC Community)
No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 1 South Carolina 1 p.m. ET
No. 5 Florida vs No. 4 Ole Miss 3:30 p.m. ET
No. 7 Kentucky vs No. 2 LSU 7 p.m. ET
No. 11 Alabama vs. No. 3 Tennessee 9:30 p.m. ET
