And now after three nights we start to see some holes forming in the Circle of March, as a total of 14 teams were eliminated from national championship contention. Say good bye to the following 13 schools who lost in their conference tournaments last night — Army, Austin Peay, Campbell, Coastal Carolina, Colgate, Eastern Kentucky, High Point, Holy Cross, Jacksonville, Liberty, Lipscomb, Navy, and Santa Clara. We also removed Longwood, an Independent, because the Lancers finished their season with a loss at Seattle last night. It was a tough Wednesday for the service academies and the ghost of Jerry Falwell, we suppose.
Tonight three more conference tournaments tip off — the Missouri Valley, the NEC, and the America East — while the A-Sun, OVC, Big South and WCC continue, which means it will be a big knockout evening for the Circle. As of this moment, though, there are still 296 schools alive for the 2012 national championship.
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Not to knock on them, but why is HBU still in there?
Guessing this refers to Houston Baptist? If so, we're extending the GW teams the courtesy of not eliminating them until their regular season ends this weekend. After that point, they'll be eliminated.