What a day. We knew it was coming, but sitting through the Championship Fortnight Thursday bloodbath is always a bit more difficult that it first seems. Keeping track of some 60 elimination games scattered throughout 19 different tournament sites is quite the challenge, but one that ultimately proves rewarding with all the great match-ups that were produced for today. As it turned out, there were no championships yesterday, but a total of 48 teams were eliminated from the Circle of March on Thursday. Note that bubble teams won’t drop off until they’re officially eliminated by the Selection Committee on Sunday evening. That leaves us with 120 teams still alive. Three more days to 68. Shall we?
Teams Eliminated From National Title Contention (03.13.14)
- La Salle
- Maryland
- Indiana
- Texas A&M
- Alcorn State
- Tulane
- Purdue
- Fordham
- Wake Forest
- Utah
- Utah State
- UC Santa Barbara
- Texas Pan American
- Rutgers
- Sacramento State
- Old Dominion
- Cal State Fullerton
- UMKC
- Wyoming
- Florida A&M
- Nicholls State
- Northern Arizona
- Duquesne
- Penn St.
- UCF
- Ohio
- DePaul
- Troy
- Miami (FL)
- Alabama
- UTEP
- Savannah State
- Oral Roberts
- Fresno State
- UC Riverside
- Chicago State
- Montana
- Rhode Island
- Buffalo
- Mississippi State
- Marquette
- Louisiana-Monroe
- Georgia Tech
- West Virginia
- Charlotte
- Seattle
- Nevada
- Hawaii