FRIDAY
MEN
NSIC TOURNAMENT
Northern St. 74, SW MInnesota State 70
Winona State 71, Wayne State 62
NCAA DIVISION III PLAYOFFS
First round • St. Thomas
Buena Vista (Iowa) 72, St. Thomas 70
Friday's college scoreboard
March 8, 2008 at 6:19AM
Wis.-Stevens Point 67, U. of Chicago 53
NCCAA NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL
Northwestern (Rose.) 86, Bethany Lutheran 69
EAST
Brown 78, Harvard 62
Cornell 94, Penn 92
Princeton 75, Columbia 64
Yale 50, Dartmouth 48
America East
First round • Vestal, N.Y.
Stony Brook 73, Maine 65, OT
Atlantic Sun
Semifinals • Nashville
Belmont 69, E. Tennessee St. 65
Jacksonville 89, Gardner-Webb 80
Colonial Athletic Association
First round • Richmond, Va.
Delaware 60, Drexel 51
Northeastern 73, James Madison 55
Towson 81, Hofstra 66
William & Mary 58, Georgia St. 57
Horizon League
Second round • Indianapolis
Ill.-Chicago 60, Loyola of Chicago 49
Valparaiso 72, Wright St. 67
Metro Atlantic
First round • Albany, N.Y.
Canisius 64, Iona 59
Manhattan 73, St. Peter's 59
Missouri Valley
Quarterfinals • St. Louis
Creighton 74, Bradley 70
#20 Drake 68, Indiana St. 46
Illinois St. 63, Missouri St. 58
N. Iowa 54, S. Illinois 49
Ohio Valley Conference
Semifinals • Nashville
Austin Peay 78, Tenn.-Martin 77
Tennessee St. 83, Murray St. 75
Southern Conference
First round • North Charleston, S.C.
Charleston 66, The Citadel 48
Elon 52, Furman 37
Wofford 58, W. Carolina 49
West Coast Conference
First round • San Diego
San Francisco 79, Loyola Marymount 60
Pepperdine vs. Portland, late
WOMEN
NSIC TOURNAMENT
Semifinals
Concordia (St. Paul) 71, MSU Moorhead 58
Wayne State 70, Mary (N.D.) 58
NCAA DIVISION III PLAYOFFS
First round • Indianola, Iowa
Simpson (Iowa) 73, Gustavus 64
Wis.-Eau Claire 61, Carleton 52
First round • Stevens Point, Wis.
U. of Chicago 62, St. Thomas 59
St. Norbert 71, Wis.-Stevens Point 57
Atlantic Coast
Quarterfinals • Greensboro, N.C.
#12 Duke 81, Florida St. 67
#5 Maryland 93, Boston College 81
#2 North Carolina 97, Clemson 77
#25 Virginia 52, Georgia Tech 43
Atlantic Sun
Semifinals • Nashville
Jacksonville 68, Gardner-Webb 57
E. Tennessee St. 84, Lipscomb 64
Atlantic 10
First round • Philadelphia
Dayton 57, Massachusetts 51
Rhode Island 61, St. Bonaventure 49
Richmond 58, Duquesne 56
Saint Joseph's 71, Saint Louis 58
Conference USA
Quarterfinals • Orlando, Fla.
Marshall 71, Ala.-Birmingham 69, OT
SMU 68, Tulsa 49
S. Mississippi 71, Houston 67
#18 UTEP 80, Rice 71
Metro Atlantic
Quarterfinals • Albany, N.Y.
Fairfield 67, Siena 52
Iona 74, Loyola (Md.) 49
#24 Marist 54, Canisius 44
St. Peter's 68, Manhattan 65
Ohio Valley
Semifinals • Nashville
E. Illinois 52, SE Missouri 40
Murray St. 68, Samford 56
Pacific-10
First round • San Jose, Calif.
Oregon 66, Washington St. 45
Oregon St. 46, Arizona 31
Southeastern Conference
Quarterfinals • Nashville
Kentucky 57, #23 Georgia 50
#7 LSU 80, Mississippi 36
#3 Tennessee 92, Florida 61
#21 Vanderbilt 49, Auburn 44
Southern Conference
Quarterfinals • North Charleston, S.C.
Chattanooga 78, N.C.-Greensboro 33
W. Carolina 78, Wofford 61
THURSDAY
MEN
BIG TEN
#17 Michigan St. 59, Illinois 51
OTHER TOP 25
#3 UCLA 77, #7 Stanford 67, OT
St. Joseph's 71, #8 Xavier 66
SOUTH
Alabama A&M 64, Jackson St. 61
Alabama St. 73, Grambling St. 61
Southern U. 76, Prairie View 64
SOUTHWEST
Mississippi Valley St. 54, Ark.-Pine Bluff 49
WEST
Arizona 81, Oregon St. 45
Cal-Irvine 79, Cal-Davis 62
Cal Poly 68, Long Beach St. 62
Cal-Santa Barbara 77, Cal St.-Northridge 66
Southern Cal 93, California 89, OT
Utah State 88, Boise St. 69
Atlantic Sun
First round • Nashville
E. Tennessee St. 81, Lipscomb 74
Missouri Valley
First round • St. Louis
Missouri St. 69, Evansville 46
WOMEN
Atlantic Coast
First round • Greensboro, N.C.
Florida State 57, Wake Forest 52
Conference USA
First round • Orlando, Fla.
Rice 69, E. Carolina 55
Southeastern Conference
First round • Nashville
Auburn 73, Arkansas 51
West Coast Conference
First round • San Diego
San Diego 61, Portland 57
St. Mary's (Calif.) 71, Loyola Marymount 67
today
MEN
BIG TEN Conf. Overall
W L W L Wisconsin 15 2 25 4 Indiana 14 3 25 5 Purdue 14 3 23 7 Michigan St. 12 5 24 6 Ohio State 9 8 18 12 Gophers 8 9 18 11 Penn State 6 11 14 15 Iowa 6 12 13 18 Michigan 5 12 9 20 Illinois 4 13 12 18 Northwestern 1 16 8 20 Gophers at Illinois, noon
Wisconsin at Northwestern, 2 pm
NCC TOURNAMENT
Semifinals • MSU Mankato
#6 North Dakota vs. #2 Augustana, 2 pm
#4 Neb.-Omaha vs. #1 MSU Mankato, 4 pm
NSIC TOURNAMENT
Championship • Winona, Minn.
#2 Northern State vs. #1 Winona State, 7 pm
NCAA DIVISION III PLAYOFFS
Second round • St. Thomas
Buena Vista (Iowa) vs. Wis.-Stevens Point, 7 pm
WOMEN
NCC TOURNAMENT
Semifinals • Vermillion, S.D.
#3 Augustana vs. #2 North Dakota, 1 pm
#4 MSU Mankato vs. #1 South Dakota, 3 pm
NSIC TOURNAMENT
Championship • St. Paul
#2 Wayne St. vs. #1 Concordia (St. Paul), 7 pm
NCAA DIVISION III PLAYOFFS
Second round • Indianola, Iowa
Wis.-Eau Claire vs. Simpson (Iowa), 7 pm
At Stevens Point, Wis.
U. of Chicago vs. St. Norbert, 7 pm
BIG TEN TOURNEY
WOMEN • AT INDIANAPOLIS
FRIDAY • Quarterfinals
• Game 4: Iowa 58, Michigan 37
• Game 5: Purdue 64, Indiana 54
• Game 6: Illinois 64, #22 Ohio State 58
• Game 7: Michigan St. 56, Gophers 51
TODAY • Semifinals
• Game 8: Iowa vs. Purdue, 5 pm
• Game 9: Illinois vs. Michigan St., 7:30 pm
SUNDAY • Championship
• Game 10: Semifinal winners, 4:30 pm (ESPN2)
SUMMARIES
MEN
NCAA III PLAYOFFS Buena Vista (Iowa) 4131 72 St. Thomas 3634 70 Buena Vista: Franklin 8, Wagner 10, Person 12, Fogleman 5, Cleveland 9, Stribe 4, Holton 5, Bissen 6, Freidrichsen 5, Raney 0, Arndorfer 8.
St. Thomas: Nicolai 6, Scott 12, Viau 24, Robinson 3, Baker 6, Tuma 6, Archer 4, HEaly 0, Halvorsen 0, Peltier 0, Eicher 6, McCoy 3.
Three-pointers: Buena Vista 6-20 (Person 2-4, Wagner 2-8, Stribe 1-3, Holton 1-3, Cleveland 0-1, Raney 0-1), St. Thomas 5-23 (Nicolai 2-3, Scott 2-11, Robinson 1-3, Archer 0-1, Viau 0-2, Halvorsen 0-3). Total fouls: Buena Vista 20, St. Thomas 25. Fouled out: None.
WOMEN
NCAA DIVISION III PLAYOFFS
Carleton 2527 52 Wis.-Eau Claire 2932 61 Carleton: Oken-Berg 8, Lincoln 4, Connor 5, Biewen 0, Isler 17, Weaver 10, Mileusnic 6, Kunelius 2.
Wis.-Eau Claire: Burns 17, Mesick 13, Witt 2, Zenner 0, Arciszewski 11, Fremstad 0, Mueggenborg 9, Houselog 0, Anderson 9.
Three-pointers: Carleton 3-13 (Weaver 2-4, Connor 1-2, Isler 0-1, Lincoln 0-2, Kunelius 0-4), Wis.-Eau Claire 5-17 (Mueggenborg 3-9, Burns 1-2, Arciszewski 1-2, Zenner 0-1, Witt 0-3). Total fouls: Carleton 10, Wis.-Eau Claire 14.
Gustavus 1747 64 Simpson (Iowa) 3439 73 Gustavus: Peterson 2, Layman 11, Radtke 11, Vadnais 17, Schultz 0, Nelson 11, Prunty 0, Mathiowetz 9, Holm 3.
Simpson: Franker 10, Whiton 23, Katch 6, Beals 1, Montague 5, Larson 7, Hamilton 0, Fischbach 0, Inghram 0, Oliver 13, Fields 8.
Three-pointers: Gustavus 5-15 (Vadnais 2-5, Nelson 2-5, Radtke 1-3, Peterson 0-1, Prunty 0-1), Simpson 2-11 (Larson 1-2, Franker 1-3, Hamilton 0-1, Fields 0-1, Beals 0-4). Total fouls: Gustavus 24, Simpson 14. Fouled out: Schultz.
St. Thomas 3128 59 U. of Chicago 4220 62 St. Thomas: Embree 9, Katch 10, Prioleau 6, Wirtz 12, Porter-Wrzos 16, Burns 0, Townsend 4, Gillard 0, Swanson 0, Theisen 2, Olson 0.
U. of Chicago: Hackney 6, Leach 17, Woods 8, Stinson 3, Jojidi 12, White 0, Rapier 0, Kaplan 7, Devaney 0, Tanaka 0, Kasper 7, DiNucci 2.
Three-pointers: St. Thomas 9-17 (Wirtz 4-7, Porter-Wrzos 3-5, Katch 2-2, Olson 0-1, Gillard 0-2), U. of Chicago 5-15 (Leach 4-5, Kaplan 1-2, White 0-1, Stinson 0-2, Mojidi 0-2, Tanaka 0-3). Total fouls: St. Thomas 17, U. of Chicago 21. Fouled out: Porter-Wrzos.
NSIC PLAYOFFS
MSU Moorhead 2038 58 Concordia (St. Paul) 3932 71 MSU Moorhead: Nash-Gerlach 6, Swenson 10, Walden 7, Falzon 0, Opheim 3, Soule 7, Dickson 3, Theisen 9, Froelich 2, Fasenmaier 11.
Concordia (St. Paul): C. Olstad 10, Behnke 13, LaViolette 15, Jones 12, Lund 9, Small 1, Young 2, K. Olstad 3, Nielson 0, Tewes 0, Kirchenwitz 0, Smetana 6.
Three-pointers: MSU Moorhead 7-19 (Theisen 3-3, Dickson 1-1, Walden 1-3, Opheim 1-4, Swenson 1-5, Falzon 0-1, Froelich 0-2), Concordia (St. Paul) 3-12 (LaViolette 1-1, Lund 1-3, K. Olstad 1-4, Small 0-1, Nielsen 0-1, Jones 0-2). Total fouls: MSU Moorhead 12, Concordia (St. Paul) 15. Fouled out: C. Olstad.
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