March Madness: Conference tournament Wednesday recap

Derek Murray
Mar 10 2022

March Madness is underway!

Across the country, teams are competing in conference tournaments and trying to punch their ticket for the NCAA Tournament. Selection Sunday is just three days away, and then the tourney starts next Tuesday.

If you missed any of the Day 1 action, here's a recap of what went down on Wednesday.

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Colgate defeats Navy 74-58, Patriot League Championship

Jack Ferguson: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals

Greg Summers: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals

SEC

Missouri defeats Ole Miss 72-60, faces No. 5 LSU

Kobe Brown: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists 

Matthew Murrell: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists 

Vanderbilt defeats Georgia 86-51, faces No. 6 Alabama

Scotty Pippen Jr.: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals

Braelen Bridges: 15 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists

Big Ten

Northwestern defeats Nebraska 71-69, faces No. 5 Iowa

Boo Buie: 16 points, 3 assists 

Alonzo Verge Jr.: 21 points, 9 assists, 7 rebounds 

Penn State defeats Minnesota 60-51, faces No. 6 Ohio State

Jalen Pickett: 22 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists

Jamison Battle: 19 points, 6 rebounds

ACC

Virginia Tech defeats Clemson in OT 76-75, faces No. 2 Notre Dame

Keve Aluma: 19 points, 10 rebounds

PJ Hall: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists

Boston College upsets Wake Forest 82-77 in OT, faces No. 4 Miami (FL) 

DeMarr Langford Jr.: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists

Jake LaRavia: 21 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 3 blocks

Syracuse defeats Florida State 96-57, faces No. 1 Duke 

Cole Swider: 28 points, 13 rebounds, 9-15 FG

Joseph Girard III: 16 points, 4 assists

Virginia defeats Louisville 51-50, faces No. 3 North Carolina

Jayden Gardner: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 7-12 FG

Maliik Williams: 11 opints, 13 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 blocks

Big 12

West Virginia defeats Kansas State 73-67, faces No. 1 Kansas

Sean McNeil: 21 points, 6 rebounds, 7-10 FG

Nijel Pack: 18 points, 6 rebounds

Big East

Butler defeats Xavier 89-82, faces No. 1 Providence

Chuck Harris: 29 points, 2 assists

Simas Lukosius: 27 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 11-13 FT

St. John’s defeats DePaul 92-73, faces No. 2 Villanova

Julian Champagnie: 26 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals

Javon Freeman-Liberty: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists

Seton Hall defeats Georgetown, faces No 3. Connecticut

Jared Rhoden: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists

Aminu Mohammed: 12 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists

Pac 12

Stanford defeats Arizona State 71-70, faces No. 1 Arizona

Spencer Jones: 26 points, 6 rebounds, 6-12 (3PT)

DJ Horne: 21 points, 8-17 FG

Oregon defeats Oregon State 86-72, faces No. 4 Colorado

Jacob Young: 23 points, 11 assists, 6 rebounds

Jarod Lucas: 22 points, 2 rebounds, 6-10 FG

Washington State defeats California 66-59, faces No. 2 UCLA

Efe Abogidi: 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals

Jordan Shepherd: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 assists

Washington defeats Utah 82-70, faces No. 3 Southern California

Terrrell Brown Jr.: 22 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds

Marco Anthoy: 18 points, 2 assists

 

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