Women's Hoops Guru

(Note: Ignore RPI numbers that are two days old. We'll be back in several hours after doing Sunday desk duty while the other gender has their day.)

By Mel Greenberg

Here's a quick catch-up through all games after which the Guru will be more extensive later Sunday night

Ignore RPI numbers, since we're using a little cut and paste action to speed up our entry.

On the lock side, we'll list conference afiliation, but will refrain on the bubble side since more teams are being added for discussion.

First the locks (W-automatic qualifier) -- 57 - listed

Atlantic Coast _ North Carolina-W, Maryland, Duke, and Virginia.
America East winner -- Hartford-W.
Atlantic Ten - Xavier-W, Temple and George Washington.
Atlantic Sun winner - East Tennessee State-W
Big 12 - Texas A&M-W, Kansas St., Texas, Baylor, Oklahoma St., Oklahoma, Iowa St.
Big East -- Connecticut-W, Rutgers, Louisville, W. Virginia, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Notre Dame
Big Sky winner - Montana-W.
Big South winner -- Liberty-W
Big Ten -- Purdue-W, Ohio State, Iowa
Big West winner -- UCSB-W
Colonial winner -- Old Dominion-W.
Conference-USA winner -- SMU-W, UTEP
Horizon winner -- Green Bay fell in the semifinals so it will be Cleveland State-W
Ivy winner -- Cornell-W
MAAC winner -- Marist-W
MAC winner -- Bowling Green fell so it will be Miami of Ohio-W
MEAC winner -- North Carolina A&T, another No. 1, fell to Coppin State-W
Missouri Valley winner -- Illinois State-W
Mountain West -- It will be, surprise, New Mexico-W in the Mountain Mess along with Utah.
Northeast winner -- Robert Morris-W
Ohio Valley winner -- Murray State-W
PAC-10 -- Stanford-W, California, Arizona State
Patriot winner -- Bucknell-W
Southeastern -- Tennessee-W, LSU, Vanderbilt, Georgia
Southern winner -- Chattanooga-W
Southland winner -- Not Texas State, another fallen No. 1 seed, it's Texas-San Antonio-W
Summit winner -- Oral Roberts -W
Sun Belt -- Western Kentucky-W
SWAC winner - Jackson St.-W
Western Athletic winner -- Fresno State-W
West Coast winner -- San Diego-W

The Bubbles, including wrong losers that need to be discussed -- Jerry Palm's RPI in parenthesis -- 17 listed, need to cut 10
Georgia Tech (43)
Boston College (67)
Florida State (58)
Nebraska (30)
DePaul (40)
Minnesota (36)
Michigan State (52)
James Madison (44)
VCU
Wyoming (38)
TCU
Wis-Green Bay
Kentucky (54) W-L 15-15
Auburn (60)
Florida (42)
Middle Tennessee (51)
Gonzaga (39)

Here are high conference tournament seeds who have been caught in the carnage:

Atlantic Ten -- Top seed Temple lost to No. 3 Xavier in title game. No. 2 George Washington, the conference co-champ, lost to Xavier in semifinals.
Big 12 -- No. 1 Kansas State and No. 2 Baylor both fell.
Big East -- No. 2 Rutgers fell in quarterfinals.
Big Ten -- Top seed Ohio State fell in quarterfinals.
Conference-USA -- UTEP fell in title game.
Horizon -- Green Bay fell to Cleveland State in semifinals
Ivy -- Well, Cornell gave it away, but might get it back against Dartmouth
Mid-American -- Bowling Green fell to Cleveland State in semifinals
MEAC - No. 1 North Carolina A&T lost in the title game.
Mountain West -- No. 1 Utah lost to 0-16 Colorado State in quarters. No. 2 TCU and No. 3
Wyoming did not make it to title game.
Northeast -- Top seed Quinnipiac fell in semifinals
Ohio Valley -- Top seed SE Missouri fell early.
Patriot -- Top seed American fell early.
Southland -- Overall top seed Texas State lost
SWAC - No. 1 seed Prairie View lost in the title game.
Western Athletic -- No. 2 Boise State fell in semifinals.
West Coast -- No. 1 Gonzaga lost in title game
Additionally, Old Dominion rallied from an 18-point deficit and Liberty won at the wire or we'd have a record 18.

-- Mel