NCAAB Sunday, March 12 Atlantic 14 tournament, Pittsburgh VCU is in A-14 tourney final for 5th year in row; they went 1-3 in finals last four years. VCU beat crosstown rival Richmond in OT yesterday, is already in NCAA’s; Rhode Island needs win here to make NCAAs. URI was 31-39 on foul line in 69-59 home win over VCU 15 days ago, only meeting this season, when VCU was 1-15 on arc- that was Rhode Island’s first win in five A-14 games vs VCU. URI had easy time with Davidson yesterday; too one played more than 28:00. VCU played nine kids 9+ minutes yesterday; Lewis played 37:00, Alie-Cox 36:00. SEC tournament, Nashville Kentucky is 18-3 in SEC tournament the last eight years; they won this event the last two years. Arkansas lost 97-71 in Rupp Arena Jan 7, but game was 41-38 at half; Wildcats were 28-40 on foul line at home. Razorbacks won eight of last nine games; they whacked a good Vanderbilt team by 14 yesterday, playing no one more than 29:00. Over last decade, Arkansas is 0-3 in SEC tourney final, last making it two years ago (lost 78-63 to Kentucky). Wildcats won their last four games vs Arkansas, winning by 17-15-14-26 points. Sun Belt tournament, New Orleans Troy is playing for 4th time in five days; Texas State for third day in row. Trojans won five in row, nine of last 11 games; they’re #58 in experience, starting three juniors, one senior. Texas State starts three seniors, plays 8th-slowest tempo in country; they upset #1-seed Tex-Arlington by 21 yesterday, scoring an uncharacteristically high 83 points, Bobcats swept Troy State this year, winning both games by four points; they’re 4-4 overall in Sun Belt games with Troy. Troy played four guys 30:00+ yesterday in win over Georgia State; Texas State played two guys 32:00+. Big 14 tournament, Washington DC Michigan is playing 4th day in row, Wisconsin third day in row. Wolverines won four games in row, nine of last 11; they’re #60 experience team in country. Badgers allowed 54 pts/game in wins over Indiana/Northwestern last two days; they’re #62 experience team, used one guy more than 30:00 yesterday. Teams split pair of games this year; Badgers won 68-64 at home Jan 17, after being down 8 in second half. Michigan won rematch 64-58 Feb 16, when Badgers were just 3-16 on arc. Walton/Irvin both played 37:00 yesterday in Wolverines’ win vs Minnesota. AAC tournament, Hartford Cincinnati/SMU will both be popular sleepers in brackets next week; teams split pair of wins this season- Bearcats won first meeting 66-64 at home Jan 17, going 12-26 on arc. Mustangs won rematch 60-51 at home Feb 12; they played only six guys that day. SMU used three kids 38+ minutes yesterday in an easy win- again, only six guys played- they’ve won 15 games in a row since the loss at Cincinnati. Bearcats won 22 of last 24 games, with only other loss at Central Florida. SMU shot 41.7% on arc in AAC games; Cincy is #2 in AAC at defending the arc. Ivy League tournament, Philadelphia Princeton is 15-0 in Ivy League games this year, but needs win here to make NCAA’s; they needed OT to beat 13-15 Penn on its home court yesterday. Tigers haven’t been in NCAA’s since 2011- they also haven’t lost since Monmouth beat them Dec 20. Princeton swept its games with Yale this season, 66-58 at home Jan 14, 71-52 in New Haven Feb 17. Bulldogs used three guys 30:00+ yesterday. Tigers are #65 experience team in country; Yale is #286. These teams normally play back/back days, unlike most leagues.