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Alabama
vs
Creighton
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Game Date:
03/15/2016
9:00pm EST

Lines:
Alabama +8.5
Creighton -8.5

Total:
Over 144 (-108)
Under 144 (-108)

Community Picks: Alabama 0% vs Creighton 0%

Alabama and Creighton Thread

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Alabama
Sometime before 6 p.m. EST on Sunday evening, the NCAA tournament selection committee will email a completed bracket to CBS to unveil on the selection show. A look at some of the most difficult decisions that the committee will have to make between now and then: 1. Who besides Kansas will get a No. 1 seed? The only certainty in the race for the top line is that Kansas will be the NCAA tournament's No. 1 overall seed. Beyond that, there are five other teams that could make a compelling case for one of the other three spots. North Carolina took a big step toward a No. 1 seed on Saturday night when the Tar Heels defeated Virginia in the ACC championship game to complete a sweep of the league's regular season and tournament titles. The Tar Heels' five RPI top 50 wins are fewer than every other No. 1 seed contender, but they're 15-6 against the top 100, they have marquee wins over Virginia, Miami, Maryland and Duke and their lone loss outside the top 40 came on the road at NCAA tournament-bound Northern Iowa without Marcus Paige. [ Yahoo Tourney Pick’em is open. Sign up now and play for $50K ] Oregon also moved closer toward nabbing a No. 1 seed on Saturday night when it dismantled Utah 88-57 in the Pac-12 championship game to complete a sweep of the titles in the RPI's No. 2 league. The Ducks are 7-1 against the RPI top 25, 10-3 against the top 50 and 20-4 against the top 100, all of which compares favorably to other No. 1 seed contenders. The lone black mark against Oregon is its sub-100 losses against UNLV and Boise State, but both came without standout freshman Tyler Dorsey. If the Tar Heels and Ducks claim two of the remaining No. 1 seeds, Michigan State might nab the third with a victory over Purdue in the Big Ten title game. A lethargic stretch in mid-January cost the Spartans any hope of contending for the Big Ten regular season crown, but they've amassed a 12-1 record since Denzel Valentine regained his health and his rhythm in late January. Should the committee find fault with North Carolina's meager list of top 50 wins, Michigan State's second-place Big Ten finish or Oregon's two bad losses, Villanova and Virginia are waiting in the wings. Xavier and Seton Hall are the only Top 25 opponents Villanova has beaten, but the Big East regular season champs are 29-5 with 15 top 100 victories and only two losses against non-top 10 teams. Virginia's eight Top 25 victories rivals that of even Kansas, but the Cavaliers won neither the regular season nor conference tournament title in the ACC. They also have more sub-50 losses than any other No. 1 seed contender as Georgia Tech, Florida State, Virginia Tech and George Washington all beat them. 2. Does Wichita State belong in the NCAA tournament? When Wichita State fell in overtime to rival Northern Iowa in the Missouri Valley semifinals last weekend, the Shockers didn't just squander their chance to secure an automatic NCAA tournament bid. They also became this year's most polarizing and fascinating bubble team. Wichita State (24-8) won the Valley regular season title by four games, but the Shockers don't have a profile that typically earns teams an NCAA bid. They've only beaten one opponent rated higher than 68th in the RPI all season, an impressive 67-50 rout of Utah on Dec. 12. Besides that, their most notable victories are a sweep of Valley runner-up Evansville and a lone win in three tries against Northern Iowa. One argument in Wichita State's favor is the injury that sidelined star point guard Fred VanVleet for non-league losses against USC, Iowa and Alabama, three of the Shockers' nine chances all season against top 75 opponents. Wichita State certainly isn't the only bubble team to have to deal with a costly injury, yet it's reasonable to think his presence might have made a difference in a three-point loss to the Trojans and a four-point loss to the Crimson Tide. Also favorable for Wichita State is how highly it's rated in computer metrics besides the RPI. In particular, the Shockers are 11th in Ken Pomeroy's rankings, which are considered maybe the most accurate tool available for projecting how good a team is. The RPI is still embedded in the selection process as the metric through which the quality of wins and losses are assessed, but decisions made by last year's committee suggest that the KenPom ratings were considered more than ever. The Wichita State decision resonates among college basketball fans because of the Shockers' recent success. This is a team that made the Final Four in 2013, finished the regular season unbeaten in 2014 and upset in-state Kansas to reach the Sweet 16 last year. You can debate whether this year's Shockers belong, but the tournament is undeniably more compelling with VanVleet and Ron Baker in it. 3. What about fellow mid-major contenders Monmouth, Valparaiso and Saint Mary's? Monmouth piled up 27 victories this season, upset four power-conference opponents and won its league outright. Valparaiso racked up 26 victories this season, won its league by three games and went 4-2 against top 100 teams. Saint Mary's stacked up 27 victories this season, shared its league title and swept the regular season series against rival Gonzaga. Continue to Article
March 13, 2016 1:10:am EST
Alabama
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- There may be no tournament more volatile than the Southeastern Conference, where it seems just about every outcome has some effect on the NCAA Tournament's ever-expanding bubble. Continue to Article
March 12, 2016 3:02:am EST
Alabama
All that stands between Kentucky and its sixth trip to the SEC championship game in seven years is a team that needs to close a 34-point gap. The second-seeded Wildcats meet sixth-seeded Georgia on Saturday in Nashville just over a month after John Calipari's team trounced the Bulldogs in Lexington, and his team is looking even better offensively heading into this meeting. Sixteenth-ranked Kentucky (24-8) reached the semifinals with Friday's 85-59 win over Alabama to improve to 14-3 in the SEC tournament since the start of the 2010. Continue to Article
March 12, 2016 1:18:am EST
Creighton
NEW YORK — Behind the skills of their New York-raised backcourt of Isaiah Whitehead and Khadeen Carrington, the Seton Hall program is reaching heights the program hasn’t seen in decades. The Pirates advanced to the Big East Tournament final with a sloppy, contentious 87-83 victory over Xavier that saw a combined 41 turnovers and four technical fouls. The Pirates ran away from the Musketeers early and held on down the stretch, taking a 41-30 halftime lead and never allowing it to get closer than four in the final twenty minutes. To build the margin at the break, Seton Hall leaned on Carrington (14 first-half points) and Xavier mistakes (scoring 15 points off 13 Musketeer turnovers). Xavier couldn’t find the range all night, shooting just 35% from the field and missing 10 of 27 free throws attempts. “This is what we came to Seton Hall for,” said Carrington after the game. “This is what we talked about before we even came here, getting Seton Hall back on the map back to where it was. I think we're doing a great job of it right now.” Whitehead, a unanimous selection to the All-Big East first team, and Carrington combined for 43 points, the second night in a row that the duo put on a show. Thursday’s quarterfinal saw them withstand a Creighton charge by combining for 51 points, 15 boards and 7 assists in an 81-73 victory. The 27 points against the Bluejays was a career high for Carrington. Whitehead and Carrington — both hailing from Brooklyn — are complemented by Bronx native Desi Rodriguez at forward. Angel Delgado (from the Dominican Republic) is the only starter that hails from farther away than nearby Newark, New Jersey, the hometown of Ismael Sanogo. All five starters are sophomores, a youth movement gone right, powering the Pirates to a 24-8 record, their most victories in a season since winning 28 in 1993. Friday night’s victory was another positive stride in Kevin Willard’s rebuilding project after the dismissal of former coach Bobby Gonzalez in 2010 . The Pirates were incredibly young last season and that inexperience showed down the stretch. After starting out with a 13-3 record, they cratered on their way to a 16-15 finish, missing the postseason entirely and losing upperclassmen Jaren Sina and Sterling Gibbs to transfers in the process. But leaning on those freshmen who are now the core of this team paid off: Seton Hall will be making its first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2006. But first there’s the matter of trying to go out winners in the Big East Tournament for the first time in 23 years. “We were puppies last year,” said Willard after the game. “But now we’re dogs. I wouldn't want to play the five guys that are out there on the court. They stick together. Someone gets knocked down, the other four guys are right there.” They will face Villanova, the reigning tournament champs and three-time defending regular season winners. The Wildcats took down Providence 76-68 in Friday’s first semifinal, holding Friars forward Ben Bentil to 3 points after his 38-point eruption in the quarterfinals . Seton Hall knocked out Villanova on a buzzer beater in this tournament two years ago, but lost both games to the Wildcats during the regular season, by one point at home and nine points on the road. It will be a long night for the Pirates if they turn it over 25 times (as they did Friday versus Xavier) against Jay Wright’s experienced squad, but the challenge is also a huge opportunity. “They're a great team,” Whitehead said about Villanova. “They're tough. I mean, they have a lot of weapons that can beat you. They shoot the three really well. It's going to be a great game. I'm looking forward to it. I just can't wait for it.” “It still hasn't hit me, to be perfectly honest with you,” Willard said after the game. “To be playing in the Big East Championship in the Mecca in New York City on Saturday night. I think these guys are starting to understand the greatness of this tournament.” Xavier’s Big East Tournament ended in disappointment for the third time in as many attempts since joining the conference prior to the 2013-2014 season. Last year was a title game loss to Villanova, with the season before ending in the semifinals after a deluge of threes from Doug McDermott and Creighton. Chris Mack’s team will still receive a high seed come Selection Sunday and has every chance to make a run at the program’s first Final Four. Continue to Article
March 12, 2016 12:46:am EST
Alabama
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Michigan could not afford a loss in its opening game of the Big Ten Tournament and expect to get an NCAA Tournament invite. Continue to Article
March 11, 2016 3:36:am EST
 
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