NBK Update: Champ Week Thursday

As we assemble this post it looks as though more and more conference tournaments are going to be cancelled outright due to COVID-19. The Ivy League started off by cancelling their tourney; most conferences with tourneys in-flight completed theirs. And many of those that had not started said they would play to a closed audience (family and staff). This situation is changing rapidly. Stay tuned and stay healthy.

Hofstra wins! The Pride advance to the Cavernous Big Dance by virtue of their win over Northeastern on Tuesday night. Joey Brackets has them as a 14-seed.

Colgate loses! The Raiders fell to Boston University on Wednesday night in a tight Patriot League final.

Colorado loses! Upset by arch-rivals California, the Buffaloes are still solidly in the field of 68.

Welcome North Dakota St! The Bison are champions of the Summit League by virtue of their win over North Dakota. They are going dancing and have never made the Sweet Sixteen.

NBK Standings through games of Wednesday 3/11/2020. Data courtesy of KenPom.com and Basketball Reference. Bracketology available on ESPN.com. Ken Pomeroy published his Log5 results this year via Twitter. If a team has reached the championship of their conference tournament, we use KenPom’s game odds as their Tourney Odds. You can find helpful information at NCAA.com on conference championship games. Yale did not win the Ivy League tournament — that tournament was cancelled and Yale advances to the NCAA tournament as the regular season champion. Thus the asterisk.