Monday morning 2/26 update. One week of basketball to play


• First Round - Thursday, March 8 (All Games on ESPNU)
• Game 1: No. 9 SMU vs. No. 8 UConn - Noon ET
• Game 2: No. 12 USF vs. No. 5 Memphis - 2 p.m. ET
• Game 3: No. 10 Tulane vs. No. 7 UCF - 7 p.m. ET
• Game 4: No. 11 ECU vs. No. 6 Temple - 9 p.m. ET


• Quarterfinals - Friday, March 9
• Game 5: SMU/UConn vs. No. 1 Cincinnati - Noon ET (ESPN2)
• Game 6: USF/Memphis vs. No. 4 Tulsa - 2 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
• Game 7: Tulane/UCF vs. No. 2 Wichita State - 7 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
• Game 8: ECU/Temple vs. No. 3 Houston - 9 p.m. ET (ESPNU)


Provided UC and WSU don't trip up this week (not a gimmie with both on the road) the Sunday game between the two will decide the 1 seed.

The other interesting battle is shaping up for the final bye between Tulsa and Memphis . Memphis schedule could not be move favorable to win out and finish 11-7 . Temple @ Tulsa on Sunday could be pivotal in deciding the 4 seed. Memphis and Tulsa split their season series so a tie breaker would come down to their records vs the 1 seed ...then the 2 seed etc... til the tie is broken

records vs UC : Memphis 0-2, Tulsa 0-1
record vs WSU : Memphis 0-1, Tulsa 0-2

Without diving into the depths of the tie breaking procedures . Im not sure how they treat an 0-1 record vs an 0-2 .