Three championships were decided last night, with Butler winning the Horizon league, Oakland winning the Summit and North Texas beating Troy in the Sun Belt. Pat and I both got bonus points for picking Butler, but Pat lost an opportunity in the Sun Belt after selling his soul to Troy for the second straight year. He did win the head-to-head matchup in the Summit championship though, when his chalk Oakland pick beat my IUPUI pick. The points standings are currently
Bo – 182 points (7 champions picked)
Pat – 143 points (4 champions picked)

Onto the picks …

SWAC (1-pointer)

1st round: #1 Jackson St. over #8 Grambling, #5 Texas Southern over #4 Prairie View, #3 Alabama St. over #6 Alabama A&M, #2 Arkansas Pine Bluff over #7 Misississippi Valley St.

Semis: Jackson St. over Texas Southern, Pine Bluff over Alabama St.

Champion: Pine Bluff

Southland (1-pointer)

1st round: #1 Sam Houston St. over #8 Nicholls St., #4 SE Louisiana over #5 Texas St., #6 UT-San Antonio over #3 Texas A&M-CC, #2 Stephen F. Austin over #7 UT-Arlington

Semis: Sam Houston over SE LA, Stephen F. Austin over UT-SA

Champion: Sam Houston

Big West (2-pointer) - Re-seeder

1st round: #8 Cal St. Northridge over #5 Cal St. Fullerton, #7 UC-Irvine over #6 Cal-Poly

Quarters: #3 Long Beach St. over CS-Northridge, #4 UC-Davis over UC-Irvine

Semis: #1 UC-Santa Barbara over UC-Davis, #2 Pacific over Long Beach St.

Champion: Pacific

Conference USA (3-pointer)

1st round: #8 SMU over #9 UCF, #5 Tulsa over #12 Rice, #6 Southern Miss over #11 Tulane, #7 Houston over #10 ECU

Quarters: #1 UTEP over SMU, #4 Marshall over Tulsa, #3 UAB over So. Miss, #2 Memphis over Houston

Semis: UTEP over Marshall, Memphis over UAB

Champion: UTEP

Didn’t intend to go all chalk there but that’s exactly what’s going to happen so I don’t feel bad about it.

Pac-10 (3-pointer)

1st round: #9 Washington St. over #8 Oregon

Quarters: #1 Cal over Wash. St., #5 UCLA over #4 Arizona, #3 Washington over #6 Oregon St., #2 Arizona State over #7 Stanford

Semis: Cal over UCLA, Washington over Arizona St.

Champion: Washington

I have a feeling the winner of the semi between ASU and Washington wins the tourney, so take that for the nothing it’s worth.

Big XII (3-pointer)

1st round: #8 Colorado over #9 Texas Tech, #5 Missouri over #12 Nebraska, #6 Texas over #11 Baylor, #7 Oklahoma St. over #10 Oklahoma

Quarters: #1 Kansas over Colorado, Missouri over #4 Texas A&M, Texas over #3 Baylor, #2 Kansas St. over Oklahoma St.

Semis: Kansas over Missouri, Kansas St. over Texas

Champion: Kansas

Sherron Collins is just tremendous, but seriously, what the hell happened to Willie Warren?

SWAC (1-pointer)