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The opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament - also known as the greatest four days in sports - provided more than a few lessons. Among them: 1) If your company requires to take furlough days, there's no better time than the first two days of the tournament, and 2) It's amazing how many beers you can fit into a single day when there is basketball on TV all day long. Also, for future reference, be sure to check if the bar has a happy hour, or you may be decidedly unhappy when the check comes.

Ahh...but there were lessons learned on the court as well.

Arizona over Utah

Northern Iowa over Purdue

Western Kentucky over Illinois

Wisconsin over Florida St

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

Sun Belt Conference (24-8, 15-3)

 

Sun Belt Conference Announces Men's Basketball Championship Seeds and Pairings

NEW ORLEANS - WKU, UALR and Troy have earned the top three seeds in the upcoming 2009 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Championship, set to begin this week. The trio will receive first-round byes and will await their opponents in the quarterfinals in Hot Springs, Ark.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. ? Behind the strength of a 23-4 run, Western Kentucky University (21-8, 15-3 SBC) build itself largest half-time lead of the year and held off a furious Middle Tennessee (17-13, 10-8 SBC) second half surge to hand the Blue Raiders a 68-49 defeat at the Murphy Center on senior night. The win gives the Hilltoppers its seven- straight over its rival and the 2008-09 Sun Belt Conference Regular Season Championship, the school's 41st conference crown (regular season and tournament titles).

With non-conference play all but done and conference play starting up, CollegeHoops.net decided to bridge the two with a topic more important than both: mascots!

 

Preview & Prediction: By Evan Dorey » Read More » Tags GameNight Mississippi St Western Kentucky Evansville Blows Out WKU, Improves to 7-1 December 14th, 2008 by Press Release EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Evansville (7-1) held Western Kentucky University (5-3) to a frigid 16.1 percent shooting in the first half, outscoring the Hilltoppers 20-5 over the last 10 minutes of the first half en route to a 23-point lead at the break. The Purple Aces, off to their best start in 27 years, won 72-40, keeping WKU winless in Roberts Stadium over the past nine years. In a halftime ceremony, Evansville honored the memory of the men's basketball team who perished in the 1977 plane crash exactly 31 years ago tonight. » Read More » Tags Evansville Game Recaps Western Kentucky « first‹ previous1234567next ›last » Latest Articles Bracketology: Selection Sunday Projection Bracketology: Saturday Night NCAA Tournament Projection Non-BCS Top 25: Creighton, Colorado St Rise College Basketball Top 50: Indiana Ends Regular Season #1 Non-BCS Top 25: Valpo Replaces BYU College Basketball Top 50: Maryland and Iowa St Drop Out Non-BCS Top 25: Davidson In, Wyoming Out College Basketball Top 50: #2 Gonzaga Hits All-Time High Non-BCS Top 25: Air Force, Davidson Making Moves College Basketball Top 50: Another Week, Another #1 more SPONSORS LEAGUES ▪ ACC ▪ Atlantic 10 ▪ Big East ▪ Big Ten ▪ Big 12 ▪ CUSA ▪ MVC ▪ MWC ▪ Pac-10 ▪ SEC ▪ WCC ▪..All CONTENT ▪ Top 50 ▪ NCAA Bracket ▪ RPI ▪ Fan Polls ▪ NCAA Tournament ▪ Daily Recaps ▪ Game Previews ▪ Bracketology ▪ All Articles   INFO ▪ Site Map ▪ Teams List ▪ About CHN ▪ Write for CHN ▪ Advertising ▪ Contact Editor ▪ Links Collegehoops.net Primary links College Basketball Conferences & Teams NCAA Tournament Bracketology Recruiting NBA Draft Mock Draft Season Preview