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It was a tough day for bubble teams in the Pac-12 as both Washington and Oregon fell in the quarterfinals.

Player of the Year Doug McDermott, only a sophomore, highlights CollegeHoops.net's 2012 All High-Major Team. McDermott averaged 23 ppg while shooting over 60% from the floor in leading Creighton to an MVC Tournament title.

 

McDermott is joined on the First Team by fellow sophomores Mike Moser of UNLV and Will Barton of Memphis. Matthew Dellavedova of Saint Mary's and Ramone Moore of Temple round out the squad.

Last week CHN writer Jon Teitel unvelied part one of his CollegeHoops.net All-Conference selections, featuring the fourteen conferences that begain conference tournament play at that time. The final seventeen teams are here, with the Player of the Year in each league in italics. 

Three teams (Belmont, Murray State and UNC Asheville) punched their tickets to the NCAA tournament on Saturday.

Saturday's Conference Tournament Primer

In other action on Tuesday night both Connecticut and Xavier fell on the road, and it's now beyond danger time for both teams.

Despite falling to 10th in the AP poll, Ohio St remains strong in the Consensus Ranking (CR). The computers were nonplussed by the Buckeyes loss to Wisconsin. Similarly, Missouri only fell two spots despite a pair of losses. The biggest losers this week were actually La Salle, West Virginia, and Marshall.

 

#4 Kansas clinched their eighth consecutive Big 12 title with a wild 87-86 overtime win over #3 Missouri, placing head coach Bill Self in some esteemed company. Here are today's "Quick Hitters": 

1 - Southern Miss (20-5, 9-3, RPI #11)

1 - Memphis (19-8, 9-3, RPI #24)

2 - Memphis & Southern Miss

2 - Memphis/Southern Miss & Other (UCF 17-7 #53, Marshall 15-10 #55, Tulsa 16-11 #106)

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