The bottom 4 teams didn’t do such a good job during the regular season, compiling a combined 12 wins in conference play. That wouldn’t have been good enough to earn a bye. In tournament basketball, you can throw the regular season records out the door. Anything is possible.

Western Michigan 73, Miami 66

According to the seeding, this was supposed to be the closest game of the night. In their previous meeting, the Broncos won by 15 on the road.

At the end of the third quarter, the score was tied at 50.

After Meredith Shipman made a layup, the Broncos were up by 5 with 5:39 to go.