rout of St. Cloud State in the first round of the Division II national tournament. (AP via ESPN) NCAA women's college basketball Conference tournament finals: Atlantic Sun: Belmont 69, East Tennessee State 57 at Dothan, Alabama Big 12: (11) Oklahoma 67, Iowa State 60 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Big Sky: Idaho State 84, Northern Arizona 78 at Missoula, Montana Big South: UNC Asheville 67, Radford 57 Big West: UC Riverside 70, UCSB 67 at Anaheim, California MAC: (20) Bowling Green 67, Ball State 53 at Cleveland, Ohio MEAC: Delaware State 55, Morgan State 42 at Raleigh, North Carolina Mountain West: New Mexico 63, Brigham Young 49 at Las Vegas, Nevada Northeast: Robert Morris 68, Sacred Heart 66 Southland: UT Arlington 68, Stephen F. Austin 47 at Houston, Texas SWAC: Prairie View A&M 68, Jackson State 62 at Birmingham, Alabama WAC: Boise State 49, New Mexico State 46 <div id="9_March_2007"> </div id> 9 March 2007 (Friday) Basketball: NCAA men's conference tournaments: (home teams listed in italics, tournament winning teams in boldface) Patriot League, Final at Worcester, Massachusetts: Holy Cross 74, Bucknell 66. Big 10, quarterfinals at Chicago: (1) Ohio State 72, Michigan 62 (3) Wisconsin 70, Michigan State 57 Big 12, quarterfinals at Oklahoma City: (2) Kansas 64, Oklahoma 47 Oklahoma State 57, (7) Texas A&M 56 (15) Texas 74, Baylor 69 Conference USA, semifinals at Memphis: (5) Memphis 71, Tulsa 49 SEC, quarterfinals at Atlanta: (6) Florida 74, Georgia 57 ACC, quarterfinals at Tampa, Florida: (8) North Carolina 73, Florida State 58 Big East, semifinals at New York City: (9) Georgetown 84, (20) Notre Dame 82 (13) Pittsburgh 65, (12) Louisville 59 WAC, semifinals at Las Cruces, New Mexico: Utah State 79, (10) Nevada 77 Pacific-10, semifinals at Los Angeles: Southern California 70, (11) Washington State 61 (16) Oregon 81, California 63 Mountain West, semifinals at Las Vegas, Nevada: (23) Brigham Young 96, Wyoming 84 (25) UNLV 88, Colorado State 72 Ice hockey: The National Hockey League suspends Chris Simon of the New York Islanders indefinitely for a violent hit on Ryan Hollweg of the New York Rangers. Two days later, the suspension became 25 games (in essence, the remainder of the Islanders' regular season games). (New York Times) Cricket: World Cup warm-up matches: 86/1 (18.3 ov.) beat 85 (25.5 ov.) by 9 wickets. 200/5 (40.5 ov.) beat 197 (48.3 ov.) by 5 wickets 200/3 (44.3 ov.) beat 199 (48.3