semi predictions.

It's been an fun tournament, so far. Not too many surprises, but enough to make it interesting. On the women's side of things, UMKC pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament. Otherwise, it's been business as usual.

On the men's side, the UMKC men nearly were just as miraculous, giving IUPUI all they could handle. We'll see if the Jags re-group in time for tonight. IPFW technically upset Southern Utah last night, but it really was about as evenly matched as you can get.

Let's take a look at today's action...

Women's Semis
(4) ORU vs (1) Oakland, noon. ORU will be tough, but Oakland will win.

(7( UMKC vs. (3) IUPUI, 2:30 p.m. Jags beat the 'Roos twice in the regular season and are playing at their peak right now. IUPUI wins this one.

Men's Semis
(5)IPFW vs (1)ORU, 6 p.m. The Mastadons might give ORU about 10-15 minutes of trouble, but that's it. The Golden Eagles will win this one going away.

(3)Oakland vs. (2)IUPUI, 8:30 p.m. This will be the most intriguing game of this round. Oakland has a knack for dragging teams into a street fight. So long as IUPUI plays its game and doesn't fall into OU's traps, they should win. But OU poses lots of problems. They're a big, physical team with a deadly perimeter shooter. They played an effective zone last night, but we'll see what they throw at the Jags. Hard to make a prediction on this one, folks, because OU is a problematic team. If IUPUI's perimeter shooters (Montgomery, Patterson) are lighting it up, it'll open up the inside game and I'd expect IUPUI to win. But they have to play better than they did Saturday night.

It's beautiful and sunny in Tulsa...think I'll go enjoy it.