jaguars knocked out.

Well, that was quick. For the first time in its D-I-eligible history, the IUPUI Jaguars were knocked out in the first round of conference tournament play. It's not too terribly surprising, given that this really turned out to be a rebuilding year for Ron Hunter's team.

So, the perennial favorites (and last year's championship game teams, IUPUI and ORU) are out. That leaves a wide open tournament on the men's side of things. My money's on North Dakota State prevailing, but Greg Kampe has a way of getting his Oakland team to play inspired basketball in the conference tournament.

Over on the women's side, it's going to be tough to stop South Dakota State. But the only team to hand them a conference loss (Oakland) is alive and kicking in this tournament.

We'll see who can survive the second round tomorrow night.