The UCLA men have recovered from a mid-season swoon (and, on a more literal level, a mid-season run of injuries), and are solidly in the 5th position in the MPSF. While the top 4 spots, and quarterfinal hosts, are all decided, UCLA is technically not locked in to the playoffs just yet. With 1 win in their last 4 against USC, Cal Baptist, and a double header with Hawaii, they’ll officially book their ticket to the conference tourny. Cal Baptist has just 1 conference win this year, so the Bruins will circle that as a must-win.
The rest of the conference gets very interesting, with 5 teams (Stanford, Pepperdine, UCSB, USC, and CSUN) battling for 3 spots. Stanford and Pepperdine have a 1-game advantage in the wins column, and all 5 teams have been ranked in the top 15 at some point this season.
Penn State remains with a slight advantage in the EIVA. While their big upset win over Big Ten foes Ohio State doesn’t count toward the EIVA standings, it is a confidence boost as they head toward the final 3 weeks of conference play. The Nittany Lions have a run of make-or-break games coming up: they play conference #3 Princeton, conference #2 NJIT, conference #4 Sacred Heart, and conference #5 Harvard, in that order, in their next 4 games. With only 4 teams going to the conference tournament, if they get cold at the wrong time, they’re still well within danger of missing post-season play. The game against Harvard will be the key.
Friday will see the biggest showdown of the regular season in Conference Carolinas, pitting last year’s regular season champion Mount Olive against this year’s Cinderella story King (TN).
Through games on Tuesday, March 28th
EIVA (4 TEAMS MAKE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT)
Courtesy EIVA
| School | Conf | Overall |
| PENN STATE | 6-2 | 14-9 |
| NJIT | 6-3 | 13-7 |
| PRINCETON | 6-3 | 10-10 |
| SACRED HEART | 5-3 | 12-7 |
| HARVARD | 4-4 | 7-10 |
| SAINT FRANCIS (PA.) | 4-4 | 9-14 |
| GEORGE MASON | 3-5 | 10-11 |
| CHARLESTON (W.V.) | 0-10 | 11-13 |
MIVA (8 TEAMS MAKE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT)
Courtesy MIVA:
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||
| GP | Record | Win % | PF | PA | GP | Record | Win % | PF | PA | Last 10 | Streak | ||
| Ohio St. | 12 | 12-0 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 25 | 23-2 | 0.92 | 71 | 18 | 8-2 | Lost 1 | |
| Lewis | 14 | 11-3 | 0.786 | 38 | 20 | 26 | 20-6 | 0.769 | 66 | 40 | 7-3 | Won 3 | |
| Grand Canyon | 14 | 10-4 | 0.714 | 35 | 26 | 24 | 15-9 | 0.625 | 52 | 44 | 6-4 | Won 1 | |
| Loyola (Ill.) | 12 | 7-5 | 0.583 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 14-9 | 0.609 | 51 | 36 | 5-5 | Lost 1 | |
| Ball St. | 12 | 6-6 | 0.5 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 15-8 | 0.652 | 50 | 34 | 4-6 | Lost 2 | |
| McKendree | 12 | 4-8 | 0.333 | 19 | 27 | 25 | 9-16 | 0.36 | 37 | 55 | 4-6 | Won 2 | |
| Lindenwood | 12 | 3-9 | 0.25 | 17 | 30 | 19 | 4-15 | 0.211 | 29 | 48 | 4-6 | Won 2 | |
| Fort Wayne | 12 | 2-10 | 0.167 | 14 | 34 | 24 | 5-19 | 0.208 | 29 | 61 | 1-9 | Lost 6 | |
| Quincy | 12 | 1-11 | 0.083 | 11 | 34 | 24 | 6-18 | 0.25 | 28 | 58 | 3-7 | Won 1 | |
MPSF (8 TEAMS MAKE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT)
Courtesy MPSF:
| M P S F | O V E R A L L | |||||||||||
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | HOME | AWAY | W | L | PCT | HOME | AWAY | NEUT | STREAK |
| #^ Long Beach State | 15 | 2 | 0.882 | 8-0 | 7-2 | 22 | 3 | 0.88 | 11-0 | 7-3 | 4-0 | W1 |
| #^ BYU | 14 | 2 | 0.875 | 7-2 | 7-0 | 21 | 3 | 0.875 | 13-2 | 8-1 | 0-0 | L1 |
| # Hawaii | 12 | 4 | 0.75 | 9-0 | 3-4 | 22 | 4 | 0.846 | 17-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 | W2 |
| # UC Irvine | 10 | 5 | 0.667 | 4-3 | 6-2 | 16 | 6 | 0.727 | 6-3 | 9-3 | 1-0 | W5 |
| UCLA | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 5-2 | 3-4 | 14 | 7 | 0.667 | 9-2 | 4-5 | 1-0 | W4 |
| Stanford | 6 | 8 | 0.429 | 4-3 | 2-5 | 11 | 10 | 0.524 | 4-5 | 3-5 | 4-0 | L3 |
| Pepperdine | 6 | 9 | 0.4 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 8 | 10 | 0.444 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 0-0 | L1 |
| UCSB | 5 | 9 | 0.357 | 4-3 | 1-6 | 10 | 12 | 0.455 | 8-5 | 1-7 | 1-0 | L1 |
| USC | 5 | 9 | 0.357 | 3-3 | 2-6 | 11 | 12 | 0.478 | 8-3 | 3-8 | 0-1 | W5 |
| CSUN | 5 | 12 | 0.294 | 3-6 | 2-6 | 12 | 14 | 0.462 | 7-6 | 2-6 | 3-2 | L8 |
| UC San Diego | 3 | 11 | 0.214 | 2-5 | 1-6 | 7 | 15 | 0.318 | 5-6 | 2-8 | 0-1 | W2 |
| Cal Baptist | 1 | 13 | 0.071 | 1-5 | 0-8 | 6 | 18 | 0.25 | 3-7 | 3-11 | 0-0 | W3 |
# – Clinched Playoff Spot
^ – Clinched Hosting MPSF quarterfinals
CONFERENCE CAROLINAS (8 TEAMS MAKE TOURNAMENT)
Courtesy Conference Carolinas:
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||
| GP | Record | Win % | PF | PA | GP | Record | Win % | PF | PA | Last 10 | Streak | ||
| King (TN) | 14 | 13-1 | 0.929 | 41 | 10 | 26 | 24-2 | 0.923 | 74 | 19 | 10-0 | Won 14 | |
| Barton | 15 | 13-2 | 0.867 | 42 | 9 | 21 | 16-5 | 0.762 | 53 | 19 | 8-2 | Won 2 | |
| Mount Olive | 15 | 13-2 | 0.867 | 40 | 14 | 22 | 15-7 | 0.682 | 47 | 32 | 7-3 | Lost 1 | |
| Limestone | 13 | 9-4 | 0.692 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 9-8 | 0.529 | 31 | 32 | 6-4 | Won 1 | |
| Lees-McRae | 14 | 7-7 | 0.5 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 9-13 | 0.409 | 37 | 44 | 5-5 | Won 4 | |
| North Greenville | 13 | 6-7 | 0.462 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 7-14 | 0.333 | 27 | 48 | 4-6 | Lost 3 | |
| Belmont Abbey | 14 | 4-10 | 0.286 | 16 | 33 | 21 | 5-16 | 0.238 | 21 | 53 | 2-8 | Won 1 | |
| Emmanuel (Ga.) | 15 | 3-12 | 0.2 | 23 | 37 | 22 | 5-17 | 0.227 | 35 | 54 | 3-7 | Lost 4 | |
| Erskine | 15 | 3-12 | 0.2 | 13 | 37 | 21 | 3-18 | 0.143 | 15 | 55 | 2-8 | Lost 8 | |
| Pfeiffer | 14 | 0-14 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 15 | 0-15 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 0-10 | Lost 15 | |
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