Occidental defeated Whittier 63-61 in double overtime, clinching the SCIAC in a wild game and becoming the first men's team to punch their ticket to the Field of 59 on Thursday night. (The final call, by Craig Dunkin for Oxybroadcast.) Stevens, the No. 1 team in the NCAA's Atlantic Region rankings, fell at home to SUNY-Old Westbury in overtime and now must spend an uncomfortable weekend waiting on the bubble.

Seventh-seeded Bridgewater pulled off an upset in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference semifinals, defeating No. 2 seed and 17th-ranked Guilford 88-78. Guilford is likely safe as an at-large team. Top seed Virginia Wesleyan continued its dominance of the Salem Civic Center, winning for the ninth consecutive time on that floor with an 82-48 defeat of Washington and Lee. UW-La Crosse upended UW-Oshkosh to advance to the WIAC title game, where it will face No. 1 UW-Stevens Point. Thursday's men's scores.

On the first day Westminster (Pa.) was given new life with the extra Pool B slot, it lost ... at home ... by 19. Regardless, the Titans should still get in at 18-8.

Things went true to form in the OAC and MIAC, as Capital and Wilmington reach the title game in Ohio and Gustavus Adolphus will play at St. Benedict in Minnesota. Similarly, in Michigan, Calvin and Hope advanced. Kean and William Paterson advanced to the NJAC women's finals by beating College of New Jersey and Rutgers-Newark. Puget Sound defeated Linfield in the NWC first round and advances to play at George Fox in the championship game. Thursday's women's scores.