Guess they call them favorites for a reason. Nationally ranked teams went 7-0 in conference tournament action on a night that saw very few upsets on the men's or women's side.

In men's action, the top seeds across the Mid-Atlantic region all advanced to conference championship games. Albright, which was supplanted by St. Mary's (Md.) in the most recent regional rankings, defeated Messiah 73-67 to advance to the MAC Commonwealth final where it will face Lycoming. More Wednesday's men's scores.

&&g-boxr&&Cabrini handled Immaculata 89-68 and will meet Neumann in the CSAC final on Saturday. Darnell Braswell scored 23 points for DeSales who beat King's 82-69, setting up a MAC Freedom title game against Misericordia. Merchant Marine will play Scranton for the first automatic bid in the history of the Landmark Conference.

Jose Rebimbas won his 300th game at William Paterson as his Pioneers put the clamps on Ramapo in a 55-37 win. They will meet defending conference champion Richard Stockton in the NJAC final. The Ospreys took care of Rutgers-Newark 86-73. Calvin and Hope both advanced to the MIAA semifinals by beating Alma and Trine respectively.

In women's basketball, the Mid-Atlantic set up a pair of rematches. In the Landmark Conference, No. 9 Moravian and No. 15 Scranton will be playing for the automatic bid. Wednesday's women's scores.

Moravian advanced despite shooting just 16 percent in the second half, holding off fourth-seeded Susquehanna 52-44. The Greyhounds will put their 19-game winning streak on the line against Scranton. Scranton went through a scoring drought of its own in holding off third-seeded Juniata.

The other rematch will see Lebanon Valley and Messiah meet for the third time in the MAC Commonwealth championship game. Andrea Hoover recorded a double-double as the Flying Dutchmen avenged last week's loss against Alvernia with an 87-77 win. Messiah advanced with an 85-70 win against Widener.

In other men's action, the No. 1, 2, 3 and 5 seeds advanced in the OAC Tournament. Fifth-seeded Heidelberg knocked off No. 4 seed Ohio Northern and will face top seed John Carroll, while No. 2 Wilmington will play No. 3 Capital.