Category Archives: Conference Tourney Challenge

CTC Day Eleven Preview: The Southland’s Final Four

The Southland quarters were yesterday, setting up today’s semifinal doubleheader. #2 Stephen F. Austin vs. #3 Lamar SFA crushed their rival Sam Houston St. yesterday, while Lamar struggled with Northwestern St., but survived.  Now, these two teams that were picked … Continue reading

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CTC Day Eleven Preview: The Other SWAC Quarters

The top two seeds survived their SWAC quarters yesterday, now we will see who their semifinal opponents will be tomorrow. #3 Prairie View vs. #6 Alcorn St. Both of these teams are pretty bad, so I won’t pretend to make … Continue reading

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CTC Day Eleven Preview: The MAC Quarters

After four games on Monday, and two more last night, the MAC is ready for a quarterfinal doubleheader tonight, as the 3- and 4-seeds join the party. #4 Kent St. vs. #8 Western Michigan WMU took care of N. Illinois … Continue reading

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CTC Day Eleven Preview: Conference USA Quarterfinals

Conf USA gets going with its quarterfinal quadruple-header that adds the top 4 seeds to the winners from the opening round. #2 Southern Miss vs. #10 E. Carolina ECU upset Rice yesterday, and now they’ll get a shot for a … Continue reading

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CTC Day Eleven Preview: Big XII Quarterfinals

The Big XII tourney kicked off last night with two very uninteresting games.  But, just like that, this tournament became incredibly interesting, as the top 6 teams join the fold. #4 Baylor vs. #5 Kansas St. Baylor spent much of … Continue reading

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CTC Day Eleven Preview: Three Days, Three Big East Quadruple-Headers

After eight games in two days, why not go for 12 in three days.  The top four seeds in the Big East join the fray today to take on the four winners from yesterday. #1 Syracuse vs. #9 Connecticut The … Continue reading

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CTC Day Eleven: Day One of Three-Day Basketball Heaven…Ya Know, Before Next Week’s Four-Day Heaven

Well, yesterday was a fantastic day of basketball, and today is going to by infinitely better.  There are 49 games, most of which are in 5x conferences.  The conferences that haven’t started yet will all start today.  There is a … Continue reading

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CTC Day Ten Standings: Big Win for Dave in Day Ten; Lohse Comes Back to Earth, but Easily Retains Overall Lead

As the days are getting bigger (Day Ten was the second-biggest so far, Day Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen are BY FAR the biggest days), there is more ability to move up or down.  But, there wasn’t as much movement as … Continue reading

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CTC Conference Recap: The Big Sky

Another two-team race came down to those two teams settling it all on the court. In an upset-free tournament, four people went all chalk for the perfect bracket.  Congrats to Bry, Lynch, RDoc, and Rikey on the four-way split of … Continue reading

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CTC Conference Recap: The Patriot League

A good Patriot League season came down to the best two teams battling it out in a back-and-forth game, where its brightest star stepped up in the biggest moment. The Lehigh win gives Mac the 2012 Patriot League title – … Continue reading

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