Category Archives: Conference Tourney Challenge
CTC Day Five Recap: WCC Quarterfinals
In maybe the most exciting doubleheader of the day, the WCC whittled its tournament down to four. #5 San Francisco 67 – #4 Loyola Marymount 60 A really good WCC season for LMU comes to a close, as USF was … Continue reading
CTC Day Five Recap: SoCon Opening Round
The SoCon tipped off their tournament on Friday with an opening round quadrupleheader. The results were all over the place, so a perfect 4-for-4 from Dave is very impressive. It is almost as impressive that Waters went 0-for-4. #10 Appalachian … Continue reading
CTC Day Five Recap: MAAC Opening Round
A couple of relatively uninteresting games in the MAAC continue the chalk theme. #8 Marist 64 – #9 St. Peter’s 57 The defending tournament champs are out in the first game, as the Red Foxes of Marist earn a quarterfinal … Continue reading
CTC Day Five Recap: MVC Quarterfinals
Chalk, chalk, chalk, chalk, chalk. All day and all night. And, the MVC was the poster child. #1 Wichita St. 72 – #8 Indiana St. 48 Wichita looked really, really good today, just blistering a 19-win Indiana St. team. I … Continue reading
CTC Day Five Recap: Ohio Valley Semifinals
The top two seeds in the OVC entered the tournament today to take on the survivors of the quarterfinal round, and, as was the trend of the night, it was chalky. #1 Murray St. 78 – #4 Tennessee Tech 58 … Continue reading
CTC Day Five Recap: The CAA Opening Round
The theme of Day Five all over was chalk, chalk, chalk, and the CAA, mostly, did their part. #9 UNC-Wilmington 70 – #8 James Madison 59 The one CAA exception to the chalkiness was the mild upset of UNCW over JMU. … Continue reading
CTC Day Five Recap: A-Sun Semifinals
A couple very interesting semifinals in the A-Sun, sets up Saturday’s championship. #1 Belmont 69 – #4 E. Tennessee St. 61 ETSU led most of the way, but Belmont rallied and won by a margin larger than the game would … Continue reading
CTC Day 5 Recap: Horizon Quarterfinals
Going into the Horizon quarterfinal doubleheader, it looked like it was going to be a great and thrilling night of hoops. What we got was anything but thrilling because two of the teams were great. #3 Detroit 93 – #6 … Continue reading
CTC Day Five Preview: The OVC Welcomes Their King
The 3 & 4 seeds, Tenn Tech and Morehead joined the party with wins last night, and the OVC is ready for the bubble world to watch when #9 nationally, Murray St., joins the party. And, every bubble team from … Continue reading
CTC Day Five Preview: The Other First-Week Darling
We all know my love for Arch Madness, but it is probably my second-favorite conference tournament every year, behind the CAA. It’s hard to say why, but the Colonial tournament is easily the one I most look forward to every … Continue reading