Daily Archives: March 1, 2012

CTC Day Four Recap: Atlantic Sun Quarterfinals

The “other” quarterfinals took place a night after the top two seeds survived in the A-Sun.  The two games tonight give Dave and RDoc perfect A-Sun quarterfinal sheets.  Alexi, RSmith, and Lynch lose both games tonight, leaving Lynch with only … Continue reading

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CTC Day Four Recap: Big South Semifinals

After some Madness in the quarters, the Big South semis were ready for more. #7 VMI 75 – #6 Winthrop 55 Madness!  VMI nearly lost at home to a terrible Radford team on Monday night.  Three days later, and they are … Continue reading

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CTC Day Four Recap: NEC Quarterfinals

The four-game quarterfinal round took place all over the Northeast last night, and all four games were hard-fought and relatively competitive, but only one underdog came through, and it was the least surprising.  8 people nailed the quarterfinal round perfectly … Continue reading

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CTC Day Four Preview: Arch Madness Begins!!!

I prefer the first week of the CTC to the second, surprisingly.  Probably because, as great as the major tournaments are next week (and they are phenomenal), I think that my two favorite conference tournaments every year are the MVC … Continue reading

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CTC Day Four: What A Year in the NEC

Warning:  I think I write the following two sentences every year at this time.)  I love the NEC.  I’m not sure why, but I do.  And, now we get a pretty decent 8-team tournament from a 12-team regular season.  And, … Continue reading

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CTC Day Four Preview: It Took A Lot, But I Actually Care

So, the America East tournament starts today with their pigtail game.  It might be the worst game of the entire CTC, as it pits two obscenely bad teams in a top-heavy conference, whose champion awaits the winner of this game … Continue reading

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CTC Day Four Preview: A-Sun Quarters, Take Two

After the top two seeds survived tough quarterfinals last night, the A-Sun picks up again tonight with the remaining two quarterfinals, setting up their own Final Four tomorrow night. #3 USC-Upstate vs. #6 Florida Gulf Coast A quarterfinal battle between … Continue reading

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CTC Day Four Preview: Another Round on the Left Coast

After an uneventful pigtail game, the WCC adds three more teams to the mix for Round Two. #5 San Francisco vs. #8 Portland Portland survived last night’s pigtail game with Santa Clara and now gets a red-hot Dons team who … Continue reading

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CTC Day Three Standings: Lohse Wins Day Three By a Half-Point, But Trails Primm in the Overall By a Half-Point

The 2012 CTC is the first CTC to incorporate half-points in various conferences, and Lohse is both victim and benefactor of this, as he wins Day Three by a half-point over J, but trails Primm in the overall standings by … Continue reading

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CTC Day Three Recap

An interesting Day Three of the 2012 CTC saw a decent amount of madness. Big South Quarterfinals This is where most of the day’s madness took place, and it wasn’t even exciting madness.  VMI blew out #2-seeded Coastal Carolina, and … Continue reading

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