Daily Archives: March 5, 2012

CTC Day Seven Recap: Rounding out the Summit Semis

The top two – and season-long dominant – teams in the Summit won on Saturday in the quarters and got to watch to see who they’ll face in the semis. #4 W. Illinois 58 – #5 North Dakota St. 53 … Continue reading

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CTC Day Seven Recap: The AmEast – Where Exciting, Bad Basketball Happens

 America East basketball…it’s fannnn-tastic. #1 Stony Brook 57 – #4 Albany 55 Stony Brook played rather poorly, but came back to win on a pretty amazing last-second tip in (if you haven’t seen this highlight, it’s worth finding).  They now get … Continue reading

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CTC Day Seven Recap: Chaos in the Sun Belt…Like Clockwork

Every year, the Sun Belt seems to blow up.  Well, it happened again… #9 Arkansas St. 64 – #1 Middle Tennessee 61 Middle Tennessee went 0-for-5 from the FREE THROW LINE in the final minute of play and still had … Continue reading

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CTC Day Seven Recap: The MAAC’s Semifinal Shakeup

The Fairfield Stags had this tournament on their home floor for the past several years and always seemed to blow their best opportunities.  Now, as the 4-seed, in Springfield, MA, they have secured a shot to finish the job, pulling … Continue reading

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CTC Day Seven Recap: I Love the NEC

My new favorite conference is the NEC – and not because one of the 87 Fox Sports channels in my cable package broadcasts several NEC games a week.  Okay, maybe that’s it.  But, either way, I have become a closet … Continue reading

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CTC Day Seven Recap: Missouri Valley Championship

While the beginning of this great tournament didn’t actually produce any great games, the ending was fantastic.  And, RSmith went very impressively perfect through this bracket.  J, KA, and RDoc brought up the rear in the MVC. #2 Creighton 83 – … Continue reading

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