{"id":262,"date":"2009-03-07T12:08:11","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T17:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"2009-03-09T16:19:42","modified_gmt":"2009-03-09T21:19:42","slug":"day-4-recap-a-huge-day-for-alexi-puts-him-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"Day 4 Recap:  A Huge Day for Alexi Puts Him on Top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An absolutely huge day for Alexi&#8211;with 42 points more than anyone else.\u00a0 Ina had a nice day, with 124, but Alexi&#8217;s 148 blew even her out of the water.\u00a0 Doogan really struggled with only 64.\u00a0 On the court, it was a very exciting day, where there was plenty of &#8220;madness&#8221; and, more importantly, set the stage for a crazy Saturday.\u00a0 We will try to start shortening the recaps because there are so many, but it might be hard considering how great this month is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><u>DAY 4:<\/u><br \/>\nAlexi -148<br \/>\nIna-124<br \/>\nWaters-100<br \/>\nBry-96<br \/>\nStri-96<br \/>\nJ-80<br \/>\nLynch-80<br \/>\nDoogan-64<\/p>\n<p><u>OVERALL:<\/u><br \/>\nAlexi-252<br \/>\nIna-244<br \/>\nBry-214<br \/>\nWaters-196<br \/>\nStri-178<br \/>\nJ-176<br \/>\nLynch-146<br \/>\nDoogan-142<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>MISSOURI VALLEY QUARTERFINALS:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Arch Madness&#8221; clearly went mad on Friday night.\u00a0 A quadruple-header showed the best that the Valley had to give.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#1 Northern Iowa 73 &#8211; #9 Indiana State 69<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 The final score was a lot closer than it should have been, as UNI struggled mightily from the line at the end, but they did hold on to move to the semis.\u00a0 J, Doogan, and Waters all lost points on this one, as they all had Drake winning this game.\u00a0 Ina, Stri, Alexi, and Lynch gain the most with this win because they have UNI in the finals.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#2 Creighton 63 &#8211; #7 Wichita State 62<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Absolute MADNESS!\u00a0 Creighton had a 20-point lead in the second half.\u00a0 The Shockers then whittled it down, but could not get closer than 8 points until less than 1:30 to go.\u00a0 But, they hit a couple threes and forced turnovers, when all of a sudden Toure Murry hit a three with :09 seconds left to give WSU a 62-61 lead.\u00a0 Creighton drew up a\u00a0play for the MVC player of the year, Booker Woodfox, and he drained an off-balance, one-footer from about 20 feet, at the buzzer.\u00a0 Creighton wins and moves on.\u00a0 Everyone got this right, but I&#8217;m sure no one thought it would be this close.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#3 Illinois State 78 &#8211; #6 Evansville 68<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 With the game tied midway through the second half, the Redbirds went on a 15-3 run and never looked back.\u00a0 A game Evansville team just did not have the fire power.\u00a0 Illinois St. will move on the semis to face Creighton on Saturday.\u00a0 J and Doogan got this wrong, but neither lost a finalist.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#4 Bradley 67 &#8211; #5 Southern Illinois 55<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 S. Illinois was up 8 after the first 12 minutes, but the Braves scored 13 straight and then went on a 25-8 run, making this game a pretty convincing showing for the #4-seed.\u00a0 Bradley will move on to face #1 N. Iowa in the semis on Saturday.\u00a0 Bry and Lynch both got this wrong.\u00a0 Bry even lost a finalist in SIU.\u00a0 J and Waters keep their finalist pick of Bradley still alive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u><!--more-->COLONIAL OPENING ROUND:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nRichmond was hopping all day on Friday, as the CAA played its opening round tournament games.\u00a0 The biggest upset of the conference tournaments so far occurred, as well as a championship pick going down in this first round.\u00a0 Alexi came up huge, sweeping the opening round in this 3x tournament.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#5 Hofstra 79 &#8211; #12 UNC-Wilmington 66<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 27 points and 9 assists for Charles Jenkins led the Pride into the quarterfinals, where ODU awaits them on Saturday.\u00a0 Only Doogan missed this pick.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#11 Towson 73 &#8211; #6 Drexel 62<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Towson scored the first 15 points of the game and led 39-14 at halftime.\u00a0 Drexel mounted a comeback with a 48-point second half, but it wasn&#8217;t enough, as this month&#8217;s biggest upset goes to the Towson Tigers.\u00a0 This was a huge upset pick for Alexi&#8211;the only one to pick this&#8211;netting him 36 points (2 plus the 10 upset points times 3 for the mid-major conference).\u00a0 This game was the difference for him today.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#7 James Madison 70 &#8211; #10 William &amp; Mary 48<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 After a relatively close first 15 minutes, JMU went on to rout W&amp;M of the rest of the\u00a0night, setting up their meeting with #2 George Mason on Saturday.\u00a0 Only Lynch missed this pick.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#8 Georgia State 54 &#8211; #9 Delaware 41<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 In a very ugly game, Georgia St. came out on top with a more spirited second-half, ending the Blue Hens season at a disappointing 13-19.\u00a0 This also was a big blow to Lynch, who picked Delaware to win this whole tournament.\u00a0 J, Stri, and Waters also missed this pick, but they didn&#8217;t have UDel going any further.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>WEST COAST CONFERENCE OPENING ROUND:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nThe WCC opened with their 2 opening round games on Friday night.\u00a0 It was a relatively unremarkable night.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#5 San Diego 62 &#8211; #8 Loyola Marymount 56<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Well, a bad season for LMU comes mercifully to a close Friday night, as they fall to San Diego by 6.\u00a0 The Terreros were led by 18 points from Gyno Pomare and now move on to a quarterfinal showdown\u00a0on Saturday night against #4 Santa Clara.\u00a0 Only Doogan got this game wrong, and he, in fact, actually had LMU beating Santa Clara in the next round also, so this was a costly loss for Doogan.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#6 Pepperdine 93 &#8211; #7 San Francisco 85<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 The Waves got USF back for the loss last week, in the regular season finale, with an 8-point opening round win that puts Pepperdine in the quarters on Saturday against #3 Portland.\u00a0 Bry, J, Doogan, and Stri all missed on the upset pick of USF.\u00a0 Lynch is happy to see this result, as he has Pepperdine reaching the semis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>ATLANTIC SUN SEMIFINALS:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nThe semifinals in the A-Sun took place tonight, with the two winners getting to play on national TV on Saturday in the final.\u00a0 It was all set up to be a pretty exciting double-header, as the top 4 teams all made it here, and the #4 seed, Lipscomb,\u00a0was playing host and happened to be carrying a 9-game winning streak into competition.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#1 Jacksonville 88 &#8211; #4 Lipscomb 72<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 The #1 seed that nobody believes in, the Jacksonville Dolphins, took out the red-hot tournament hosts, Lipscomb, rather easily on Friday night.\u00a0 The Dolphins are now one win away from a spot in the Big Dance.\u00a0 Despite being the top-seed and getting a bye to the semis, only J, Alexi, and Waters had them reaching the final.\u00a0 No one has them winning it.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#2 E. Tennessee St. 88 &#8211; #3 Belmont 74<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 In another game that was supposed to be exciting, the Buccanneers of ETSU knocked off the three-time defending conference champs rather easily&#8211;getting 30 from Courtney Pigram&#8211;and will face Jacksonville tomorrow for the right to go to the NCAA tournament.\u00a0 Only Ina, J, and Lynch had the Bucs making the final.\u00a0 J and Lynch both have them winning it.\u00a0 In the race for the 2009 CTC A-Sun title, it will either be a 3-way tie between J, Lynch, and Ina (if Jacksonville wins) or a two-way tie between just J and Lynch (if ETSU wins).\u00a0 Either way, J will retain at least a share of the A-Sun title, which he won outright last year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>OHIO VALLEY SEMIFINALS:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nMore conference semis were played on Friday to determine who gets to play on ESPN, with a shot at playing on CBS.\u00a0 Both games had major CTC implications, including one big upset that, like the big CAA upset, only enabled Alexi to capitalize.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#4 Morehead State 63 &#8211; Tennessee-Martin 55<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Down 6 at halftime, TN-Martin turned to their future NBA&#8217;er, Lester Hudson, who led them roaring back, even taking a one-point lead in the second-half, but Morehead State was just too tough down the stretch and ended up pulling off a pretty big upset.\u00a0 The big loser in this was Bry, who was the only one that took the top-seeds to win this tournament.\u00a0 Stri, Doogan, J, and Ina also missed out, as they at least had the Skyhawks going to the finals.\u00a0 The big winner, as was the case in the other big upset of the night, was Alexi.\u00a0 He was the only one that took Morehead to reach the finals.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#2 Austin Peay 67 &#8211; #3 Murray St. 50<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Everyone&#8217;s favorite OVC team, Murray St. just doesn&#8217;t show up for the semifinal match on Friday.\u00a0 A wire-to-wire win for the Governors eliminates the title pick for 6 of the 8 CTC contestants.\u00a0 In fact, no one will have their champion left standing when tomorrow&#8217;s championship tips off, so this conference is over.\u00a0 We will still wait for the overall conference title to be awarded until tomorrow, out of principle.\u00a0 Surprisingly, considering Austin Peay&#8217;s #2 seed, Bry was the only one that had the Governors reaching the final.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>HORIZON QUARTERFINALS:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nThe Horizon tournament shifts to the campus of Butler University for two quarterfinal games on Friday and two semifinal games on Saturday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#3 Cleveland State 67\u00a0&#8211; #7 Illinois-Chicago 64<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 UIC, coming off an upset win over Youngstown St. almost pulled off another here in the quarters.\u00a0 But, a couple big shots from Norris Cole (26 points) sparked Cleveland State&#8217;s 13-3 run that erased a 9-point deficit late in the second half.\u00a0 The 3-seed, Cleveland St. will move on the face #2 UW-Green Bay on Saturday in the semifinals.\u00a0 Waters fell just short on what would have been a pretty big upset pick.\u00a0 Stri also lost points here, as he had Youngstown St. winning this game.\u00a0 The other 6 of us correctly took Cleveland St.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#4 Wright State 80 &#8211; #5 UW-Milwaukee 70<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Though tied at half, Wright St. had a big second-half to end UW-Milwaukee&#8217;s season and prolong their own.\u00a0 Wright St. now gets the pleasure of playing #1 Butler, in their gym, on Saturday night in the semifinals.\u00a0 Alexi and Lynch missed out on this upset pick.\u00a0 Waters lost points, as he had Valpo in this spot.\u00a0 The other 5 of us had Wright St.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>SoCON OPENING ROUND: <\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nThe Davidson Conference started without their namesake tonight, as Stephen &amp; Co. were given the night off.\u00a0 There was a pretty big upset, though, here in the SoCon, so all was not lost.\u00a0 Waters came through here in the SoCon, sweeping\u00a0this first round.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#3S College of Charleston 69 &#8211; #6N UNC-Greensboro 56<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Bobby Cremins squad came through on the defensive end on Friday night, as CofC moved on the quarters, with a 13-point victory over a bad UNC-Greensboro team.\u00a0 Charleston moves on the play #2N Western Carolina on Saturday in the quarters.\u00a0 Only Lynch took UNC-Greensboro, and he actually took them to win two games in this tournament.\u00a0 Stri was the most glad to see CofC win tonight, as he has them in the finals.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#3N Samford 57 &#8211; #6S Furman 52<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 The Paladins of Furman made it a game, pulling within 2 points with 1:39 left in the game, but they could not get over that hump and their season ends.\u00a0 Samford will move on to face #2S The Citadel on Saturday in the quarters.\u00a0 Bry, Doogan, and Lynch all missed on this upset pick.\u00a0 No one has Samford going any further.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#5N Elon 62 &#8211; #4S Wofford 55<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 A pretty big upset here in the SoCon send Wofford packing.\u00a0 Elon&#8217;s upset was fueled by Monty Sanders, who hit a 3-pointer to take the lead with 1:30 to go, and then collected two offensive rebounds off missed free throws (don&#8217;t get me started about giving up offensive rebound on FTs) in the closing seconds to ice it for Elon.\u00a0 Waters and Lynch both came through with this big upset pick.\u00a0 The Wofford loss cost some more than others.\u00a0 Alexi and Doogan both had Wofford in the finals, while Bry and J had them in the semis.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#4N Appalachian State 86 &#8211; #5S Georgia-Southern 75<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 The Mountaineers outplayed their opponents on Friday night, earning them a date with #1S Davidson on Saturday.\u00a0 Only Alexi went with GA-Southern in the upset.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>MAAC OPENING ROUND:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nFour bad teams tipped off the MAAC tournament on Friday night.\u00a0 At least there was some excitement, with a couple of upsets, both of which Stri and Ina actually got.\u00a0 Most of us were 0-2.\u00a0 No one lost any future games with the upsets on Friday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#10 Marist 43 &#8211; #7 Iona 40<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 In what must have been an absolutely abysmal game, the Red Foxes of Marist pulled off the upset of #7 Iona.\u00a0 They move on the quarters on Saturday, where they will face #2 Niagara.\u00a0 Bry, Stri, Ina, and Waters picked up the 6 upset points by correctly picking the Red Foxes.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#9 Canisius 74 &#8211; #8 Loyola (MD) 68<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Hey, if 4-14 Marist can win a postseason game, why can&#8217;t 4-14 Canisius?\u00a0 Well, it turns out that they can, as the MAAC opens its tournament with two upsets.\u00a0 Doogan, Ina,\u00a0and Stri all picked this Canisius win, garnering the 2 extra upset points that goes along with it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>AMERICA EAST OPENING ROUND:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nAfter reviewing the results of the opening round in the MAAC, it appears as if I was too quick to call this Am-East game the worst postseason game of the year.\u00a0 Regardless, it probably wasn&#8217;t aesthetically pleasing basketball between 9-21 Maine and 7-25 Hartford.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#9 Hartford 65 &#8211; #8 Maine 56<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Dan Liebovitz can flat-out coach.\u00a0 The former Temple assistant under John Chaney led his Hawks to a 9-point opening round victory over Maine on Friday night.\u00a0 Hartford gets to take on #1 Binghamton on Saturday in the quarters.\u00a0 Doogan, Stri, Ina, and Waters all picked Hartford in the mild upset.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An absolutely huge day for Alexi&#8211;with 42 points more than anyone else.\u00a0 Ina had a nice day, with 124, but Alexi&#8217;s 148 blew even her out of the water.\u00a0 Doogan really struggled with only 64.\u00a0 On the court, it was &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=262\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[496,490,493,486,492,485,495,494],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-america-east","tag-atlantic-sun","tag-colonial","tag-horizon-league","tag-missouri-valley","tag-ohio-valley","tag-socon","tag-wcc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}