{"id":268,"date":"2009-03-10T09:24:33","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T14:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=268"},"modified":"2009-03-10T17:58:30","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T22:58:30","slug":"ctc-day-7-recap-huge-day-for-ina-puts-her-back-in-the-lead-by-her-lonesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"CTC Day 7 Recap: Huge Day for Ina Puts Her Back in the Lead By Her Lonesome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a relatively quiet day, Ina still gained at least 30 point of everyone else.\u00a0 Alexi beat Bry by 10, putting him into second by himself.\u00a0 Stri loses a day for the first time this year.\u00a0 Seven days through and J has neither won a day or lost one.\u00a0 And, as Stri said the other day, this is the closest CTC&#8211;from top to bottom&#8211;that\u00a0we have had in a long time.\u00a0 And, now that the big tourneys start, things should juggle, considering getting the champ of a major conference is 90 points plus 5x upset points.<\/p>\n<p><u>DAY 7 SCORES:<\/u><br \/>\nIna-120<br \/>\nAlexi-90<br \/>\nJ-90<br \/>\nLynch-84<br \/>\nBry-80<br \/>\nWaters-80<br \/>\nDoogan-74<br \/>\nStri-66<\/p>\n<p><u>OVERALL (points behind leader, with 662):<\/u><br \/>\nIna-0<br \/>\nAlexi-30<br \/>\nBry-40<br \/>\nJ-110<br \/>\nStri-128<br \/>\nWaters-138<br \/>\nLynch-166<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>COLONIAL CHAMPIONSHIP:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nOne of the better tournaments ended Monday night with the re-emergence of a great player.\u00a0 Ina takes her first 2009 CTC conference title with a win.\u00a0 Lynch loses his 3rd, though I have respect for sticking with his alma mater.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#1 VCU 71 &#8211; #2 George Mason 50<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 In a disappiontingly lopsided final, VCU&#8217;s star Eric Maynor is back on the big scene.\u00a0 Bry and Ina both correctly got the champ here.\u00a0 Waters, Alexi, and J missed out on their champ here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FINAL COLONIAL SCORES:<br \/>\nIna-150<br \/>\nBry-126<br \/>\nAlexi-114 (defending champ)<br \/>\nJ-84<br \/>\nWaters-84<br \/>\nStri-72<br \/>\nDoogan-48<br \/>\nLynch-18<\/p>\n<p><strong><u><!--more-->WEST COAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nA great matchup in the WCC between one lock in the tournament and one bubble team.\u00a0 With the win Monday night, Ina clinches\u00a0a PERFECT WCC bracket, winning her second conference of the year.\u00a0 Bry went for the gusto and lost his second conference of the year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#1 Gonzaga 83 &#8211; #2 St. Mary&#8217;s 58<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 A very, very disappointing performance for the Gaels and now they will have a long wait on Selection Sunday.\u00a0 Maybe they shouldn&#8217;t have DUNKED IN WARMUPS, costing them a technical foul before the opening tip.\u00a0 It also didn&#8217;t help that Patty Mills went 2-16 from the floor, scoring only 5 points.\u00a0 The &#8216;Zags now have made 11 straight NCAA tournaments.\u00a0 Bry was the only one that missed this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FINAL WCC SCORES:<br \/>\nIna-132<br \/>\nAlexi-120<br \/>\nLynch-120<br \/>\nWaters-120 (defending champ)<br \/>\nJ-114<br \/>\nStri-114<br \/>\nDoogan-108<br \/>\nBry-66<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nThe top two teams in the MAAC met in the finals last night, and this one, unlike the WCC and the Colonial, lived up to the hype and was a great game.\u00a0 In fell short in what would have been a third conference title in one night, as Bry stole this crown&#8211;his second conference of the year.\u00a0 Lynch loses\u00a0his 4th conference of the year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#1 Siena 77 &#8211; #2 Niagara 70<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 A very good game was won by a very good team.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t be surprised if you hear about Niagara &#8220;on the bubble.&#8221;\u00a0 Though, I do not think they&#8217;ll get in, they ought to be in the conversation.\u00a0 Bry, J, Alexi, and Waters all got this right.\u00a0 Lynch, Doogan, Stri, and Ina all missed the upset pick.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FINAL MAAC SCORES:<br \/>\nBry-56<br \/>\nWaters-52<br \/>\nIna-44<br \/>\nJ-44 (defending champ)<br \/>\nAlexi-42<br \/>\nStri-40<br \/>\nDoogan-32<br \/>\nLynch-30<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>SoCON CHAMPIONSHIP:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nWhere&#8217;s Steph?\u00a0 Davidson lost in the semis to the College of Charleston, taking some intrigue out of the SoCon title game.\u00a0 But, this was still, to me, a very interesting matchup.\u00a0 Lynch, in his debut season,\u00a0claims his second CTC conference banner, with a fantastic bracket.\u00a0 Bry, Doogan, and Alexi share the last-place honors.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#1N Chattanooga 80 &#8211; #3S College of Charleston 69<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 A really impressive second half for the Moccassins push them into the NCAA tournament.\u00a0 Lynch completed his bracket with a correct championship pick.\u00a0 Everyone else got this wrong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FINAL SoCON SCORES:<br \/>\nLynch-44<br \/>\nStri-36<br \/>\nWaters-36<br \/>\nIna-20 (defending champ)<br \/>\nBry-14<br \/>\nDoogan-14<br \/>\nAlexi-14<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>SUN BELT SEMIFINALS:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nA semifinal double-header on Monday sets up the final or Tuesday.\u00a0 No one got both finalists;\u00a0Stri got neither.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#1 Western Kentucky 77 &#8211; #4 North Texas 70<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 It looked like the Mean Green were going to pull off the big upset for Stri, but the Hilltoppers dominated the final 8 minutes, sending them to the Sun Belt finals on Tuesday.\u00a0 Everyone except Stri had WKU here.\u00a0 Ina, Doogan, and Lynch kept their champ alive.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#6 South Alabama 54 &#8211; #2 Arkansas-Little Rock 44<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 A big upset in an ugly, ugly game sends the Jaguars to the Sun Belt final against WKU.\u00a0 No one had this pick, but the loss was huge for Bry and J, as they had UALR winning this tournament.\u00a0 In fact, this USA win eases most of the pain felt by Waters, Alexi, and Stri, who put all their stock in Troy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>SUMMIT LEAGUE SEMIFINALS:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nA pair of semifinal games in the SL last night set up a oft-predicted final matchup.\u00a0 Ina, J, Doogan, Stri, and Alexi all correctly predicted this finals matchup in the Summit.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><u>#1 North Dakota State 79 &#8211; #5 Southern Utah 67<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 The top seed advanced again to the finals in a win that was closer than the final score might indicate.\u00a0 Everyone except Lynch (who had IUPUI here) got this game correct.\u00a0 Stri, Doogan, and Ina kept their champ alive.<\/li>\n<li><em><u>#3 Oakland 74 &#8211; #7 South Dakota State 56<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Oakland caught a huge break here, not having to face Oral Roberts, and they took advantage with an easy win over S.D. 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