In the quiet day that is the middle Monday, there were only 8 games played.\u00a0 But, there were still a lot of points to be won.\u00a0 The day actually finished with a four-way tie for first, including yesterday’s winner and the top two overall leaders.\u00a0 Alexi had a rough day with a slew of costly near-misses, so he put himself back behind the 8-ball heading into the big tournaments.<\/p>\n
DAY 7 SCORES (days won):
\n88 – Bry (3)
\n88 – Ina (1)
\n88 – Lil Lohse (2)
\n88 – Stri (1)
\n80 – J
\n68 – Lynch
\n56 – Doogan
\n48 – Waters
\n40 – Lohse
\n40 – Teddy
\n24 – KA
\n8 – Alexi<\/p>\n
OVERALL STANDINGS (conference titles; *perfect bracket):
\n782 – Bry (3 – A-Sun, CAA, MAAC*)
\n704 – Ina
\n698 – Doogan
\n666 – Lil Lohse (1 – Big South*)
\n644 – Stri (2 – MVC, SoCon)
\n620 – J (1 – OVC)
\n618 – Alexi (1 – Big South*)
\n594 – Lohse
\n590 – Lynch (1 – WCC)
\n568 – Teddy
\n510\u00a0– Waters
\n492 – KA (1 – Big South*)<\/p>\n
COLONIAL CHAMPIONSHIP <\/strong>(48 points):<\/em><\/u> #1 Old Dominion 60 – #3 William & Mary 53<\/em>.\u00a0 William & Mary falls short again.\u00a0 They have still never made the NCAA tournament, but they should not hold their heads down, as they did have a fantastic year.\u00a0 They are on their way to the tournament in the near future.\u00a0 But, for now, it’s ODU.\u00a0 They won’t have to wait for the Selection Committee to screw them over because they’re not in a Big Resource conference.\u00a0 They did it the old-fashioned way…they earned it.\u00a0 Lil Lohse, Stri, J, Ina, and Bry all got ODU winning this.\u00a0 Doogan, Alexi, Lynch, and KA missed the W&M title.\u00a0 Bry’s win gave him the CAA title, which would have gone to Alexi if W&M had won.<\/p>\n FINAL COLONIAL STANDINGS (prior CAA titles): WEST COAST CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong> (32 points):<\/em><\/u> #2 St. Mary’s 82 – #1 Gonzaga 61<\/em>.\u00a0 A shocking second-half, to say the least.\u00a0 A very physical, hard-fought first half gave way to an utter domination by the Gaels in the second half.\u00a0 They do not have to wait for the selection committee now, as they’re in.\u00a0 But, this loss may have dropped Gonzaga from a 4-5 seed to a 7-8 seed.\u00a0 Lynch was the only one to have St. Mary’s winning this game.\u00a0 Everyone else had Gonzaga.\u00a0 It’s nice to grab a free 34 points over the other 11 contestants.<\/p>\n FINAL WEST COAST STANDINGS (prior WCC titles; *perfect bracket): SoCON CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong> (16 points):<\/em><\/u> #1S Wofford 56 – #1N Appalachian St. 51<\/em>.\u00a0 In what looked like it was going to be a complete blowout, App St. made a spirited comeback run in the second half that fell just short.\u00a0 The Terriers now move on to the tournament for the first time in school history.\u00a0 Teddy, both Lohses, Stri, Doogan, Ina, and Bry all had Wofford winning this tournament.\u00a0 No one had App St., so the others were only hoping for zeros.<\/p>\n FINAL SoCON STANDINGS (prior SoCon titles): MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP<\/u><\/strong> (16 points):<\/u><\/em> #1 Siena 72 – #2 Fairfield 65 (OT)<\/em>.\u00a0 In the quarters, Siena trailed by 12 against Manhattan and won by 17.\u00a0 Then in the semis, they trailed by 8 against Rider, and won by 15.\u00a0 Here in the finals, they were down FIFTEEN, and came back to win, in OT.\u00a0 They played with fire and lived to tell about it and will now be\u00a0a tough out in the next tournament as well.\u00a0 Everyone except Alexi (who had Niagara) got Siena right in winning this tournament.<\/p>\n FINAL MAAC STANDINGS (prior MAAC titles; *perfect bracket): SUN BELT SEMIFINALS<\/strong> (8 points each):<\/em><\/u> #1 Troy 54 – #4 W. Kentucky 48<\/em>.\u00a0 In the first semifinal, the top-seeded Trojans knocked off everyone’s favorite W. Kentucky.\u00a0 It looked like it was going to be a colossal collapse for the Trojans, as they blew a 16-point second half lead and trailed by one with less than 2 minutes left after a three-pointer by WKU’s A.J. Slaughter.\u00a0 But, they fought back and ended up finishing it off.\u00a0 They move on to the Sun Belt championship game on Tuesday night.\u00a0 Waters is the only one to have Troy in this one.\u00a0 KA had New Orleans, and everyone else had WKU.\u00a0 Waters has Troy winning this tournament.\u00a0 Bry, J, Lynch, and Teddy all lost their Sun Belt champions.<\/p>\n #2 N. Texas 63 – #6 Denver 56<\/em>.\u00a0 And, Denver’s run it cut two wins shy of their goal, as the Mean Green of N. Texas move into Tuesday’s\u00a0championship to take on #1 Troy.\u00a0 No one had Denver winning this game, so no one lost a good opportunity, but there were some winners in this.\u00a0 KA, Lynch, Waters, Stri, Doogan, and J all nailed this finalist.\u00a0 Doogan and Stri keep their Sun Belt champs alive.<\/p>\n SUMMIT LEAGUE SEMIFINALS<\/strong> (8 points each):<\/em><\/u> #1 Oakland 71 – #5 IPFW 58<\/em>.\u00a0 Top-seeded Oakland held off a game IPFW squad and will advance to the Summit League championship on Tuesday night.\u00a0 Lohse and Teddy missed on this nice upset pick.\u00a0 KA and Stri had already lost it.\u00a0 Everyone else had Oakland in this one.\u00a0 Lil Lohse, Alexi, J, Ina, and Bry all keep their Summit League champ alive.\u00a0 Lohse lost his champ.<\/p>\n #2 IUPUI 69 – #3 Oral Roberts 65<\/em>.\u00a0 IUPUI holds on to win a hard-fought game against #3 Oral Roberts.\u00a0 They shot 56% from the floor, but almost blew a double-digit second-half lead after a furious comeback by the Golden Eagles.\u00a0 Either way, the Jags will move on to face Oakland in Sioux Falls on Tuesday night for a shot in The Dance.\u00a0 Even though I had Oral Roberts in this one and Oakland winning this tournament, it’s hard not to root for Ron Hunter and his work with Samaritan’s Feet<\/a>.\u00a0 Doogan, Stri, Waters, Lohse, and Teddy all nailed the IUPUI win.\u00a0 The other 8 entries all had ORU, so this was a big win for the IUPUI supporters.\u00a0 Doogan, Stri, Waters, and Teddy all have the Jags winning this tournament.\u00a0 Lynch and KA both lost their Summit League champs in this one.<\/p>\n SUMMIT LEAGUE STANDINGS (prior SL titles; *perfect bracket): In the quiet day that is the middle Monday, there were only 8 games played.\u00a0 But, there were still a lot of points to be won.\u00a0 The day actually finished with a four-way tie for first, including yesterday’s winner and … Continue reading
\nThe last game of the 2010 CAA season was yet another good one.\u00a0 Old Dominion won the auto-bid (all bubble teams rejoice), and Bry won the CAA CTC title.<\/p>\n
\n192 – Bry
\n162 – Ina (’09)
\n138 – Lil Lohse
\n126\u00a0– Alexi (’08)
\n120 – Stri
\n114 – J
\n96 – KA
\n96 – Teddy
\n90 – Lohse
\n84 – Doogan
\n84 – Lynch
\n66 – Waters<\/p>\n
\nThe bubble teams took a blow last night, as St. Mary’s pounded Gonzaga in the WCC title game.\u00a0 Could this St. Mary’s team actually be better than last year’s, even though they lost the two best individual players in the school’s history?\u00a0 Maybe.\u00a0 The biggest news from the night, though, was the ramifications of the St. Mary’s win on the CTC.\u00a0 A free 34 points for Lynch catapulted him from worst to first, winning the 2010 WCC title.<\/p>\n
\n64 – Lynch
\n48 – Lohse
\n48 – Teddy
\n44 – Alexi
\n44 – Doogan
\n44 – Ina (’09*)
\n44 – J
\n44 – Lil Lohse
\n44 – Stri
\n44 – Waters (’08)
\n40 – Bry
\n20 – KA<\/p>\n
\nThe Wofford Terriers have clinched their first ever trip to the Big Dance, and along with it clinch the second conference title of the 2010 CTC for Stri.<\/p>\n
\n62 – Stri
\n58 – Ina (’08)
\n54 – Bry
\n50 – Lil Lohse
\n44 – Doogan
\n42 – Teddy
\n38 – Lohse
\n32 – Lynch (’09)
\n26 – J
\n24 – KA
\n22 – Alexi
\n18 – Waters<\/p>\n
\nIt wasn’t pretty all tournament, but the Siena Saints win their third consecutive MAAC tournament championship.\u00a0 Watch out in the NCAA’s, as they have won first round games in back-to-back seasons.\u00a0 Bry completed a perfect MAAC bracket for the title.<\/p>\n
\n*62 – Bry
\n50 – Lohse
\n46 – KA
\n44 – Doogan
\n40 – Ina
\n40 – J
\n40 – Lil Lohse
\n36 – Teddy
\n34 – Alexi
\n34 – Stri
\n30 – Lynch
\n28 – Waters<\/p>\n
\nThe Sun Belt is down to its final pairing, as the top two seeds advance to the championship on Tuesday night in Hot Springs.\u00a0 Waters was the only contestant to hit both finalists, and is one of only 3 that still have their champion alive, even though it is the top two seeds still playing.\u00a0 Bry, Ina, Alexi, Teddy, and the two Lohses all got shut out of the title game.<\/p>\n
\nThe top two seeds in the Summit League will battle for the auto-bid in Sioux Falls on Tuesday night, as they both survived semifinals on Monday.\u00a0\u00a0Two of the twelve contestants correctly predicted this matchup–Doogan and Waters.\u00a0 In fact, Doogan remains perfect in the Summit League.<\/p>\n
\n*34 – Doogan (’09t)
\n28 – Waters
\n26 – Alexi
\n26 – Bry
\n26 – Ina (’08*, ’09t)
\n26 – Lil Lohse
\n26 – Lohse
\n26 – Lynch
\n26 – Teddy
\n20 – J
\n12 – KA
\n12 – Stri (’09t)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"