Thirty games = amazing day.\u00a0 And, this race just got a lot tighter.\u00a0 Just when it looked like the top 4 might pull away from the field, the middle pack fires back and makes a free-for-all.<\/p>\n
DAY 9 SCORES:
\n188 – Alexi
\n186\u00a0– Teddy
\n184 – J
\n134 – Waters
\n130 – Lohse
\n124 – Ina
\n120\u00a0– Lil Lohse
\n114 – KA
\n110 – Bry
\n110 – Stri
\n108 – Lynch
\n86 – Doogan<\/p>\n
OVERALL STANDINGS:
\n1032 – Bry
\n995\u00a0– Ina
\n932 – Doogan
\n932 – Lil Lohse
\n903 – Alexi
\n885 – J
\n853 – Stri
\n834 – Teddy
\n815 – Lohse
\n751 – Lynch
\n728 – KA
\n714 – Waters<\/p>\n
NEC CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong> (16 points):<\/em><\/u> #2 Robert Morris\u00a052 –\u00a0#1 Quinnipiac 50<\/em>.\u00a0 Quinnipiac hadn’t lost a home game all year.\u00a0 No road team had won an NEC tournament game all year.\u00a0 Until Wednesday night, when it all mattered.\u00a0 QU led most of the way until the end, as the RMU defense took over.\u00a0 A familiar championship name for any Philadelphia fan, Dallas Green, hit the twwo game-winning free throws, as the Colonials head back to The Dance.\u00a0 Lil Lohse was the only one who had Robert Morris winning this title.\u00a0 KA, Bry, Ina, Doogan, and the two-time defending NEC champ Stri had Quinnipiac.\u00a0 Bry, Doogan, and Stri lost a shot at a perfect bracket and a conference title with Green’s free throws.<\/p>\n FINAL NEC STANDINGS: BIG SKY CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong> (16 points):<\/em><\/u> #4 Montana\u00a0at #1 Weber St<\/em>.\u00a0 Okay, I’m not going to go off on this game because it was just so amazing.\u00a0 Montana down 22, on the road.\u00a0 Their senior scores 42 of their 66 points, including 34 in the second half and the team’s last 21 points.\u00a0 And, even more amazingly, did you know that Montana’s coach’s name\u00a0really is Wayne Tinkle?\u00a0\u00a0(Sorry.)\u00a0 Anyway, Lohse was the only one to get this right.\u00a0\u00a0Lil Lohse, Waters, Alexi, Stri, J, Ina, and Bry must all feel robbed of 16 CTC points.<\/p>\n FINAL BIG SKY STANDINGS: BIG EAST SECOND ROUND <\/strong>(10 points each):<\/em><\/u> #8 Georgetown 69 – #9 S. Florida 49<\/em>.\u00a0 The Bulls of USF took care of DePaul on Tuesday, but ran into a buzzsaw in G’town on Wednesday afternoon.\u00a0 The Hoyas move on face #1 Syracuse on Thursday.\u00a0 Doogan, Lynch, and KA missed this one.\u00a0 Everyone else got it right.<\/p>\n #5 Marquette 57 – #13 St. John’s 55<\/em>.\u00a0 It was there for the taking, but the Johnnies could not give me an embarrasingly awful Kaplan.\u00a0 Damn.\u00a0 Marquette will move on to the quarters to take on Villanova.\u00a0 KA, both Lohses, Lynch, Ina, Doogan, and Stri all got this right.\u00a0 Lil Lohse and Doogan keep a semifinalists alive here.<\/p>\n #7 Notre Dame\u00a068 – #10 Seton Hall 56<\/em>.\u00a0 Luke Harangody is back, and this ND team actually looks pretty good all of a sudden, as they take care of business against The Hall.\u00a0 They now will move on to play the MSG darlings, Pitt, on Thursday night.\u00a0 Waters, Lil Lohse, and KA missed on the Seton Hall upset.\u00a0 Teddy, Lohse, Lynch, and J all kept their semifinalists alive.<\/p>\n #11 Cincinnati\u00a069 –\u00a0#6 Louisville 66<\/em>.\u00a0 Cincinnati has now won two games by 4 total points, but they’re still kicking, as they knock off Pitino and the Louisville Cardinals.\u00a0 They will now play #3 West Virginia (and former coach Bobby Huggins) on Thursday night.\u00a0 J, Alexi, and Teddy did a great job nailing this upset pick.\u00a0 KA and Lohse lost a semifinalist in L’ville.<\/p>\n BIG EAST STANDINGS: BIG XII OPENING ROUND<\/u><\/strong> (10 points each): #9 Texas Tech 82 – #8 Colorado 67<\/em>.\u00a0 A nice win for Pat Knight’s Red Raiders, as they end the CU season sooner than they had hoped.\u00a0 T.Tech now advances to play #1 Kansas.\u00a0 Ina, J, Alexi, and Waters got this mild upset.<\/p>\n #12 Nebraska 75 – #5 Missouri\u00a060<\/em>.\u00a0 Madness!\u00a0 Not only did the Huskers knock off Mizzou, but they embarrased them in their home state.\u00a0 In a really surprising result, Nebraska will now face Texas A&M in the quarters.\u00a0 No one got this pick right.\u00a0 Doogan, Lynch, and Lil Lohse lost semifinalists.<\/p>\n #7 Oklahoma St. 81 – #10 Oklahoma 67<\/em>.\u00a0 OSU was up 20-2 and never looked back, just hammering the Sooners.\u00a0 The Cowboys will now face Kansas St. in a great quarterfinal matchup.\u00a0 J is the only one to miss this pick.\u00a0 Bry, Doogan, Lil Lohse, and Teddy all kept a semifinalist alive.\u00a0 Waters, Lynch, and Lohse all kept a finalist alive.<\/p>\n #6 Texas 82 – #11 Iowa St. 75<\/em>.\u00a0 In a game that was close for most of the way, Texas did finally win over Iowa St.\u00a0 Quick note:\u00a0 how does Greg McDermott still have a job?\u00a0 With Brackens and Gilstrap, they should be at least the middle of the pack, if not contending for a conference title.\u00a0 But, 4-13 in conference?\u00a0 I know there have been injuries and close losses, but I still think that McDermott did a pretty terrible job this year.\u00a0 Oh well, I’m not a Cyclone fan, so whatever.\u00a0 Either way, we definitely get a much more intriguing quarterfinal game now as Texas takes on Baylor.\u00a0 In fact, think about that amazing nightime double-header in KC on Thursday.\u00a0 K-State vs. Ok State and THEN Baylor vs. Texas.\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 Lohse, Stri, and Bry missed on this upset pick.\u00a0 Ina, J, Waters, and KA kept a semifinalist alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n BIG XII STANDINGS: PAC-10 OPENING ROUND<\/strong> (10 points):<\/em><\/u> #8 Oregon 82 – #9 Washington St. 80 (OT)<\/em>.\u00a0 Okay, here we go–a pet peeve.\u00a0 Expect to hear this again at some point, but I HATE this new thing of fouling when you’re up three.\u00a0 It’s stupid.\u00a0 It opens yourself up to WAY too many bad things.\u00a0 Unless you can be sure to do it without the guy shooting, with less than :04 seconds or so, then fine, but enough with this new obsession.\u00a0 It’s not like no one has ever thought of it before, Jay Bilas.\u00a0 It happened last night.\u00a0 Wazzu was up three with :08 seconds left and they decided to foul Tajuan Porter.\u00a0 Of course, he hit both (because he shoots over 90%).\u00a0\u00a0Then, Wazzu got fouled, hit only one of two, and now they’re opened up to possibly losing in regulation.\u00a0 Fortunately (for them), Oregon went for the tie, got it, and won in OT.\u00a0 Okay, people, it’s stupid.\u00a0 Stop extending the game WHEN YOU’RE AHEAD.\u00a0 Please.\u00a0 I have a novel idea…PLAY DEFENSE.\u00a0 If you’re up three with only seconds left, it should be rather easy to defend the other team.\u00a0 THEY HAVE TO SHOOT A THREE.\u00a0 Sorry, it really bothers me…maybe because I had Wazzu in this one.\u00a0 Ina, Doogan, and Alexi also had the Cougars.\u00a0 Waters kept a semifinalist alive here.<\/p>\n MOUNTAIN WEST OPENING ROUND<\/strong> (8 points):<\/em><\/u> #9 Air Force\u00a059 –\u00a0#8 Wyoming 40<\/em>.\u00a0 Yeah, so not only did these fans have to sit through a game\u00a0between Wyoming and Air Force, but they\u00a0didn’t even get 100 points between the two teams.\u00a0 Ugh.\u00a0 Hey, at least they were in Vegas.\u00a0 Bry, Ina, Waters, and KA all got this\u00a0upset.\u00a0 Stri lost a semifinalist here.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n CONFERENCE USA OPENING ROUND<\/u><\/strong> (6 points each): #7 Houston 93 – #10 E. Carolina 80<\/em>.\u00a0 The Cougars offense looked good on Wednesday afternoon, but they did give up 80 points to the ECU Pirates.\u00a0 Now, Houston gets a shot at #2 Memphis, which has won four straight C-USA tournament titles.\u00a0 Everyone got this one right.\u00a0 J, Lohse and Lynch keep a semifinalist alive.<\/p>\n #6 S. Mississippi 57 – #11 Tulane\u00a047<\/em>.\u00a0 A little closer than S. Miss would have liked, but they do hold on and beat a bad Tulane team.\u00a0 S.\u00a0Miss will now play #3 UAB in the quarters on Thursday.\u00a0 Stri, Waters, and KA all missed on this big upset pick.\u00a0 Doogan kept a semifinalist alive.\u00a0 Lohse kept a finalist alive.<\/p>\n #5 Tulsa 73 – #12 Rice\u00a062<\/em>.\u00a0 The Golden Hurricane trailed for a lot of this game, even though they were playing in their home town against 1-15 Rice.\u00a0 But, they do win, and now they get a shot at #4 Marshall.\u00a0 KA was the only one that took the bait on Rice and missed.\u00a0 Most of the CTC has Tulsa in the semis.<\/p>\n #9 C. Florida\u00a069 – #8 SMU\u00a053<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0The Mustangs just didn’t show up on Thursday\u00a0night, as UCF just rolled over them.\u00a0 Now,\u00a0UCF will get #1 UTEP in the nightcap on Thursday.\u00a0 J, Alexi,\u00a0Teddy, and KA all nailed this mild upset.\u00a0<\/p>\n CONF USA STANDINGS: SOUTHLAND QUARTERFINALS <\/u><\/strong>(4 points each): #2 Stephen F. Austin 77 – #7 UT-Arlington 54<\/em>.\u00a0 SFA started off the Southland with a bang, as they hammered UT-Arlington.\u00a0 Everyone got this one right.\u00a0 This was big for Waters, as he is the only one with the Lumberjacks winning this tournament.<\/p>\n #3 Texas A&M – Corpus Christie 78 – #6 UT-San Antonio 66<\/em>.\u00a0 Corpus Christie got a nice win in the second game, knocking off the Roadrunners of San Antonio.\u00a0 Only Stri, Alexi, Waters, and KA got this one right.\u00a0 KA kept a finalist alive.<\/p>\n #4 SE Louisiana\u00a079<\/em>\u00a0– #5 Texas St. 78 (OT).\u00a0 <\/em>A thrilling OT win for SE Louisiana moves them along to the semis on Thursday.\u00a0 Waters, Lynch, Lohse, KA, and Teddy all got this one right.\u00a0 Lohse and KA kept alive their champions.<\/p>\n #1 Sam Houston St.\u00a062 – #8 Nicholls St. 57<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0Sam Houston, who dominated the SL in the regular season, actually struggled against a team that barely qualified for the SL tournament.\u00a0 But, a win is a win, especially in March.\u00a0 They move on to face SE Louisiana in the semis.\u00a0 Only KA gave Nicholls St. a shot here.\u00a0 Most of the CTC has SHSU winning this tournament.<\/p>\n SOUTHLAND STANDINGS: SWAC QUARTERFINALS <\/u><\/strong>(4 points each): #2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 69 – #7 Mississippi Valley St. 66<\/em>.\u00a0 Though they didn’t know it at the time, AR-Pine Bluff needed a win to become the highest-seeded team left in the SWAC.\u00a0 But, they struggled mightily with a very feisty MVSU team, which led most of the way.\u00a0 Doogan and Stri both missed on this one and lost a finalist in the process.\u00a0 KA, Teddy, and J all kept the champion alive here.<\/p>\n #8 Grambling St.\u00a065 –\u00a0#1 Jackson St. 57<\/em>.\u00a0 And, here is the shocker of the day.\u00a0 Jackson St. completely dominated this conference during the regular season, going 17-1.\u00a0 But, it’s all for naught.\u00a0 They will have to settle for the auto-bid…to the NIT.\u00a0 Grambling moves on to the semis on Friday.\u00a0 No one had this pick, and most people had JSU winning this tournament.<\/p>\n GREAT WEST QUARTERFINALS <\/u><\/strong>(4 points each): #5 Texas-Pan American 56 – #4 Utah Valley 53<\/em>.\u00a0 UT-Pan American took care of business against UVU in the first ever Great West tournament game.\u00a0 They advance to take on top-seeded South Dakota.\u00a0 J, Doogan, Stri, Lynch, KA, and Teddy all got the mild upset in this one.\u00a0 KA and Teddy kept finalists alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n #2 Houston Baptist\u00a080 – #7 Chicago St. 77<\/em>.\u00a0 Houston Baptist, the #2-seed in the conference struggled against the bottom-seeded Chicago St.\u00a0 But, as we always say, a win is a win, and HB moves on.\u00a0 J and Alexi missed this nice upset pick.\u00a0 KA keeps alive her champion.<\/p>\n #6 N.J. Tech\u00a070 – #3 North Dakota 57<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0N.J.I.T., the owner of the longest losing streak in the history of D-I basketball (I think they still hold the record, but I clearly don’t feel like looking it up), wins their first postseason game against UND.\u00a0 J, Doogan, Stri, Alexi, Waters, and both Lohses nailed this upset pick.\u00a0 J, Alexi, and Waters all keep alive their champions.<\/p>\n MEAC OPENING ROUND\/QUARTERFINALS <\/strong>(2 points each\/4 points each):<\/em><\/u> #6 MD-Eastern Shore 64 – #11 Coppin St. 58<\/em>.\u00a0 Coppin St. won this tournament as the 10-seed two years ago, but they could not muster enough this time, as they fall in the opening round to MD-ES.\u00a0 E. Shore now advances to the quarters to take on #3 S.C. State.\u00a0 Bry, Stri, Alexi, Waters, and Lil Lohse all went for the upset here.\u00a0 Waters must remember that run in ’08, as he had Coppin in the semis.\u00a0 Doogan keeps his semifinalist alive.<\/p>\n #2 Delaware\u00a0St. 75 – #7 Bethune-Cookman 55<\/em>.\u00a0 And in the first quarterfinal, Delaware St. flexed its muscles and pounded Bethune-Cookman.\u00a0 Teddy and J both had FAMU here, so they missed it.\u00a0 Everyone else got DSU.\u00a0 Waters and Lynch keep their champions alive.<\/p>\n #1 Morgan St. 84 – #9 N.C. A&T 57<\/em>.\u00a0 After watching #2 win big, #1 decided to win bigger.\u00a0 Morgan smashed N.C. A&T in the nightcap to advance to the semis on Friday.\u00a0 Everyone had Morgan here.\u00a0 Seven entries have Morgan winning this tournament.<\/p>\n MEAC STANDINGS: BIG WEST OPENING ROUND<\/u><\/strong> (2 points each): #5 CS-Fullerton 84 – #8 CS-Northridge 76<\/em>.\u00a0 Fullerton looked good in their postseason debut, knocking off Northridge in a game that wasn’t as close as the score may appear.\u00a0 Fullerton now advances to the quarters to take on UC-Davis.\u00a0 Ina, Stri, Alexi, and KA were the only four that got this one right.\u00a0 Waters and KA both kept a finalist alive.\u00a0 J, Doogan, and Teddy all lost semifinalists.<\/p>\n #6 Cal Poly 73 – #7 UC-Irvine <\/em>69.\u00a0 Cal Poly won a back-and-forth game with the Anteaters on Wednesday.\u00a0 Cal Poly will now play Don Monson’s Long Beach St. squad on Thursday in the quarters.\u00a0 Stri, Lynch, and Teddy were the only three to get this right.\u00a0 Doogan and both Lohses lost semifinalists in this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thirty games = amazing day.\u00a0 And, this race just got a lot tighter.\u00a0 Just when it looked like the top 4 might pull away from the field, the middle pack fires back and makes a free-for-all. 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\nA nice NEC tournament ends with one road team winning all tournament…in the final game.\u00a0 Congrats to Robert Morris, who will be going back to The Dance.\u00a0 More importantly, congrats to Lil Lohse, who clinches the 2010 NEC title.<\/p>\n
\n46 – Lil Lohse
\n32 – Bry (’09t*)
\n32 – Doogan
\n32 – Stri (’08, ’09t*)
\n24 – Alexi
\n24 – Ina
\n24 – Lohse
\n24 – Teddy
\n20 – J
\n20 – KA
\n20 – Lynch
\n8 – Waters<\/p>\n
\nMADNESS!!!!!!\u00a0 I read a really good piece <\/a>on this game last night, I just don’t remember where.\u00a0 Well, Lohse owes Anthony Johnson something, as he pulls off the miracle Big Sky domination.\u00a0 Great job, Mr. Lohse, this was an impressive performance.<\/p>\n
\n50 – Lohse
\n22 – Bry
\n22 – Doogan
\n22 – Ina
\n22 – Lil Lohse
\n22 – Lynch
\n22 – Teddy
\n12 – Alexi
\n12 – J
\n12 – Stri
\n12 – Waters
\n0 – KA<\/p>\n
\nThe second straight quadruple-header in MSG was\u00a0just as good as the first.\u00a0\u00a0And, it sets up an amazing third.\u00a0 Teddy was the only one to go four-for-four here on Wednesday night.\u00a0 Waters and KA only got one of the four.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
\n100 – Teddy
\n95 – Alexi
\n95 – J
\n45 – Ina
\n45 – Lohse
\n45 – Stri
\n40 – KA
\n35 – Lynch
\n30 – Doogan (’08, ’09)
\n30 – Lil Lohse
\n20 – Bry
\n20\u00a0 – Waters<\/p>\n
\n<\/u><\/em>Kansas City is the site for the Big XII tournament, which kicked off on Wednesday night.\u00a0 There was one huge upset that knocked off all 12 CTC’ers.\u00a0 Other than that, only Ina, Waters,\u00a0and Alexi hit the other three.\u00a0 Bry, Lohse, and Stri all went 1-for-4.<\/p>\n
\n40 – Alexi (’09)
\n40 – Waters
\n30 – Ina
\n30 – J
\n20 – Doogan (’08)
\n20 – KA
\n20 – Lil Lohse
\n20 – Lynch
\n20 – Teddy
\n10 – Bry
\n10 – Lohse
\n10 – Stri<\/p>\n
\nWith one game at Staples, the Pac-10 tournament is under way.\u00a0 A great quarterfinal round is to come on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\nThe M-West had their incredibly exciting play-in game last night in Vegas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n<\/u><\/em>The C-USA played out their bottom eight teams on Wednesday before welcoming the top 4 on Thursday.\u00a0\u00a0J, Alexi, and Teddy went 4-for-4 on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n*30 – Alexi
\n*30 – J
\n*30 – Teddy
\n18 – Bry (’09)
\n18\u00a0– Doogan
\n18 – Ina (’08)
\n18 – KA
\n18 – Lil Lohse
\n18 – Lohse
\n18 – Lynch
\n12 – Stri
\n12 – Waters<\/p>\n
\n<\/u><\/em>The amazing Southland kicked off in Katy, TX, on Wednesday.\u00a0 ’09 Southland champ, Waters, is the only one to get all four of these quarterfinal games.\u00a0 Everyone got at least two.<\/p>\n
\n*16 – Waters (’09)
\n12 – Alexi
\n12 – KA
\n12 – Lohse
\n12 – Lynch
\n12 – Stri
\n12 – Teddy
\n8 – Bry (’08)
\n8 – Doogan
\n8 – Ina
\n8 – J
\n8 – Lil Lohse<\/p>\n
\n<\/u><\/em>The SWAC started on Wednesday with a double-header with the top two teams in Shreveport, LA.\u00a0 And, it was MADNESS!\u00a0 An unbelievable upset of top-seeded Jackson St.\u00a0 No one got them both.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n<\/u><\/em>The Great West tournament is even more meaningless than most because there is no auto-bid.\u00a0 But, it is not meaningless in the all-important CTC.\u00a0 The three quarterfinals matchups took place in Oren, UT, on Wednesday.\u00a0 Stri and Doogan both went three-for-three on the day.<\/p>\n
\nThat strange MEAC tournament hits its strangest day, as two separate rounds are played at the same place on the\u00a0same day.\u00a0 The afternoon game was an opening round game, while the nightime double-header were the two semifinals.\u00a0 Ina, Doogan, Lynch, Lohse, and\u00a0KA hit this strange three-for-three day.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
\n*16 – Ina
\n14 – Alexi
\n14\u00a0– Stri
\n12 – Bry
\n12 – KA
\n10 – Doogan
\n10 – Lohse
\n10 – Lynch
\n8 – Lil Lohse
\n8 – Waters
\n6 – J
\n6 – Teddy<\/p>\n
\n<\/u><\/em>The Big West kicked off their tournament in Anaheim on Wednesday with a pair of opening round games.\u00a0 Even though both favorites won on Wednesday, only Stri got both picks right.\u00a0 Bry, J, Doogan, and both Lohses all got them both wrong.\u00a0 The 12 entries were a combined 7-17 in the Big West, even though both favorites prevailed.<\/p>\n