2016-2017 Men's Basketball Thread

[Ivytalk]

Harvard wins home finale over Brown, 77-58. Finish on road at Penn and undefeated Princeton. Would be nice to beat the Tigers at their place before the playoffs.

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate lays an egg, nearly coming back but falling short at home to Lafayette. 4 losses in the last 5 to close out the regular season.

The Raiders finish in 6th, getting out of the first round. The downside is the result means a trip to #3-Lehigh on Thursday. We took two good beatings from the Hawks this year; is the third time the charm in Bethlehem?

Final PL Standings
1-Bucknell 15-3
2-Boston 12-6
3-Lehigh 12-6
4-Navy 10-8
5-Holy Cross 9-9
6-Colgate 8-10
7-Loyola 8-10
8-Army 6-12
9-American 5-13
10-Lafayette 5-13

First Round (Tuesday 2/28)
#10-Lafayette at #7-Loyola
#9-American at #8-Army

Quarterfinals (Thursday 3/2)
Army/American at #1-Bucknell
Loyola/Lafayette at #2-Boston
#6-Colgate at #3-Lehigh
#5-Holy Cross at #4-Navy

Semifinals (Sunday 3/5)
Championship (Wednesday 3/8)

[Laker]

USD Coyotes win their first Summit League regular season title as they beat IUPUI 92-85.

[bonarae]

I cry for Northwestern... they have lost 3 of their last 4 now. xsmhx

Back on the bubble it seems...

[Laker]

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[Laker]

I cry for Northwestern... they have lost 3 of their last 4 now. xsmhx

Back on the bubble it seems...

I'm hoping- maybe I should be praying- that they make it for the first time ever. Some really tough losses- let Indiana go on an 8-0 by missing free throws.

[Evolution Prime]

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Ill take the 4th seed after starting out horrible. Not looking forward to a rematch with Denver since we just played them. Same thing happened last year with Oral Roberts.

[ngineer]

Lehigh beat Army 83-69, and will now host a Patriot League playoff game on March 2. I think we will be playing Colgate. Semi-Final will be March 5 at highest seeded venue with League championship game TBD pending TV directives.

[Professor Chaos]

Ill take the 4th seed after starting out horrible. Not looking forward to a rematch with Denver since we just played them. Same thing happened last year with Oral Roberts.


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The Summit League is as wide open as it has ever been since NDSU/SDSU became eligible for the tournament in 2009. I'd say #1, #2, #3, #4, and #6 all have decent shots to win it with none of those being better than 5 to 1 odds IMO. Any team could plausibly win it but WIU and IUPUI are too inconsistent and Denver is in a tailspin.

I'm not sure if Vegas puts odds on these mid-major tourneys but I'd handicap it something like this:

USD: 5/1
NDSU: 6/1
Omaha: 6/1
SDSU: 13/2
IPFW: 7/1
Denver: 14/1
IUPUI: 20/1
WIU: 20/1

[clenz]

UNI sucks but still got the 3 seed because everyone else sucks more.

UNI is likely going to lose to 6 seed Missouri State on Friday. If we win Friday we will get blasted by 1 seed Illinois State in the semis on Saturday.

[UIWWildthing]

Happy Tournament Season! A-Sun kicks it off tonight with 4 1st round games

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Happy Tournament Season! A-Sun kicks it off tonight with 4 1st round games

I'm just happy Temple's season will mercifully come to an end soon!

Lehigh and Syracuse are where my March hopes lie....

[TheRevSFA]

SFA, A&M-Corpus Christi and UNO still are in line to win the regular season title. It's going to come down to the next two games. UNO has to win one to clinch a share of the title. SFA and A&M Corpus have to win both games left.

[clenz]

I'm just happy Temple's season will mercifully come to an end soon!

Lehigh and Syracuse are where my March hopes lie....

Replace Temple with UNI and I'm the same.

I don't truly follow another CBB team - I do Louisville some but it's more of a "Are they good or not" type following at this point. I have a complete lack of interest in CBB this year.

My little bit of hope I'm carrying from this season is this:

1. This team is SOOOO young. At various times this year 4 freshman (2 true and 2 RS) started. A true freshman has been the starting PG all year. A true freshman SF has gotten decent minutes and started a handful of games. A RS freshman has started about a dozen games at SG. A RS freshman PF was very limited the first half of the season due to off season knee surgery but has been good since he came on. Between those 4 UNI has about 2,000 minutes played.

2. We lost our starting SG who spends a lot of time handling the ball as well about 5 games into the season to a real bad high ankle sprain. He is taking a medical this year and will have 2 years left with that young group to lead them.

3. We return all of our post players, who are really good when they aren't in foul trouble. If that fix that they are golden PLUS we are bringing in a kid that's 6'10 260lb center who is widely considered the second best prospect in the state (1st is Fran McCaffery's son that will go to Iowa). He's college ready and will add size and depth.

4. Last time we had a bad season we went 31-4 with a top 10 ranking the next year and made won at least 1 game in the NCAA tournament for the next 2 years.

[bonarae]

Ivies have a weekend pair left. Harvard has the P's on the road for this weekend. The next weekend, the top 4 men's and women's teams will battle for the autobid at the Palestra. I hope both Harvard teams get in, especially with the women not performing well as of late... xcoffeex

[bonarae]

SoCon: Last regular season set of games is today. Tournament from Friday to Sunday in Asheville. ETSU in line for the #1 tourney seed.

[BisonFan02]

NDSU is horrifically overrated and inconsistent......short of another hot streak, they will be bounced early down in Sioux Falls.

[Bisonator]

NDSU is horrifically overrated and inconsistent......short of another hot streak, they will be bounced early down in Sioux Falls.
Not sure who they are overrated by but I agree with everything else. Unless they start shooting and defending better they don't stand a chance. They peaked about 4 weeks ago and it was a hill peak not a mountain peak! xlolx

[Professor Chaos]

NDSU is horrifically overrated and inconsistent......short of another hot streak, they will be bounced early down in Sioux Falls.
Meh... you'd have a hard time convincing me that NDSU is any worse than Omaha, SDSU, or Denver. I would say NDSU finished on top of a pile of mediocre teams and have proven to be quite mediocre at times themselves this season. They've shot the 3 as well as any team in the conference which means that they'll have just as good of a chance of winning in Sioux Falls as anyone else. Of course it also means they can go cold and lose to one of those very mediocre teams.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

This is a good read on John Thompson III and the current state of Georgetown basketball. You could replace Georgetown with Temple for much of the article and the story would remain the same.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18790334/georgetown-tough-spot-john-thompson-iii-john-thompson-looms

[Laker]

Watch the end of the Northwestern win over Michigan. Game tied with 1.7 to play, ball under the Michigan basket. Full court pass and shot goes in a time runs out. Wildcats should be dancing for the first time.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Watch the end of the Northwestern win over Michigan. Game tied with 1.7 to play, ball under the Michigan basket. Full court pass and shot goes in a time runs out. Wildcats should be dancing for the first time.

Great win for Northwestern! Illinois is currently beating Sparty. If the Illini win they will be squarely on the bubble. The Big 10 will have quantity in the tournament but I'm not sure about the quality. The Gophers might be the best of the lot....

[ngineer]

Lehigh will host Colgate tomorrow night at Stabler in the first round of Quarterfinals. Lehigh seeded third in the Tournament, has been playing their best ball of the season the last two weeks. Hoping Boston gets upset so LU can get home court in the Semifinals. Of course, LU has to do its job.

[bonarae]

ETSU lost to UNCG in the last day of the regular season for the SoCon. The Bucs, seeded #3, face Mercer on Saturday.

[bonarae]

Meanwhile... Illini hold on to beat Sparty, 73-70.

And... the first Dance bid is on the line on Saturday, as the OVC concludes its tournament in Nashville.

[eiu1999]

OVC Tourney underway......

Schedule and Results (all times Eastern)Wednesday, March 1 (first round)
Game 1: No. 5 Southeast Missouri 78, No. 8 Tennessee State 75
Game 2: No. 7 Murray State 85, No. 6 Tennessee Tech 84 (2 OT)



Thursday, March 2 (quarterfinals)
Game 3: No. 4 Jacksonville State vs. No. 5 Southeast Missouri, 7:30 p.m., OVC Digital Network (http://ovcdigitalnetwork.com/)
Game 4: No. 3 Morehead State vs. No. 7 Murray State, 9:30 p.m., OVC Digital Network (http://ovcdigitalnetwork.com/)
Friday, March 3 (semifinals)
Game 5: No. 1 Belmont vs. Game 3 winner, 7:30 p.m., ESPNU (http://watchespn.com/)
Game 6: No. 2 UT Martin, vs. Game 4 winner, 10 p.m., ESPNU (http://watchespn.com/)
Saturday, March 4 (championship)
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 8 p.m., ESPN2 (http://watchespn.com/)

[Laker]

According to Matt Zimmer of the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, Tom Douple said that once UND joins the Summit, the playoffs will stay at 8 teams. So two teams will be left out.

[citdog]

"Military Elimination Day" is Friday at the SoCon Tourney in Asheville.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Colgate at Lehigh tonight!

The Madness is underway!

[clenz]

WSU is as good as gone to the AAC in the next year or two....

**** me.


Can't wait to see the MVC add ****ing UM-KC or SIU-Edwardsville.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

WSU is as good as gone to the AAC in the next year or two....

**** me.


Can't wait to see the MVC add ****ing UM-KC or SIU-Edwardsville.

What makes you say that? All sports or just bball? Football?

[clenz]

http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article135963693.html

‘Upper levels’ of American Athletic Conference looking at Wichita State’s potential

Officials at the presidential level at American Athletic Conference schools are discussing Wichita State’s potential attractiveness as a member, according to a report by Mark Blaudschun of TMG College Sports.
According to the story, American schools are looking at ways to increase the conference’s basketball strength. A scenario that adds Wichita State, Virginia Commonwealth and Dayton as affiliate members (without playing football) is a discussion topic. The story cites anonymous sources and offers no specifics regarding a timetable or plan for expansion.



“It has gone from an idea to a discussion at the upper levels, but far from a serious plan, but it continues to be a prime topic of discussion at conference meetings,” Blaudschun wrote on the subscription website tmgcollegesports.com. “According to several sources throughout the league, the American Athletic Conference is looking for a way to upgrade its rankings in basketball with an expansion blueprint focused primarily on Wichita State, but also including other higher profile basketball schools such as Dayton and Virginia Commonwealth.”

...


A year ago, Wichita State announced that consultants would evaluate the athletic department’s options for leaving the Missouri Valley Conference and adding sports, most prominently football. The football piece of that study appears to have faded from discussion.


Wichita State president John Bardo declined comment Thursday. Any move made by WSU, athletic director Darron Boatright has said, would include all sports.


People in the WSU athletic department decline to speak publicly regarding the issue, citing the sensitivity of the matter or their unfamiliarity with the process and the administration’s movements toward that goal.


Yet the possibility of leaving of MVC is taken seriously by multiple sources in the department, some of whom believe it to be a likely outcome. Others are much less certain. All say leaving the MVC for the American is the desired goal of the university and some have gone as far as to calculate travel expenses in a conference that stretches to Connecticut and Florida.

...

more on the link if you care
Spin that this is a non-story all you want. Maybe it doesn't happen for next year but it will be done by the time this years sophomore class graduates.

WSU has kept their hatred for the MVC about as secret as well as someone that is 9 months pregnant hides that fact. They have straight out disrespected everything about the MVC on multiple occasions with public statements by officials and coaches.

WSU will be in the AAC by 2019

[BisonTru]

According to Matt Zimmer of the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, Tom Douple said that once UND joins the Summit, the playoffs will stay at 8 teams. So two teams will be left out.


Good. If you can't get in the top 8 during the regular season, you don't deserve to be in the tournament, IMO. At least the regular season accounts for something. xrotatehx

[Laker]

WSU is as good as gone to the AAC in the next year or two...

Can't wait to see the MVC add ****ing UM-KC or SIU-Edwardsville.

UNI and Drake to the Summit?:D

[Laker]

Good. If you can't get in the top 8 during the regular season, you don't deserve to be in the tournament, IMO. At least the regular season accounts for something. xrotatehx

I'm not a fan of how the NSIC does it. All 16 teams in, start on a Wednesday, men play that Sunday-Monday-Tuesday. Tough for players and fans.

[clenz]

UNI and Drake to the Summit?:D
**** Drake.

They haven't been ****, outside of one magic bull**** season in 08, in 7 decades. I'm not kidding. They haven't been good since my parents were toddlers. They were both born in '51. **** everything about Drake. Drake, and programs like Drake, are the reason Creighton and WSU are leaving the conference.

Drake refuses to do jack **** to get better - no spending money, not hiring good coaches, not paying coaches, not changing ADs who have hired multiple failed coaches.

Thursday night at the conference tournament is the 4 bottom teams playing to move on to the quarters. Fans call it the PIG (play in games). More fans call it Drake night, because Drake has only not been there once in like 15 years.

It's also been called "Private School Night" because many years it's Drake, Evansville, Bradley and Loyola there (Loyola being new to the conference).

These are programs that have their private school "We're better than everyone" bull**** attitude yet the don't spend the billions of dollars the brag about. They constantly drag the ****ing conference down every ****ing year.

Drake can ****ing rot in the IIAC at the D3 level for all I give a **** about. They are about as good as Simpson, Wartburg, Coe, etc... anyway.

Also, **** the Summit. **** programs like IUPUI, IPFW, UMKC, ORU and Denver.

The MVC needs to get off their bull**** agendas and go to 12 teams when WSU leaves. Add 3 of these 4 - NDSU, SDSU, Valpo and Belmont. No one from outside that list should be considered for the next 2 or 3 years.

I pray the MVC has something in place, but they don't because why would they? The bottom feeders (privates) hate that UNI, Creighton and WSU have run the conference for the decade - especially public schools with UNI and WSU. They are going to force the league offices to take the Big South approach we are talking about on that thread in the football forums - let the good teams go elsewhere so we don't have to deal with them and then add more ****ty teams.

****ing christ. I hate this conference.

[TheValleyRaider]

And it's over. Raiders put together a strong showing at Lehigh, much better than their two RS matchups, but Colgate falls to end the season. Final record of 10-22, though much of that came from a tough OOC slate.

Only one significant player graduates, so lots of returning pieces from a young team. We played a bunch of close games, and with a little improvement, this could be a bit of a dark horse team for 2018. Hopefully some reinforcements show up as well in recruiting, but there is talent in this group. A little more consistency and they could earn themselves a home game in the tournament. From there, who knows?

First Round (Tuesday 2/28)
#10-Lafayette at #7-Loyola
#9-American at #8-Army

Quarterfinals (Thursday 3/2)
Army/American at #1-Bucknell
Loyola/Lafayette at #2-Boston
#6-Colgate at #3-Lehigh
#5-Holy Cross at #4-Navy

Semifinals (Sunday 3/5)
#4-Navy at #1-Bucknell
#3-Lehigh at #2-Boston

Championship (Wednesday 3/8)

[BisonFan02]

WSU is as good as gone to the AAC in the next year or two....

**** me.


Can't wait to see the MVC add ****ing UM-KC or SIU-Edwardsville.

Awesome. UM-KC was a joke in the Summit. Enjoy. :D

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

The PL in general is a terrible basketball conference. Bucknell, Boston U and Lehigh at least try. Navy has a pulse every now and again. Everyone else for the most part are varying levels of bad. Holy Cross's whole athletic program seems to be a mess. I know Carmody road a magic carpet ride to the tournament last year but overall the Crusaders stink. Like football they lack athletes. Lafayette seems to suffer from the same problem. Football and basketball are God-awful. Maloney can't get the tide to turn in Hamilton (at least they have hockey). Army has been better lately but they've never been to the NCAA tournament. Loyola has been garbage since the joined the league.

[Thumper 76]

Awesome. UM-KC was a joke in the Summit. Enjoy. :D

If that happens the Summit will have a legit shot at passing the MVC in the future.


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[Bisonator]

ISUr
ISUb
SIU
UNI
MSU
NDSU
UND
SDSU
USD
WIU

xcoffeex

[clenz]

ISUr
ISUb
SIU
UNI
MSU
NDSU
UND
SDSU
USD
WIU

xcoffeex
As much as UNI and ISUr fans hate each other on here, the universities are very, very, similar. AAMoF they are "sister" universities and use each other for comps in almost all areas. I wouldn't bet against the two of them working together to work out a move (similar to how ASU and GSU moved) to ensure whatever conference they are in is a minimum of the MVC right now. Illinois State is paying a touch over $500K for their basketball coach and UNI is at a million. MSU pays over 600K. SIU 400K. That means they aren't leaving the MVC for a new Summit where the level required to strive for is lower.

I've already said, if the MVC was smart (and lord knows that's probably not true) when WSU leaves they will invite Belmont, Valpo, Murray State, and then one/both of NDSU/SDSU (which ever is most committed to dumping enough money into basketball to get to a base level of at least 375-400K for a HC. Try to form a midwest version of the A10. Which had they done that when Creighton left (or before) WSU wouldn't want to leave right now and Creighton may not have left.

We need to be willing to go above 10 teams (Which sucks but in today's world you need as many strong teams to get bids). We need to go to 12-14 teams and load up with all of the best programs in the midwest. Hell, invite SFA for all I care. We already have Dallas Baptist for baseball.

[Thumper 76]

SDSU pays Otz $300k a year right now. I'm not sure that they would want to give up what they have with the SLT in Sioux Falls.


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[RabidRabbit]

UNI and Drake to the Summit?:D

Wouldn't mind adding the State schools of MVC to Summit. Maybe swap non football Summit teams to revamped MVC?

SDSU & NDSU are likely to stay in Summit.



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[bonarae]

Harvard tried to come from behind at Princeton but failed, 73-69.

[JSUSoutherner]

DOWN GOES BELMONT!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[bonarae]

Meanwhile... Hawaii won an appeal that could've forced their loser to play in the Dance, had they still had the postseason ban and played all the way to the championship game.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18816360/hawaii-rainbow-warriors-win-appeal-play-postseason

[SDFS]

UND just won the mens regular season Big Sky conference title - first school in Big Sky history to win regular season mens football/basketball and womens volleyball/basketball in the same season.

[TheRevSFA]

YSU takes out Oakland. Wow

[CockyGeek]

JSU is one win away from getting the privilege of getting destroyed by Kansas or Gonzaga

[dewey]

Good game between Summit League tournament #8 Western Illinois and #1 South Dakota.

Western Illinois had their chances to win in regulation.

WIU hit a HUGE 3 to tie it up and force overtime.

Currently USD 75
WIU 69

38.1 to go.

Dewey

[dewey]

South Dakota wins over Western Illinois 78 69 in overtime.

Dewey

[bonarae]

Harvard collapsed in the second half and bowed down to the Quackers, 75-72. Number 3 or 4 seed in the inaugural Palestra tournament next weekend.

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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Jacksonville State is going dancing! Ray Harper works some serious magic!!

[TheValleyRaider]

Congrats JSU xnodx

[JSUSoutherner]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[dewey]

#2 NDSU trails #7 IUPUI 37-33 at the half of a Summit League tournament quarterfinal game.

Dewey

[dewey]

Congratulations to JSU fans on going dancing.

Dewey

[BisonFan02]

#2 NDSU trails #7 IUPUI 37-33 at the half of a Summit League tournament quarterfinal game.

Dewey

See my previous comments about this year's Bison squad.....

[dewey]

See my previous comments about this year's Bison squad.....

If I remember correctly it was there good enough to win the tournament and inconsistent enough to lose in the opening round game.

AJ Jacobson is really struggling.

Dewey

[BisonFan02]

NDSU is horrifically overrated and inconsistent......short of another hot streak, they will be bounced early down in Sioux Falls.

I've had others.....leader/rudder-less team. It's hard to watch.

[dewey]

I've had others.....leader/rudder-less team. It's hard to watch.

Jacobson looks scared on offense to try and score.

Dewey

[BisonFan02]

Jacobson looks scared on offense to try and score.

Dewey

Exhibit #1....he disappears. Think back to the tourney Bison teams. Woodside...Braun...Alexander...every team had a guy that could take a game over. Outside of Paul Miller and Dex at times, it's "deer and headlights" with this team.

[BisonFan02]

NDSU down 10. I've turned it off now....maybe that will turn the tide. xlolx

[dewey]

IUPUI is doing a great job limiting what Werner gets and Miller is the only other good option offensively. Dupree is good at getting to the basket but not finishing tonight.

Ugh!

Dewey

[dewey]

NDSU down 10. I've turned it off now....maybe that will turn the tide. xlolx

Just start firing down more beerxdrunkyx

Dewey

[dewey]

IUPUI with a 14 point lead with less than 6 and a half minutes to go.

3 field goals in the 2nd half for NDSU.

Correction...16 point lead for IUPUI.

NDSU 16 of 42 with 13 of those in the first half.

Dewey

[BisonFan02]

Just start firing down more beerxdrunkyx

Dewey

Not an option. xlolx

[BisonFan02]

IUPUI with a 14 point lead with less than 6 and a half minutes to go.

3 field goals in the 2nd half for NDSU.

Correction...16 point lead for IUPUI.

Dewey

xlolx what a ****ing joke. IUPUI hasn't won't a conference tourney game in like 6 years....

[dewey]

Wow! NDSU's streak of 5 straight Summit League conference championship games will come to an end tonight barring a MAJOR miracle comeback.

IUPUI is flat out the better team tonight.

Dewey

[dewey]

IUPUI wins 76 to 57 over NDSU.

Dewey

[BisonFan02]

IUPUI wins 76 to 57 over NDSU.

Dewey

Absolutely ****ing embarrassing....but not overly unexpected.

[dgtw]

Only one team is dancing right now.

Go Gamecocks!!!


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[GodHelpTheBears]

We retain Paul Lusk, and our President/AD literally could not have been bigger douchebags about it.

'You can stay home if you want, you'll be back when we make the NCAA next year'

No, eff you. You answer to us, you smarmy douche. Don't give us the 'board of governors' excuse and turn around two minutes later and taunt the Missouri State community. You work for us. You are a cancer killing our university and you need to be removed.

The absolute nerve of these people, to make fun of us! In a press conference!

May God have mercy on my alma mater...

[bonarae]

And... Valpo is sent off to the CBI/CIT with a close loss against Milwaukee.

South Dakota State (quarterfinals), Monmouth, ETSU, Wofford, Samford, Bucknell, Lehigh, William & Mary, Towson (all in their conference tournaments' semifinals), Illinois State, Campbell (playing for their conference's autobid) all playing tomorrow.

[bonarae]

Correction: Harvard is seeded #2 in the Palestra tournament and will play Yale on Saturday, 4 pm.

[Thumper 76]

Jacks fans after seeing NDSU get waffle stomped by the 7 seed
http://i.imgur.com/qAUoSsl.gif?noredirect


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[BisonFan02]

Jacks fans after seeing NDSU get waffle stomped by the 7 seed
http://i.imgur.com/qAUoSsl.gif?noredirect


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Such a UND/USD thing to do. :D. Need NDSU failure to fill a void. xlolx

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Absolutely ****ing embarrassing....but not overly unexpected.

A 19 point loss is pretty shocking. I know some of the NDSU fans were saying this wasn't a vintage Bison team. Even so, they were playing pretty good ball in January, early February....

[Bisonator]

Absolutely ****ing embarrassing....but not overly unexpected.

You could see that coming a mile away. Completely **** the bed the last 5-6 games of the season. Very under achieving team this year. Hey at least they didn't get our hopes up by winning a game or 2.

[dewey]

You could see that coming a mile away. Completely **** the bed the last 5-6 games of the season. Very under achieving team this year. Hey at least they didn't get our hopes up by winning a game or 2.

Agreed. NDSU was 4 and 4 the last 8 games. Way too many droughts on offense.

181 days until the season opener for NDSU football.

Dewey

[TheRevSFA]

SFA gets the third seed in the conference tourney. They somehow don't get the second seed due to asinine tie breaker rules even though they swept the second seed this season

[POD Knows]

A 19 point loss is pretty shocking. I know some of the NDSU fans were saying this wasn't a vintage Bison team. Even so, they were playing pretty good ball in January, early February....

No it isn't, they have sucked balls most of the year.

[Thumper 76]

Such a UND/USD thing to do. :D. Need NDSU failure to fill a void. xlolx

**** off I'm allowed to enjoy it. xlolx
The UxDs thing to do would be to rejoice and make this out to be a major victory for their university.


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[POD Knows]

Agreed. NDSU was 4 and 4 the last 8 games. Way too many droughts on offense.

181 days until the season opener for NDSU football.

Dewey

Spring game is in April, and the summer goes by really fast so it is really only about 60 days till the first game.

[SFA 93]

It has been an up and down frustrating kind of season for the Lumberjacks. Down in that we had so many opportunities to win our 5th straight regular season SLC Championship, and up as we are 11-4 since Jan. with still a glimmer of hope to making our 4th straight trip to the NCAA Tournament.

So now we turn our attention to Katy, Texas and the wide open SLC Tournament.

Going to be a battle, just win 3 baby! Axe'Em

17-13; 12-6

L #2 Kentucky 64-87
W Longwood 66-60
W Northeastern State 75-70
L Louisiana-Monroe 72-77
L Arkansas 62-78
W Centenary College 90-59
L UAB 73-84
L Rice 63-70
W LSU-Shreveport 93-73
L Tulsa 51-74
W Southern Mississippi 67-64
L Utah 66-74
W Houston Baptist 61-51
L McNeese State 54-69
L Abilene Christian 60-69
W Texas A&M-CC 79-46
W Nicholls 80-60
W Texas A&M-CC 61-58
L UIW 68-70 (three pointer at the buzzer)
W Central Arkansas 78-76
W New Orleans 71-61
L Sam Houston State 63-71
W Northwestern State 75-73 (OT)
W UIW 87-79
W Lamar 70-61
W Southeastern Louisiana 60-52
L New Orleans 65-82
W Central Arkansas 90-85 (OT)
L Northwestern State 67-72
W Sam Houston State 64-56

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Lehigh leads Boston U. 37-26 at half of the first PL semifinal.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Lehigh outlasts Boston U. 91-88 in double OT. The Mountain Hawks led by 7-10 points most of the game before the Terriers closed the gap at the end of the regulation.

Lehigh will either host Navy or travel to Bucknell for the title. This is the second straight title game appearance for the Mountain Hawks.

[bonarae]

Campbell and Illinois State lost their autobid chances. Off to the CBI/CIT the Camels go... and the Redbirds to the NIT.

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[bonarae]

Towson and W&M, Wofford say goodbye and are off to the CBI/CIT pool. Monmouth is off to the NIT for the second straight season. ETSU and the Jackrabbits advance in their conference tournaments.

And ... for a strange reason... Youngstown State is disqualified from dancing. xconfusedx

[jacksfan29]

Nope, the USD thing to do is to whine about the conference not giving them the auto bid as the regular season champions.

Their fans are scared shxxless to play SDSU tonight, in front of a blue clad, likely 11,000 plus crowd. SDSU are finally hitting on all cylinders having adjusted to the new coach. And Daum is a freaking stud. My guess is, unless he just loves college ball, he plays one more year and declares for the draft.


**** off I'm allowed to enjoy it. xlolx
The UxDs thing to do would be to rejoice and make this out to be a major victory for their university.


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[Thumper 76]

Nope, the USD thing to do is to whine about the conference not giving them the auto bid as the regular season champions.

Their fans are scared shxxless to play SDSU tonight, in front of a blue clad, likely 11,000 plus crowd. SDSU are finally hitting on all cylinders having adjusted to the new coach. And Daum is a freaking stud. My guess is, unless he just loves college ball, he plays one more year and declares for the draft.

And refs. Don't forget about their fixation on how many fouls get called on whoever SDSU is playing xlolx. Including complaining for Denver last night in spite of 23 fouls being called on SDSU xlolx.

Don't forget whining about not being able to get as good of seats as they feel they should be given their turn at if they happen to have a year they are excited about. Even though everyone has had the same chances. Admittedly, it's not fair for fans from a distance with the two year ticket packages, but for a team the same distance away as SDSU is it's really an invalid complaint of entitlement.

Oh and don't forget the unfairness of the tournaments location. Never mind that teams other than SDSU have won the tourney plenty of times (well, on the men's side anyways :D)I'm expecting that their next campaign will be for participation trophies and a lottery style drawing for the tournament bid xlolx

Are some of their complaints about fairness valid? Sure, to some extent. But they, and some bison fans, act as if the Summit just decided to bestow this great advantage on SDSU because, well because and it's not fair. Never mind that when it was bid on places like Fargo didn't even bid, and once it was in Sioux Falls the community and local fans actually supported it in droves. If places like Tulsa and Kansas City had supported the tourney like the Sioux Falls area had, then Sioux Falls would be able to have a death grip on keeping it. To put it into perspective on the success in Sioux Falls compared to other locations for outsiders to the Summit League, when the tourney first was held in Sioux Falls is broke the Summit Tournament attendance record with around 34,000 people attending the women's and men's games combined. In a crappy arena that literally had the buzzer get stuck on in a game. Last year, the women's games attracted a record of something like 35-36,000 fans. Think about that. In this location the women's tournament alone outdrew any prior locations total attendance for men's and women's games combined. Now, once UND joins the conference, I think Fargo would have a great chance of being able to have a real good turn out for the tournament as well. Though as far as I know the tournament would have to be held at the Fargodome, and apparently they are more excited about having some home show there than the SLT. Honestly if it was in Fargo I would bet that there would still be a pretty good SDSU following up there, better than what NDSU gets in Sioux Falls for sure. But that's the difference in the schools. SDSU is more into their basketball due to their programs history (unfortunately imo), and NDSU is more into their football. Do you think there would be any chance that NDSU would let something like the SLT for football (obviously there isn't really) NOT end up in Fargo? No way in hell. But I've rambled enough on this topic. Long story short, there isn't another location that will give the tourney near the atmosphere or success and support in the conference footprint outside of possibly Fargo, and Fargo doesn't seem to give a damn. I mean, the Summit has the 3rd highest attendance for their women's games IN THE COUNTRY. Over P5 conferences. And Sioux Falls is going to be incredibly difficult to rip it away from now, I saw that the tournament brought something like $11 mil into the Sioux Falls area. Good luck beating their bid.


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[Thumper 76]

And there stands the longest basketball oriented post I will likely ever make xlolx


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[FargoBison]

You don't want a basketball tournament in the Fargodome, it is a very poor basketball venue. You can put 10k in there and it still seems cavernous and sightlines are pretty poor.

My biggest issue with the Summit tournament is that the championship game should be played on a Sunday. The league should be begging ESPN to move the game, pay them some money if need be. It is moronic to have a neutral tournament being played during the week, just a complete pain in the ass for fans that need to travel.

[Thumper 76]

You don't want a basketball tournament in the Fargodome, it is a very poor basketball venue. You can put 10k in there and it still seems cavernous and sightlines are pretty poor.

My biggest issue with the Summit tournament is that the championship game should be played on a Sunday. The league should be begging ESPN to move the game, pay them some money if need be. It is moronic to have a neutral tournament being played during the week, just a complete pain in the ass for fans that need to travel.

Agreed. Or try to get a contract with someone like FS1 who will allow for a Sunday championship. If the conference keeps growing the talent in the league and get some post season runs in should help too. I don't like early week championship games. Barf.


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[FargoBison]

Agreed. Or try to get a contract with someone like FS1 who will allow for a Sunday championship. If the conference keeps growing the talent in the league and get some post season runs in should help too. I don't like early week championship games. Barf.


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I bet FS1 would love to get access to more tournaments but our ESPN3 deal probably complicates everything. I just kind of wish the league would work harder on getting it moved, I asked Izzo about this a while ago and he made it seem like the league wasn't even really interested in trying which is a shame.

Especially now with UND coming into the league you could get a lot more fans traveling down to SF for a weekend tournament. I think having more visiting fans there would help kick the atmosphere up a notch.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

SoCon Championship between ETSU and UNC-Greensboro about to tipoff on ESPN. The venue in Ashville is one of my favorites during Championship Week. Should be a great atmosphere given how close both schools are to US Cellular Arena.

[Thumper 76]

SoCon Championship between ETSU and UNC-Greensboro about to tipoff on ESPN. The venue in Ashville is one of my favorites during Championship Week. Should be a great atmosphere given how close both schools are to US Cellular Arena.

I know the SDSU-yotes game is packed right now on ESPN3


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[Thumper 76]

Even though SDSU hasn't shown up yet....


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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

UNCG leads ETSU 38-31 at half. Pretty evenly matched game so far. Both teams have some upset potential in the tournament. ETSU has some real good players but seem poorly coached.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I know the SDSU-yotes game is packed right now on ESPN3


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That's a great arena too!! Sioux Falls makes for quality location!

[Thumper 76]

That's a great arena too!! Sioux Falls makes for quality location!

The Denny is a beaut.....it should be though it's only 2-3 years old.


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[Laker]

That's a great arena too!! Sioux Falls makes for quality location!

SF does a great job of promoting. They had the D2 women's Elite 8 the last two years, and have the D2 men's Elite 8 the next two. They have the Premier Center, the Arena, and the Pentagon which each have nice sizes for the various contests. I was told that years ago Sioux City had more things going on and SF decided that they could do better. They sure have.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

SF does a great job of promoting. They had the D2 women's Elite 8 the last two years, and have the D2 men's Elite 8 the next two. They have the Premier Center, the Arena, and the Pentagon which each have nice sizes for the various contests. I was told that years ago Sioux City had more things going on and SF decided that they could do better. They sure have.

Fargo, Sioux Falls and Omaha are 3 cities that I really like. Grand Forks too but it's quite a bit smaller than the other 3. Once you get south of Nebraska I'm good...lol

[Thumper 76]

Fargo, Sioux Falls and Omaha are 3 cities that I really like. Grand Forks too but it's quite a bit smaller than the other 3. Once you get south of Nebraska I'm good...lol

Y'all might wanna tune in now...


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[Laker]

Y'all might wanna tune in now...

Yep, this is a typical Jacks-'yotes battle.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Y'all might wanna tune in now...


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I have the SoCon on my TV and the SDSU-USD game on my computer. Great night for hoops.


Vermont, who is legitimately really good, is crushing UNH in the one America East Semifinal. Albany is up by 8 on Stony Brook in the other.

Northern Kentucky is leading Youngstown State by 7 with about 8 minutes left in the game.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

That was a big time 3 by #13 for USD!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Mooney for the Coyotes is an assassin.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

SDSU wins!! Orris hit the game winner with 1.5 second left. Third epic game of the year between these two teams....

[Thumper 76]

SDSU wins!! Orris hit the game winner with 1.5 second left. Third epic game of the year between these two teams....

I can't believe it. Dude couldn't hit the ocean if he was in the middle of it all season. Goes on to go and hit clutch 3s and the game winner. He came up huge when Daum was way off. For him anyways. Big props to USD for holding him down like that. Bigger props to the rest of the Jacks who have been told Daum was the entire team all year.


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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

ETSU wins the SoCon!! The Bucs have some ballers!! They'll be a tough out.

[FargoBison]

Never thought I'd see Orris with a game winner. Tough loss for the Yotes, don't see the Rabbits losing tomorrow. Omaha can't defend and IUPUI can't stop Daum.

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Never thought I'd see Orris with a game winner. Tough loss for the Yotes, don't see the Rabbits losing tomorrow. Omaha can't defend and IUPUI can't stop Daum.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Yep, this is a typical Jacks-'yotes battle.

Surprised you didn't go to this one! SF isn't too far from where you live!

[Thumper 76]

Never thought I'd see Orris with a game winner. Tough loss for the Yotes, don't see the Rabbits losing tomorrow. Omaha can't defend and IUPUI can't stop Daum.

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Never thought I'd see Orris with a game winner. Tough loss for the Yotes, don't see the Rabbits losing tomorrow. Omaha can't defend and IUPUI can't stop Daum.

Orris also hit like three 3's. I almost **** myself on the first one, let alone when he made the game winner.


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[Thumper 76]

To put it into perspective for non Summit fans, no team guards Orris outside of the free throw line.


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[Laker]

Surprised you didn't go to this one! SF isn't too far from where you live!

Only three and a quarter hours one way if I drive fast.

I'll be in SF for the D2 men's Elite 8.

[SDFS]

To put it into perspective for non Summit fans, no team guards Orris outside of the free throw line.


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Let me help you even more - no one was guarding him all night. His man was double teaming everyone else. It was a good plan. It allowed USD to survive the foul trouble and if the fr. hits that those free throws. The end of the game might have been different. Best of luck the rest of the way.

[clenz]

Only three and a quarter hours one way if I drive fast.

I'll be in SF for the D2 men's Elite 8.

In the upper Midwest, that isn't that far

[Thumper 76]

Let me help you even more - no one was guarding him all night. His man was double teaming everyone else. It was a good plan. It allowed USD to survive the foul trouble and if the fr. hits that those free throws. The end of the game might have been different. Best of luck the rest of the way.

I really hate Mooney, cause he's really good. He's going to be a pain in the ass for a couple more years.


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[SDFS]

I really hate Mooney, cause he's really good. He's going to be a pain in the ass for a couple more years.


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He likes to shoot - no doubt. Not sure if that is the best formula for USD. I thought Mooney controlling the ball really took Flack out of the game. USD was most successful when they forced Dom to play D. Not that Dom is bad at D but it took Dom out of his game. To SDSU credit they survived and advanced. If Omaha has good guards that could be trouble for SDSU. I have not seen Omaha play this year.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Omaha is hammering IUPUI with a few minutes left...

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Iona survives an epic OT duel with Siena to capture the MAAC title.

[Thumper 76]

He likes to shoot - no doubt. Not sure if that is the best formula for USD. I thought Mooney controlling the ball really took Flack out of the game. USD was most successful when they forced Dom to play D. Not that Dom is bad at D but it took Dom out of his game. To SDSU credit they survived and advanced. If Omaha has good guards that could be trouble for SDSU. I have not seen Omaha play this year.

Omaha and SDSU split the series, each winning on the road. High scoring games. Should be fun to watch.


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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

In the upper Midwest, that isn't that far

One of the things I miss about Montana is the ability to hop in the car and travel without headaches! A 100 mile trip in the Northeast can be a nightmare depending on where/where you're headed.

[clenz]

One of the things I miss about Montana is the ability to hop in the car and travel without headaches! A 100 mile trip in the Northeast can be a nightmare depending on where/where you're headed.
I'm a branch manager for a wholesale supply house. We have our own fleet of trucks that, between the 4 branches, cover almost all of Illinois other than the St Louis and Chicago areas, most of the lower half of WI, and our branch covers essentially all of Iowa from I-35 east to Avenue of the Saints and then stretched from Missouri to Minnesota. I'd say an average day has my driver cover ~300-400 miles with stops all along the way.

I hate having to fight with traffic in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City metros. It can take 40-45 minutes just to get across town. I take the highways around the outside of town. Doubles, to triples, the miles but takes half the time of trying to get through town.

[ysubigred]

DAMN IT!!

YSU was 2 wins away from the big dance!

Northern KY's 1st year at D1 and is now 1 win away from winning the Horizon xnonono2x

Must be getting UK's rejects since they both are in Lexington.

[jacksfan29]

That's a great arena too!! Sioux Falls makes for quality location!

Eastern South Dakota is a basketball first area of the country. Throw in NW Iowa and SW Minnesota and it is basketball first and foremost. It was that way when I grew up in the 70's and 80's and it continues today. I recall playing in front of over 9,000 at the old 2 class State B tournament. And the SDSU v USD games have always been insane. Football for the two schools has never had the same type of rivalry feeling.

To give last nights attendance some perspective. I saw a quote today from UND's announcer on Midco sports on Twitter. The Summit League attendance for the SDSU V USD game last night was 11,235. Attendance at the entire Big Sky tournament in Reno last year, all sessions combined, 11,578. The Summit had almost 9,500 at the SDSU v Denver game on Sunday. Sioux Falls is not going to lose the SLT anytime soon.

[BEAR]

Um. Somehow UCA men made it into the SLY tourney. Good grief. End it already. Our Cornish stinks.

[bonarae]

FCS still in the hunt for the autobid:
Albany (3/11)
St. Francis Red Flash (today)
Lehigh/Bucknell (tomorrow)
South Dakota State (today)

All remaining eligible teams in Ivies, SWAC, MEAC, Southland, Big Sky, Big West tournaments... (too many to mention) xcoffeex

[Laker]

Hinkle Field House is 89 years old today. They celebrated the opening by beating the Irish.

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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

SDSU vs Omaha for the Summit League title is on ESPN2 tonight, 9 ET

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

St. Francis (PA) is battling Mount St. Mary's for the NEC title right now. I noticed there could be several schools that make the FCS playoffs and NCAA tournament in the same year.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I'm a branch manager for a wholesale supply house. We have our own fleet of trucks that, between the 4 branches, cover almost all of Illinois other than the St Louis and Chicago areas, most of the lower half of WI, and our branch covers essentially all of Iowa from I-35 east to Avenue of the Saints and then stretched from Missouri to Minnesota. I'd say an average day has my driver cover ~300-400 miles with stops all along the way.

I hate having to fight with traffic in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City metros. It can take 40-45 minutes just to get across town. I take the highways around the outside of town. Doubles, to triples, the miles but takes half the time of trying to get through town.

Once you get about 40 miles west of the Loop everything changes imo. The Quad Cities have a little more hustle and bustle than some might think but in general it's smooth sailing. I live on the outskirts of a metro area that consists of about 600k people. While it's not "too bad" it's still annoying enough. I need to move..lol

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Mount St. Mary's beats St. Francis (PA) to capture the NEC championship!!

Northern Kentucky survives UW-Milwaukee to win the Horizon. Who's idea was it to play the tournament at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit and call it "Motor City Madness"? Downtown Detroit has become relatively "nice" but c'mon....

[Laker]

A trip to the Dance in their first year of eligibility for the Norse of Northern Kentucky! I think that this is the second team to make their first appearance.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

SDSU and Omaha in a back and forth battle! Great game!

I've really been impressed with the level of play in the Summit in recent years. Legitimately good D1 hoops...

[Laker]

SDSU and Omaha in a back and forth battle! Great game!

I've really been impressed with the level of play in the Summit in recent years. Legitimately good D1 hoops...

Daum is quite a player for the Jacks. And Marcus Tyus for the Red Mavs sounds like a name for a Roman Centurion in The Life Of Brian.

If Biggus Stickus comes in off the bench I'll know I'm in a Monty Python movie.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Daum is quite a player for the Jacks. And Marcus Tyus for the Red Mavs sounds like a name for a Roman Centurion in The Life Of Brian.

If Biggus Stickus comes in off the bench I'll know I'm in a Monty Python movie.

SDSU 65-64 with 7:46 left in the second half. Daum has been beastly in this game! Two barnburners in a row for the SDSU faithful!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

SDSU wins 79-77!! What an awesome game from start to finish. The only difference between these two teams was Daum. Dude went for 37 points and 12 boards! Great showcase for the Summit League!

Omaha has the potential to be a real good mid-major imo. They could have some great battles with Creighton.

[Thumper 76]

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[Evolution Prime]

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[UIWWildthing]

A trip to the Dance in their first year of eligibility for the Norse of Northern Kentucky! I think that this is the second team to make their first appearance.
First team in 68 years to make the NCAA Tournament in their first year of eligbility.

[Professor Chaos]

Congrats you dirty Jackrabbits... quite the turnaround engineered by your first year coaching staff. I think it's time Daum left for the NBA now. :p


First team in 68 years to make the NCAA Tournament in their first year of eligbility.
More like 8 years. ;)

http://www.espn.com/espn/wire?id=3983686

[jacksfan29]

First team in 68 years to make the NCAA Tournament in their first year of eligbility.

Not wanting to toot the NDSU horn louder than they do themselves, but...

The North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team is a part of the athletic program at North Dakota State University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dakota_State_University) in Fargo, North Dakota (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo,_North_Dakota), U.S. They are members of the NCAA Division I and have been part of The Summit League (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Summit_League) since May 2007. Home games are played at the Bison Sports Arena (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bison_Sports_Arena) which is located on the NDSU campus in Fargo, ND. The team shares a conference rival with the South Dakota State Jackrabbits (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota_State_Jackrabbits). The Bison men's head coach is David Richman. On March 10, 2009 the Bison made their biggest comeback in school history with a 66–64 win over Oakland University to win the Summit League tournament championship and became the first team since Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette) in 1972 to advance to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in their first year of eligibility.

[Bisonator]

Congrats to the bunny turds. Hopefully Daum puts on a show and decides to leave. :D

[Thumper 76]

Congrats to the bunny turds. Hopefully Daum puts on a show and decides to leave. :D

Never thought I'd have to worry about that problem at SDSU, now I'm thinking next year it could be a legit possibility.


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[ngineer]

#3 seed Lehigh plays #1 seed Bucknell tonight at Bucknell. Will be broadcast on CBS Sportsnet at 7:30 p.m. EST. Should be a great game. Both teams have strong big men with Bucky's current MVP of the PL and Lehigh's being the MVP past two years. Bison lost only three league games this year, but two of them to the Mountain Hawks. Lehigh has won a fair number of games at Sojka Pavilion, so should be a great atmosphere.

[SDFS]

Never thought I'd have to worry about that problem at SDSU, now I'm thinking next year it could be a legit possibility.


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Are you worried about graduate transfer or going to the NBA?

[BEAR]

8-24 UCA bowed out of the first round in a loss to Sammy. No shocker.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Bucknell hit a first half buzzer beating 3 to take a 35-34 lead into the locker room and never looked back en route to an 81-65 win. The Bison are no juggernaut but they should fair better than Lafayette in 2015 an Holy Cross in 2016. Those two teams stunk.

[Thumper 76]

Are you worried about graduate transfer or going to the NBA?

Either after next year is done.


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[BisonFan02]

Not wanting to toot the NDSU horn louder than they do themselves, but...

The North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team is a part of the athletic program at North Dakota State University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dakota_State_University) in Fargo, North Dakota (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo,_North_Dakota), U.S. They are members of the NCAA Division I and have been part of The Summit League (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Summit_League) since May 2007. Home games are played at the Bison Sports Arena (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bison_Sports_Arena) which is located on the NDSU campus in Fargo, ND. The team shares a conference rival with the South Dakota State Jackrabbits (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota_State_Jackrabbits). The Bison men's head coach is David Richman. On March 10, 2009 the Bison made their biggest comeback in school history with a 66–64 win over Oakland University to win the Summit League tournament championship and became the first team since Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette) in 1972 to advance to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in their first year of eligibility.



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[Laker]

Mizzou comes from ten down to put the game into OT with a three, then win it at the buzzer on another three to win 86-83 over Auburn. Kim Anderson gets to coach for at least one more game.

[SDFS]

Big Sky Quarter Finals:

UND 95
PSU 72

Idaho 81
UM 77

Sac St. 70
EWU 89

Weber St 90
SUU 70

Semi-finals
UND 69 UI 64

EWU 72 WSU 80

Finals today:
UND vs WSU

I will try to keep this post updated with the results. Scored updated, now the games will get interesting. EWU and WSU should be a really good game.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple loses 80-69 to ECU. Perfect capper to a terrible season! Fran Dunphy needs to be bought out! Temple basketball desperately needs a change. Dunphy is the most overrated coach in the history of college sports!

[TheValleyRaider]

TCU upsets Kansas! Go Frogs!

[Laker]

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Michigan won despite sliding off the runway, having the FAA prevent them from taking their uniforms off the plane, and playing in practice equipment and new shoes.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

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Michigan won despite sliding off the runway, having the FAA prevent them from taking their uniforms off the plane, and playing in practice equipment and new shoes.

Apparently they have to play in them again tomorrow! Strange circumstances. Thankfully this is the only real result of the accident..

[bonarae]

Michigan survives against Purdont in OT. They will face Minnesota next.

Meanwhile... for the rest of us... Vegas is closed for this year, as there will be no Vegas 16. http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/basketball/vegasmadness/vegas-16-postseason-tournament-won-t-be-played-year

Towson is staying home for this postseason. They have declined lower-tier invitations.

[Laker]

Gophers beat Sparty but Springs may have ruptured his Achilles.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Gophers beat Sparty but Springs may have ruptured his Achilles.

That was an extremely physical game! A few minutes before the Spring injury the one Gopher player got a bloody mouth after taking a shot from Ward. The Springs deal did not good. Shame because the Gophers have a the potential to make a run. This is their best team since '96-'97.

[Laker]

That was an extremely physical game! A few minutes before the Spring injury the one Gopher player got a bloody mouth after taking a shot from Ward. The Springs deal did not good. Shame because the Gophers have a the potential to make a run. This is their best team since '96-'97.

No doubt. That was the year that they officially didn't make the Final Four so I must have officially not been in Indianapolis for it.

I remember seeing the whistle blower on the plane when we flew to the Big Island Tournament in Hawaii at Thanksgiving of 1995. When her favorite player got kicked off the team she spilled the beans on how she had written term papers for the players. That was the end for Clem Haskins.

[ngineer]

Bucknell hit a first half buzzer beating 3 to take a 35-34 lead into the locker room and never looked back en route to an 81-65 win. The Bison are no juggernaut but they should fair better than Lafayette in 2015 an Holy Cross in 2016. Those two teams stunk.

While Lehigh had the better players on paper, Bucknell showed they had a better TEAM. They moved the ball very well. Quick crisp passing with minimal dribbling. When Lehigh missed three layups in a row to start the second half, it was over. The body language showed as Bison hit a number of buckets in response to each failed attempt to blow the game open. Plus, Bucknell had a much deeper bench. Lehigh only had a bout two subs capable of playing. Felt sorry for Kempton. Played his heart out with a monster game, but no other support. I note is one of five finalists for the NCAA's best center award.

[SDFS]

Big Sky finals today and UND is facing Weber St again. Is this the year UND moves past Weber St and into the NCAA tournament? We will see. They beat Weber St twice this year both home and away (first win by UND @ Weber).

Big Sky Tournament history for UND:

12-13 First year in the Big Sky
Semi-Finals Weber St 76 UND 74

Berry, Tresnak and a Fr named Bolomboy beat Troy Huff and A. Anderson

13-14
Finals Weber St 86 UND 67
Berry, Tresnak, Bolomboy and Fr. named Senglin beat Huff, Anderson, Nash and Fr. named Hooker at Ogden

14-15 - UND did not make tournament

15-16
Semi-Finals Weber St 83 UND 78 OT

Weber St was lead by Senglin and UND was lead by Q.

Senglin, who was a first team All-Big Sky selection along with Hooker, finished with 31 points and his game-tying three-pointer with 11 seconds to play in regulation forced the extra session that saw the Wildcats outscore the Fighting Hawks 19-14. Junior Quinton Hooker equaled his career-high with 38 points. This was a great game and I thought that UND was going to get past Weber St for the first time until Senglin nailed that 3.

16-17
Finals Weber vs UND

It's Q vs Senglin again. Can Q take UND to the NCAA? It should be a great game again today.

[bonarae]

Princeton needed OT to advance to the autobid game. Harvard is way behind on Yale (game currently in progress). xsmhx

[Laker]

Princeton needed OT to advance to the autobid game. Harvard is way behind on Yale (game currently in progress). xsmhx

Yale wins.

[bonarae]

Meanwhile...

North Dakota wins the Big Sky! Texas Southern wins the SWAC. UC Davis yet to play... xwhistlex

[Laker]

Meanwhile...

North Dakota wins the Big Sky! Texas Southern wins the SWAC. UC Davis yet to play... xwhistlex

UND had to come from behind to put it into OT. First time in the Dance for them.

New Mexico State against CSU Bakersfield in the WAC final. Roadrunners beat Utah Valley in what, four OT's last night?

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Meanwhile...

North Dakota wins the Big Sky! Texas Southern wins the SWAC. UC Davis yet to play... xwhistlex

Congrats UND!! Get your dancing shoes on Grand Forks!!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Southland Final going down to the wire! This has been a great game! I don't think either team has led by more than 5 or 6 points...

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

New Orleans wins the Southland title in OT!! Great game between the #1 an #2 seeds!

[SDFS]

Big Sky finals today and UND is facing Weber St again. Is this the year UND moves past Weber St and into the NCAA tournament? We will see. They beat Weber St twice this year both home and away (first win by UND @ Weber).

Big Sky Tournament history for UND:

12-13 First year in the Big Sky
Semi-Finals Weber St 76 UND 74

Berry, Tresnak and a Fr named Bolomboy beat Troy Huff and A. Anderson

13-14
Finals Weber St 86 UND 67
Berry, Tresnak, Bolomboy and Fr. named Senglin beat Huff, Anderson, Nash and Fr. named Hooker at Ogden

14-15 - UND did not make tournament

15-16
Semi-Finals Weber St 83 UND 78 OT

Weber St was lead by Senglin and UND was lead by Q.

Senglin, who was a first team All-Big Sky selection along with Hooker, finished with 31 points and his game-tying three-pointer with 11 seconds to play in regulation forced the extra session that saw the Wildcats outscore the Fighting Hawks 19-14. Junior Quinton Hooker equaled his career-high with 38 points. This was a great game and I thought that UND was going to get past Weber St for the first time until Senglin nailed that 3.

16-17
Finals Weber vs UND

It's Q vs Senglin again. Can Q take UND to the NCAA? It should be a great game again today.

UND has finally gotten past Weber St. Senglin finished the game as the all time leading scorer for WSU. Of course WSU has another nice guard. He was a true Fr this year named Harding. Not a bad line of guards: Lillard, Senglin and now Harding. I am going to miss games with WSU quality program.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

UC Davis is dancing! The Aggies beat UC Irvine to claim the Big West title! Another great game!

[Laker]

Rhode Island just beat VCU to win the A-10.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Rhode Island just beat VCU to win the A-10.

Syracuse might be in trouble! Ram likely were a bid stealer....

[Laker]

The NCAA men's field is almost set- here is a PROJECTED NIT field. In this one they would pair South Dakota at Syracuse.

http://bracketmatrix.com/nit

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

The NCAA men's field is almost set- here is a PROJECTED NIT field. In this one they would pair South Dakota at Syracuse.

http://bracketmatrix.com/nit

I could see Syracuse being left out at this point. They are right on the edge. I'm a Temple alum but grew up a huge Syracuse hoops fan. I've spent many cold winter nights traversing the 2 hour drive to the Carrier Dome.

Selection Sunday always a great!! I'm tossing around going to Buffalo for the first round games if I can snag a cheap single for at least on session. A lot depends on the impending blizzard.

[Laker]

I could see Syracuse being left out at this point. They are right on the edge. I'm a Temple alum but great up a huge Syracuse hoops fan. I've spent many cold winter nights traversing the 2 hour drive to the Carrier Dome.

Selection Sunday always a great!! I'm tossing around going to Buffalo for the first round games if I can snag a cheap single for at least on session. A lot depends on the impending blizzard.

I thought that Syracuse was in the "last four in". So I'm not sure how accurate this would be.

Is there anyway that the 'cuse could play in Greensboro? :D

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

SMU beats Cincinnati 71-56 to claim the AAC title! Former Illinois State HC Tim Jankovich has done a great job in Dallas.

While it was great to have two Top 20 teams playing for the conference title having 4,000 people show up to see it is not. The AAC has a major hoops problem...

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I thought that Syracuse was in the "last four in". So I'm not sure how accurate this would be.

Is there anyway that the 'cuse could play in Greensboro? :D

Only an "experts" educated guess at this point. Syracuse is right on the edge....

[Laker]

Samuel Chi‏ @ThePlayoffGuru (https://twitter.com/ThePlayoffGuru) 3m3 minutes ago (https://twitter.com/ThePlayoffGuru/status/841031310982369280)More



Michigan's week:Wed- Beat FateThur- Beat IllinoisFri- Beat PurdueSat- Beat MinnesotaSun- Beat WisconsinThat is all.

[TheRevSFA]

SMU beats Cincinnati 71-56 to claim the AAC title! Former Illinois State HC Tim Jankovich has done a great job in Dallas.

While it was great to have two Top 20 teams playing for the conference title having 4,000 people show up to see it is not. The AAC has a major hoops problem...

Maybe the AAC needs SFA. We travel well

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

FCS'er and defending national champ Villanova is the #1 overall seed

[Drblankstare]

Ok Clenz. How good is Wichita St this year? Have no idea

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Syracuse does not get in. I'm not surprised....

Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Bucknell and Princeton on one of side of the West region. That's a lot of smarts....

[JSUSoutherner]

When's the last time a #2 seed was upset by a 15? :D

[Drblankstare]

When's the last time a #2 seed was upset by a 15? :D

I'm rooting for you. In your honest opinion do you think you guys are a dangerous team?

Best of luck

[POD Knows]

When's the last time a #2 seed was upset by a 15? :D

http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/college-basketball/march-madness-15-2-upsets-in-the-ncaa-tournament-1.4873282

15-2 upsets in the NCAA TournamentUpdated March 18, 2016 4:55 PM


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A look at every NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament first-round game where a 15-seed has upset a 2-seed.

[JSUSoutherner]

I'm rooting for you. In your honest opinion do you think you guys are a dangerous team?

Best of luck
No idea. I'm not much of a basketball guy. I hope we are. I think when we execute what we're trying to do we are. If we play like we played Belmont then I think we have a good chance.

If the OVC Tourney was any indication then the mystical 'Ray Harper is a beast in March' lore is true.

[FargoBison]

Ok Clenz. How good is Wichita St this year? Have no idea

Well they are solid favorites as a 10 seed.

[Mike296]

Um how the hell did Marquette get in at all? I didn't even have them on the bubble let alone get in as a 10 seed....

[BEAR]

Um how the hell did Marquette get in at all? I didn't even have them on the bubble let alone get in as a 10 seed....

Jordan Howard's brother Markus lead them to that. Man is a beast.

[bonarae]

Princeton facing a sometimes inconsistent Irish squad... The Tigers may win close but I'm predicting an Irish win.

Meanwhile...

Illinois State is a 1 seed in the NIT. Other NIT teams from the FCS include Monmouth, Richmond, South Dakota Coyotes, Valpo.

FCS teams in the CIT:
Norfolk State at Liberty (Liberty is in transition in 2017)
St. Francis (PA) at Jacksonville
HBU at Campbell
Canisius at Samford
Stephen F. Austin at Idaho (Vandals won't play in the FCS until 2018)
St. Peter's at Albany
Furman at USC Upstate
UNC Asheville at UT Martin
Lamar at Texas State
Weber State at Cal State Fullerton

[bonarae]

CBI just announced their bracket on Twitter. FCS teams are:
EWU at Wyoming
Stony Brook vs. UIC (at George Washington)
Hampton at Coastal Carolina

[Laker]

NIT matchup:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6mk-rqXAAAD1cd.jpg

[TheRevSFA]

Princeton facing a sometimes inconsistent Irish squad... The Tigers may win close but I'm predicting an Irish win.

Meanwhile...

Illinois State is a 1 seed in the NIT. Other NIT teams from the FCS include Monmouth, Richmond, South Dakota Coyotes, Valpo.

FCS teams in the CIT:
Norfolk State at Liberty
St. Francis (PA) at Jacksonville
HBU at Campbell
Canisius at Samford
Stephen F. Austin at Idaho (Vandals won't play in the FCS until 2018)
St. Peter's at Albany
Furman at USC Upstate
UNC Asheville at UT Martin
Lamar at Texas State
Weber State at Cal State Fullerton

any reason why SFU, Norfolk state, HBU, Campbell, or Jacksonville didn't merit a Bolding?

[bonarae]

any reason why SFU, Norfolk state, HBU, Campbell, or Jacksonville didn't merit a Bolding?

My bad. Both play football in the FCS hence I didn't bold them at first. xpeacex

[OSBF]

Well they are solid favorites as a 10 seed.

ranked in top 20 and a 10 seed........................

that's messed up

[clenz]

Ok Clenz. How good is Wichita St this year? Have no idea
****ing good. As good as they've ever been, to be honest...and getting better.

The scary part is they are ****ing young. They lose two All Americans to the NBA. They come out running nothing but freshman and sophomores and look human. Then it clicked...and...well...****ing hell they are good.

They are a legit top 15-20 team. How they got a 10 seed I'll never figure out.

That underseed is every bit as bad as UNI's 31-3 and top 20 ranked team getting a ****ing 9 seed in 2009/2010.

Look at the MOV over the last month or two on their 15 game win streak. Most recent listed first

20
15
26
19
26
29
19
17
18
41
8 (trap game leading up to a rematch vs ISUR (the 41 point win)
20
22
28
17
Illinois State beat them by 14

Most of those games could have added at least 15 more points to the MOV had Gregg not pulled the reigns off.

[OSBF]

Some interesting reading material here.

https://twitter.com/DanMuller?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7 Ctwgr%5Eauthor

[F'N Hawks]

Playing devils advocate here: looking at ISU's schedule their best OOC win was 17-14 New Mexico (124-Massey). They beat Wichita at home, who was a 10 seed in the committee's eyes, but lost by a whopping 41 to them on the road.

I fully believe they had trouble scheduling good teams because nobody wanted to schedule them, yes, but ISU's resume was not impressive, especially in a down MVC.

[OSBF]

Playing devils advocate here: looking at ISU's schedule their best OOC win was 17-14 New Mexico (124-Massey). They beat Wichita at home, who was a 10 seed in the committee's eyes, but lost by a whopping 41 to them on the road.

I fully believe they had trouble scheduling good teams because nobody wanted to schedule them, yes, but ISU's resume was not impressive, especially in a down MVC.

AD called 25 teams that ended up making the field about scheduling

was rejected by every one

And that's his point exactly, selection committee looks at your schedule, but if no-one will schedule you, there's not much you can do

MVC has a 60% home win% against "power" conference programs, that doesn't help the scheduling

This year, InSU went to Hinkle Fieldhouse and beat a very good Butler team

Scheduling has always been a problem for MVC, and I think will continue to be

[clenz]

AD called 25 teams that ended up making the field about scheduling

was rejected by every one

And that's his point exactly, selection committee looks at your schedule, but if no-one will schedule you, there's not much you can do

MVC has a 60% home win% against "power" conference programs, that doesn't help the scheduling

This year, InSU went to Hinkle Fieldhouse and beat a very good Butler team

Scheduling has always been a problem for MVC, and I think will continue to be
Yup.

Not only does the MVC struggle to get good home games, we struggle to get quality road games. I'm not talking games against top 10 teams. I'm talking road games against RPI 50-130 teams that would be "power conference" teams.

It's all a sham.

[Laker]

NCAA to Illinois State: You need to schedule tougher teams.

Illinois State to the NCAA: We've tried and they won't play us.

NCAA: Too bad that you aren't in a Power 5 conference then.

Illinois State: Fx#?@$%!

[OSBF]

Has anyone else noticed a trend in segregating the pre-season and holiday tournaments as well?

Getting harder and harder to get yourself into a good tournament where you might accidentally be able to run into one of the big boys on a neutral court

Tournaments seem to be moving to an all P5 or no P5 format

[F'N Hawks]

What did UND give Northern Iowa for a home game? It was like a 2 for 1 or even a 3 for 1, I think. Want to talk about not being able to get home games, try running a program in Grand Forks.

[clenz]

Has anyone else noticed a trend in segregating the pre-season and holiday tournaments as well?

Getting harder and harder to get yourself into a good tournament where you might accidentally be able to run into one of the big boys on a neutral court

Tournaments seem to be moving to an all P5 or no P5 format
UNI isn't having that problem. UNI is enough of a name to sell to places as a high mid major. UNI fans travel well (because Iowa is ****ing cold in November and December). UNI is also competitive so the idea of a possible upset in November is "okay" to sell because UNI (outside of this year) isn't going to hurt your RPI. Even if you beat UNI they will only help you.

MET's UNI has been in

2017 Batthe For Atlantis (Will be in)
- UNI, Villanova, Arizona, North Carolina State, Purdue, Tennessee, SMU, Western Kentucky...holy **** what a field.

2016 Tire Pros Invite
-Field with UNI was Arizona State, Clemson, Davidson, Mizzou, Oklahoma, Tulane and Xavier. UNI got second. ISUr is in it next year with Boise State, Florida State, Iowa State and then garbage, but still a good RPI field if bracketed correctly for ISUr.

2015 Diamond Head Classic
- UNI, New Mexico, BYU, Harvard, Oklahoma, Washington State, Hawaii

2014 Cancun Challenge (UNI won)
- UNI, Miami, Virginia Tech, Northwestern, then a few teams that played only in the states and didn't matter...

2013 Paradise Jam
- UNI, Loyola (MD), Maryland, Providence, Vandy, La Salle, Marist, Morgan State

2012 Battle for Atlantis
- UNI, Louisville, Missouri, Standford, Memphis, VCU, Duke, Minnesota



I can't say that's the case across the board though.

[clenz]

What did UND give Northern Iowa for a home game? It was like a 2 for 1 or even a 3 for 1, I think. Want to talk about not being able to get home games, try running a program in Grand Forks.
UNI has played in Grand Forks 3 times...including last season.

2009/2010
@ UND 64-41

2010/2011
@ UNI 65-52

2012/2013 played twice
@ UNI 72-46
@ UNI 77-66 (CIT)

2014/2015
@ UNI 64-52

2015/2016
@ UND 97-51

2016/2017
@ UNI 78-70 (this was a buy game)

I believe the set up has been a 2/1 and then a H/H and then a buy game.

The difference is UND is hurt from a lack of home games but it doesn't hurt their post season chances.
The MVC is completely ****ed when it comes to NCAA bids/seeding by the set up.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Anyone going to one of the tournament sites? The blizzard is going to prevent me from making it to Buffalo on Thursday.

[F'N Hawks]

UND vs Northern Iowa

12/06/2008 L 49-69 (A)
12/19/2009 L 41-64 (H)
11/27/2010 L 52-65 (A)
11/17/2012 L 47-72 (A)
3/20/2013 L 66-77 (A)
11/15/2014 L 52-64 (A)
11/28/2015 L 51-97 (H)
12/10/2016 L 70-78 (A)

What I thought - Three for One. Played in GF twice.

[clenz]

UND vs Northern Iowa

12/06/2008 L 49-69 (A)
12/19/2009 L 41-64 (H)
11/27/2010 L 52-65 (A)
11/17/2012 L 47-72 (A)
3/20/2013 L 66-77 (A)
11/15/2014 L 52-64 (A)
11/28/2015 L 51-97 (H)
12/10/2016 L 70-78 (A)

What I thought - Three for One. Played in GF twice.
08, 09, 10 was a 2-1

12, 14, 15 was a 2-1

Game in 2013 was part of 12/13 season and part of the CIT.

2016 was a straight buy game.

[F'N Hawks]

08, 09, 10 was a 2-1

12, 13, 14 was a 2-1

2016 was a straight buy game.

Potato - Potaaato. What was 2015/2016---were those home and home?

[clenz]

Potato - Potaaato. What was 2015?
I edited my post. Fingers got a head of my brain

Go check it again

Only reason you even get those games is Jake played at UND.

[F'N Hawks]

I edited my post. Fingers got a head of my brain

Go check it again

OK. But essentially UND bent over to get UNI in their building, correct? No lube, come up here and ****ing kill us so we can say we have a good home game.

[F'N Hawks]

Only reason you even get those games is Jake played at UND.

Pretty much. Doesn't hurt Jones played at UNI, either.

[clenz]

OK. But essentially UND bent over to get UNI in their building, correct? No lube, come up here and ****ing kill us so we can say we have a good home game.
If UNI wanted to bend UND over they would have said 3-1, your home game last, small buy out and then bought the game out.

or

You play here once for a small amount and that's it

What UNI did was "Hey, let's do a 2-1 and we will even give you the home games first so the buy out isn't needed"

UNI bought SDSU this year
UNI bought SDSU a few years ago

UNI could have treated you how they usually treat Summit, MEAC, Horizon, etc.. teams. "Here is about 50K. Come play us in Cedar Falls and then get out of town.". UNI is actually much more diplomatic with how we schedule, because of how hard it is, but you get the idea.

[bonarae]

CIT results:
Liberty 73, Norfolk State 64 (yesterday)
CIT Games today:
Red Flash 78, Jacksonville 76
Campbell 98, HBU 79
Samford 78, Canisius 74

NIT:
Monmouth shut down by Ole Miss 91-83
Valpo dominated by Illinois 82-57
Richmond ends Alabama's season 71-64

[BEAR]

UNO choked the SLC rep away in a loss to St. Mary...

http://cdn1.thecomeback.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/new-orleans-choking-832x447.png


Reminds me of this: double choke

https://twnr.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/larry-bird.jpg

[TheRevSFA]

Looks like SFA just needs to reclaim our spot at the top of the conference in basketball again.

Tonight we play the Idaho Vandals in the CIT..aka the "who gives a flying ****" tourney

My tier of post season tourneys:

The Dance
NIT
Staying home
CIT
CBI
Paying to host a CIT game
Paying to host a CBI game.

[POD Knows]

Looks like SFA just needs to reclaim our spot at the top of the conference in basketball again.

Tonight we play the Idaho Vandals in the CIT..aka the "who gives a flying ****" tourney

My tier of post season tourneys:

The Dance
NIT
Staying home
CIT
CBI
Paying to host a CIT game
Paying to host a CBI game.

:D Hell, NDSU got #3 in your rankings. We rule!!!

[F'N Hawks]

Looks like SFA just needs to reclaim our spot at the top of the conference in basketball again.

Tonight we play the Idaho Vandals in the CIT..aka the "who gives a flying ****" tourney

My tier of post season tourneys:

The Dance
NIT
Staying home
CIT
CBI
Paying to host a CIT game
Paying to host a CBI game.

Prior to this year UND consistently achieved #4 and #6. What a dream. xlolx

[citdog]

Staying home.

Tradition is a huge thing on the banks of the Ashley River...

"The Inept 5" is now down to "The Futile Four" congrats to Northwestern!

Of the original Division I teams only The Citadel, Hudson High, St. Francis, and William and Mary have NEVER advanced to the NCAA Basketball Tourney.

[TheRevSFA]

Tradition is a huge thing on the banks of the Ashley River...

"The Inept 5" is now down to "The Futile Four" congrats to Northwestern!

Of the original Division I teams only The Citadel, Hudson High, St. Francis, and William and Mary have NEVER advanced to the NCAA Basketball Tourney.

Speaking of the Ashley, my vacation to Charleston became a work trip. Don't worry, I won't do anything to your fine city except enjoy it

[citdog]

Speaking of the Ashley, my vacation to Charleston became a work trip. Don't worry, I won't do anything to your fine city except enjoy it

http://bowensisland.biz/

[bonarae]

And... UC Davis beats NC Central in a close game to face Kansas.

[bonarae]

The 'rest of us' results today:
NIT: Yotes trail Iowa 82-70 1:32 left, Redbirds lead Anteaters 64-55 10:07 left.
CBI: EWU bows down to Wyoming 91-81
CIT: SFA plays at Idaho 11:00 PM EDT.

[Laker]

Iowa beats South Dakota 87-75 before over 12,000 according to the announcer. 'yotes gave them a game but the Hawkeyes slowly pulled away. Mooney for USD is a darn good player.

[344Johnson]

I know this thread is all about FCS teams, but I was originally pretty bitter than Notre Dame got a #5 seed...could get upset against Princeton, but could also easily make another run to the Elite 8. Ugh. Mike Brey is a gangster.

Go Irish

[TheRevSFA]

http://bowensisland.biz/

I plan on trying to make it down there. Only have two nights to enjoy it. I'm staying right by Marion square so I imagine I'll see some great sights

[bonarae]

Redbirds advance with a 85-71 thrashing of the Anteaters.

[Laker]

USC comes from behind as much as 17 to beat Providence 75-71.

[citdog]

USC comes from behind as much as 17 to beat Providence 75-71.

The Gamecocks are playing in the NCAA Tourney...

[JSUSoutherner]

The Gamecocks are playing in the NCAA Tourney...
Yeah, on Friday. :D

[bonarae]

Laker is referring to the more common usage of USC in the sports world -- the Trojan Horses. xtwocentsx

[OSBF]

Redbirds advance with a 85-71 thrashing of the Anteaters.

And it really wasn't even that close.

Next up, UCF, with a center that's something like 7'-6"

[Cocky]

The Gamecocks are playing in the NCAA Tourney...
That was a NCAA tourney game.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Princeton battling ND to the end!

SDSU giving Gonzaga a headache early.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Princeton opts for a 3 down 1, they miss and lose. That game was there for the taking. The Ivy League is always a brutal out....

[FargoBison]

Daum is struggling but SDSU is in a rock fight, exactly the type of game they needed to keep it tight.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Daum is struggling but SDSU is in a rock fight, exactly the type of game they needed to keep it tight.

Very much a scrum. Gonzaga can't make a shot! The 'Zags goal seems to be to be racking up the fouls on the Bunnies..

[FargoBison]

Some great games so far, UNCW and Princeton just coming up a bit short on upsets.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Gonzaga 26-22 at the half. Daum had a poor first half yet the SDSU is right there. As it is, I can't help but think Gonzaga is going to pull away in the second half.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Bucknell and WVU underway!

Winthrop has closed the gap on Butler.

A lot of people like ETSU against Florida. That game will be starting soon. The Bucs have serious talent by SoCon standards!

I have 3 ft of snow outside! Lovin' me some Madness...

[FargoBison]

Zags come out firing, Rabbits in trouble.

[BisonTru]

Rabbits dn by 7, still in this but getting outplayed at the moment.

Go Jacks. *wipes off keyboard*

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

SDSU down 15. Gonzaga's poor shooting in the first half made this game closer than it really was....

[Thumper 76]

SDSU down 15. Gonzaga's poor shooting in the first half made this game closer than it really was....

It was fun while it lasted


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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

WVU leads Bucknell 42-33 at the half. Solid first half for the Bison but WVU is a lot quicker...

[BisonTru]

ETSU staying with Florida. Tied at 30, 4 and change left in the first.