Basketball Conference Tourneys

[AppGuy04]

Post all of the conference tourney updates and news here

The SoCon looks like this for the tourney

First Round
Wednesday, February 28

Game 1: No. 8 Chattanooga vs. No. 9 Wofford, 3:00 p.m.
Game 2: No. 7 Western Carolina vs. No. 10 Elon, 30 minutes after Game 1
Game 3: No. 6 Georgia Southern vs. No. 11 The Citadel, 30 minutes after Game 2

Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 1

Game 4: No. 1 Davidson vs. Winner of Game 1, 2:00 p.m.
Game 5: No. 4 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 5 Furman, 30 minutes after Game 4
Game 6: No. 2 Appalachian State vs. Winner of Game 2, 7:00 p.m.
Game 7: No. 3 College of Charleston vs. Winner of Game 3, 30 minutes after Game 6

[rokamortis]

Big South 2007 Basketball Tournament

Quarterfinals - Tuesday, Feb. 27 (at top four seeds)
Game 1: No. 2 High Point hosts No. 7 Radford, 7:00pm ET (at High Point, N.C.)
Game 2: No. 3 Liberty hosts No. 6 VMI, 7:00pm ET (at Lynchburg, Va.)
Game 3: No. 1 Winthrop hosts No. 8 Charleston Southern, 7:00pm ET (at Rock Hill, S.C.)
Game 4: No. 4 Coastal Carolina hosts No. 5 UNC Asheville, 7:00pm ET (at Conway, S.C.)

Semifinals - Thursday, March 1 (at Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, S.C.)
Game 5: Semifinals – No. 2/No. 7 winner vs. No. 3/No. 6 winner, 6:00pm ET; TV: ESPNU
Game 6: Semifinals – No. 1/No. 8 winner vs. No. 4/No. 5 winner, 8:00pm ET; TV: ESPNU

Championship - Saturday, March 3 (at highest remaining seed)
Game 7: Championship - Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 2:00pm ET; TV: ESPN

[LeopardFan04]

2007 Patriot League Tournament
All Games at Higher Seed

Wednesday, February 28
Campus Sites
No. 1 Holy Cross/Bucknell* vs. No. 8 Lafayette : smh : 7 p.m.
No. 2 Holy Cross/Bucknell* vs. No. 7 Navy 7 p.m.
No. 3 Lehigh vs. No. 6 Army 7 p.m.
No. 4 American vs. No. 5 Colgate 7:30 p.m.

*Holy Cross and Bucknell both finished the regular season at 13-1 and split their two games, so the tiebreaker is RPI. Officially it comes out Monday, but Holy Cross will be #1 and Bucknell will be #2.

Sunday, March 4
Campus Sites
Winner No. 1/8 seed vs. Winner No. 4/5 seed TBA
Winner No. 2/7 seed vs. Winner No. 3/6 seed TBA

Friday, March 9
Site of the highest remaining seed
Championship Game (ESPN2) 4:30 p.m.

[PantherRob82]

UNI is the 5 seed in the MVC tourney and plays Fridat at 230pm CST

[danefan]

2007 America East Men's Basketball Championship
at Agganis Arena (Boston, Mass.)

Friday, March 2: First Round
#8 Hartford vs. #9 Stony Brook, 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 3: Quarterfinals
#8/9 vs. #1 Vermont, 12 noon
#5 UMBC vs. #4 Maine, 2:30 p.m.
#7 New Hampshire vs. #2 Albany, 6 p.m.
#6 Binghamton vs. #3 Boston University, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 4: Semifinals
12 noon/2:30 p.m. (AETV: TW3)

Saturday, March 10: Title Game
at higher remaining seed, 12 noon (ESPN2)

[wkukid]

SUN BELT

Wednesday, Feb. 28
First Round at Campus Sites (Higher Seeds Host)
No. 4 Louisiana-Monroe vs. No. 13 Denver
No. 5 North Texas vs. No. 12 Louisiana-Lafayette
No. 6 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 11 Florida International
No. 7 New Orleans vs. No. 10 UALR
No. 8 Troy vs. No. 9 Middle Tennessee

Sunday, March 4
Quarterfinals – Lafayette, La.
12:30 p.m. – Game 1 – No. 1 South Alabama vs. No.8/No.9
3:00 p.m. – Game 2 – No. 4/No.13 vs. No.5/No.12
6:30 p.m. – Game 3 – No. 2 Arkansas State vs. No. 7/No. 10
9:00 p.m. – Game 4 – No. 3 Western Kentucky vs. No. 6/No. 11

Monday, March 5
Semifinals – Lafayette, La.
6:30 p.m. – Game 5 – G1 Winner vs. G2 Winner
9:00 p.m. – Game 6 – G3 Winner vs. G4 Winner

Tuesday, March 6
Championship – Lafayette, La.
8:00 p.m. – Championship Game

[EKU05]

OVC Tournament Pairings...

No. 1 - Austin Peay vs. No. 8 - Tennessee State, 7:00 p.m. CT
No. 2 - Eastern Kentucky vs. No. 7 - Morehead State, 6:00 p.m. CT (7 p.m. ET)
No. 3 - Tennessee Tech vs. No. 6 - Southeast Missouri, 7:00 p.m. CT
No. 4 - Murray State vs. No. 5 - Samford, 7:30 p.m. CT

The above games will be played at the home arena of the team with the better seed. The semi-finals and finals are at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville.

[TexasTerror]

Southland Conference...not much is known on either front...lots up in the air. On women, UT-Arlington clinched #1 seed. Mens' side has SHSU as the leader, but both them and A&M-Corpus Christi have clinched top two seeds...

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7
12 noon Women's Game 1 #2 seed vs. #7 seed
2:30 p.m. Women's Game 2 #3 seed vs. #6 seed
6 p.m. Women's Game 3 #1 seed vs. #8 seed
8:30 p.m. Women's Game 4 #4 seed vs. #5 seed

THURSDAY, MARCH 8
12 noon Men's Game 1 #2 seed vs. #7 seed
2:30 p.m. Men's Game 2 #3 seed vs. #6 seed
6 p.m. Men's Game 3 #1 seed vs. #8 seed
8:30 p.m. Men's Game 4 #4 seed vs. #5 seed

FRIDAY, MARCH 9
12 noon Women's Semifinals Game 1 vs. Game 2 winners
2:30 p.m. Women's Semifinals Game 3 vs. Game 4 winners
6 p.m. Men's Semifinals Game 1 vs. Game 2 winners
8:30 p.m. Men's Semifinals Game 3 vs. Game 4 winners

SATURDAY, MARCH 10
TBA Women's Game 7 Finals on Fox Sports Southwest

SUNDAY, MARCH 11
1 p.m. Men's Game 7 Finals on ESPN2

[ngineer]

Holy Cross locked up the #1 seed today by beating Lehigh. So the Crusaders will play Lafayette, Bucknell will play Navy, Lehigh versus Army and American plays Colgate.

[andy7171]

2007 CAA Tournament
@Richmond Coliseum

#5 Northeastern vs #12 Delaware
#6 George Mason vs #11 James Madison
#7 Towson vs #10 UNC Wilmington
#8 William & Mary vs #9 Georgia State

#1 VCU vs W&M/Georgia State
#2 Old Dominion vs Towson/UNCW
#3 Hofstra vs George Mason/JMU
#4 Drexel vs Northeastern/Delaware

[AppGuy04]

2007 Patriot League Tournament
All Games at Higher Seed

Wednesday, February 28
Campus Sites
No. 1 Holy Cross/Bucknell* vs. No. 8 Lafayette : smh : 7 p.m.
No. 2 Holy Cross/Bucknell* vs. No. 7 Navy 7 p.m.
No. 3 Lehigh vs. No. 6 Army 7 p.m.
No. 4 American vs. No. 5 Colgate 7:30 p.m.

*Holy Cross and Bucknell both finished the regular season at 13-1 and split their two games, so the tiebreaker is RPI. Officially it comes out Monday, but Holy Cross will be #1 and Bucknell will be #2.

Sunday, March 4
Campus Sites
Winner No. 1/8 seed vs. Winner No. 4/5 seed TBA
Winner No. 2/7 seed vs. Winner No. 3/6 seed TBA

Friday, March 9
Site of the highest remaining seed
Championship Game (ESPN2) 4:30 p.m.

Thats the first I've heard of anybody using RPI officially

[griz37]

Thats the first I've heard of anybody using RPI officially

The Big Sky also uses the RPI in some tie breaking instances.

[EKU05]

The OVC doesn't use RPI, it breaks ties by seeing how you did against the best team in the league, and so on down the line until the tie is broken.

I do have a friend who told me that the SEC will break some complcated multi-team ties in football using the BCS rank of the teams.

[AppGuy04]

First tourneys start today

Today's games:

Horizon League
#8 Detroit at #5 Youngstown St 7PM ET
#7 UW-Milwaukee at #6 UIC 8PM ET
#9 Cleveland St at #4 UW-Green Bay 8PM ET

Big South
#6 VMI at #3 Liberty 7PM ET
#8 Charleston Southern at #1 Winthrop 7PM ET
#5 UNC Asheville at #4 Coastal Carolina 7PM ET
#7 Radford at #2 High Point 7PM ET

Ohio Valley
#7 Morehead St at #2 Eastern Kentucky 7PM ET
#8 Tennessee St at #1 Austin Peay 8PM ET
#6 SE Missouri St at #3 Tennessee Tech 8PM ET
#5 Samford at #4 Murray St 8:30PM ET

[dbackjon]

First tourneys start today

Today's games:

Horizon League
#8 Detroit at #5 Youngstown St 7PM ET
#7 UW-Milwaukee at #6 UIC 8PM ET
#9 Cleveland St at #4 UW-Green Bay 8PM ET

Big South
#6 VMI at #3 Liberty 7PM ET
#8 Charleston Southern at #1 Winthrop 7PM ET
#5 UNC Asheville at #4 Coastal Carolina 7PM ET
#7 Radford at #2 High Point 7PM ET

Ohio Valley
#7 Morehead St at #2 Eastern Kentucky 7PM ET
#8 Tennessee St at #1 Austin Peay 8PM ET
#6 SE Missouri St at #3 Tennessee Tech 8PM ET
#5 Samford at #4 Murray St 8:30PM ET

Woo hoo!!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!:hurray:

[AppGuy04]

Woo hoo!!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!:hurray:


Yes it is, I'm such a dork. I have brackets printed out for every conference.

[dbackjon]

Winthrop, VMI, High Point and UNC-Asheville advance in the Big South Tourney.

CCU, CSU and Liberty are the first FCS casulties.

[dbackjon]

Eastern Kentucky over Morehead in the OVC

[dbackjon]

Youngstown State takes down Detroit in the Horizon League.

[dbackjon]

Illinois-Chicago and UW-GB advance

[dbackjon]

Samford, TTU and Austin Peay advance in the OVC

[AppGuy04]

Tonight's Results

Horizon League
#8 Detroit 80
#5 Youngstown St 82

#7 UW-Milwaukee 77
#6 UIC 83

#9 Cleveland St 59
#4 UW-Green Bay 78

Big South
#6 VMI 79
#3 Liberty 78

#8 Charleston Southern 42
#1 Winthrop 72

#5 UNC Asheville 77
#4 Coastal Carolina 64

#7 Radford 73
#2 High Point 90

Ohio Valley
#7 Morehead St 45
#2 Eastern Kentucky 63

#8 Tennessee St 84
#1 Austin Peay 89 OT

#6 SE Missouri St 60
#3 Tennessee Tech 88

#5 Samford 70
#4 Murray St 60

[LeopardFan04]

The OVC doesn't use RPI, it breaks ties by seeing how you did against the best team in the league, and so on down the line until the tie is broken.
I do have a friend who told me that the SEC will break some complcated multi-team ties in football using the BCS rank of the teams.

That's one of the Patriot League tiebreakers as well. First is head to head, but if the two teams split they go down the line. This year, Bucknell and Holy Cross finished 13-1, with their only loss to each other. So RPI is used to break the tie.

[Golden Eagle]

Ohio Valley
#7 Morehead St 45
#2 Eastern Kentucky 63

#8 Tennessee St 84
#1 Austin Peay 89 OT

#6 SE Missouri St 60
#3 Tennessee Tech 88

#5 Samford 70
#4 Murray St 60

Oh Tennessee State, why dost thou tease us so? : smh :

Anyway, looking forward to beating up on EKU on Friday. THIS IS THE YEAR WE MAKE IT TO THE DANCE.:thumbsup:

[AppGuy04]

Oh Tennessee State, why dost thou tease us so? : smh :

Anyway, looking forward to beating up on EKU on Friday. THIS IS THE YEAR WE MAKE IT TO THE DANCE.:thumbsup:

Ironically, the only close game

[griz37]

Oh Tennessee State, why dost thou tease us so? : smh :

Anyway, looking forward to beating up on EKU on Friday. THIS IS THE YEAR WE MAKE IT TO THE DANCE.:thumbsup:

After seeing the profile on Coach Sutton countless times on Sports Center I am really pulling for you guys to win the OVC :thumbsup:

[AppGuy04]

Alot of games today:

Leagues involved: Southern, Sun Belt, Patriot

[AppGuy04]

Vote for your team
http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/polling?event_id=2805

[dbackjon]

Big Sky Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament

First Round - Saturday, March 3
(on campus sites, Times Local to Site)
7:05 p.m. - No. 5 Montana State (11-18) at No. 4 Portland State (18-12)
7:05 p.m. - No. 6 Idaho State (13-16) at No. 3 Montana (16-14)

Semifinals - Tuesday, March 6
At Dee Events Center, Ogden, Utah
TBA - Highest Remaining Seed vs No. 2 Northern Arizona (17-11)
TBA - Lowest Remaining Seed at No. 1 Weber State (18-11)

Final - Wednesday, March 7
7:00 p.m. (Mountain) - Semifinal Winners - Televised by ESPN2

[wkuhillhound]

Sun Belt Women's Tournament

Mobile, AL
8 South Alabama
9 North Texas

Denver, CO
4 Denver
13 Florida Atlantic

Little Rock, AR
5 Arkansas-Little Rock
12 New Orleans

Jonesboro, AR
6 Arkansas State
11 Louisiana-Monroe

Miami, FL
7 Florida International
10 Troy

Quarterfinal matchups in Lafayette, LA
8/9 winner vs. 1 Middle Tennessee
4/13 winner vs. 5/12 winner
6/11 winner vs. 3 Western Kentucky
7/10 winner vs. 2 Louisiana-Lafayette

championship game will March 6 3:00 PM :thumbsup:

[lizrdgizrd]

At the ESPN link:


13) Which team will win the Southern Conference tournament?

39.1% The Citadel (7-22, 4-14)
24.8% Appalachian State (24-6, 15-3)
23.9% Davidson (26-4, 17-1)
6.5% College of Charleston (20-10, 13-5)
2.9% UNC Greensboro (16-13, 12-6)
1.1% Georgia Southern (14-15, 7-11)
0.6% Elon (7-22, 5-13)
0.3% Chattanooga (14-17, 6-12)
0.3% Furman (14-15, 8-10)
0.3% Wofford (10-19, 5-13)
0.2% Western Carolina (10-19, 7-11)

I don't suppose there's a big push from Citadel fans...

[citdog]

At the ESPN link:



I don't suppose there's a big push from Citadel fans...

Did none of the other teams show? There is a reson the first day of the SoCon Tourney when VMI was still with us was known as "Military Elimination Day"

[Mr. C]

Halftime here at the first game of the SoCon men's tourney in North Charleston. Chattanooga 32, Wofford 18. Terrible game so far. Wofford shot 26 percent in the first half.

[MYTAPPY]

Wofford making a huge comeback only down by 1 with under 3 mins. left.

[Mr. C]

Chattanooga is playing very sloppy basketball and the Terriers started hitting 3s. 56-52 with 54 seconds left. UTC shooting two FTs. He hit them to make it 58-52.

[Mr. C]

UTC unbelievably fouled a Wofford player on a 3-point attempt. Nichols nails all three. 58-55 foul with 35.7 seconds left. Casey Long, who hit the last pair, hits two more. 60-55.

[Mr. C]

Casey Long seals it with two more FTs. 62-55 Mocs with 21.7 left. UTC will survive some stupid basketball to win.

[Mr. C]

54.6 seconds left between Western Carolina and Elon. TO and WCU has the ball with a 64-60 lead.

[Mr. C]

Elon hits a three after a conventional three-point play from WCU. 67-63 and Catamounts' ball with 21 seconds left.

[Mr. C]

Final: WCU 69, Elon 66. WCU plays App State on Thursday night. Chattanooga draws Davidson on Thursday afternoon.

[catamount man]

Did Elon make a 3 pointer at the end of the game? ESPN had us winning 69-63. I'm just glad we won! Our girls shredded Furman and won't play again until Friday against winner of UNCG/GSU.

GO CATAMOUNTS!!!

[Mr. C]

The scoreboard called it a three immediately after the game, but in the final box, the score was listed as 69-65 after an Elon basket at the buzzer.

[catamount man]

Thanks for clearing that up. ASU-WCU tomorrow. GO CATAMOUNTS!!!

[Mr. C]

Woo hoo!!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!:hurray:
Better than the FCS playoffs? : smh :

[Mr. C]

Georgia Southern is shooting down The Citadel early. Midway through the first half, it's 19-7 Eagles. Doing a good job running the dive on the option ... whoops, wrong sport here.

[dbackjon]

Better than the FCS playoffs? : smh :

:o :o

[dbackjon]

Patriot League first round
Army downs Lehigh 47-46
Bucknell crushes Navy 62-43
Holy Cross creams Lafayette 83-53
American pastes Colgate 59-44

[citdog]

'Dogs lose to Georgia Southern 62-46 :bawling: :bawling:

[proasu89]

Final: WCU 69, Elon 66. WCU plays App State on Thursday night. Chattanooga draws Davidson on Thursday afternoon.
Are you at the Tourney?

[wkukid]

Sun Belt Mens Quaterfinals

All games on Sunday in Lafayette, La.

1. South Alabama
9. Middle Tenn

4. Louisiana-Monroe
5. North Texas

3. Western Kentucky :hurray:
6. Florida Atlantic

2. Arkansas State
7. New Orleans

[Mr. C]

Are you at the Tourney?
Yes

[Mr. C]

'Dogs lose to Georgia Southern 62-46 :bawling: :bawling:
Citdog, were you there supporting the Doggies? The Citadel played real hard, particularly on defense, in the second half. They got as close as seven points, but couldn't hit the big shots when they had chances to get closer. But they gave a good account of themselves.

[BearsCountry]

The best basketball tournament starts tommorrow in St. Louis.
Evansville vs. Drake
Illinois St vs. Indiana St

[Fresno St. Alum]

MVC tourney is always a fun one to watch. Is the title game on CBS again this year instead of ESPN?

[AppGuy04]

Citdog, were you there supporting the Doggies? The Citadel played real hard, particularly on defense, in the second half. They got as close as seven points, but couldn't hit the big shots when they had chances to get closer. But they gave a good account of themselves.

They shot 30% for the game, that was their downfall

In addition, Elon shot 36% and Wofford 32%

[citdog]

They shot 30% for the game, that was their downfall



Ed Conroy will get some of his own boys down here and we will be better next year.

[LeopardFan04]

MVC tourney is always a fun one to watch. Is the title game on CBS again this year instead of ESPN?


Yes, it's on CBS this Sunday at 2 et

[MYTAPPY]

Yes

Mr. C you are doing fine work from press row at North Charleston Coliseum.:thumbsup:

[Mr. C]

Yes, I'm covering stuff for several publications for the App State Mountaineers and the Georgia Southern Eagles (yes, I'm an Eagle beat writer this week).

Come and say hello, if you are at North Charleston Coliseum. Should be a fun day of basketball on Thursday.

[Mr. C]

They shot 30% for the game, that was their downfall

In addition, Elon shot 36% and Wofford 32%
Very typical of tournament games. Teams tighten up and can't shoot. If you play a good zone, you've got a chance. That why ASU should be a big favorite. They play that 1-2-2 zone very well.

[lizrdgizrd]

Yes, I'm covering stuff for several publications for the App State Mountaineers and the Georgia Southern Eagles (yes, I'm an Eagle beat writer this week).

Come and say hello, if you are at North Charleston Coliseum. Should be a fun day of basketball on Thursday.
Doesn't that make you like one of those Star Trek aliens:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/STLastBattle.jpg

wouldn't you explode or something from being made out of matter and antimatter at the same time? xlolx

[Mr. C]

A lot of Eagle fans would pay good money to see that.

[MYTAPPY]

Allright Mr. C, speratic Davidson/Chatt reports please.
If you don't mind.:D

[Mr. C]

Awful game thus far. Davidson is SO tight you put a .... fill in the blanks. UTC has missed a lot of opportunities to build a big lead with a lot of dumb possessions. 20-14 UTC with 8:14 left in the half on a trey by Bridgewaters. UTC just got a steal and two more free throws. Mays hits both. 22-14 at the 8 minute mark.

[Mr. C]

Halftime: Davidson 34, UTC 32. The Cats played terribly, but made a late run to get the lead after trailing by eight. UTC was dominating the offensive boards and out-hustling Davidson, but the Mocs couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, outside of little 5-9 guard Kevin Bridegewaters. Shooting percentages will be very low for the first half.

[dbackjon]

Belmont beats Gardner-Webb in the A-Sun tourney.

[Mr. C]

9:46 left. Davidson 51, UTC 49. Meno hits both ends of a one-and-one to make it 53-49. UTC is hanging tough in a very physical game.

[Mr. C]

69-61 Davidson three minutes left after a Curry drive. UTC scores on the other end to make it 69-63. Time out with 2:39 remaining.

[Mr. C]

73-63 Davidson 1:23 left. UTC has crumbled on offense.

[dbackjon]

Davidson wins 78-68.

[MYTAPPY]

I guess I'll be pulling for Furman agianst UNCG in game 2 of this afternoon. Although, both teams did beat App in the regular season.

[MYTAPPY]

Halftime: UNCG 32, Furman 30

[Mr. C]

Both UNCG and Furman are enigmatic. Both teams have talent, but both have been up and down on the court. We've even seen that in the course of this game. Furman was up pretty big early and UNCG came back to take a 32-30 lead. POY Kyle Hines has 20 of UNCG's 32 points.

[dbackjon]

Campbell defeats Jacksonville 90-85 in A-Sun action.

[Mr. C]

7:17 left in the SoCon, Furman 53, UNCG 48. Furman shooting free throws.

[Mr. C]

Upset brewing. Furman is up 56-48 and shooting free throws to go up by 10 with 5 1//2 minutes left. Robbie Bostain hits two and its 58-48. The Paladins are getting the ball inside and have held Hines to six points in the second half.

[Mr. C]

Diagne from Furman just made a dive across the floor for a ball, beat a UNCG player to it and before he traveled, tossed it to one of his teammates for a sensational dunk. Furman leads 62-51 with 4:15 left.

[Appstate29]

Mr. C you are missing some great weather here in Boone. Can't wait for 7:00 to roll around.

[Mr. C]

Furman has had some nervous moments and some turnovers to let Furman back in the game. 55.2 seconds left and Furman leads 66-62 with the ball and a time out.

[Mr. C]

Mr. C you are missing some great weather here in Boone. Can't wait for 7:00 to roll around.
So I've heard today. Hope my basement doesn't flood again like it did on New Year's Day.

[Mr. C]

Furman's Bostain shooting two FTs hits 1-of-2. 69-64. Trey for UNCG with 20 seconds left, 69-67.

[Mr. C]

Punch FTs 2-of-2 for Furman, 71-67 19 seconds.

[Mr. C]

Hines two pointer (33 points now) for Furman 71-69, but Furman's freshman Anderson hits 2-of-2 FTs. 10 seconds left, 73-69.

[Mr. C]

UNCG's Ronnie Hickman scored with four seconds left and UNCG got a foul. 73-71 Furman 3.4 seconds left. Webb misses the first, misses the second. UNCG ball 2.2 left.

[Mr. C]

Scramble for the ball on the in-bounds pass to Hines, ball goes to the floor and Furman hangs on 73-71. Great second half of basketball.

[The Dude]

Sweet! On to Davidson! :eek:

Thanks for the updates, Mr. C. I was hanging on your every post.

[OL FU]

Scramble for the ball on the in-bounds pass to Hines, ball goes to the floor and Furman hangs on 73-71. Great second half of basketball.


:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Mr. C]

WCU 10, ASU 5 15:23 left first half.

[Mr. C]

ASU 22, WCU 16 6:56. The game is turning into a high-speed track meet, not something that is going to favor the Catamounts.

[Mr. C]

3:26 left in the first half. ASU 27, WCU 23. Aldridge is heating up for 13 points for the Catamounts.

[catamount man]

34-27 ASU at the half.:bang:

LET'S GO CATAMOUNTS!!!

[Mr. C]

15 minutes left: ASU 47, WCU 37. Mountaineers are looking very solid with a lot of balance scoring.

[Mr. C]

11:48 left ASU 52, WCU 39. The Mountaineers are in total control and executing their offense about as well as they have all season.

[MarkCCU]

Mr. C, where are you staying while at the SOCON tourney? My hotel had Elon leave early, lol.

[HIU 93]

Not Div. I, but I am in the airport about to fly to Charlotte to the CIAA.

[Mr. C]

ASU is clearing its bench with 54 seconds left. 76-57

[Mr. C]

Final: App State 78, WCU 59. 24 points from Aldridge, but not much else for the Catamounts. ASU had five players score 9 or more points. Doug McLaughlin-Williams had his best game of the season with 12 points and a great floor game, particularly on defense. ASU rested their starters a bunch and are in great shape for the semifinals.

[Mountaineer]

Not Div. I, but I am in the airport about to fly to Charlotte to the CIAA.

Have a safe trip down! The CIAA looks like it's a lot of fun. I know Charlotte is certainly glad to be hosting it! :nod:

[Mr. C]

College of Charleston overcame a halftime deficit to come back strong against Georgia Southern in the second half. It's 63-52 with 4:45 left.

[blackfordpu]

The Bearkats and Islanders will battle this Saturday for the SLC Regular Season Championship!

EAT'EM UP KATS!!

[catamount man]

Final: App State 78, WCU 59. 24 points from Aldridge, but not much else for the Catamounts. ASU had five players score 9 or more points. Doug McLaughlin-Williams had his best game of the season with 12 points and a great floor game, particularly on defense. ASU rested their starters a bunch and are in great shape for the semifinals.

Congrats to the Mountaineers. Can't wait for Catamount hoops in 2007-2008!

GO CATAMOUNTS!!!

[Mr. C]

WCU has some good young players, particularly Aldridge. But they need to develop more depth for next season.

College of Charleston 70, Georgia Southern 59 with 1:52 left.

[Mr. C]

College of Charleston 75, Georgia Southern 59 with 1:29 left.

[TexasTerror]

SHSU plays Texas A&M-Corpus Christi for the SLC regular season title on Saturday...

SHSU beat the Isles in Corpus earlier this year. Big night for the Kats!

Game Thread: http://www.katfans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4761

[Mr. C]

College of Charleston 77, Georgia Southern 66 final.

Davidson vs Furman, 6 p.m.
Appalachian State vs College of Charleston, 8:30 p.m.
in Friday's semifinals.

[Mr. C]

For hoop fans, here is Mr.C's coverage of the SoCon tourney from Thursday:

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.—Houston Fancher couldn’t have scripted a better scenario for his Appalachian State Mountaineers Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament if he had been a Hollywood screenwriter.

The Mountaineers might be the No. 2 seed in the tournament, but they established themselves as the team to beat at the North Charleston Coliseum with an impressive 78-59 victory over Western Carolina.

D.J. Thompson scored a team-high 15 points, but the plot line of this performance was balanced scoring and major contributions from the Mountaineer bench.

ASU had five players score nine or more points and Fancher received solid minutes from most of his roster, with 10 players getting between 10 and 28 minutes of playing time.

The Mountaineers will head into Friday night’s 8:30 p.m. semifinal with No. 3 College of Charleston as the freshest team in the field. Charleston used a second-half comeback to beat Georgia Southern 77-66.

Dontaye Draper scored 23 points to lead the Cougars (21-10) to the win. Donte Gennie had 15 for the Eagles (15-16).

“We were in trouble,” said College of Charleston coach Bobby Cremins, whose team trailed 35-28 at the half. “We played with a lot of passion in the second half and the little guy (Draper) gave us a lift.”

Cremins will be facing a Mountaineers’ squad that is close to his heart. He got his start as a head coach at ASU from 1976-81.

“I love Appalachian State with all of my heart, but tomorrow we’re going to battle,” said Cremins. “The reason our RPI is so high is because of what Appalachian State has done this year.”

But College of Charleston, even playing in front of a hometown audience, will need to play two halves to stay competitive with a talented and experienced ASU club that has beaten the Cougars twice this season, 68-57 in Charleston and 67-56 in Boone.

“I’m really glad we were able to get a lot of rest for our kids,” said Fancher. “Our depth was absolutely the key tonight.”

No one epitomized that factor more than junior forward Doug McLaughlin-Williams, who came off the bench for a season-high 12 points and played an outstanding floor game with six rebounds, two steals and an assist on a spectacular outlet pass.

McLaughlin-Williams, who started every game as a sophomore before taking on a bench role this season, had been struggling with his shooting through much of the year. He had hit just two of his last 19 three-point shots before nailing 3-of-4 bonus bombs against WCU.

“We don’t have as many guys as they do,” said WCU freshman postman Nick Aldridge, who led all scorers with 24 points. “They kept throwing bodies at us. It got to us and wore us down.”

Western Carolina rode Aldridge’s hot hand to a 16-12 lead, seven minutes into the game. But then the Mountaineers hit the throttle to speed up the tempo for an 11-0 run that gave them a 23-16 lead and ASU never looked back.

On defense, Jeremy Clayton and McLaughlin-Williams combined to hold Aldridge in check for most of the night and the Catamounts didn’t have another consistent option on offense.

“Our defense has to be good for us to be good,” said Fancher.

And the Mountaineers’ defense was indeed sharp, holding the Catamounts to 37.5 percent shooting, 35 percent in the second half. Western Carolina hit just 2-of-16 three-point attempts.
“I thought Appalachian State took us out of anything offensively we wanted to do,” said WCU coach Larry Hunter. “Their pressure caused us a lot of problems.”

Appalachian State still led 34-27 at halftime and then used its platoons to wear the Catamounts out in the second half. The Mountaineers outscored WCU 49-14 off the bench, with Donte Minter and Eduardo Bermudez each scoring 11 points.

“I think that’s what makes us a championship contender,” said Thompson. “The other teams can’t key on anything. Our bench did good things for us tonight and contributed to the win a lot. In a tournament, it’s good to see good things out of the bench, because your stars don’t always play well.”

Two of ASU’s starters, Davis Bowne and Nathan Cranford were held scoreless, but the Mountaineers didn’t need them on this night.

In other action on Thursday afternoon, top-seeded Davidson struggled with its nerves before outlasting No. 8 Tennessee-Chattanooga 78-68 and No. 5 Furman overcame some late turnovers to hold off No. 4 UNC-Greensboro 73-71.

Stephen Curry and Jason Richards helped Davidson (27-4) get past a sluggish start with 20 points each. After shooting 34 percent in the first half, the Wildcats caught fire down the stretch.
Chattanooga had plenty of opportunities to establish control in the first half when it led by eight points, but 37.5 percent shooting and 22 turnovers killed the Mocs (15-18), who were led by Marcus Watts’ 13 points.

Trailing 32-30 at halftime after being scorched by 20 first-half points by UNCG’s Kyle Hines (33 points overall), Furman began to break the Spartans down inside. Forwards Moussa Diagne (16 points) and Robby Bostain (18 points) scored 21 of their 34 combined points in the second half.

Furman (15-15) built a 12-point, 62-50 lead with 4:36 remaining when Diagne dove across the floor to beat a UNCG player to the ball and flipped a pass to Stanley Jones for a resounding dunk.
But the Paladins made four turnovers in the next two minutes to let the Spartans climb back into the game. UNCG got to within two points three times in the final 25 seconds, but the Paladins made just enough free throws to hold on.
When Eric Webb clanked a pair of charity tosses with four seconds left, UNCG had one more chance. But a length-of-the-court, in-bounds pass to Hines was knocked away as the game ended.

Furman meets Davidson at 6 p.m. Friday, with the winner taking on Appalachian State or Charleston in the championship game at 6 p.m. Saturday.

[catamount man]

WCU has some good young players, particularly Aldridge. But they need to develop more depth for next season.

College of Charleston 70, Georgia Southern 59 with 1:52 left.

This kid coming to Cullowhee certainly helps depth. This is from scout.com.

GO CATAMOUNTS!!!

Larry Hunter’s Western Carolina program’s search for a big man is over.

The Catamounts accepted a commitment from Atlanta (Ga.) Lakeside product Richie Gordon. The 6-foot-7 power forward pulled the trigger over the weekend.

“He’s a big active kid,” Inner Strength AAU coach Buck Jenkins said. “He’s a great defensive player and rebounder. He’ll run and make athletic plays. The main thing he’s got to work on is his offensive game and the other parts he has down pretty good.”

UNC-Greensboro, Wofford, Alabama A&M, Prairie View and Southern were his schools but none offered the chances for early success that WCU presented.

“The opportunity. He sees a chance where he can go there and help right away. They have a need for a player like him and he saw it as a good fit. He really enjoyed Coach Hunter.”

[lizrdgizrd]

Not Div. I, but I am in the airport about to fly to Charlotte to the CIAA.
Have you been to the CIAA when it was in Raleigh? If so, I'd be interested to hear how the two compare. We're missing the CIAA around here! :thumbsup:

[CharlestonAppFan]

Anyone else going to the SoCon tourney tonight? I'll be there, couldn't make it last night. We have a good alumni association down here but we could always use more members. Good luck to all teams tonight. Mr. C, let me know where you are tonight, I'd love to pick your brain on App sports.

[Mr. C]

I've been sitting in the front row on press row (opposite side of the benches).

[Mr. C]

This kid coming to Cullowhee certainly helps depth. This is from scout.com.

GO CATAMOUNTS!!!

Larry Hunter’s Western Carolina program’s search for a big man is over.

The Catamounts accepted a commitment from Atlanta (Ga.) Lakeside product Richie Gordon. The 6-foot-7 power forward pulled the trigger over the weekend.

“He’s a big active kid,” Inner Strength AAU coach Buck Jenkins said. “He’s a great defensive player and rebounder. He’ll run and make athletic plays. The main thing he’s got to work on is his offensive game and the other parts he has down pretty good.”

UNC-Greensboro, Wofford, Alabama A&M, Prairie View and Southern were his schools but none offered the chances for early success that WCU presented.

“The opportunity. He sees a chance where he can go there and help right away. They have a need for a player like him and he saw it as a good fit. He really enjoyed Coach Hunter.”
That's one of the needs WCU needed to fill. Now the Cats need to get some balance by recruiting a shooting guard. I think this is a program that is on the rise. Next season will be good for WCU, if they can develop another outside scoring threat.

[dbackjon]

Georgia State downs Bill & Mary in the opening round of the CAA Tourney in Richmond 70 to 68.

[dbackjon]

SIU is beating Drake at the half, 30-19 in the MVC quarters.

[dbackjon]

SIU downs Drake, 71-59

Northeastern beating Delaware at the half, 35-22 in CAA Action.

[dbackjon]

Northeastern mercifully ends Delaware's season 77-67. Delaware finishes 5-26.

[dbackjon]

Bradley leads UNI at the half, 28-21.

[dbackjon]

Bradley nips UNI 51-48. UNI appears to be NIT bound.

[Mr. C]

Davidson and Furman are underway at N. Charleston. Davidson led 4-0, but Furman scored 7 straight. With 15 minutes left it's 7-4 Paladins.

[Mr. C]

Bradley nips UNI 51-48. UNI appears to be NIT bound.
Will Northern Iowa's record be enough to get it into the NIT?

[griz37]

That was a pretty awesome ending to the GSU-W&M game. Desperation 3 at the buzzer wins it for GSU.

[dbackjon]

Will Northern Iowa's record be enough to get it into the NIT?


At 18-13, and .500 in one of the top RPI conferences, I would think so. NIT is only 32 teams this year, but there still should be room for UNI.

[Mr. C]

Davidson 30, Furman 15 at halftime. Furman's offense just disappeared in the final 15 minutes of the half.

[dbackjon]

Towson 29, UNC-Wilmington 25 - Half
Loyola chicago 39 Ill-Chicago - Half

[dbackjon]

Davidson 30, Furman 15 at halftime. Furman's offense just disappeared in the final 15 minutes of the half.

15 points in one half? Were they turning it over, or just bricking it?

[dbackjon]

Austin Peay beating Samford 28-20 at the half.

[Mr. C]

15 points in one half? Were they turning it over, or just bricking it?
They were bricking it pretty good. About 11 minutes without a FG to end the half.

Final was 91-68, but Davidson had it wrapped up at halftime.

[Mr. C]

11:40 left first half: College of Charleston 15, App State 14. Hard-nosed game so far with good defensive play by both sides. Dontaye Draper is 0-3 so far, has one FG against ASU in three games.

[Mr. C]

ASU 23, COC 17 7:42 left first half. Donte Minter has made an impact in the last several minutes. ASU is playing really good defense.

[Mr. C]

Halftime: ASU 35, COC 34. Great half of basketball. A lot of really good defense. Draper finally hit his first shot with six minutes left, a three from the corner, but he is 1-for-4 shooting and has been effectively neutralized by Demetrius Scott and company.

[Mr. C]

15:54 left ASU 41, COC 41.

[Mr. C]

9 minutes left ASU 59, COC 58. This has been a great game. It's a chess match with great adjustments by both teams.

[Mr. C]

61-61 with 6:29 left and COC shooting a one-and-one after the media TO

[Mr. C]

63-63 3:29 left and ASU's ball after the last TV TO. Thompson shooting 1-plus-1 FTs. COC is 7-of-18 on free throws and has missed seven straight from the line.

[Mr. C]

43.8 seconds COC 70-67 over ASU and shooting FTs. D.J. Thompson missed a trey at the other end.

[Mr. C]

David Lawrence misses the first and makes the second. COC 71, ASU 67, 43.8 seconds left.

[Mr. C]

Scott FTs at 34.8 for ASU. Makes first, rolling in. Makes the second. COC 71, ASU 69 and time out for ASU. Shot clock is off.

[Mr. C]

Marcus Hammond pushes off for offense foul on inbounds. Clayton layin 23.7 tied again.

[Mr. C]

Draper two FTs 19.8 left. Hits the first and the second. COC 73, ASU 71. COC TO.

[LeopardFan04]

wow, what a game going there

[Mr. C]

Jeremy Clayton fouled on a hold. Two FTs. First swish. Second misses ball out bounds to ASU with 11 seconds left. Minter hustled for a loose ball and knocked it off Johnson. TO with COC 73, ASU 72.

[Mr. C]

Best hoops I've seen all season.

[Mountaineer]

Listening to ASN. My heart's beatin' like a rabbit. xlolx xlolx

Bet it's awesome in person C!

[Mr. C]

Minter fouled after rebounding his own missed shot. Makes the first FT to tie it. TO COC. 73-73 with 2.2 seconds left.

[Mountaineer]

Gaaaaaah!!!!

[Mountaineer]

I'm dyin' here.. xlolx

[Mr. C]

Minter's second shot hits front rim and bounces off. Overtime.

[Mountaineer]

Nooooooooooooooooo :bawling:

[Mr. C]

ASU has more bodies for OT. COC has lost two starters to fouls and is thin on the bench.

[Mr. C]

4:31 OT Thompson shooting two FTs. Misses first spinning off. Makes second. 74-73 ASU.

[Mr. C]

Jackson follows Draper miss drive. COC 75-74. Minter inside ASU 76-75.

[Mr. C]

3;23 DRAPER trey

[Mr. C]

2:55 left Demetrius Scott fouls Draper, shooting two. Makes first. Makes second. COC 80, ASU 76.

[Mr. C]

Thompson first three of the night. COC 80, ASU 79.

[Mountaineer]

Is anyone actually guarding Draper? Sounds like he's shooting at a rim that's 5 feet across. :(

[Mr. C]

Clayton tips in Thompson drive 81-80 ASU. Draper three. COC 83, ASU 81

[Mr. C]

Draper is just in the zone. 37.6 seconds left ASU ball

[Mountaineer]

Jesus..

[Mr. C]

Thompson missed a deep three with three on the shot clock. Bad intentional foul call at the other end. White hits first FT and the second with 16.7 seconds left. 85-81 COC with the ball.

[Mountaineer]

Well that's game. :(

[Mr. C]

Not over yet. Minter fouls Johnson with 16.6 left. Makes the first FT and the second. 87-81. Scott for three with 10.5 left. COC 87, ASU 84.

[Mr. C]

COC nearly gets called for five seconds on the in-bounds, but Lawrence throws the ball off Scott to retain possession. COC then plays keep away with the next pass and gets a dunk. Thompson trey at buzzer makes it 89-87 COC.

[Mountaineer]

Ah well. Here's lookin' at the NIT. :bawling:

[Mountaineer]

Thanks for the updates C. Gonna go drown my sorrows in a can of coke. :bawling: :( :o

[spoogemcgee18]

Well, ****.

[AppGuy04]

Did you see the intentional foul C? None of the announcers saw it

[Mr. C]

The intentional foul was a terrible call in an otherwise exemplary-called game. Scott just reached out with one arm and hit the arm of Tony Scott. If it had been called at ANY other time in the game, there is NO way that Gary Maxwell would have made that call. As an college official myself (volleyball), you CAN'T judge intent by reading someone's mind. Of course Scott was trying to foul. But there were dozens of other fouls in the game where people's intent was to foul to stop a basket. Do you call those intentional fouls? Maxwell needs to have a better understanding of the reason that rule is in the book. The game was TOO good for the rest of the 45 minutes to ruin it with that call. Demetrius Scott said it was a bad call and no one had a better view of it than him.

But what cost ASU the game was going 16-of-28 from the foul line. If they make one more free throw, they win.

Bobby Cremins was very strong in his comments that ASU deserves a shot at the NCAA tournament as an at-large team, as was Houston Fanchier. ASU won the most games in school history, was 25-7, had the fourth toughest out-of-conference strength of schedule in the country and went 5-2 against the top 100 teams, ALL away from home. They lost by two in OT to a team that was basically playing a home game, just 10 minutes from their campus. If the Southern Conference ever deserved an at-large bid it is this year.

[dungeonjoe]

If Winthrop gets the auto-bid by winning the Big South tomorrow, ASU gets my vote for the at large selection from the SoCon. My guess is, they will make the NIT field if they don't go to the dance.

Winthrop is my favorite since my terriers did their one and done routine in the SoCon. I'll probably take the boys to see the Eagles play VMI for the Big South title.

[yoself09]

****tastic
ASU bball = SoCon tourny flop
Still very diserving of the tourny though
Go App!!!!

[Mountaineer]

If Winthrop gets the auto-bid by winning the Big South tomorrow, ASU gets my vote for the at large selection from the SoCon. My guess is, they will make the NIT field if they don't go to the dance.

Winthrop is my favorite since my terriers did their one and done routine in the SoCon. I'll probably take the boys to see the Eagles play VMI for the Big South title.

Definitely, Winthrop is the feel good story around the Carolinas. Gonna be backing the Eagles myself. :nod: :nod:

But I usually cheer for all the Carolina schools once they hit the dance, other than Dook. :p

As far as App..what a disappointing way to go out. NCAA and probably NIT gone. :bawling:

[Mr. C]

Craig Littlejohn, the chairman of the selection committee, told ASU that the Mountaineers will be one of the teams considered for an at-large berth. If ASU is disappointed there, the NIT will definitely be calling. ASU's season isn't done yet (as I told D.J. Thompson tonight after the game).

[crunifan]

I really don't think the Mountaineers will have a shot at an at-large bid. The SoCon is just way too weak a basketball conference to warrant two bids.

Now, if the NCAA tournament was the best 65 teams, they would definitely be in. But sadly, that is not the case. And there are more deserving teams ahead of Appalachian State in the at-large race.

[HiHiYikas]

I really don't think the Mountaineers will have a shot at an at-large bid. The SoCon is just way too weak a basketball conference to warrant two bids.

Now, if the NCAA tournament was the best 65 teams, they would definitely be in. But sadly, that is not the case. And there are more deserving teams ahead of Appalachian State in the at-large race.
I hope you're right, since the NCAA tournament IS 65 teams. ASU in the play-in game doesn't bother me a bit.

[lizrdgizrd]

I hope you're right, since the NCAA tournament IS 65 teams. ASU in the play-in game doesn't bother me a bit.
Unfortunately it's not the best 65 teams. It's 65 - (#of autobids that don't deserve to go otherwise).

[EKU05]

Tonight in Primetime on ESPN2 it's (1) Austin Peay vs. (2) EKU for the OVC title in Nashville.

Peay pulled away in the closing minutes to send Samford packing and EKU held of a late push from Tennessee Tech in the nightcap.

[crunifan]

Yeah, what I meant was Appalachian State IS one of the nation's best 65 teams. BUT, with all of the autobids and such, they will probably be left out.

[TheValleyRaider]

And to remember the women...

#8 Seeded Colgate shocks #1 Bucknell 69-62 in the 1st Round of the PL Tournament at Annapolis, MD

GO RAIDERS! :hurray:

[TexasTerror]

Winthrop survives VMI today in the Big South Final...

Teams that have qualified...

Penn (Ivy)
Winthrop (Big South)

[LeopardFan04]

And to remember the women...

#8 Seeded Colgate shocks #1 Bucknell 69-62 in the 1st Round of the PL Tournament at Annapolis, MD

GO RAIDERS! :hurray:


Congrats Raiders!

(And Go Leopards!)

[Mr. C]

SoCon championship game is underway. 15:52 left first half. College of Charleston 9, Davidson 7. Dontaye Draper is already picking up where he left off last night (He had 38 points, 29 in the second half). Don't know how anything tonight can top last night's COC-ASU overtime thriller.

[Mr. C]

Winthrop survives VMI today in the Big South Final...

Teams that have qualified...

Penn (Ivy)
Winthrop (Big South)
VMI hadn't been to a conference tournament final since back in the 1970s, when the Keydets won in 1976-77 (going on memory here). Those were the Ron Carter teams that went to the Elite Eight and Sweet 16 in back-to-back years.

[Mr. C]

And to remember the women...

#8 Seeded Colgate shocks #1 Bucknell 69-62 in the 1st Round of the PL Tournament at Annapolis, MD

GO RAIDERS! :hurray:
Does Bucknell have ANY shot at an at-large bid?

[OL FU]

SoCon - Since there are two non football schools in the championship, I will go with the one that plays club football ----Go Davidson:hurray:












:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Mr. C]

Charleston-Davidson is heating up. 15-15 at the 11:22 mark.

[Mr. C]

SoCon - Since there are two non football schools in the championship, I will go with the one that plays club football ----Go Davidson:hurray:












:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Since College of Charleston used to lend The Citadel cheerleaders, couldn't the Bulldogs loan the Cougars some football players?

Went to Citadel's football scrimmage at Johnson-Hagood this morning.

[OL FU]

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Since College of Charleston used to lend The Citadel cheerleaders, couldn't the Bulldogs loan the Cougars some football players?

Went to Citadel's football scrimmage at Johnson-Hagood this morning.

Not to change subjects but how did the dogs look:eyebrow:

[Frosty The Snowbuff]

ASU will now have to root for all the possible Cinderella's to lose now...or they won't get an At-Large...

That's gonna cause Lots of Stress this week....

And I picked them to be this years NSU too....

[Mr. C]

The Bulldog, who was at the scrimmage, looked feisty.:D xlolx :cool:

The football team was real sharp on defense, except for a couple of short passes that turned into long gains. Duran Lawson looked good at QB, as did his receivers.

[OL FU]

The Bulldog, who was at the scrimmage, looked feisty.:D xlolx :cool:

The football team was real sharp on defense, except for a couple of short passes that turned into long gains. Duran Lawson looked good at QB, as did his receivers.

That Bulldog can look as good as he wants and long as the knobs don't:smiley_wi


Mr. C.I am expecting one of the most competitive years for the SoCon this year. ASU. WC. Cit, Chatt. :nod: I think I may have more questions about the Paladins than the rest of them:eyebrow:

[Mr. C]

That Bulldog can look as good as he wants and long as the knobs don't:smiley_wi


Mr. C.I am expecting one of the most competitive years for the SoCon this year. ASU. WC. Cit, Chatt. :nod: I think I may have more questions about the Paladins than the rest of them:eyebrow:
Citdog can confirm this for me, but I think the Bulldog is a "SHE".

I agree about the SoCon and Furman. The Paladins could finish as high as second, or as low as fifth. There is some talk around the league about Furman's lack of speed.

Back to hoops, 33-31 COC with 3 minutes left in half.

[Mr. C]

Halftime Davidson 37, Charleston 35. Good half of basketball.

[OL FU]

[QUOTE=Mr. C]The Bulldog, who was at the scrimmage, looked feisty.:D xlolx :cool:
QUOTE]

Interesting that the only female that citdogs wants there is a dog:D

[Mr. C]

Davidson comes out on fire in the second half. Davidson 42, Charleston 35 with 18:26 left. Bobby Cremins had to call an early TO. Stephen Curry of Davidson had back-to-back steals and then missed a dunk and missed a lay-in. Dontaye Draper hasn't hit a shot since early in the first half for Charleston.

[Mr. C]

Draper fouls Stephen Curry on a three. Curry hits three FTs. 45-38 Davidson with 17:20 left.

[Mr. C]

Suddenly a burst from Charleston. The Cougars lead 50-48 with 12:06 left. David Lawrence was held scoreless in the first half, but has eight points in the COC comeback.

[Mr. C]

Curry for three. Davidson 51-50

[Mr. C]

Jackson for two inside. Charleston 52-51. TV TO with 10:47 left.

[Mr. C]

Charleston 56, Davidson 51 8:20 left. COC showing more balance on offense. Curry has 23 for Davidson.

[Mr. C]

Charleston 56, Davidson 53 6:43 left

[Mr. C]

59-59 5:13 left after trading threes from David Lawrence and Stephen Curry

[Mr. C]

Boris Meno drive for two and a foul. FT good. 62-59 Davidson

[Mr. C]

Fast break for Thomas Sander of Davidson. 64-59 with 3:58 left. 8-0 run for the Wildcats.

[Mr. C]

Davidson 64, Charleston 61 with 1:45 left. Davidson has gone cold on offense and is getting out-hustled. McCandies shooting one-plus-one for COC. Swish, second one rolls off rim. 64-62.

[Mr. C]

Richards back door cut for Davidson after TO. 66-62. Great set play from Coach McKillop.

[Mr. C]

Foul sends Boris Meno to the FT line with 44.3 left. Good, Good. 68-62.

[Mr. C]

Charleston stays alive with offensive rebounds. Jermaine Johnson shooting two with 30 seconds left. Clank, swish. 68-63 Davidson.

[Mountaineer]

Man, watching the final it's hard not to be annoyed. Definitely should have been the Apps playing tonight. Beat CoC twice in the regular season, and played a much better schedule than Davidson. :rolleyes: :bang:

[Mr. C]

Meno dunk off the press, 70-63. COC's Paris fouled at other end misses front end, Hammond misses three. Davidson fouled loose ball. Sander shooting one-and-one, first one rolls in with 9.6 seconds left, second bounces in 72-65.

[Mr. C]

Final, Davidson 72, Charleston 65.

[BigApp]

see where Belmont 'upset' (if you can call it that) ETSU. That means ETSU, as regular season champ, gets the NIT

[TexasTerror]

2007 O'REILLY AUTO PARTS SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
March 8th through March 11th, 2007 · M. O. Campbell Center (Houston, TX)

Tournament Schedule

THURSDAY, MARCH 8 -- Quarterfinals
12 noon #2 Sam Houston State vs. #7 Lamar
2:30 p.m. #3 Northwestern State vs. #6 Stephen F Austin
6 p.m. #1 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi vs. #8 Southeastern Louisiana
8:30 p.m. #4 McNeese State vs. #5 UT-Arlington

FRIDAY, MARCH 9 -- Semifinals
6 p.m. Game 1 vs. Game 2 winners
8:30 p.m. Game 3 vs. Game 4 winners

SUNDAY, MARCH 11 -- Championship Game
1 p.m. Men's Game 7 Semifinal winners


Television coverage for championship game on ESPN2.

[AZGrizFan]

Montana down by 3 to ISU early 2nd half

[AZGrizFan]

Griz just came back from 10 down to get within one.....:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[EKU05]

Freshman Josh Taylor connects on a runner in the lane for his only FG with under 3 seconds left to send Eastern Kentucky dancing after a 63-62 win over Austin Peay.

[Mountaineer]

Freshman Josh Taylor connects on a runner in the lane for his only FG with under 3 seconds left to send Eastern Kentucky dancing after a 63-62 win over Austin Peay.

Nice! Congrats to the Colonels! :nod:

:hurray: :bow: :hurray: :bow: :hurray:

[I Bleed Purple]

Looks like the home teams won the quarterfinals in the BSC tourney.

On to the DEC.

[Col Hogan]

A-10
2007 MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
BOARDWALK HALL
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
MARCH 7-10


March 7
# 8 Dayton vs # 9 Charlotte
#5 Fordham vs # 12 Richmond
#7 St. Louis vs #10 Duquesne
#6 St. Joseph’s vs #11 Temple

March 8

# 1 Xavier vs Winner of Dayton/Charlotte
#2 UMass vs winner of St. Louis/Duquesne
#3 George Washington vs winner of St Joe/Temple
#4 Rhode Island vs winner of Fordham/Richmond

March 9 – Semi Finals

March 10 - Finals

[mtgrizfan4life]

Montana 70, Idaho State 63 in OT. These two teams played this last Monday night to close out BSC play, also went into OT, with the GRIZ edging out ISU. Great win for the GRIZ, thanks in part to GREAT SR leadership from Mike Chavez (career high 16 PTS), Stuart Mayes and Bryan Elllis. With 8 minutes left in the 2nd half, ISU's Ahad and Schroeder had 18 and 17 pts respectfully. Griz put Ellis on Ahad and Mayes on Schroeder. From that point on Schroeder was shut out and AHAD got a wide open deflected tip open 3 in regulation and another 2. 5 pts from ISU's tandem rest of the way through.

Win is even more impressive considering All BSC player, Jordan Hasquet played with some sort of Virus that really limited him physically.

Also to note: Portland State 96, Montana State 71, very impressive 60 2nd half points by PSU on 71.9 % shooting!!!!!!!! (Can you say ENFUEGO?")

Off to Ogden, UT for
MT VS NAU Tuesday night 5PM Tipoff.
Followed by Portland State VS Weber St

My pick is MT and WSU in the finals. Montana's depth and much improved defense (the last 6 halves at least),will be the deciding factor in the Championship. GRIZ go dancing for 3rd year. If not, want to see BSC best regular season team represent the conference. GO GRIZ!

[I Bleed Purple]

Weber State hasn't lost a home tourney game in 20+ years. Not about to start now.

WSU is incredibly well balanced, lacking only size up front. I don't see a loss in two home games...

[crunifan]

Creighton beats Southern Illinois to win the MVC "Arch Madness."

Look for three to four MVC teams in the tournament. Creighton, SIU, Missouri State, and hopefully Bradley!

[TheValleyRaider]

In the Patriot League:
For the Men, Holy Cross and Bucknell set up Round 3 (for the season, and 3rd year in a row they face off for the PL Title) after the Bison whip Army and HC escapes American.

For the Women, Colgate's surprising run comes to an end, being trounced by American, while Holy Cross squeezed by Lehigh in OT.

Women's Final
#4-American at #3-Holy Cross
Wednesday March 7 at 6pm (ESPNU)

Men's Final
#2-Bucknell at #1-Holy Cross
Friday March 9 at 4:30pm (ESPN2)

[wkukid]

Sun Belt Semis (mens)

9. Middle Tennessee
5. North Texas
@ 7:30pm est

3. Western Kentucky :nod:
2. Arkansas State
@ 8pm est

Both Games on ESPN+ and directv channel 783 Monday night

[HIU 93]

Have you been to the CIAA when it was in Raleigh? If so, I'd be interested to hear how the two compare. We're missing the CIAA around here! :thumbsup:

Yes. I have been to the CIAA every year for about 25 years. It was great in Raleigh, and it is great in Charlotte. There are definite pros and cons to both cities. I like the fact that everything is pretty much within walking distance in Charlotte. I miss Raleigh simply because I know the Triangle better, know more people who live there, and after I meet up with my parents at the games, I can go visit my home town (75 to 90 minutes from Raleigh) on my way back to NoVA. Charlotte is too far to drive, so I have to fly, and that takes away a visit to my folks. It's funny, the tournament has grown every year even though the larger schools have all left for the MEAC. The CIAA is wonderful. Raleigh and Charlotte both do it up. I look forward to going each year. It is, IMO, the best college sporting event there is, bar none.

[HIU 93]

Have a safe trip down! The CIAA looks like it's a lot of fun. I know Charlotte is certainly glad to be hosting it! :nod:

Thanks for the well wishes. I had a great time. The CIAA continues to be the premiere event in college sports!:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[dbackjon]

My pick is MT and WSU in the finals. Montana's depth and much improved defense (the last 6 halves at least),will be the deciding factor in the Championship. GRIZ go dancing for 3rd year. If not, want to see BSC best regular season team represent the conference. GO GRIZ!

NAU will take down Montana. But I see Weber holding serve and winning it all.

[MYTAPPY]

Any ideas when the NIT field is announced??

[ASU Kep]

The NIT is announced like a week from now...ASU is pretty much officially in barring what would be a fairly miraculous at-large selection.

[ASU Kep]

an at-large into the NCAAs, that is.

[MR. CHICKEN]

KNUCKLE-DRAGGERS........DUH CAA FINAL....TA-NITE.....ESPN....7pm..EAST COAST............GEORGE MASON vs VCU........:nod: ...BRAWK!

GEORGE DUH MASON....HAS AWOKEN....AN'....NO LONGER....CHUCKIN' BRICKS...:rotateh:...BRAWK!

[OL FU]

KNUCKLE-DRAGGERS........DUH CAA FINAL....TA-NITE.....ESPN....7pm..EAST COAST............GEORGE MASON vs VCU........:nod: ...BRAWK!

GEORGE DUH MASON....HAS AWOKEN....AN'....NO LONGER....CHUCKIN' BRICKS...:rotateh:...BRAWK!

Reminds me of the SoCon finals - - - - no football teams:rolleyes: :mad:

[HiHiYikas]

Looks like there will be around 4 teams ASU has beaten in the NCAA tourney.

[dbackjon]

Looks like there will be around 4 teams ASU has beaten in the NCAA tourney.

I still think ASU has an outside shot at an at-large. They played a good schedule, and beat some very good teams. Wins over Virginia, Vandy and VCU, as well as Wichita, make a strong statement.

[dbackjon]

ASU definately needs to cheer for VCU in the championship game tonight for two reasons - George Mason would take away an at-large bid (I think VCU is in regardless), and helps ASU's RPI in VCU wins.

[Peems]

ASU definately needs to cheer for VCU in the championship game tonight for two reasons - George Mason would take away an at-large bid (I think VCU is in regardless), and helps ASU's RPI in VCU wins.

Hate to say it, but I'm cheering for George Mason, they are still the nation's cinderella after beating the NBA juniors of UCONN last year.

[poly51]

The Big West Tournement starts this coming Wednesday. Long Beach State and Cal Poly are seeded number 1 and 2. They both get byes in the first 2 rounds.

[Mountaineer]

Well VCU took care of business against GM, 65-59. Thanks Rams! :nod: :bow:

[Mr. C]

The Big West Tournement starts this coming Wednesday. Long Beach State and Cal Poly are seeded number 1 and 2. They both get byes in the first 2 rounds.
Where is the Big West tourney this year? I covered most of them between 1979-1991. Used to be a fun time in places like the Anaheim Convention Center (right across the street from Disneyland), the L.A. Forum and the Long Beach Civic Arena (some great memories there with my wife when we first started dating).

[Mr. C]

Watched Gonzaga (still one of my favorite teams) take care of business for another West Coast Conference title, while toggling back and forth and watching Niagra knock out former UNC-Greensboro coach Fran McCaffery and Siena. Both were good games. In Gonzaga's win, it marked the last WCC game for longtime Santa Clara coach and good guy Dave Davies, who is being forced out at age 65. Hopefully, Santa Clara gets an NIT bid.

[poly51]

Where is the Big West tourney this year? I covered most of them between 1979-1991. Used to be a fun time in places like the Anaheim Convention Center (right across the street from Disneyland), the L.A. Forum and the Long Beach Civic Arena (some great memories there with my wife when we first started dating).
The Big West Tourney is at the Anaheim Convention Center again.

[Mr. C]

My first Big West tournament was there in 1979. Pacific, led by Ron Cornelius, beat Utah State in the final. Remember a great game between Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State in the quarterfinals that year.

[lizrdgizrd]

My first Big West tournament was there in 1979. Pacific, led by Ron Cornelius, beat Utah State in the final. Remember a great game between Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State in the quarterfinals that year.
You mean this guy?

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/S/htmlS/soultrain/soultrainIMAGE/soultrain.jpg

[dbackjon]

Big Sky Semis tonight, from Ogden, UTAH:

Montana (17-14) vs NAU (17-11)

Portland State (19-12) vs Weber State (18-11)

[BigApp]

who ya got?? :D

[dbackjon]

who ya got?? :D


NAU and Weber :D

[Mr. C]

You mean this guy?

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/S/htmlS/soultrain/soultrainIMAGE/soultrain.jpg
No, that is Don Cornelius.

Ron Cornelius was a 6-11 white guy.

[dbackjon]

Hampton leading Howard 39-25 at the half in the MEAC tourney.

[dbackjon]

Other FCS schools in progress:

Penn 17, Princeton 10 7:55 1st

NAU 13, Montana 8 12:28 1st

[dbackjon]

Penn up 28-17 at the half

NAU up 35-22 3:50 1st

Hampton up 48-28 16:31 2nd

[I Bleed Purple]

So much for three road tourney titles wins in a row.

[dbackjon]

NAU advances, beating the Griz 78-71!!

:hurray:

[dbackjon]

Hampton beat Howard 76-61.


Oral Roberts takes Mid-Con title.