OHIO VALLEY: The OVC protects its best teams until the semifinals. That means Belmont and Murray St won’t be playing until Friday night. On the other hand, the 5-8 seeds will have to win four games to win the championship. It’s happened before, but I have a hard time seeing that happening with how dominantContinue reading “Conference Tournament Previews Pt. 2”
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AMERICA EAST: Albany was by far the most dominant team in the league this season. The Great Danes didn’t lose their first conference game until Feb. 17. With all games being at campus sites its going to take a lot to keep Albany from repeating. MISSOURI VALLEY: This certainly was a top heavy league this year asContinue reading “More Conference Tournament Previews”
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MISSOURI VALLEY: Who are we fooling here? There’s only one real choice and that’s Wichita St. The Shockers are the nation’s lone undefeated team and there’s nothing that says they’ll lose in St. Louis this week. Out of 18 conference games, only three were decided by single-digits. On a neutral floor, this is the Shockers’ tournamentContinue reading “More Conference Tournament Previews”
The Long Wait (Welcome Creighton, Liberty)
It’s going to be a long agonizing week for the Middle Tennessee St Blue Raiders after their upset loss at the hands of Florida International in the Sun Belt Conference semi-finals (more on this later). They were dominant in the regular season winning all but one conference games, but March is cruel as the BlueContinue reading “The Long Wait (Welcome Creighton, Liberty)”
It’s March and Your Seed Will Not Save You (Welcome Indiana St)
Yesterday, all hell broke loose on the mid-major level. Number 1 seeds in the Colonial, Missouri Valley, Metro Atlantic Athletic, America East, and Sun Belt all lost. In addition to that; College of Charleston had to come back from a double-digit second half deficit and Bucknell won with the aid of a no call toContinue reading “It’s March and Your Seed Will Not Save You (Welcome Indiana St)”
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PATRIOT LEAGUE: Bucknell and American are way ahead of the pack in this league. Bucknell ran through Patriot League competition with only one loss and American only three. Too bad for the Eagles, two of those losses came from the Bison. Nothing really to say here, but to expect part three with Bucknell winning again.Continue reading “More Conference Tournament Previews”
Conference Tournament Previews (Cont.)
METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC: For the past three years, Siena has been rolling through the MAAC like a warm knife through hot butter. The Saints once again coasted to the regular season title with a 17-1 record. They have shown vulnerabilities though. Not all of the Saints wins have been dominant and some have been downrightContinue reading “Conference Tournament Previews (Cont.)”
Even More Conference Tournament Predictions
I put these together for thehoopsreport.com so they’re a little long-winded AMERICA EAST The Favorite: The Binghamton Bearcats are in a position they’ve never been in before. They enter the America East tournament as the hunted. America East Player of the Year D.J. Rivera leads a club that has won 10 out of its lastContinue reading “Even More Conference Tournament Predictions”
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