CMJ

15 seed

So before heading to bed I decided to post an update on the other tournament(well, not conting the CBI, which I'm still trying to figure out) for the 3 people who care. Arizona State, Syracuse and Florida are all one win from NY. Tommorrow Akron plays UMass for the right to play the Orange. Monday the four other 2nd rounds games commence. Included in them is Illinois State coached by our former head man, Coach Tim Jankovich. And as for the eternal debate...of why do we care about the NIT....once again... Getting into the NCAA's > Getting into NIT and/or winning in rounds 1 or 2 Making NIT Final Four in NY > than getting to "the Dance" and losing 1st round Winning 1st Round NCAA's > Making it to NY in the NIT or making NIT Finals Winning NIT > Winning 1st round NCAA's Making Sweet 16 or further > than anything NIT All of course IMHO. There were alot of quality teams in that field. It IS a real accomplishment to win it.

Apparently we hosted early rounds in 1973 and 1980. So there you go trivia hounds.

They weren't the favorite today. They will be Sunday. I can't believe all four favorites lost in Tampa. Unreal.

Hope that doesn't screw WKU on Sunday.

UTA played a solid first half. Memphis is up 45-31 at the break, but the Mavs kept it between 8-12 thru most of the opening stanza. A bounce here or there and they could only be down 7-8 right now. Even if the Tigers blow'em away in the 2nd(which I suspect will happen) - this is a good showing by UTA.

Yes, in the mid 70's. I think we did 2 times?

Having only watched SD acouple of times and WKU acouple of times I'd have to give the Hilltoppers the edge based on depth. SD seems to have a better frontline and the Hilltoppers, but WKU has a whole lotta people they run at you. I'm sure CBL can provide a much more in depth analysis.

Western Kentucky has a FANTASTIC chance of making the Sweet 16. But this assures a "little guy" in the Regional Semifinals!!

Another overtime game. Another buzzer beater!! Holy crap!

Well, 81-61 final

Hard to beat someone when they shoot like that from long range. Butler will be tough for anyone if they are draining 3's at that rate. 76-51 Butler 3:57 left

Exactly... Though, Connecticut does have one of their main guys injured. They might be an easier out now.

Butler just can't miss from the outside. It's one of the more impressive shooting displays I've seen. Butler 65-45 11:25 to go

Butler 56 USA 38 15:30 2nd half Butler has shot 12/22 from 3. North Carolina/UCLA/Memphis/Kansas would all have a hard time beating anyone who shot that percentage from behind the arc.

Butler 47 USA 30 Halftime Wow, I think Butler has 10 guys who can hit 3's.

Butler 34 USA 26 Bulldogs raining 3's in after alot of misses early. Jags gotta extende their defense or this could be a long day.

USA 23 Butler 22 7:15 1st half

I believe every school gets something along the lines of 190K for every rep 1st round. Not sure how much we get for a 2nd round game, but our base going into today was like 380K.

USA 20 Butler 19 10:36 1st half

USA and Butler tied at 9

Go Sunbelt!!!

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Use Brazelton as a decoy setting up Lee?

Grab a freaking rebound....