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Like I do with football each week during the season, here's where teams in our general "region" (I generally include teams in Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Indiana), plus anyone in our conference are doing in postseason tournaments.

Men's NCAA Tournament - https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/bracket
Games on Thursday (3/16) and Friday (3/17)
3/16 at 12:40 PM - #7 Missouri vs #10 Utah State
3/16 at 3:30 PM - #8 Arkansas vs #9 Illinois
3/16 at 5:50 PM -  #8 Iowa vs #9 Auburn
3/16 at 6:10 PM - #5 Duke vs #12 Oral Roberts
3/16 at 6:35 PM - #7 Northwestern vs #10 Boise State
3/17 at 1:45 PM - #2 Marquette vs #15 Vermont
3/17 at 2:10 PM - #6 Iowa State vs #11 Pitt
3/17 at 6:25 PM - #5 Miami (FL) vs #12 Drake
3/17 at 8:55 PM - #4 Indiana vs #13 Kent State

SEMO lost their "play-in" game against Texas A&M-CC, 75-71

Women's NCAA Tournament - https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/basketball-women/d1/2023
Games on Friday (3/17) and Saturday (3/18), Play-in games on Wednesday (3/15) and Thursday (3/16)
3/15 at 6 PM - #11 Illinois vs #11 Mississippi State (Play-in game)
3/16 at 6 PM - #11 Purdue vs #11 St. John's (NY) (Play-in game)
3/17 at 10:30 AM - #8 South Florida vs #9 Marquette
3/17 at 2:30 PM - #3 Notre Dame vs #14 Southern Utah
3/17 at 3:00 PM - #2 Iowa vs #15 Southeastern Louisiana
3/17 at 7:00 PM - #8 Southern California vs #9 South Dakota State
3/18 at 10:30 AM - #1 Indiana vs #16 winner of TN Tech and Monmouth (NJ)
3/18 at 12:00 PM - #4 Tennessee vs #13 Saint Louis
3/18 at 2:30 PM - #5 Iowa State vs #12 Toledo
3/18 at 6:30 PM - #5 Louisville vs #12 Drake

Men's NIT - https://www.ncaa.com/media/78495
3/14 - #2 Wisconsin beat Bradley
3/19 - #2 Wisconsin vs #3 Liberty

Women's NIT - https://womensnit.com/tournaments/brack ... =post_wnit
3/15 at 6 PM - Missouri State at Nebraska
3/16 at 5:30 PM - Ball State at Belmont
3/16 at 6 PM - Colorado State at Northern Iowa
3/16 at 7 PM - Illinois State at Missouri
3/16 at 7 PM - Niagara at Green Bay
3/17 at 9 PM - North Dakota State at Oregon

Men's CBI - https://collegebasketballinvitational.com/schedule-2/
3/18 at 10 AM - #1 Indiana State vs #16 USC Upstate
3/18 at 2:30 PM - #2 San Jose State vs #15 Southern Indiana
3/19 at 4:30 PM - #6 Stetson vs #11 Milwaukee

Women's WBI - https://www.womensbasketballinvitational.com/
3/17 at 1:30 PM - New Mexico State vs UIC
3/17 at 4 PM - Cal Baptist vs North Dakota
3/17 at 6:30 PM - Georgia Southern vs NIU

The Basketball Classic (men's tournament), which was the replacement for the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (and is the one we played UTEP in last year) has been cancelled.

In the DII Men's ranks, they've already played the first few rounds and are down to the quarterfinals (elite 8). The only "nearby team still in the tournament is...
3/21 at 6 PM - #8 UMSL (Missouri St. Louis) vs #1 Nova Southeastern
#1 Northwest Missouri State was eliminated in the second round
#1 UIndy was eliminated in the first round by #8 McKendree, who made it to the 3rd round
#7 Wisconsin-Parkside exited in the first round
On the women's side, nobody nearby is still playing. #4 Central Missouri lost to #5 Minnesota State in the first round. #3 Missouri Southern State lost in the 3rd round to #1 Minnesota-Duluth. #2 Drury University (Springfield, MO) bowed out in the second round to #3 Grand Valley State.

And in DIII, they're down to the "Final Four", where Wisconsin-Whitewater plays Mount Union on 3/16 at 7 PM
Wisconsin-Oshkosh made it to the 3rd round before falling to Mount Union.
Washington University (STL) defeated Coe (Cedar Rapids) in the first round before falling to North Park (Chicago). North Park lost in the 3rd round to Mount Union.
Wheaton beat Illinois College in the first round and made it through to the 4th round before falling to Christopher Newport University
Nobody in the region is in the women's DIII final four.
Wisconsin-Whitewater lost in the third round
Wartburg (IA) also fell in the third round.
Millikin lost in the second round.
Wisconsin-Oshkosh lost in the second round.
Loras College defeated Knox College in the first round, but then lost in the second to Trine, who had defeated Washington University in the first round.
University of Chicago made it through to the third round.
Wisconsin-Eau Claire lost their first round matchup.

Also happy to see former Neck Danni Nichols making the tournament for West Virginia against Arizona 

#SUMMITWBB Weekly Notebook: Postseason Edition
https://thesummitleague.org/news/2023/3 ... ition.aspx
 

We can't forget about the NAIA Basketball Tournament that is going on now in Kansas City.

Western played twice in the NAIA Championship game -- finishing in 2nd place both times:
1954 Championship game:  Saint Benedict (Kansas) 62.  Western 56.
1958 Championship game:  Tennessee State 85.  Western 73.

Illinois teams in this year's tournament:  Saint Xavier, Olivet Nazarene.

Nearby Iowa Wesleyan is also in the NAIA Tournament.  Iowa Wesleyan played Western in a December game at Western Hall.  Western won 84-73.
 

I'll try to keep each day's updates in one post, updating them as games finish.

Last night in the women's NCAA tournament:
#11 Mississippi State beat #11 Illinois 70-56.
and in the women's NIT:
Nebraska beat Missouri State, 74-65

Thursday's games of interest:
Men's NCAA Tournament
3/16 at 12:40 PM - #7 Missouri vs #10 Utah State - Missouri beat Utah State, 76-65
3/16 at 3:30 PM - #8 Arkansas vs #9 Illinois - Arkansas beats Illinois, 73-63
3/16 at 5:50 PM -  #8 Iowa vs #9 Auburn - Auburn beat Iowa, 83-75
3/16 at 6:10 PM - #5 Duke vs #12 Oral Roberts - Duke beat Oral Roberts, 74-51
3/16 at 6:35 PM - #7 Northwestern vs #10 Boise State - Northwestern beat Boise State, 75-67

Women's NCAA Tournament
3/16 at 6 PM - #11 Purdue vs #11 St. John's (NY) (Play-in game) - St. John's beat Purdue, 66-64

Women's NIT
3/16 at 5:30 PM - Ball State at Belmont - Ball State beat Belmont, 101-86
3/16 at 6 PM - Colorado State at Northern Iowa - Northern Iowa beat Colorado State, 88-76
3/16 at 7 PM - Illinois State at Missouri - Missouri beat Illinois State, 61-51
3/16 at 7 PM - Niagara at Green Bay - Green Bay beat Niagra, 85-52

Men's DIII NCAA Tournament
3/16 at 7 PM - Wisconsin-Whitewater vs Mount Union - Mount Union beat UW-Whitewater, 83-79
 
 
 
 

wiu712 wrote: Wed Mar 15, 2023 5:53 pm We can't forget about the NAIA Basketball Tournament that is going on now in Kansas City.

 

Well, I can, and I did

Looks like they're down to their Final Four currently: https://d2o2figo6ddd0g.cloudfront.net/p ... _FINAL.pdf
#16 Saint Xavier lost in the first round to #1 William Penn (IA). William Penn made it to the 3rd round before losing by 1 point in OT to Montana Tech.
#8 Olivet Nazarene lost their first round game against #9 Madonna (MI).
#7 Iowa Wesleyan lost their first round game against #10 Evangel (MO).

Currently, the only team in our general region who is still in the tournament is #2 Indiana Tech, who plays #3 Georgetown (KY) on Friday (3/17) at 7 PM
 
 
 

Friday's Games of Interest
Men's NCAA Tournament
#2 Marquette beat #15 Vermont, 78-61
#6 Iowa State lost to #11 Pitt, 59-41 - at one point nearly halfway through the first half, Pitt was up 22-2. ISU eventually got back to within 5, but never fully recovered from the ice cold shooting at the start.
#5 Miami (FL) beat #12 Drake, 63-56
#4 Indiana beats #13 Kent State, 71-60

Women's NCAA Tournament
#8 South Florida beat #9 Marquette, 67-65
#3 Notre Dame beat #14 Southern Utah, 82-56
#2 Iowa beat #15 Southeastern Louisiana, 95-43
#8 Southern California lost to #9 South Dakota State, 62-57 in OT
Also, Danni Nichols' #10 WVU team lost to #7 Arizona, 75-62. Nichols played 13 minutes in the game and had 2 points from free throws.

Women's NIT
North Dakota State lost to Oregon, 96-57

Women's WBI
New Mexico State beat UIC, 51-41
Cal Baptist beat North Dakota, 96-79
Georgia Southern beat NIU, 69-58

Men's NAIA Tournament
#2 Indiana Tech defeated #3 Georgetown (KY), 80-71

Women's NAIA Tournament - https://d2o2figo6ddd0g.cloudfront.net/f ... 4Teams.pdf
#1 Central Methodist (MO) lost to #1 Thomas Moore (KY), 71-61
#2 Clarke (IA) beat #6 Dakota State (SD), 79-69
(this is the "final four" for their bracket)
 
Also, something interesting about FDU's #16 over #1 upset earlier this evening:


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Saturday (3/18) Games of Interest

Men's NCAA Tournament
#7 Missouri lost to #15 Princeton, 78-63
#7 Northwestern lost to #2 UCLA, 68-63

Women's NCAA Tournament
#1 Indiana beat #16 TN Tech, 77-47
#4 Tennessee beat #13 Saint Louis, 95-50
#5 Iowa State lost to #12 Toledo, 80-73
#5 Louisville beat #12 Drake, 83-81

Men's CBI
#1 Indiana State beat #16 USC Upstate, 67-62
#2 San Jose State beat #15 Southern Indiana, 77-52

Women's WBI
Florida International beat UIC, 68-65
UND defeated NIU, 102-99
Both games in the consolation bracket.

Men's NAIA Tournament
7:00 PM - #1 College of Idaho vs. #2 Indiana Tech (Championship Game)
 
Women's NAIA Tournament
7:00 PM - #1 Thomas More (Crestview Hills, KY) vs #2 Clarke (Dubuque, IA)
 
No local teams, but the DIII Men's Championship Game is this afternoon at 3:06 PM between Mount Union (OH) and Christopher Newport (VA).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The NAIA Men's Championship game will be on ESPN 3 at 7:00 PM tonight (Saturday, March 18).

In the Women's NCAA Tournament, #9 South Dakota State beat #8 Southern California 62-57 in overtime.  They will now play #1 Virginia Tech at 4:00 PM on Sunday.  The first and second round games are being played at Virginia Tech.
 

Sunday (3/19) Games of Interest

Men's NCAA Tournament
#7 Michigan State beat #2 Marquette, 69-60
#5 Miami (FL) beat #4 Indiana, 85-69

Women's NCAA Tournament
#2 Iowa beat #10 Georgia, 74-66
#3 Notre Dame beat #11 Mississippi State, 53-48
#1 Virginia Tech beat #9 South Dakota State, 72-60

Men's NIT
Wisconsin beat Liberty, 75-71

Women's NIT
Northern Iowa lost to Nebraska, 77-57

Men's CBI
Stetson lost to Milwaukee, 87-83

Women's WBI
UIC beat Northern Illinois (for 7th place)
North Dakota lost to Florida International (for the consolation championship)