Basketball Posteason Tournaments

[ST_Lawson]

Already been mentioned a few other places, but here's where teams in our region and/or "teams of interest" are playing in DI postseason tournaments this week. After games are finished, I will bold the teams who won.

Men's NCAA Tournament
3/21 at 2:10 PM - #3 Illinois vs #14 Morehead State, truTV - Illinois won 85-69
3/21 at 6:10 PM - #3 Kentucky vs #14 Oakland, CBS - Oakland won 80-76
3/21 at 6:35 PM - #2 Iowa State vs #15 South Dakota State, truTV - Iowa State won 82-65
3/21 at 9:05 PM - #7 Washington State vs #10 Drake, truTV - Washington State won 66-61
3/22 at 11:15 AM - #8 FAU vs #9 Northwestern, CBS - Northwestern won 77-65 in OT
3/22 at 1 PM - #2 Marquette vs #15 Western Kentucky, TBS - Marquette won 87-69
3/22 at 6:25 PM - #1 Purdue vs #16 Grambling, TBS - Purdue won 78-50
3/22 at 8:40 PM - #5 Wisconsin vs #12 James Madison, CBS - James Madison won 72-61

Second Round
3/23 at 5:10 PM - #2 Iowa State vs #7 Washington State, TNT - Iowa State won 67-56
3/23 at 6:10 PM - #11 NC State vs #14 Oakland, TBS - NC State won 79-73 in OT
3/23 at 7:40 PM - #3 Illinois vs #11 Duquesne, TNT - Illinois won 89-63
3/24 at 11:10 AM - #2 Marquette vs #10 Colorado, CBS - Marquette wins 81-77
3/24 at 1:40 PM - #1 Purdue vs #8 Utah State, CBS - Purdue won 106-67
3/24 at 6:45 PM - #1 UConn vs #9 Northwestern, Tru - UConn wins 75-58

Women's NCAA Tournament
3/21 at 8 PM - #16 Holy Cross vs #16 UT Martin, ESPN2 - Holy Cross win 72-45
3/22 at 6 PM - #5 Colorado vs #12 Drake, ESPNN - Colorado wins 86-72
3/22 at 6:30 PM - #7 Iowa State vs #10 Maryland, ESPN2 - Iowa State won 93-86
3/23 at 11 AM - #6 Tennessee vs #11 Green Bay, ESPN - Tennessee won 92-63
3/23 at 12:30 PM - #4 Indiana vs #13 Fairfield, ESPN2 - Indiana won 89-56
3/23 at 1:15 PM - #2 Notre Dame vs #15 Kent State, ESPN - Notre Dame won 81-67
3/23 at 2 PM - #1 Iowa vs Holy Cross, ABC - Iowa won 91-65
3/23 at 3:45 PM - #7 Ole Miss vs #10 Marquette, ESPNU - Ole Miss won 67-55
3/23 at 9 PM - #5 Utah vs #12 South Dakota State, ESPNU - Utah won 68-54

Men's NIT
3/23 at 2 PM - #3 Bradley vs #2 Cincinnati, ESPN+ - Cincinnati won 74-57
3/24 at 2 PM - #1 Indiana State vs Minnesota, ESPN2 - INSU won 76-64
3/24 at 9 PM - #3 Iowa vs #2 Utah, ESPN2 - Utah won 91-82

Women's NIT
3/21 at 6 PM - Bowling Green vs Butler - Butler won 75-63
3/21 at 6:30 PM - Saint Louis vs Central Arkansas - Saint Louis won 66-61
3/21 at 7 PM - UIC vs Southern Indiana - USI won 69-64
3/21 at 7 PM - Grambling vs Oral Roberts - Grambling won 93-91
3/22 at 7 PM - UC Riverside vs South Dakota - South Dakota won 72-57

Second Round
3/23 at 5 PM - Murray State vs Southern Miss - Southern Miss won 78-67
3/24 at 1 PM - Cincinnati vs Purdue Fort Wayne - UPFW won 84-58
3/24 at 4 PM - Illinois State vs Charleston - ILSU won 74-67
3/24 at 5 PM - Northern Iowa vs Saint Louis - SLU won 68-64
3/25 at 6 PM - Butler vs Purdue
3/25 at 7 PM - Wisconsin vs Southern Indiana
3/25 at 7 PM - North Dakota State vs Montana
3/26 at 7 PM - South Dakota vs Northern Arizona

Men's CBI
3/23 at 2:30 PM - UC San Diego vs Chicago State - Chicago State won 77-75
3/24 at 2:30 PM - Fairfield vs Little Rock - Fairfield won 82-75
3/24 at 4:30 PM - Quinnipac vs Evansville - Evansville won 64-63
I was a bit surprised that 12-18 Chicago State got invited, but since they are independent, their schedule is a bit "wonky". They beat Stetson (who is in the NCAA tournament) twice, beat then #25 Northwestern, they also lost to teams like Wisconsin, DePaul, K-State, OK State, and UTEP. Still, Massey lists them as the #305 team in DI currently (WIU is at #257).
 
NCAA Division II
Men are down to the "elite eight": #1 Minnesota State vs #8 Ferris State (MI), #4 West Texas A&M vs #5 North Georgia, #2 Nova Southeastern vs #7 Southern New Hampshire, and #3 Gannon (PA) vs #6 Cal State San Bernadino. All games are on 3/26. Minnesota State's HC is Matt Margenthaler...Macomb Native, WIU Alumni, and son of former Leatherneck HC Jack Margenthaler.
Women are also in their "elite eight": #1 Gannon (PA) vs #8 Cal State San Marcos, #4 Georgia Southwestern vs #5 Minnesota State, #2 Texas Woman's University vs #7 Daemen (NY), and #3 Ferris State vs #6 Tampa. All games are on 3/25.

NCAA Division III
Both men and women finished up last weekend. On the men's side, Trine University (IN) beat Hampden-Sidney (VA) 69-61. On the women's side, NYU beat Smith (MA) 51-41. Closest team in our area of the country on the women's side was Wartburg (IA) who lost to Smith 61-54 in the semifinals.
 

[sealhall74]

Congrats to Greg Kampe and Oakland.  40 years at the helm.  How could you ever root against this guy?  Even Coach Mo loved him.

[leatherneckcountry]

  Chicago St picked up there 1st post season win in program history 

[wiu712]

#15 Chicago State beat #2 UC-San Diego 77-75 in the CBI Tournament.

[ST_Lawson]

I've mostly just been updating them in the first post, but I thought it worth mentioning that in the women's NIT former Summit League team Fort Wayne steamrolled Cincinnati on the Bearcats home court, 84-58.

[ST_Lawson]

This week's games among teams in our region/of interest:

Men's NCAA Tournament
3/28 at 9:09 PM - #3 Illinois vs #2 Iowa State, TBS/TruTV - Illinois wins 72-69
3/29 at 6:09 PM - #11 NC State vs #2 Marquette, CBS - NC State won 67-58
3/29 at 6:39 PM - #5 Gonzaga vs #1 Purdue, TBS/truTV - Purdue won 80-68

3/30 at 4:09 PM - #3 Illinois vs #1 UConn, TBS - UConn won 77-52
3/31 at 1:20 PM - #2 Tennesee vs #1 Purdue, CBS

Women's NCAA Tournament
3/25 at 1 PM - #7 Ole Miss vs #7 Notre Dame, ESPN - Notre Dame won 71-56
3/25 at 5:30 PM - #5 Oklahoma vs #4 Indiana, ESPN2 - Indiana won 75-68
3/25 at 7:00 PM - #8 West Virginia vs #1 Iowa, ESPN - Iowa wins 64-54

Third Round (Sweet 16)
3/29 at 4 PM - #1 South Carolina vs #4 Indiana, ESPN - South Carolina won 79-75
3/29 at 1:30 PM - #3 Oregon State vs #2 Notre Dame, ESPN - Oregon State won 70-65
3/30 at 2:30 PM - #5 Colorado vs #1 Iowa, ABC - Iowa won 89-68

Men's NIT
3/26 at 9 PM - Indiana State vs Cincinnati, ESPN - Indiana State won 85-81

Women's NIT
3/25 at 6 PM - Purdue at Butler - Purdue won 62-51
3/25 at 7 PM - Wisconsin at Southern Indiana - USI got out to a big lead early and held it all the way through three quarters but were outscored 25-7 in the 4th to lose 67-62 to Wisconsin
3/25 at 7 PM - Montana at North Dakota State - North Dakota State won 72-63
3/26 at 7 PM - Northern Arizona at South Dakota - South Dakota won 79-65

3/29 at 7 PM - Saint Louis at Fort Wayne, ESPN+ - SLU won 82-78
3/29 at 7 PM - North Dakota State vs Minnesota - Minnesota won 69-65
3/29 at 7:30 PM - South Dakota vs Wyoming - Wyoming won 84-52

Men's CBI
3/25 at 4:40 PM - #15 Chicago State vs #7 Fairfield - Fairfield won 77-74
3/25 at 6:30 PM - #11 Evansville vs #3 Seattle - Seattle won 71-57

Women's WBIT (I missed this one last time around)
3/28 at 7:30 PM - #4 Illinois vs #3 Tulsa, ESPN+ - Illinois wins 69-61

Men's CIT
3/25 at 7 PM - Fort Wayne vs Tarleton State, ESPN+ - Fort Wayne won 73-72
3/27 at 6 PM - Fort Wayne vs Norfolk State - CIT Championship Game - Norfolk State won 75-67

Division II Men's Tournament
3/26 at 6 PM - #8 Ferris State vs #1 Minnesota State - Minnesota State won 98-70
3/28 at 3:30 PM - #4 West Texas A&M vs #1 Minnesota State (Semifinal Round) - Minnesota State won 79-72
3/30 at 2 PM - #2 Nova Southeastern vs #1 Minnesota State (DII Championship Game)
 
 
 

[wiu712]

The Ferris State vs Minnesota State game will be played at the Ford Center in Evansville.

[sealhall74]

The Ferris State vs Minnesota State game will be played at the Ford Center in Evansville.



 

How did MSU get there?  There is excitement at all levels of basketball when the chance to dance again is on the line.  Where he made that last second shot is exactly where I remember Joe Dykstra missing a crucial late game shot aginst Northern Michigan in the D2 Regional Final in Western Hall back in 1981 although it was not a last second shot for the win like this one.  It was a totally jam-packed Western Hall that night.  So loud.  So much tension in the building.  You dont forget those things.


 
 

[sealhall74]

Minnesota State won handily against Ferris St advancing to D2 Final Four.  Southern New Hampshire was
 eliminated.  Of note for SNH, former Leatherneck big Cody Collinsworth played for SNH this year although did not put up big numbers for them.

[ST_Lawson]

Minnesota State won handily against Ferris St advancing to D2 Final Four.  Southern New Hampshire was
 eliminated.  Of note for SNH, former Leatherneck big Cody Collinsworth played for SNH this year although did not put up big numbers for them.

 

Minnesota State won their game today and will move on to face #2 Nova Southeastern in the DII Championship game at 2 PM on Saturday.