Summit League and Area Teams in Postseason Tournaments

[ST_Lawson]

In DII news, #2 Northwest Missouri State beat #3 Flagler College (FL), 77-46 last night (Thursday)

They will play against #1 West Texas A&M at 11 AM on 3/27 (Saturday), in the DII Championship Game on CBS.

[ST_Lawson]

#2 Northwest Missouri State crushes #1 West Texas A&M in the DII Men's Championship game, 85-54 today.

[ST_Lawson]

In the Women's NCAA Tournament, #5 Iowa fell to #1 UConn, 92-72
Also, in the Women's NIT last night, Ole Miss beat Northern Iowa, 60-50.

In DII, #1 Lubbock Christian beat #3 Drury (MO), 69-59 to win the DII Women's Championship.

[leatherneckcountry]

Loyola falls to Oregon St

[ST_Lawson]

#4 Indiana beat #1 NC State, 73-70
Indiana is in the "Elite Eight" and will play the winner of tonight's game between #2 Texas A&M and #3 Arizona.

[leatherneckcountry]

#4 Indiana beat #1 NC State, 73-70
Indiana is in the "Elite Eight" and will play the winner of tonight's game between #2 Texas A&M and #3 Arizona.

A local Tie to the IU program Associate coach Rhet Wierzba is a Farmington grad and the son of longtime farmington coach Tom Wierzba.

[ST_Lawson]

Men's NCAA Tournament
All "local" or Summit League teams have been eliminated.
You can view the full bracket here: https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/bracket

Oral Roberts beating Ohio State in the first round was the 9th time a 15 seed has beaten a #2 since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 (if my calculations are correct, there have been 144 #2 vs #15 matchups in that timeframe). They also tied Florida Gulf Coast's 2013 performance as the furthest #15 seed has gotten in the tournament (Sweet 16 Round). Both were taken down by the #3 seed, for Florida Gulf Coast it was U of Florida, and for Oral Roberts, it was Arkansas.

Women's NCAA Tournament
3/29 at 8 PM - #4 Indiana vs #3 Arizona (ESPN)
3/30 at 8 PM - #2 Louisville vs #1 Stanford (ESPN)
Winners of the above games are in the "Final Four"

[leatherneckcountry]

Men's NCAA Tournament
All "local" or Summit League teams have been eliminated.
You can view the full bracket here: https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/bracket

Oral Roberts beating Ohio State in the first round was the 9th time a 15 seed has beaten a #2 since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 (if my calculations are correct, there have been 144 #2 vs #15 matchups in that timeframe). They also tied Florida Gulf Coast's 2013 performance as the furthest #15 seed has gotten in the tournament (Sweet 16 Round). Both were taken down by the #3 seed, for Florida Gulf Coast it was U of Florida, and for Oral Roberts, it was Arkansas.

Women's NCAA Tournament
3/29 at 8 PM - #4 Indiana vs #3 Arizona (ESPN)
3/30 at 8 PM - #2 Louisville vs #1 Stanford (ESPN)
Winners of the above games are in the "Final Four"

Derek Thomas Daughter is a senior on the Arizona team.

[ST_Lawson]

Derek Thomas Daughter is a senior on the Arizona team.

Thanks for the reminder.
Just so everyone is aware, Sam Thomas will be playing in the game...she's one of four players to start all 24 games this season and is #2 on the team in minutes played.
https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/wome ... omas/11129

[ST_Lawson]

Women's NCAA Tournament
#3 Arizona beat #4 Indiana, 66-53
They will play #1 UConn at 8:30 PM on 4/2 in one side of the "Final Four". The game will be on ESPN.