O5 NIT

#uta plays at #byu- #hervey and crew upset  the Cougars
#fresnost at #tcu- Fresno has been playing better, but TCU beat Kansas last week.
#akron at #houston - Toss up. Zips just missed the Dance. Houston is erratic
#ucf hosts #Colorado- Buffs have a solid guard #derekwhite. UCF has been playing well led by the backcourt duo of B.J. Taylor and Matt Williams.

March 16

Maybe I should 've picked an NIT bracket?
Called the @uta 105 upset of #byu 89. Big game for D Charles
Fresno fell. akron survived Houston
B Taylor led #ucf over Colorado
And on March 14 both#MWC teams won.  #coloradost  beat Charleston. Nice night for Clavell. C. Hutchison BOISE (34 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST) beat Utah.
UCF faces Illinois St next. Boise vs Illinois. Colordo St/Bakersfield Akron /UTA

March 20

Illinois State vs. UCF (AAC), 7 p.m..#bjtaylor will keep the suprising UCF late season run going.

Texas-Arlington (Sunbelt) vs. Akron (MAC), 8 p.m. Look for #hervey to come big for #uta

Boise State(MWC) vs. Illinois, 9 p.m. Hutchinson will play well but #boise loses a close on on #Illinois home court


CS Bakersfield vs. Colorado State (MWC), 11 p.m. #Omogobo and the Rams will take advantage of home court and win by 7

March 21

Great comeback by #UCF. Coach #johnnydawkins did a great job and how about B.J. Taylor  22 points,including a pair of free throws with 1.3 seconds left .
Texas-Arlington handled Akron with a solid game from Erick Neal (13 PTS, 4 REB, 9 AST)
#boisest fell to Illinois, but got a good effort from Chandler Hutchison (17 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST).
I was wrong on #csu as #csb handled the Rams easily.
Next rd: #ucf vs #illinois and #uta vs Bakersfield

March 23

UCF (AAC) had a great first half and held off beat Illinois  to be the only O5 team to advance.
#hervey and #neal lead the Mavs on a second half comeback, but #UTA fell to CS Bakersfield.
UCF faces TCU  and will need another strong game from BJ Taylor.  CSB faces Georgia Tech.

March 29

#ucf, the last O5 team in the NIT, lost to #TCU. UCF had a two point lead at halftime but had a poor shooting second half and lost  by 15. Matt Williams led the UCF with 15 points.  TCU faces Georgia Tech , a winner over #ucsb, in the final.

April 11, 2017

#MWC:  After 18 season  at #sdsu , #stevefisher  retired and by his long time assistant #briandutcher was promoted. Perhaps his recruitment of Kawhi Leonard explains his success at #sdsu. The big programs thought he was "tweener". "We said, ‘This kid could be a nightmare for the opposition.’”
#AAC: The Lawson brothers are transferring from #memphis to #kansas. Former Memphis Coach Pasternak made their dad an asst coach , but Tubby Smith  moved him to a non-coaching role.

April 12

More MWC coaching news. #NewMexico has hired Paul Weir, who spent eleven season at #newmexicost, ten as an assistant, and last year as head coach he took the Aggies to the Dance.. This should make future intrastate battles more interesting.