AAC gets smacked: WICH lost OKST and STLU was pounded by ARST, led by Nelson
(26 PTS , 10 REB , 2 AST) .Jax St handled GTech easily. Kent St . Santa Clara, and CHAT advance.
AAC: 0-2. SBC, CUSA, MAC, WCC, & Southern are 1-0)
Cal Baptist officially accepts invitation to join Big West in 2026 . WAC WAINING. Back to playing Cal-Bakersfield
March 20, 2025
AAC recovers: UAB over JOEs and NTX over Furman.
Malik Thomas scored 21 for San Fran(WCC) in a win over UVU(WAC).
NIT rescinded its invitation to South Bama. UC Riverside had committed to play in the(CBI) since it had not heard from NIT which decided to invite them. UC-R then accepted the surprise NIT bid and the Jags were screwed.
March 23, 2025
Huff (26 PTS , 1 REB , 4 AST) led CHAT to a win over Dayton. Bradley beat George Mason.
Kind of wild to see Coach Ryan Odom, who just left VCU, end up at UVA. He coached the UMBC team that upset 1 seed UVA a few years ago at the Dance.
His dad coached at Wake Forest (ACC) from 1989-2001.
I graduated from UMBC in 1981.
March 24, 2025
Sullinger scored 34 for Kent St who knocked out Stanford(ACC). UAB & NTX advanced. Also UCI and LOYCH. Is Mack leaving CoC for Xavier?
March 25, 2025
McCollum leaves Drake for Iowa, and Medved leave Col St for MINN.
March 26, 2025
OK St, the remaining Power conference member is out of the NIT. NTX took care of them last night. Teams that felt spurned by the Dance are alive. CHAT battled and eventually prevailed over Bradley.
Huff CHAT G(21 PTS , 1 REB , 3 AST)
Today :UAB/UC Irvine, Kent St /LOYCH.
So Pitino Jr took the XAV job, not the Nova gig, and VCU hired Bryant's Phil Martelli Jr.,
March 27, 2025
UCI outlasts UAB in OT and faces NTX next. Rubin (18pts, 9reb) leads LOYCH over Kent St and faces CHAT next.
UNLV hires Pastner, whose last two gigs were Memphis and GTech
WV hires Hodge, the NTX Coach, who leaves after the NIT is over.
Intriguing: Landon Bussie leaves Alcorn St for Chicago St, who must have limited funds.
Magpayo leaves UC Riverside for Fordham(A10). He was Asst at Columbia(2010–2014)
Quannas White, Houston U Asst, will be the ULL HC after the Cougars are done at the Dance.
April 1, 2025
I'll roll the dice on a southern flavored NIT final. NTX over UCI, and CHAT over LOYCH tonight.
April 2, 2025
I was wrong on UNT who lost to UCI. Correct on CHAT who got 23 points from Bonham in a win over LOYCH.
April 4, 2025
Bonham (19pts, 10rebs) led CHAT to the NIT title with an OT win over UCI. Good win for the Southern Conference.
TAMU hires Samford’s Bucky McMillan to be hoops HC. One dance appearance and a 99-52 record in five seasons in the Southern Conference. Once Beard said no--
April 8, 2025
Jon Borovich, a Sparty ASST, appears to be the top candidate for the CMU HC job. He played at CMU(1997-2001)
April 12, 2025
Samford hires Acuff away from Lipscomb. High Point's Alan Huss exits to be the coach-in-waiting under McDermott at Creighton. Flynn Clayman promoted to replace Huss.
NTX hires Daniyal Robinson from CLEV ST as its new HC. Rob Summers , an asst from MOH, is the new HC at CLEV.
April 18, 2025
Charlie Ward taking the FAMU(SWAC) Hoops HC job is interesting and may work. He was a sharp athlete on the field or court. He's had some stints as an Asst with the Houston Rockets of the NBA.
I forgot that FAMU left the MEAC for the SWAC in 2021.
