Wichita St (AAC) couldn't take advantage of scoring lulls by Drake(MVC) and lost 53-52.
#AppSt (Sunbelt) couldn't convert late and lost to Norfolk St(MEAC) in a tale of two halves: J Forrest lead Appy with 18 Points
March 20, 2021
I thought NTX(CUSA) would crumble after they couldn't seal the deal in regulation, but they outscored Purdue 17-8 in OT for a 78-69 victory. Javion Hamlet was stellar for the Mean Green providing 24 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST. Too bad I didn't have enough faith to pick them in rd1.
MWC had a rough day :SDST lost to Cuse and Utah St lost to Texas Tech.
Houston (AAC) rolled Clev St.
March 21, 2021
B. Vander Plas(17pts 5reb 4assists) led Ohio(MAC) to a 62-58 upset of UVA(ACC) .
Ohio has won its last three NCAA first-round Dance games - beating Georgetown in 2010 and Michigan in 2012.
March 23, 2021
Ohio's O ran out of steam against Creighton yesterday. Dwight Wilson III was the top Bobcat scorer with 12 points in a 72-58 loss to Creighton. Nova crushed NTX(CUSA) on Sunday so the only O5 team to reach the Sweet 16 is Houston(AAC). Q. Grimes (22 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST) led the Cougars to a 63-60 win over Rutgers on Sunday and they face Cuse in the next round.
March 28, 2021
Houston's D led by Dejon Jarreau held Buddy Boeheim to 12 points on 3-for-13 shooting, including 1 for 9 from 3-point range in a 62-46 win over Cuse.
March 30, 2021
Dejon Jarreau had another stellar night playing D for Houston. This time he held Ethan Thompson, the Oregon St forward, who was named the most outstanding player of the Midwest Region, to 11 points on 3-for-12 shooting, in the Cougars 67-61 victory.
April 4, 2021
LAST O5 team falls. Marcus Sasser had 20 points for Houston is a 78-59 F4 loss to Baylor, whose tough D made the difference.
While Mick Cronin's, the former Cincy HC, UCLA squad played the Zags tough but lost in the other F4 matchup, his replacement at Cincy , John Brannen, was given paid leave as the school looks for a way to complete a for-cause dismissal. Only four scholarship players are slated to return and six have entered the transfer portal. Is the rift between Brannen the players real or are these kids spoiled brats?
April 10, 2021
Brannen is owed a 5M buyout and he and his lawyers are not getting nasty in public about his dismissal from Cincy.. One strong guess for his replacement is UCLA assistant Darren Savino, who was a longtime assistant under Mick Cronin at Cincinnati.
April 15, 2021
Cincinnati(AAC) hired Wes Miller, who has been at UNCG for 10 seasons, as its next men's basketball head coach. Over the past five seasons, he has led the Spartans to three regular-season championships and two Dances. He was an assistant at High Point and at Elon, each located in North Carolina, before becoming HC at North Carolina-Greensboro of the Southern Conference. Let's see how he does in the Rust Belt.
april 20, 2021
CUSA news: Joe Golding has been named the new coach at UTEP after a decade at Abilene Christian which included the upset over Texas in the first round of this season's Dance.
