Non Power hoops -it's February

 WCC: Ike scored 30 for Gonz in a win over SMC and remains a game ahead of  of SCU who blew out LMU.

Yaloho scored 26 for Wazoo in a romp over PORT, and the Beavers survived SD

SF beat PAC

MOH(MAC) beat NIU to remain undefeated.

Feb 2, 2026

AAC:  T. Riley scored 30 for Tulsa, who's tied wth CHAR for first,  in a W over WICH   J. Riley scored 35 points for ECU in an upset of FAU. MEM lost to TUL and fell to 8th

Feb 3, 2026

P.Johnson scored 35 points for Sac St , who moves to middle of the Big Sky pack with a win over Weber St. 

This is the Hornets first year under Mike Bibby. Shaq is the GM.Next season they join the Big West.

Feb 4, 2026

Akron had a close one, surviving EMU to stay 1GB behind MOH who edged Buffalo. T . Johnson scored 17 for the Zips

I''m keeping my eye on UMass(6-6). M. Banks Jr 37PTS 5STL in  a win over CMU.  Frank Martin was an assistant for Huggy  at Cincy & Kansas ST

Feb 5, 2026

D. Green scored 27 for Tulsa in a W over  FAU and sits alone atop the AAC. USF, a winner over UTSA, and CHAR, a loser to WICH, are in second place.

Feb 8, 2026

SBC took 10 of 13 in the challenge with the MAC. 

Closest games were USM 66 KENT 65, CCU 94-91 win OT over UMass, & JMU 73 TOL 71.

The big attraction was undefeated MIOH 90  MRSH 74. E. Elmer (18pts, 9reb) for the Red Hawks

NIU and Ball St were the other two MAC winners.

Feb 9, 2026

I Nelson(25, 10) for USF in a W over Tulsa which leaves them tied for 1st in the AAC. MEM found a pulse and beat CHAR. WICH beat Tulane.

Feb 10, 2026

Periodic check -in on Chicago St. Cougars(3-9 NEC) beat St Francis. Tankersley and B. Bush each scored 19. LIU(10-1) sits atop the NEC

Attendance was 27 for a Monday afternoon game .

 Huibregtse scored 20 for Bradley(10-5) in a MVC upset of Belmont(12-3)

Feb 11, 2026

Gory scored 21 for the Utes in a win over FRES and sit atop the MWC

GM lost to RICH and fell to third in the A10. Zags blew out Wazoo in WCC action.

Feb 12, 2026

Herd are buzzing around APPY at the top of the SBC with a win over ODU. Fricks scored 24 in the win.

Santa Clara and SMC each won last night. SC is a half game up on the Zags and 1.5 games up on SMC

Feb 13, 2026

Daniels scored 32 for  first place Cal Baptist(WAC)  in a win over SUU. Lancers are a game up on UVU and UTU. UTU beat UVU.

Horizon: Wright St lost  but remains in first with Oakland's loss last night.  green Bay is lurking in 3rd place on a three game winning streak

Feb 14, 2026

MOH keeps rolling with a win over Ohio ,while Akron stays 1GB with the W over UMASS.T.Johnson scored 23 for the Zips.

SLU has one OOC loss to Stanford and a win over SantaClara, first in the WCC.

Feb 15, 2026

Zags knocks SCU out of  first in the WCC. Ike (21pts, 15reb).

JMU knocks APPY out of first, and USA beats Ark St in OT to take the top SBC spot.

USU(MWC) spanked MEM(AAC) M. Collins (24pts)

Non P6 tourneys early days

ASUN: I like Lipscomb who opens against N Bama. Jacksonville and Queens won last night and face respectively, EKU and Stetson today. N.Florida faces APU.

HorizonT starts today with Oakland, the conference winner, on a bye. Northern Kentucky is notorious for good tourney runs.

March 6, 2024

ASUNT:  Lipscomb falls to UNA and EKU falls to JAC while Stetson and APU advance.

MAC: Akron falls to EMU and into a tie with Toledo for first.

MWC: UNLV beat SDSU, NEV knocked BSU, and both winners trail USU by a half game.

March 7, 2024

I. Milicic (26 PTS,10reb) for Charlotte(AAC) in a win over Rice to stay in 3rd behind FAU who beat UNT.

Richmond's win over JOES wasn't pretty but it kept them ahead of LOYCH who beat DAV(A10).

Wagner upset Sacred Heart in rd1 of the NECT.

March 8, 2024

ASUNT: Stetson & PEAY advance to the final. Swenson scored 29 for STET in a win over JAC.

Warrick scored 35 for NKU in an OT win over Wright St. Norse magic back for March.

MVC: UIC upset SIU. Murray St only scored 35 in a loss to MOSU.

March 9, 2024

Conwell scored 20 for the Sycamores in a win over MOSU and faces UNI(MVC) next. BRAD/Drake in the other semifinal game.

UALR and MHST advanced to the OVC final.

Sloppy Akron lost to WMU and is limping into the MACT.

Boise ST beats the Aztecs(5th in MWC)in OT

March 10, 2024

UNCG(Southern) went from upsetting UK to no shot at the Dance after losing to ETSU yesterday. Morehead St upset UARL to get OVC ticket.

FAU(AAC) put MEM nearly in the NIT, USF lost to Tulsa. Appy(SBC) needed OT to escape GASO.

Indiana St/Drake. Can goggle guy Avila keep it going?

Towson U beat W&M to advance in the CAAT.

March 11, 2024

 Williamson scored 18 for Towson U in a win over UNCW and faces Co C in a CAAT semi-final.

Drake gets the MVC ticket. Does INST get screwed? STET survived PEAY for the ASUN ticket.

Omaha upset NDak in a Summit semi. Will we see two Nebraska teams at the dance?

March 12, 2024

Zags beat SF and face SMC in the WCCT final. SF likely to the NIT. JMU wins SBCT, Appy likely NIT. 

Denver, with the nation’s leading scorer, Tommy Bruner, beat Omaha and faces SDAK St in the Summit final. Fidler scored 27 for Omaha.

 Towson fell to CoC, who faces Stony Brook in the CAAT final.

March 13, 2024

Mahaney (23pts) for SMC over the Zags in the WCCT final. Oakland won the HorizonT-big night for Townsend(38pts, 11reb) SDAK St won the Summitt. CofC struggled but survived Stony Brook in the CAAT final.

March 14, 2024

WACT: SFA beat AB. Tchoukuiengo (21pts, 10ast) for Cal Baptist in OT win over UVU.

CUSAT: one seed SHS beat FIU, two seed La Tech lost to MTSU

Big WestT: AMitchell(36pts,9reb, 5ast) for UCSB in a loss to CSN.

March 15, 2024.

UTA blew out SFA in the WAC. MEM and SMU are toast in the AAC. Akron won. Toledo upset by WMU in the MAC. I wonder how Nevada's loss to CSU affects Dance tickets.

March 16, 2024

Wilson scored 28 for UTA who edged Tarleton to face GCU in the WACT final.

Freeman(24pts, 21reb) for Akron who held off Ohio to face Kent St in the MACT final.

Aztecs handled Utah St 86-70. UTEP upset SHS in the CUSA. UAB,FAU, UAB, & Temple remain in the AACT.

March 17, 2024

Greg Tribble makes both free throw for Akron after getting fouled in the backcourt court with 4 seconds on the clock. AKR 62 Kent 61.

UAB and Temple in the AACT final today. Few foresaw that one.

Lobos win MWCT. GCU beat UTA in the WAC.WKU over UTEP in the CUSA.

L Traore and Thompson each scored 25 points for Long Beach St in a win over UC Davis in the Big West. Dan Monson, who was fired by LBST on Monday, gets to coach a little longer this season. 

March 18, 2024

USF(AAC) and Indiana St(MVC), regular season champs, got hosed by the Dance committee.

June 20, 2024

I'm late on this one

Eastern Washington hired Dan Monson, the coach who led Long Beach State to the Dance, to replace David Riley, who takes over at Wazzoo.

Monson's HC resume  Gonzaga, Minnesota,  & Long Beach St. LBS told him he was done after the season and he took them to the Dance.

He takes over an EWU program that has won the last two Big Sky Conference regular-season titles.

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