Recapping The Games

NCAA
UNC-Asheville made a big comeback and beat Arkansas-Little Rock in OT. UNCA will lose to Pitt Thursday.
Clemson trounced UAB 70-52, making me happy because I didn't think UAB deserved a bid.
NIT
Bad news. St. Mary's blew a double digit lead and lost at home in the NIT to Kent State, 71-70. That certainly doesn't help the case I tried to make for them and Mickey McConnell, WCC POY, scored 5 points and missed a GW layup as time expired. And extra note about St. Mary's, coach Randy Bennett must have a great Australian connection as he has two sophomores (soon to be juniors) Matthew Dellavedova (6'4" two guard/swingman in the WCC, I expect all league honors the next two years) and Mitchell Young, both double digit per game scorers from Australia.
Alabama crushed Coastal Carolina 68-44.
BC (who really didn't deserve an NCAA bid) crushed McNeese State 82-64.
Harvard, who probably wanted an at-large but really didn't have a chance certainly didn't improve the reputation (at least athletically) of the Ivy League, with their 71-54 loss to Oklahoma State. Note on OK State, good call by Greg almost 3 weeks ago giving them some credit as a decent team, when they were beating a Baylor team that still had a very good chance to make the NCAA Tournament.
Cole Norris (27 points) once again led Cleveland State to victory, 63-60 over Vermont.
Not to be shown-up by Norris, Charleston beat Dayton 94-84 behind their phenomenal senior PG, Andrew Goudelock's 39 points.
Fairfield represented the MAAC nicely with a 62-60 road win at Colorado State.
NCAA At Large Bids...
A few more games with implications for the last teams in and the last teams out of the Big Dance.
Missouri State beat Murray State, 89-76. Obviously helps their case.
New Mexico beat UTEP, 69-57. Another C-USA team losing. Why did UAB make the tourney again?
In the CIT Tournament...
East Carolina (beat UAB in C-USA Tournament) lost to Jacksonville 71-66.
Northern Iowa, Missouri Valley Conference (same as Missouri State) crushed Rider 84-50.
Ohio beat Marshall, C-USA, 65-64.
Santa Clara, WCC, beat Northern Arizona 68-63.
In the CBI Tournament...
Davidson 85 James Madison (CAA) 65.
Evansville (MVC) 77 Hofstra (CAA) 70.
Creighton 85 (MVC) San Jose St. 74.
MVC Regular Season Champion-Missouri State...NIT
CAA 4th Place Team VCU...NCAA Tournament.