Purdue Boilermakers beat Hofstra 85-66.This makes me old as I remember watching his father play at the Cintas Center. son of Jameer Nelson - is a junior for Delaware. ![]() Out of the four founding members of the NMTC, they are the one that makes the least amount of sense.ĭelaware Blue Hens made the tournament as a 15 seed before losing to eventual Final Four team Villanova 60-80.įounding member William & Mary Tribe (84 seasons), Elon Phoenix (25 seasons)ī1G connections and other fun conference stats William & Mary Tribe (10-19, 7-11) - Bill and Mary have gone 0-9 in conference championship games that would send them to the Big Dance. Wilmington was last in the Big Dance in 2017. They do however have three senior starters and seniors often show up big when its win or go home time. UNC Wilmington Seahawks (20-9, 12-6) - Wilmington may be a bit of a paper tiger as they lost all four of their combined games against Charleston, Towson, and Hofstra. They get offensive rebounds at an elite rate, shoot threes at a 37.2% clip, and play a slow, deliberate pace that will keep them in games. Towson Tigers (20-11, 12-6) - Towson split the season series against Hofstra and played Charleston close in both their games. The Pride are coached by former NBA backup Speedy Claxton but they have not made the tournament since 2001: the year after Claxton was drafted. ![]() The Pride have plenty of shooters, force opponents to work for a good shot, and have won 11 straight games. Hofstra Pride (22-8, 16-2) - Although they won’t get nearly the press of Charleston, Hofstra is actually the #1 seed in the Colonial bracket by virtue of winning the head to head game. Charleston last made the tournament in 2018. The Cougars play fast, shoot a lot of threes, and if they make the tournament are fully capable of pulling an upset or two. They won the Charleston Classic tournament (beating an 8 team field that included Penn State), but their back to back losses against Hofstra and Drexel as the calendar turned from January to February may doom them to the NIT if they can’t win the Colonial tournament. sBqidRGz0K- Jon February 27, 2023Ĭharleston Cougars (27-3, 16-2) - Led by head coach Pat Kelsey (yes, the guy I proposed for the Maryland job last year), Charleston has a shot of getting an at large bid. Michael Moreno added 14 points and Devontae Blanton, averaging a team-high 17.4 points, was scoreless in the first half and did not play after halftime.CAA bracket is set. Robb made five 3-pointers and scored 17 points for Eastern Kentucky (23-14), which had the third-most wins in program history. ![]() Gipson added 13 points, Lu’Cye Patterson had 11 and Folkes scored 10. Williams, averaging a team-high 14 points per game, finished with six points, five rebounds and two blocks for Charlotte. After a timeout, Robb had a 3-point attempt blocked by Brice Williams and Tayshawn Comer had another attempt for EKU but it came up short. Isaiah Folkes answered with a layup, off a nice pass by Gipson, for a three-point lead with 16 seconds left. Robb made a steal and raced the other way for a long 3-pointer to get EKU within 69-68 with 47.4 seconds left. ![]() But Charlotte kept its double-digit lead until the 8:44 mark when EKU scored 13 unanswered points. It was the fourth time in the tournament the Colonels trailed at halftime - before rattling off three straight overtime wins to reach the title game.Ĭooper Robb, who played at Charlotte from 2018-20, made two 3-pointers during EKU’s 12-5 run to open the second half. EKU had five scoring droughts of at least 90 seconds in the first half. Khalifa made all six of his shots in the first half to help the 49ers build a 42-24 lead at halftime after shooting 72% (18 of 25) from the field. The 49ers were appearing in the postseason for the first time since earning an at-large bid to the 2013 NIT.Ĭharlotte made eight of its first nine shots and led 18-5 as Eastern Kentucky only made two field goals in the opening eight minutes. 8 seed Eastern Kentucky 71-68 on Wednesday night in the championship game of the College Basketball Invitational.Ĭharlotte (22-14) finished the season with its most wins since the 2000-01 campaign, when it took down Tennessee in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. (AP) - Aly Khalifa scored 14 of his 20 points in the first half, Montre’ Gipson made three 3-pointer in the second half, and No.
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