Tournament games tonight Monday, 3/19

[Da Coach]

There are 3 second round games in the NIT Monday 3/19, including the only remaining MVC team in postseason play Illinois State at Stanford at 10:30 pm-

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/scoreboard

There are 4 quarterfinal games in the CBI tonight-

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/scoreboard?changed_via_selector=1&d=2012-03-19&refresh=60&c=cbi

There are no NCAA games and no CIT games.

[Fetz86]

ISU's shooting has been fantastic lately, and as much as I hate to say it, there games have been very entertaining, and a real pleasure to watch.

[Da Coach]

7 seed ISU continued their hot shooting last night, but lost at 3 seed Stanford in overtime 92-88-

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201203190545

Also note the amazingly low attendance of 1,781!

Other NIT games last night-
6 seed Minnesota won at 2 seed Miami in front of an even more embarrassing 1,649

and 4 seed Middle Tennessee won at 1 seed Tennessee 71-64 - attendance 12,038


Here are the CBI games last night-

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/scoreboard?changed_via_selector=1&d=2012-03-19&refresh=60&c=cbi

Princeton lost at Pitt 82-61- attendance 2,001
Butler won at Penn 63-53- attendance 3,864
TCU lost at Oregon State 101-81- attendance 2,315
Wyoming lost at Washington State 61-41- attendance 3,019

[tornado]

Cuonzo finished the season 19-15 at Tennessee...with a few big wins over UConn, Vandy, and at Florida...but very disappointing at other times...such as losses to Oakland, Austin Peay, College of Charleston, and now Middle Tennessee...

Tennessee fans a really mixed on their opinion of Cuonzo -- some like him others do not...
what do others think....I know it's a new system and coach for the players and new players for the coach...but.....
but it's not like his cupboard was bare...he has some really top notch players...nine McD AA nominees, a full dozen kids who were 1st team ALL STATE in their respective states...and more highly rated 4-STAR & 5-STAR kids than all but ONE team in their conference...

Jarnell Stokes is a 5-STAR, #11 ranked player nationally
Trae Golden was the 50th ranked player nationally - rated 4-STARS
Kenny Hall was ranked #29 nationally and 4-STARS
Jeronne Maymon was ranked 46th nationally and 4-STARS
Jordan McRae was 47th ranked and 4-STARS
Dwight Miller was ranked 65th nationally and 4-STARS
Renaldo Woolridge was ranked #53 nationally and 4-STAR

They had so much talent that TOP incoming kids like Quinton Chievous and Wes Washpun who BU and other Valley teams were pursuing couldn't even find any playing time!
So there are reasons that fans were bummed...

[tornado]

7 seed ISU continued their hot shooting last night, but lost at 3 seed Stanford in overtime 92-88-..

KW kinda predicts ISU will be challenging for the MVC and go deep in the NCAA next year...
well -- maybe but even he says they need to upgrade their non-conference schedule....
Here's the problem, though -- unless ISU wins the MVC Tourney in St. Louis -- and nothing yet makes me think they're a lock -- then they're NOT going to get an at large bid unless their non-conference schedule is at least ranked in the Top 100 - not 300th!

And were currently almost to April - ain't a whole lot of GREAT teams out there wanting a game with ISU -- and I SERIOUSLY doubt there's a whole lot of Top 50 RPI teams just sitting and waiting by their phones for ISU to call...or waiting for an invitation to come play at Redbird Arena - since Jankovich has stated many, many times that he will NOT play anyone unless they are willing to do a return game in Bloomington...
So they are either doomed to another lousy schedule of Longwoods and Alcorn States or Jank will have to contradict himself and do what he has always said he will never do.

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