Bumblin' B's

[broke_ya_ankles]

After St. Joes beat Lincoln yesterday in the D3 Independents tourney, does it shake things up at all, perhaps giving St. Joes that outside chance of getting a B bid, or is it still pretty much set that Lincoln still has there spot?

[pabegg]

No change. That game was not regional, which means for all practical purposes it doesn't count in the selection process.

[njlincolnlion]

Congratulations to Lincoln for making it to the "Big Dance" again.  Hopefully the Lions can exit d3 with a bang since this is the last hurrah for the Lions.

[njlincolnlion]

Looking at the brackets, Lincoln had a good draw!  First round game aganist Alvernia.  If the Lions advance, there is a second round game with Catholic, or a second round rematch with Messiah.

[njlincolnlion]

Any opinions as to how Lincoln and the other three Pool B teams will do this weekend?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Lincoln has the easiest road, but they did get matched up with perhaps the best team in their section.  Aurora is very good and I have them winning a couple games, but of course in the loaded West/Midwest just about anything can happen.

I don't think Westminster has much of a shot and Maryville will have a really hard fought game, although they appear to be the favorite according to the NCAA.

[njlincolnlion]

Hoops Fan:

What team are you referring too as being the best team in the section, that Lincoln is matched up with?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Of the three other teams in that area, I think Alvernia might be the best opponent they could face.  I know there's not a lot to back that up right now, but they seem like a sneaky team.

[njlincolnlion]

I've been chatting with Alvernia fan "chairman", and from what I've gathered, the Crusaders are solid and methodical.  Hopefully Lincoln will get out of the gate fast, and the Lions deep rotation will keep Alvernia off their game. 

Interestingly, Alvernia, Messiah and Lincoln opened last years NCAA's at Lincoln with CNU being the 4th team.

[Pat Coleman]

Chairman is not an Alvernia fan.

BTW, just a reminder that D3hoops.com is broadcasting the Lincoln/Alvernia game and Catholic/Messiah game for NCAASports.com.

http://www.d3hoops.com/audio/

[njlincolnlion]

Pat:

Thanks for the info ( re: chairman), and thanks for broadcasting the Catholic Regional games, so that I can listen up here in North Jersey.  I emailed some of my fellow alums in the D.C. metro area, and suggested that they go out to support the Lions.  It be interesting to see how support Lincoln gets.

[njlincolnlion]

Lincoln defeats Alvernia 91-76.

[njlincolnlion]

Pat Coleman & Jim McCabe:

Excellent job tonight broadcasting the Catholic Region games.

[mattgrubb]

maryville had a good showing for the B's tonight with a win over a C
Love to see that win over the C
while i think it is easier to get in the tourney with a B bid for maryville, they always make at least 1 thing happen a year, thats at least 1 win

[njlincolnlion]

Lincoln defeats Catholic tonight 81-70 to move onto the sweet sixteen aganist Guilford College.

Congratulations to the Lions on their second consectutive sweet sixteen appearance.