2012 Division III NCAA Tournament

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

St. John Fisher survives a scare and beats Brooklyn by 4.

[David Collinge]

Wooster ousts Grove City 63-52 (not 64-52 as you'll see on the LiveStats) and advances to the much-discussed 2nd round matchup with Wisconsin-Whitewater.  Could this be the one game ever where Mount Union fans pull for the Fighting Scots? 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

SUNYIT is still up on Plattsburgh.  That was my toughest matchup to call in the pickem, so tough I forgot to make a pick - I had to have Pat change it for me.  I went with Plattsburgh, but I really thought SUNYIT had a decent squad this year.  Even if Plattsburgh comes back, I wish I had risked it.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

SUNYIT hits their FTs and knocks out Plattsburgh.  Big win for them.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Albertus Magnus knocks out William Patterson by two points.  This Magnus team could be dangerous, this year and the next two.  Their best player is a sophomore and they lose only one guy next year.

[scout]

It hasn't been posted yet...

Middlebury survives a scare from Gordon, winning 64-57. It was a two possession game with a minute to go.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Oh, and Magnus' win was on a 60 foot buzzer beater.  That's when you storm the court.

[Hugenerd]

Magnus won with a shot behind half court at the buzzer, after a shot with 1.6 seconds left had put william paterson up 1.  Put that on the buzzer beater board!  It looked like a 60 footer, but the quality of the pictures is bad, but it was defintely behind half court.

[Hugenerd]

Oh, and Magnus' win was on a 60 foot buzzer beater.  That's when you storm the court.

Paterson fans were already getting ready to storm the court after the shot with 1.6 seconds left had put them up 1, but that shot took all the air out of the gym.  Crazy ending.  3 lead changes in the last 15-20 s (and 2 in the last 1.6 seconds).

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

WashU only up four on Westminster with seven minutes to go.  I thought Westminster was a squad coming into this season, but they had trouble in conference.  They seem to be peaking at the right time.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Point survives by one.  Barely.  Wow.

[scout]

The committee finally creates a bracket spreading out the talent... and we are all treated to some thrilling games.

See what happens when they listen to us 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

WashU hits a killer three, up 6 with a minute to go.

[Hugenerd]

All the ODAC (4), CCIW (3), and WIAC (2) schools advance.  WashU can make it a sweep for the "power" conferences if they can pull out the win.

WashU wins.  UAA (2) sweeps in the first round also.

[TheOsprey]

MARCH MADNESS @ its best!!  No "Lucky Losers" tonight!!  Certainly the most competitive first round i've seen @ this level!!  Good luck to y'all winners manana!!