2012 Division III NCAA Tournament

[David Collinge]

SUNY-Purchase and Hartwick fans queuing up yesterday afternoon at Cabrini:

Better hurry, HF!

[dahlby]

Ya' gotta love it. Must have been a packed gym with alot of noise!

[ronk]

SUNY-Purchase and Hartwick fans queuing up yesterday afternoon at Cabrini:

Better hurry, HF!

love it- fine work, David

[Mr. Ypsi]

ALMOST the first big upset of the tourney: Alvernia led Randy Mac by 7 w/ 90 seconds left, but RMC forced OT, then won by 3.

[magicman]

Randolph-Macon almost got an early exit as Alvernia with a 3 point lead with seconds to go. Danny Jones capped a 10-3 run over the last 4 minutes with a game tying 3 pointer with 5 seconds left and send it to overtime tied at 52. Down 59-57 with less tham 2 minutes remaining the Yellow Jackets score the game's final 5 points to come away with the win 62-59.

[sac]

Hope 73 Hanover 70

[Ralph Turner]

Another squeaker,

Williams 86, Husson 83 OT     

How many brackets would have been busted had RMC and the Ephs lost tonight?

[Mr. Ypsi]

Another squeaker,

Williams 86, Husson 83 OT     

How many brackets would have been busted had RMC and the Ephs lost tonight?

Most of them!

[LustyLarryintheToilet]

this ramapo game is freaking amazing.  i expected a high-paced game, but even i couldnt predict a game in the high 90s!

[LustyLarryintheToilet]

according to the announcers, Johnson and Wales late 2 was clearly a 3, thus the game shouldve been a one point victory for JW instead of heading to overtime, amazing.

[sac]

Another squeaker,

Williams 86, Husson 83 OT     

How many brackets would have been busted had RMC and the Ephs lost tonight?

I have a bad memory with these things, but is that the closest an NESCAC team has come to flopping on the first night?

[nwhoops1903]

Is it just me or does the bracket challenge site leave something to be desired?  I don't see my picks anywhere?  Plus there is no link to it on d3hoops.com.  What's up with that?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

this ramapo game is freaking amazing.  i expected a high-paced game, but even i couldnt predict a game in the high 90s!

So LaMonte did enough to sauted his way onto the NE Region team?  I'd hate to be the voters trying to choose guards for the NE.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Purchase was better than I expected.  I hadn't realized their roster was 9 seniors and 2 juniors.  They were very athletic and confident.  They came out nervous and sloppy, gave up a big lead, but got it back by halftime.  I figured them for an easy win.  Hartwick's coach made all the right adjustments at the half - even if he was a short-tempered whiner, he coached them well.  In the end, Purchase's size and speed were too much.

I've never been to a men's tournament game in person, so I was plenty impressed by Purchase.  I was blown away when the NJCU-Cabrini game started.  Both teams came out on fire, running and banging with crazy intensity.  They stayed up for 39 minutes.  NJCU brought almost half the gym over from NJ, so there was a real back and forth atmosphere.

Tons, tons, tons of credit to Cabrini's coach.  He took a bunch of guys who mostly looked like scrawny, unathletic kids and got an incredibly disciplined, well schooled performance from them.  Cory Lemons was as advertised.  He was so in control and fluid he looked like he was playing with kids comparatively.  But without Dom Farello, Cabrini would have been sunk.  This kid did everything right, hustle plays, scoring, running himself ragged.  Beautiful game.

Cabrini was switching defenses all over the place and running this offense that was light years more complex than anything I've seen at the d3 level.  They had one play with so many cuts, screens and passes, it was tough to follow from the stands, let along on defense.

They're a legit squad.  They might have some trouble with aggressive bigs, but they won't get blown out by Wooster.

I think they'll handle Purchase unless they're too worn out from the tough, emotional win tonight.

[Argylebballer]

So what games will everyone be watching today.  My "best games" for the night are

RIC vs. Oswego
RIC looked strong in the first game, but struggled early in the season.  I want to see if they are for real, if they are watch out, this is the same team only a year older that went to the Sweet 16 last year, could be a surprise team. I'll take RIC, 76-65

Amherst vs WPI
Too great Northeast teams.  This one could be a classic. Ill go Amherst 68-64

Whitworth vs. Chapman
I really like Chapman, but I dont love this matchup.  Taylor goes off and Whitworth takes it 74-61


What about everyone else?