Pool C

[sac]

IWu looks great for a Pool C afyer beating Elmhurst.  They are outside looking in now? Very good vRRO and SOS though.

Both Elmhurst & F&M will be sweating bullets between now & Monday.  Both better hope most of the other tournaments go the way of chalk.

I already had F&M out fwiw.

[Greek Tragedy]

F&Ms SOS sure doesn't help, but will go up playing Dickinson.

[bopol]

IWU downs Elmhurst, 80-67.  I'd say IWU is now a lock for a C (but I'd feel even better if they finally won their first conference tourney - they've been to Salem 2 of the last 3 seasons, but have still never won the damned conference tourney!)  Was this definitely the 'kiss of death' for Elmhurst, or does anyone think they have a decent shot at a C?

Elmhurst has a very nice overall record, SOS and RRO.  I don't think they are done.  It depends on how many upset come over the weekend and it's interesting how many Pool C bubble teams are getting knocked out by inferior teams in their conference semis. 

[7express]

LEC finals will be Keene State vs. RI College.  Neither team would've been receiving a pool C, so this is officially a bubble bursting conference (maybe one of their own in Eastern Connecticut however).  This will be the 9th straight season for RIC in the LEC finals; they hold a 6-2 record through those 8 championship games and 8 straight vs. the Keene Owls (14 of 15 overall in the series).

[KnightSlappy]

I think we have four Pool C locks at this point: Bates, UW-Stevens Point, Eastern Connecticut, and William Paterson. Elmhurst still looks OK to me, but definitely not a lock.

I think Rutgers-Newark, Whitman, John Carroll, Franklin and Marshall, and Buena Vista are on the wrong side of the bubble.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

MIAC chaos...
St Olaf loses to Bethel 75-67
St Thomas down 3 with under 30 seconds... hit the first FT, missed the 2nd but got the rebound... down 2 with 11 seconds left and the ball... missed a floater, got the loose ball and hit a long 2 with 1.3 left to tie the game. Headed to OT and the bubble teams can breathe for a few minutes.

[Greek Tragedy]

OT for St. Thomas

[Mr. Ypsi]

Augie starting to pull away from NCC; up 8 w/ 6+ to go.

[Gregory Sager]

Augie starting to pull away from NCC; up 8 w/ 6+ to go.

Nope. It's only a five-point game with 2 1/2 to go.

Back up to eight with two minutes to go. Hunter Hill has scored 21 points and pulled down four rebounds over the past eight minutes.

[7express]

DePauw leading Ohio Wesleyan by 1 with about 2 minutes to go.

[Greek Tragedy]

St. Thomas survives.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Bubble teams got a reprieve - St. Thomas survives Gustavus in OT!  With St. Olaf already losing, the 2-team MIAC would have suddenly become the 3-team MIAC!

[Greek Tragedy]

Bubble teams got a reprieve - St. Thomas survives Gustavus in OT!  With St. Olaf already losing, the 2-team MIAC would have suddenly become the 3-team MIAC!

Still could be if Bethel wins.

Ohio Wesleyan lost but as long as Wooster wins the NCAC, no harm , no foul.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Another reprieve for the bubble (and, yeah, UST still has to win the thing for the reprieve to hold ): Augie holds off NCC, 82-76.  The CCIW AQ will go to either Augie or IWU, and they were almost certainly both in anyway.

[7express]

Ohio Wesleyan loses, but since Wooster was likely getting in regardless if they win the AQ no harm done.