2012 Division III NCAA Tournament

[gordonmann]

I'm functioning as pseudo live stats here since they are down in the gym

http://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/men/2012/finals

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

17-10 Cabrini, 9 to go in the first half.

Cabrini's quick defense is messing with Whitewater.  Cabrini has started driving the lane on offense, which is working pretty well.  I'm not sure WW isn't getting a bit tired already; back on their heels a bit.  They're basically triple teaming Davis and giving up long jumpers to the rest of the team.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

21-10 Cabrini - 7 to go.

Early on it looks like the toll MIT took out on Whitewater last night has slowed them enough that they just can't compete with Cabrini's speed.  They look lost and beat early on.  Maybe halftime will wake them up, if they're not too far behind by then.

Cabrini should definitely have coach of the year.  After the all-star game and this performance tonight, I'm changing my national POY vote to Addison from Hardin-Simmons.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

25-17, 4 until halftime.  WW is coming alive a little bit.  They're still moving to quickly on offense and giving up a lot of turnovers, but they're moving quicker on defense and they seem to have found a little life.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

31-21 at the half, Cabrini up.

Davis is settling for three pointers - his only points are two FTs right now.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

43-29 Cabrini, 16 to go in the game.

Whitewater came out strong for about two minutes.  Cabrini is getting into some foul trouble; they've already got 6 in the half.  Rafferty has 4, a couple other guys with 3.

We'll see.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

47-37 Cabrini.  WW was down by 18, but they're taking advantage of the foul trouble to be aggressive.

It's not over yet.  12 minutes to go.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

51-48 Cabrini.  Miller just fouled out.  WW freshman, Cordell Young single-handedly bringing them back.  WW is also rebounded again.

This game is going to be close. 8:30 to go.

[Gregory Sager]

Cabrini did something tonight last night that very few Mid-Atlantic teams have done and that's win an NCAA tournament game vs a team west of the Ohio River.  Not that these match-ups happen very often, because they really don't, and these have usually gone badly for the Mid-Atlantic team.

Unless I'm missing something, Catholic over Ohio Northern in 2001 was the last to do it.  Heck I don't even see very many Mid-Atlantic teams make a Final Four.  Maybe Lebanon Valley in 1994 over Wittenberg was the next.

So congrats to Cabrini

Cabrini made me a believer.

  The Ohio runs east-west; where's west of the Ohio?

I think that sac meant the Allegheny River, the main north-south tributary of the Ohio that more or less divides the northeastern part of the country from the midwest.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Tied at 55, three minutes to go.

Cabrini got a little undisciplined with the big lead and now they're not moving nearly as well on offense.  Walton-Moss is doing too much of the ball handling (he looks to shoot first, often when it's not the best play).

Davis is still doing nothing down low, but he's hit two big threes, including one to tie the game at 55.  Lots of foul trouble all around.  Things are looking up for WW, but I've got a guy feeling that Lemons has this under control.  He's not been himself thus far in Salem, but I think he's got the maturity and the experience to reign it in with the title on the line.

[Gregory Sager]

Three reasons why UWW has come back in this game despite only getting eight points out of its star:

1. Better defense against the high ball screen that usually sets Lemons or Walton-Moss loose in the halfcourt;
2. Cabrini is playing more tentatively due to foul trouble and a more tightly-called second half; and
3. Quardell Young

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

61-57 WW.

Davis taking over at the end.  45 seconds to go.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

WW by 1 with the ball.  43.9 secs to go.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

WW by 3, Cabrini with the ball.  10 seconds left.

[Gregory Sager]

Alex Edmunds is the unsung hero of UWW. I've felt that way for a few weeks now.