2015 NCAA Tournament

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Northwestern 71
St. Thomas 70

Porter Morrell hit a lunging trey at the buzzer to pull off the upset. Northwestern's first-ever tourney win, and, if I'm not mistaken, the UMAC's first-ever tourney win as well.

That was a fun finish to watch!

Hoping someone will post a link to the shot, maybe on buzzerbeaters, Pat?

Here you go: http://t.co/o5BZMJBopI
And: https://t.co/ii3XkiWuGS

[Just Bill]

Elmhurst closes out SNC 110-98 in triple OT. Whew.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Elmhurst dominated the third OT, wins 110-98.

Unless Northwestern can pull back-to-back miracles, they should be good for the Sweet Sixteen.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

No one "should" be in any further round... didn't tonight teach you anything? LOL 

Six of the Top 25 lose... three of the Top 6 lose with two of them having byes. Nuts... nuts.

[WUPHF]

Elmhurst dominated the third OT, wins 110-98.

Unless Northwestern can pull back-to-back miracles, they should be good for the Sweet Sixteen.

Triple overtime for Elmhurst in the late game...may not take a miracle.  The Blue Jays are going to be tired.

[bulk19]

Elmhurst closes out SNC 110-98 in triple OT. Whew.

Whew is right.
Thanks for the updates Just Bill...
(But I thought as I was following your posts that I was dreaming of wonderful days and tournaments long gone by; your referring to Elmhurst as "EC" takes this Blugold back to the days when there was actually a WSUC school with the same initials that did have a pretty good men's basketball team... What ever happened to them?  )

[John Gleich]

Elmhurst dominated the third OT, wins 110-98.

Unless Northwestern can pull back-to-back miracles, they should be good for the Sweet Sixteen.

Triple overtime for Elmhurst in the late game...may not take a miracle.  The Blue Jays are going to be tired.

Did you end up catching a game up in Cheesehead land?

[Mr. Ypsi]

Elmhurst dominated the third OT, wins 110-98.

Unless Northwestern can pull back-to-back miracles, they should be good for the Sweet Sixteen.

Triple overtime for Elmhurst in the late game...may not take a miracle.  The Blue Jays are going to be tired.

Good point.  At least they get their fouled-out players back - if there had been a fourth OT, both teams were about down to playing the cheerleaders!

[WUPHF]

Did you end up catching a game up in Cheesehead land?

Unfortunately, our trip to the Northwoods was pushed back one week...

[WUPHF]

Good point.  At least they get their fouled-out players back - if there had been a fourth OT, both teams were about down to playing the cheerleaders!

Very true.

[John Gleich]

Did you end up catching a game up in Cheesehead land?

Unfortunately, our trip to the Northwoods was pushed back one week...

Well, if things shake out the right way, especially with St. Norbert and St. Thomas losing, UWSP may just be hosting next weekend as well.  Gotta get by the Green Weenies first though...

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I just got back from Stockton.  Quite a night all around.  Losses everywhere.  Great games.

I went through my list tonight - we've got congratulations in store for six schools who won their first NCAA Division III Tournament games tonight:

Defiance
St. Olaf
Skidmore
Bates
Northwestern
East Texas Baptist


Great work all.

[smedindy]

It's one of those years...

[augie_superfan]

Updated odds after round 1 yesterday:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxkM2Jhc2tldGJhbGxpbmRleHxneDoyZjE0NzYwY2VkYjVjZjg5

Big increases for some teams as the top 2 most probable to win it all go down (St. Thomas & UWW).

The most likely to win remaining:
Augustana             12.7%
Randolph-Macon   12.1%
Babson                  11.4 %
UW-Stevens Point  9.6%
St. Olaf                  7.4%
Marietta                 6.2%
Mount Union          4.4%

So, if the trend continues today, look for a few of these to lose tonight.  Should be another great night of games!

[7express]

Luckily I missed the pick em with my wrist this year my brackets would be completely obliterated.