2017 NCAA Tournament

[ronk]

Fwiw, they also finished third in 1975 and 1976.

It was worth a lot to Scranton who defeated Augie in the '76 semifinal on the way to its 1st national title.  Was there at the game.

You're old. 

Yes, it was back when we practiced jump ball plays before the alternate possession rule came into being.

[Augie6]

Ronk and I were both there (Albright College in Reading, Pa) in 1976.  He was smiling.  I was not. 

Let's hope we both will be smiling tomorrow night.  Tough task ahead as Babson is very good and Flannery is a stud.  Hope Augie can keep it rolling for one more game!

[Ralph Turner]

Fwiw, they also finished third in 1975 and 1976.

It was worth a lot to Scranton who defeated Augie in the '76 semifinal on the way to its 1st national title.  Was there at the game.

You're old. 

Yes, it was back when we practiced jump ball plays before the alternate possession rule came into being.

LOL           +1!

[Gregory Sager]

Babson 79
Augustana 78

Tremendous game, exciting finish.

[Smitty Oom]

A fitting end for one of the best D3 players we have seen. Congrats to Flannery on an outstanding game/season/career! He obviously had a lot of help along side him, and they are all great players. When things were clicking for Babo they did not have too many weaknesses! Enjoyed another great year following d3 hoops, thanks to Dave, Pat and Ryan along with the rest of the people at d3sports.

[AllStar]

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

CBS put the championship game online - you can watch the whole thing here: http://www.cbssports.com/general/video/2017-diii-basketball-championship-full-game/

If you look very closely, you can see Gordon and I sitting on the left side of press row.

[Greek Tragedy]

CBS put the championship game online - you can watch the whole thing here: http://www.cbssports.com/general/video/2017-diii-basketball-championship-full-game/

If you look very closely, you can see Gordon and I sitting on the left side of press row.

Wish they did that 2 years ago. It took me over a year to get a copy of the Pointer championship game and all it was was a video feed. It wasn't the broadcasted game, it had no commentary, score update or anything.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

CBS put the championship game online - you can watch the whole thing here: http://www.cbssports.com/general/video/2017-diii-basketball-championship-full-game/

If you look very closely, you can see Gordon and I sitting on the left side of press row.

Wish they did that 2 years ago. It took me over a year to get a copy of the Pointer championship game and all it was was a video feed. It wasn't the broadcasted game, it had no commentary, score update or anything.

And after all that work, it might get vacated.  I wonder if the tape will magically erase like Marty McFly's family photo?

[augie77]

What's the story on UW-Stevens Point?  If they end up forfeiting the 2015 season, including the national championship game, does that make Augustana the 2015 national champion?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

What's the story on UW-Stevens Point?  If they end up forfeiting the 2015 season, including the national championship game, does that make Augustana the 2015 national champion?

No. No one is declared a champion. The game is simply vacated and the loss remains on Augie's record. They don't hand the title to the other team. See Thomas More's case.

As for the investigation... we expect the NCAA to reveal their investigation and punishments anytime between now and mid-April. The exact timing is tough to nail down. There is basically a 100 or 150 day timeline from the moment the NCAA gives UWSP their initial report until all the the appeals, hearings, and such are done and the report is due.

And as for the title game being online... it has been missing for 2014, 2015, and 2016. They released it for 2013 and then not again until this year. It has been a topic I have harped on for all of those years... finally we got the link this year (and it wasn't forgotten).

[whyDiii]

Congrats to Babson on it's first ever championship! Also a congrats to the three other teams in Salem--all 3 have a chance to be back soon. Giovanine has a dangerous group of talent coming back but the way he handled himself was disrespectful and arrogant once again. Ripping his jacket off in the Williams game and making it seemingly all about himself. It looked like he was having words with babson players post game unfortunately. As an annual goer of the Salem Final Four its really a shame seeing such poor sportsmanship.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Congrats to Babson on it's first ever championship! Also a congrats to the three other teams in Salem--all 3 have a chance to be back soon. Giovanine has a dangerous group of talent coming back but the way he handled himself was disrespectful and arrogant once again. Ripping his jacket off in the Williams game and making it seemingly all about himself. It looked like he was having words with babson players post game unfortunately. As an annual goer of the Salem Final Four its really a shame seeing such poor sportsmanship.

In the CCIW, we've gotten quite used to Grey Giovanine.  A standing joke is giving an over/under on how many minutes into a given game he will fling his jacket into the crowd (they actually have a designated 'jacket retriever', unless that is just an 'urban legend').  He is clearly a coaching 'genius', but his 'act' wears thin.

But hard to argue with the results - this is three straight final fours, and two title games, though no titles.  Since they lost 4 of their last 5 games before the postseason, did ANYONE serious predict coming within a blocked layup of winning the title?!

[Greek Tragedy]

They were Elite 8 last year, losing to St. Thomas at home. But still, impressive...

[Greek Tragedy]

CBS put the championship game online - you can watch the whole thing here: http://www.cbssports.com/general/video/2017-diii-basketball-championship-full-game/

If you look very closely, you can see Gordon and I sitting on the left side of press row.

Wish they did that 2 years ago. It took me over a year to get a copy of the Pointer championship game and all it was was a video feed. It wasn't the broadcasted game, it had no commentary, score update or anything.

And after all that work, it might get vacated.  I wonder if the tape will magically erase like Marty McFly's family photo?

You're killing me, Smalls.