2018 NCAA Tournament

[Gregory Sager]

John Carroll leads Augie at the half, 39-38, while, a hundred miles north on the other side of the Cheddar Curtain, Nebraska Wesleyan is on top of UW-Platteville, 45-39, at intermission.

[Gregory Sager]

Swarthmore crushed Plattsburgh State, 93-63. The Garnet shot 60% from the field while holding the Cardinals to a mere 35%, as the hosts led wire-to-wire and advance to face Springfield in the quarterfinals.

[Greek Tragedy]

Everyone gets their dream matchup. Whitman v Neb Wes.

[Gregory Sager]

Nate Schimonitz banked in a runner with three seconds left to give Nebraska Wesleyan a 79-78 nailbiter win, as UW-Platteville becomes the first home team to lose tonight.

[toad22]

Nate Schimonitz banked in a runner with three seconds left to give Nebraska Wesleyan a 79-78 nailbiter win, as UW-Platteville becomes the first home team to lose tonight.

That was one great finish. I'm happy for coach Dale Wellman!

[Gregory Sager]

Augustana managed to grind out a tough 86-78 win over John Carroll.

[dunkin3117]

Nate Schimonitz banked in a runner with three seconds left to give Nebraska Wesleyan a 79-78 nailbiter win, as UW-Platteville becomes the first home team to lose tonight.

Maybe the IIAC will finally start to gain the national respect it deserves. This is a league that should have placed more than 1 team in the field 2 years in a row. Last year it was the 6 seed Wartburg in the sweet 16, and this year NWU (whose roster is virtually identical to last years) in Elite 8 this year. One day IIAC, one day.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The over/under for the total score in Whitman-NWU is 210.

[Gregory Sager]

It's going to take a Final Four appearance for the IIAC to get any props, dunkin. The IIAC is a charter member conference of D3, yet it has never had a team reach the final weekend of the season in the 44 previous D3 tourneys.

[Gregory Sager]

Congratulations to Augustana, by the way, for becoming only the second program in D3 tourney history to reach the Elite Eight four or more years in a row. Potsdam State reached the Elite Eight a record five straight seasons from 1979 thru 1983.

[dunkin3117]

A charter member? Massey has ranked the IIAC as a top 4 conference the last 2 years. Takes all human bias out of the equation. Currently 2nd best league in the country behind the WIAC.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Also, don't sleep on Plattsburgh....saw them in person and they are REALLY GOOD....Patron is a  special player...and a good drink

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

A charter member? Massey has ranked the IIAC as a top 4 conference the last 2 years. Takes all human bias out of the equation. Currently 2nd best league in the country behind the WIAC.

Wait... a computer knows how to rank and should be trusted? I think we know how this has worked out in the past... to the end that Minor League football got rid of it a few years back.

[Gregory Sager]

Computer rankings are not relevant to the issue of respect. What's relevant is what happens on the court in March.

You wanna be a power league? Make it to Salem. (Or Buffalo, NY, or Springfield, OH, or Grand Rapids, MI, or Reading, PA before that, or Fort Wayne, IN starting next season.) That's where respect is earned.

The IIAC hasn't earned it yet.

[Riley056]

What is the NCAA rule on waiting period when changing from NAIA to D3?