Well, the NAIA tournament, the OLDEST college basketball tournament in the world, resumes today with the quarter finals pitting the teams of the Elite 8 against each other for the opportunity to move on. Readers of Balladeer’s Blog always care about cool-named teams, so let’s see who’s left. On the men’s side the Rogers State Hillcats are the coolest-named team remaining. On the women’s side we have the Oklahoma City Stars, the Lubbock Christian University Chaparrals and the Westmminster Griffins. Below is the scoreboard for today’s games.
MEN
PIKEVILLE BEARS 54 ROBERT MORRIS (IL) EAGLES 47
GEORGETOWN (KY) TIGERS 69 CONCORDIA (CA) EAGLES 67
MOUNTAIN STATE COUGARS 69 RSU HILLCATS 62
MMC REDHAWKS 66 BIOLA EAGLES 63
WOMEN
SHAWNEE STATE BEARS 86 OKLAHOMA CITY STARS 77
AZUSA PACIFIC COUGARS 79 LCU CHAPARRALS 54
UNION BULLDOGS 78 WESTMINSTER GRIFFINS 61
CAMPBELLSVILLE TIGERS 79 FHU LIONS 74
After today’s games everyone has Sunday off, then the tournament resumes with Final Four action Monday evening.
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