MARCH 10TH’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ACTION AND SCORES

 The Florida Christian College Suns (logo at left) came into the NCCAA tournament seeded 4th, but unfortunately had a rough time of it, losing both their opening round game and also the consolation bracket game. The Suns are definitely up and coming, however, and have added baseball recently, with swirling rumors about a possible football program as well.

In the USCAA tournament the 8th seeded Berkeley College Knights are THE story, having put together three upsets three days in a row to advance to today’s championship game against the Andrews Cardinals. Meanwhile the NAIA quarterfinals are set for today.

Balladeer’s Blog will have updated scores throughout the day, so be sure to check back frequently. . .

NAIA – McPherson Bulldogs over the Dordt College Defenders  82-78  BULLDOGS IN FINAL FOUR  ***  Oregon Tech Hustlin’ Owls over the St Francis (IN) Cougars  100-67  HUSTLIN’ OWLS IN FINAL FOUR  ***  Northwood (FL) Seahawks over the Northwest (WA) Eagles  77-50  SEAHAWKS IN FINAL FOUR  ***  Davenport Panthers over the Cardinal Stritch Wolves  68-54  PANTHERS IN FINAL FOUR   

USCAA1 – (7) Oakwood Ambassadors UPSET the (1) Rochester College Warriors  54-51  AMBASSADORS ARE THE NEW USCAA1 NATIONAL CHAMPS  ***  (consolation game) (5) Ave Maria University Gyrenes over the (6) Newport News Builders  75-54  ***

USCAA2 – (3) Andrews Cardinals over the (8) Berkeley College Knights  72-58  CARDINALS REPEAT AS USCAA2 NATIONAL CHAMPS  ***  (consolation game) (7) College of St Joe Fighting Saints UPSET the (5) Vermont Tech Green Knights  98-62  ***

NCCAA – (2) Grace Bible College Tigers UPSET the (1) Valley Forge Patriots  77-71  TIGERS REPEAT AS NCCAA NATIONAL CHAMPS  ***  consolation games – (7) Hillsdale Flames over the (8)  87-61  ***  (3) Ohio Christian University Trailblazers over the (12) Central Bible Spartans  79-65