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MARCH 17TH’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCORES: NAIA AND NJCAA

 The LSU- Shreveport Pilots (logo at left) are part of the NAIA’s Elite Eight teams that will be playing today. Meanwhile the NJCAA3 Championship Game will pit the Sandhills Flyers against the Cedar Valley College Suns. The NCAA D3 title game features the Whitewater Warhawks (current D3 football champs) vs the Cabrini Cavaliers.

Four double- digit seeds advanced with upset wins yesterday. The Pilots (as in riverboat pilots) won a 12 over 5 matchup over Southern Polytechnic, Biola won a 10-7 game against Our Lady of the Lake University and 11th- seeded Mountain State upset 6th- seeded Martin Methodist. Here are scores for Continue reading

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NAIA AND NJCAA3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCORES MARCH 16TH

 If you missed it in the NAIA’s late game last night the unseeded SUNO Knights upset the 3rd- seeded Robert Morris (IL) Eagles 94-92! Trailing by 11 points with just 9 minutes left the Knights, playing in their first tournament since 2004, stayed focused and Kevin Dukes drove home a fadeaway jumper with just 3.9 seconds left in the game to give SUNO (Southern University at New Orleans) the win. Congratulations to the Knights for the upset of the tournament so far!

Meanwhile round two tips off this morning at 10am ET with the Evangel Crusaders (logo above left) taking on the Rogers State University Hillcats. All this plus the semifinals in the NJCAA3 tournament.

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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 Continue reading

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FRIDAY’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCORES IN THE NAIA, USCAA AND NCCAA

 The Indiana University Southeast Grenadiers (logo at left) were among the teams winning in yesterday’s NAIA2 tournament. In the USCAA2 tournament the top- seeded Central Penn Silver Knights were upset by 8th- seeded Berkeley College and 2nd- seeded Beaver (PA) fell to the 7 seeds, the College of St Joe Fighting Saints.  

Cool-named teams falling yesterday were the Lourdes University Gray Wolves, the St Mary Spires, the Jamestown College Jimmies and the St Ambrose Fighting Bees.

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THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE AND SCORES IN THE NAIA, USCAA AND NCCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS

 Day 2 of the national tournaments gets underway today in the NAIA and USCAA, Day 3 for the NCCAA. As noted yesterday two defending champs have already fallen but top seeds are doing just fine.

The Lourdes University Gray Wolves (logo at left), the Jamestown College Jimmies and the Indiana University Southeast Grenadiers are among the Continue reading

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SCHEDULE AND SCORES FOR WEDNESDAY’S GAMES IN THE NAIA2, USCAA AND NCCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS

*** UPDATE – Both the NAIA2 and USCAA1 defending champs fell today. First the 7th seeded Oakwood Ambassadors provided the upset of the day by bringing down the 2nd seeded SVU Knights. On the NAIA2 side Cornerstone ended their already inglorious defense of their title, falling to Northwest (WA)***

 Today at 9:30am ET the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national tournament tips off! The Northwood (FL) Seahawks are the top seed in this 32 team tournament and will play in the Continue reading

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MARCH 4TH’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT RESULTS

 The Cumberland University Bulldogs (logo at left) pulled off the upset of the day yesterday. The 5th-seeded Bulldogs toppled the 2nd- seeded Georgetown (KY)Tigers to take the Mid-South Conference title.

And to continue Balladeer’s Blog’s coverage of conference tournament season here’s a Continue reading

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