All the championship games in the divisions of college basketball covered by Balladeer’s Blog are over now. Here’s a final round of congratulations to this year’s champs and the teams they faced in those title games.
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The 9th- seeded Rogers State University Hillcats (logo at left) tipped off the NAIA Division 1 basketball tournament at 10am ET today. The Point Loma Nazarene University Sea Lions, the Life University Running Eagles and the top- seeded Shorter Hawks have also seen action so far.
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The Point Loma Nazarene University Sea Lions (logo at left) were among the teams competing in yesterday’s Golden State Athletic Conference tournament. A handful of 1 seeds were toppled, including the OBU Bison, who fell to a 7 seed team!
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On this 1st day of March the Fresno Pacific University Sunbirds (logo at left) are among the teams tipping off this year’s Golden State Athletic Conference tournament tonight. In addition to the GSAC plenty of other conferences at last Continue reading
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February Frenzy continues here at Balladeer’s Blog. The NAIA-2 college basketball conference tournaments drew to a close last night, but the NAIA-1 conference tournaments are just getting started. Meanwhile the CCCAA regionals continue and the ACCA gets its National Tournament rolling tonight.
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As Balladeer’s Blog’s February Frenzy continues the Indiana University Southeast Grenadiers (logo at left) take on the Brescia Bearcats in tonight’s championship game in the KIAC. The winner gets the conference’s automatic bid to the NAIA’s National Tournament, which begins next Wednesday. Automatic bids are also on the line tonight for the Cal Maritime Keelhaulers in the Continue reading
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The Monroe College Tribunes (logo at left) won the 2012 NJCAA College Hockey Championship by defeating the equally cool-named Williston State Tetons 4-2 in the title game yesterday.
The Tetons (as in the mountains of that name) started off the scoring with a power play goal just a few minutes into the game, but the Tribunes came back to lead the game 2-1 by the end of the First Period. Both goaltenders shut the opposition out in the Second Period but Continue reading
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Balladeer’s Blog’s February Frenzy nearly saw three 1 seeds of conference tournament season take a fall yesterday. The Mid- Central College Conference’s 1 seed, the Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats became this postseason’s first number 1 to be taken down. The (4) St Francis (IN) Cougars did the honors 78-65.
In the Association of Independent Institutions the top- seeded Jamestown College Jimmies (logo at right) survived a semifinal scare against the 4th- seeded Dickinson State Blue Hawks in a 71-70 Instant Classic. The Jimmies play the Dakota State Trojans in the championship game later today.
Meanwhile in the KCAC tournament the (4) Tabor College Blue Jays nearly brought down the (1) McPherson Bulldogs in a 68-66 thriller.
In other action this has been pretty much The Year of the Seven Seeds. Last night the KIAC’s Asbury Eagles joined other 7th-seeded teams like the Lourdes University Gray Wolves and the Grand View Vikings in taking down their 2nd- seeded opponents.
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Balladeer’s Blog’s February Frenzy continues! The Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference climbs aboard today as their conference tournament tips off, featuring the top- seeded Indiana University Southeast Grenadiers (logo at right). Other teams making the tournament field from the KIAC are the St Louis College of Pharmacy Eutectics, the Indiana East Red Wolves and many others.
Meanwhile, other conferences will be featuring their semifinals or championship games today, and there are regional tournaments already underway in the NCCAA and CCCAA. First, to recap yesterday’s Continue reading
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The Saint Ambrose University Fighting Bees (logo at left) are the 1 seed in the Midwest Collegiate Conference and they are just one of the many teams that will be in action this afternoon and evening as Balladeer’s Blog’s February Frenzy of college basketball tournaments continues.
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