The Cornerstone University Golden Eagles won their 2nd National Championship in basketball last night by taking down the defending champions, the St Francis (IN) Cougars 80-71. I’ve been getting e-mails from dogs who are pleased that a cat nicknamed team did not win it all after the way feline nicknames dominated the Continue reading
Tag Archives: sports
CORNERSTONE GOLDEN EAGLES WIN NAIA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Filed under College Basketball
AS CATS BASK IN VICTORY, LITTLEGIRL LOOKS AT TONIGHT’S NAIA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
The frisky feline delivering a Xena-kick to the face of the cute little pooch in this picture is Littlegirl The Spoiled from the famous cat-lover’s blog Life With 4 Cats at http://lifewith4cats.com/
Littlegirl is here to gloat over the way the cat- nicknamed teams crushed the dog- nicknamed teams in the NAIA Division 2 basketball tournament over the past week. Cat teams won Continue reading
Filed under College Basketball
OBU BISON TIP OFF THE NAIA’S DIVISION 1 TOURNAMENT MARCH 16TH
The Oklahoma Baptist Bison, the defending champions in the First Division of NAIA basketball, will play in the national tournament’s tip-off game this coming Wednesday at 9am against the Pikeville Bears. For people unfamiliar with the NAIA tournament, all the games are played at the Continue reading
Filed under College Basketball
NAIA TOURNAMENT ELITE 8 UNDERWAY: UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
Well the quarterfinals in this NAIA college basketball tournament tipped off at 2pm ET, 1pm in Point Lookout, MO, the site of the event. As an added bonus for pet owners I’ll continue looking at how cat nicknames and dog nicknames are doing.
GAME 3 – OZARKS BOBCATS 68 INDIANA WESLEYAN WILDCATS Continue reading
Filed under College Basketball
MUSH MADNESS CONTINUES: LATEST IDITAROD STANDINGS
Well, it’s been nearly a full week since “The Last Great Race”, as it’s called, started. This little gem of an event is seriously overlooked, but my sister is a huge fan of the race and got me into it several years ago. Time for another update on the Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
NAIA TOURNAMENT: IF IT’S DAY 3 IT MUST BE ROUND 2 – UPDATED ALL DAY LONG
Well, last night wrapped up the first round of the NAIA basketball tournament. Today kicks off Round 2. I will once again remind people who aren’t familiar with this tournament that all the games are played at the same venue that’s why the games start at 9am ET, 8am in Point Lookout, MO, where they’re playing.
TOP SEED KNOCKED OUT – GAME 7 – OZARKS BOBCATS 71 WALSH CAVALIERS 66 UPSET OF THE TOURNAMENT!!! WALSH WAS THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL SEED AND JUST FELL TO THE BOBCATS! POSSIBLY OVERCONFIDENT, THE CAVS FELL BEHIND BY AS MANY AS 17 POINTS AT TIMES IN THIS GAME, THEN HAD TO SCRAMBLE IN THE SECOND HALF TO INCH CLOSER! THEIR Continue reading
Filed under College Basketball
DAY TWO OF THE NAIA TOURNAMENT: UPDATED ALL DAY LONG
Day two of the NAIA basketball tournament is under way with games in the books already. If you’re not familiar with the NAIA tournament they play all their games at one venue, that is why they start so early and go on until late at night. As added fun for pet owners I’m continuing to keep track of how teams with dog nicknames and teams with cat nicknames are doing.
GAME 8 – OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN EAGLES 82 STERLING Continue reading
Filed under College Basketball
NAIA NATIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT UNDER WAY: UPDATES ALL DAY LONG
For people unfamiliar with the NAIA tournament, all the games take place at one venue, in this case at the host school the College of the Ozarks. That’s why the games got started at 9am eastern time, 8am in Missouri. For more fun for pet owners I’ll be keeping track of how many wins for cat nicknames and how many wins for dog nicknames.
GAME 8 – OREGON TECH HUSTLIN’ OWLS 76 CARDINAL STRITCH Continue reading
Filed under College Basketball
RAILSPLITTERS ARE A 2 SEED AS THE NCAA’S DIVISION 2 BRACKETS ARE ANNOUNCED
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The 2011 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship Committee announced the brackets for the Southeast Regional tonight, and the Lincoln Memorial University men’s basketball team will make their NCAA Tournament debut as a two-seed. They will face Continue reading
Filed under College Basketball
BLUE DRAGONS TAKE DOWN PIRATES IN OVERTIME; FACE RED RAVENS IN SEMIFINALS
After playing one of the best halves of basketball this season, the Hutchinson Community College men’s basketball team persevered through one of its worst halves and advanced to the semifinals of the Region VI men’s basketball tournament with an 88-84 overtime Continue reading
Filed under College Basketball
Balladeer's Blog 