No NIT cashins on Thursday

Friday games with #1 seeds

CUSA - #1 North Texas v. Louisiana Tech 12:30PM CBS Sports Network
MAC - #1 Toledo v. Akron 5PM CBS Sports Network
MEAC - #1 Norfolk State v. Morgan State 6PM ESPN+
Southland - #1 Nicholls v. A&M Corpus Christi 6PM ESPN+
Big Sky - #1 Montana State v. Weber State 7:30PM ESPN+
Big West - #1 Long Beach State v. UCSB 9PM ESPN+
WAC - #1 NMSU v. Grand Canyon 9PM ESPN+
SWAC - #1 Alcorn State v. Alabama A&M 9:30PM ESPN+

Alcorn is the 1-seed in the SWAC, not TSU.

(03-10-2022 11:15 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  Alcorn is the 1-seed in the SWAC, not TSU.

Thanks for catching that

Lots of close calls today for the one seeds with North Texas, Nicholls, and Toledo joining the ranks of the NIT cashins. Long Beach hit a buzzer beater to win after trailing most of the 2nd half

Here is the schedule for tomorrow:
America East - #1 Vermont v. UMBC 11AM ESPN2
Ivy - #1 Princeton v. Cornell 11AM ESPNU
MEAC - #1 Norfolk State v. Coppin State 1PM ESPN2
SWAC - #1 Alcorn State v. Texas Southern 6PM ESPNU
Big Sky - #1 Montana State v. Portland State/N Colorado 8PM ESPNU
WAC - #1 NMSU v. Seattle/ACU 10PM ESPNU
Big West - #1 Long Beach State v. Hawaii/ Cal St. Fullerton 11PM ESPN2

so only Alcorn St today. We're sitting on 9 which is lower than normal-looking 1st time since 2010 had fewer than 10. 13 year average is 10.5 per year. However last 9 it's been 12.

(03-13-2022 12:10 AM)stever20 Wrote:  so only Alcorn St today. We're sitting on 9 which is lower than normal-looking 1st time since 2010 had fewer than 10. 13 year average is 10.5 per year. However last 9 it's been 12.

Davidson is still out there potentially. Princeton too.

As an aside, when did Long Beach State start going by the Beach? Seems lame and 49ers, while common, was much better.

(03-13-2022 12:15 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(03-13-2022 12:10 AM)stever20 Wrote:  so only Alcorn St today. We're sitting on 9 which is lower than normal-looking 1st time since 2010 had fewer than 10. 13 year average is 10.5 per year. However last 9 it's been 12.

Davidson is still out there potentially. Princeton too.

As an aside, when did Long Beach State start going by the Beach? Seems lame and 49ers, while common, was much better.

Davidson if they lose will almost surely make the NCAA tourney. Princeton sure is possible.

(03-13-2022 12:15 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(03-13-2022 12:10 AM)stever20 Wrote:  so only Alcorn St today. We're sitting on 9 which is lower than normal-looking 1st time since 2010 had fewer than 10. 13 year average is 10.5 per year. However last 9 it's been 12.

Davidson is still out there potentially. Princeton too.

As an aside, when did Long Beach State start going by the Beach? Seems lame and 49ers, while common, was much better.

Officially, about 3 years ago. But I remember people calling the school "The Beach" much longer ago than that.

Could ANY of those 1-seed afford a loss?

(03-13-2022 01:19 AM)Erictelevision Wrote:  Could ANY of those 1-seed afford a loss?

what and Make the NCAA tourney? Nope.

(03-13-2022 12:48 AM)Wedge Wrote:  

(03-13-2022 12:15 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(03-13-2022 12:10 AM)stever20 Wrote:  so only Alcorn St today. We're sitting on 9 which is lower than normal-looking 1st time since 2010 had fewer than 10. 13 year average is 10.5 per year. However last 9 it's been 12.

Davidson is still out there potentially. Princeton too.

As an aside, when did Long Beach State start going by the Beach? Seems lame and 49ers, while common, was much better.

Officially, about 3 years ago. But I remember people calling the school "The Beach" much longer ago than that.

They dropped Prospector Pete, their 49er mascot, for "pc" reasons. The only sports program whose name did not change was baseball. They remain the Dirtbags.

And Long Beach State settles for the NIT.

(03-13-2022 01:23 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(03-13-2022 01:19 AM)Erictelevision Wrote:  Could ANY of those 1-seed afford a loss?

what and Make the NCAA tourney? Nope.

Yeah, exactly what I was asking. Thanks for confirmation of my suspicions

Long Beach State was known as "the Beach" back when I was in college in the 1980s. It's an old nickname. They are constantly tinkering with their marketing name. I guess there really isn't one everyone agrees on, so it changes every few years which moniker they use (the Beach, Long Beach State, California State Long Beach). "The U" worked for Miami, so why not "the Beach" for Long Beach?

Note, it's true what the announcers said, that Long Beach and Cal State Fullerton are best known as Baseball schools.

As an aside, Stu, 8 of the 11 of the Big West rosters this year had a majority of their players come from outside California. Fullerton only had five in-state players. Cal State Bakersfield only had four Californians. They looked like a Big South member.

With Long Beach State losing and Princeton pending we are at the average of 10.5

Princeton to the NIT.

The Beeaach game for the title was stuck on espn+? What about the New Mexico St title game? ESPN + too? That ain’t right.

(03-13-2022 03:04 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  The Beeaach game for the title was stuck on espn+? What about the New Mexico St title game? ESPN + too? That ain’t right.

They were on ESPN2 I think for both of them.

(03-13-2022 03:05 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(03-13-2022 03:04 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  The Beeaach game for the title was stuck on espn+? What about the New Mexico St title game? ESPN + too? That ain’t right.

They were on ESPN2 I think for both of them.

Big West was on ESPN2
WAC was on ESPNU