He is, he was nowhere close to this player in high school, was over 300 lbs. He went to Sunrise prep, where Olaseni went as well, after high school and dropped a lot of weight. Wasn't close to a D-1 prospect before then, now he's a really fluid 7 ft, with 3 point range, who can also bang down low, and he's an excellent shot blocker (5th in the NCAA in Blk%). I think there's an outside shot he leaves early if he takes another step forward next year.
Conference Tournaments Thread
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He is, he was nowhere close to this player in high school, was over 300 lbs. He went to Sunrise prep, where Olaseni went as well, after high school and dropped a lot of weight. Wasn't close to a D-1 prospect before then, now he's a really fluid 7 ft, with 3 point range, who can also bang down low, and he's an excellent shot blocker (5th in the NCAA in Blk%). I think there's an outside shot he leaves early if he takes another step forward next year.
Loyola blew an 18 point second half lead so both top seeds are out in the MVC.
Make that top 3 seeds as CWilliams and Indiana State got their doors blown off by Missouri St.
Reminder:
* 32 teams receive automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament by winning their conference tournament.
* The NCAA Selection Committee only selects the 36 at-large teams.
Will UNI be one of those 36 teams?
Here are, of course, the FOUR MVC teams left where one will earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament:
NET Rank..Previous..Road..Neutral..Home..Non Div 1
47 36 UNI MVC 23-6 8-4 1-2 14-0 2-0 --OUT
Today's MVC Semi final Games:
Game #1 (2:35 pm CT, CBSSN):
151 167 Drake MVC 18-13 2-10 4-1 12-2 2-0
****************vs*******************************
109 110 Bradley MVC 20-11 4-8 2-1 14-2 1-0
Game #2 (5:05 pm CT, CBSSN):
115 124 Missouri St. MVC 16-16 3-10 2-2 11-4 0-0
****************vs*******************************
139 138 Valparaiso MVC 17-15 4-11 3-2 10-2 1-0
* 32 teams receive automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament by winning their conference tournament.
* The NCAA Selection Committee only selects the 36 at-large teams.
Will UNI be one of those 36 teams?
Here are, of course, the FOUR MVC teams left where one will earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament:
NET Rank..Previous..Road..Neutral..Home..Non Div 1
47 36 UNI MVC 23-6 8-4 1-2 14-0 2-0 --OUT
Today's MVC Semi final Games:
Game #1 (2:35 pm CT, CBSSN):
151 167 Drake MVC 18-13 2-10 4-1 12-2 2-0
****************vs*******************************
109 110 Bradley MVC 20-11 4-8 2-1 14-2 1-0
Game #2 (5:05 pm CT, CBSSN):
115 124 Missouri St. MVC 16-16 3-10 2-2 11-4 0-0
****************vs*******************************
139 138 Valparaiso MVC 17-15 4-11 3-2 10-2 1-0
Alpo was down by 1 in OT; just 11 seconds remained in the game. Loyola had a foul to give. They chose not to foul.
This is how it ended. Better luck next year, Sister Jean.
Watch:
This is how it ended. Better luck next year, Sister Jean.
Watch:
No doubt a great coach... but stayed in DSM one year and bolted. Kind of annoying when someone who wants to be at Drake and just as good is turned down. Just glad D-Rock has a chip on his shoulder and wants to win at Drake.
Fleming and his 16-15 Lipscomb squad playing in the Atlantic Sun Final on ESPN right now.
Winthrop won Big South again. Seems like they’ve kinda owned that conference as of late.
