First game...Buffalo 75 Quinnipac 68. Buffalo wins on the road. These guys beat a less than inspired Milwaukee team at home by 15 in the Bracket Buster. A decent team, they were simply overmatched in the MAC East by Kent and Akron.
Ohio 65 (19-15, 9-7 MAC)
Marshall 64 (22-12, 9-7 C-USA)
Jacksonville 71 (20-11, 13-7 A-Sun)
East Carolina 66 (18-16, 8-8 C-USA)
North Dakota 67 (19-15, 8-4 Great West)
Air Force 77 (16-15, 6-10 MWC)
Furman 63 (22-11, 12-6 Southern)
E Tenn St 76 (23-11, 16-4 A-Sun)
Rider 50 (23-11, 13-5 MAAC)
Northern Iowa 84 (20-13, 10-8 MVC)
wow marshall lost! that was unexpected.
Quote from: letsgovu on March 15, 2011, 10:22:09 PM
wow marshall lost! that was unexpected.
I'd love to get a chance to play Ohio again and I'm sure the players would feel the same way.
It might happen.
from the cit schedule/results page
"Ideally teams can be kept within their geographic region to cut down on travel."
The CIT web site posted last night that the VU-Iona winner has a bye in the next round.
Oral Roberts and Western Michigan are also a factor, would be nice to face old ORU again, wouldn't it?
I hope tonight's crowd is a good one. If it is not, however, keep in mind that last night, at least according to the Des Moines Register, Creighton drew around 4,000 in the 17,000-seat Qwest Center. Northern Iowa drew just over 3,000 in its 7,000 seat gym. And Evansville drew a tad over 1,200 fans for its game.
Paul
Cleveland State had ~1700 paid, and one writer claimed ~2500 in attendance, for their NIT victory.
When I picked up my tickets yesterday morning, I was told that ticket sales were pretty slow. I'm going to guess a 1st round HL tournament game sized crowd - 1500 to 1800.
With Marshall losing, the winner of our game will have the top remaining RPI. Should help the winning team to potentially get a bye.
It was mentioned on other threads, if maybe not on this one - the CIT site already says the winner of Valpo vs. Iona will get a bye.
Didn't see that. Thanks.