#3 Houston Shines in the Veterans Classic
By: Ethan Hennessy Annapolis Maryland The 9th Annual Veterans Classic took place November 11th at Alumni Hall in Annapolis Maryland. Two themes emerged from the night. First, Houston is a legitimate final four and national championship contender and second the floor conditions at Alumni Hall had a big impact on the event. #3 Houston jumped […]
2022-23 Pre-Season CBI/Basketball Classic Bracketology
By: Ethan Hennessy Hello everybody! College Basketball season is right around the corner. I hope you’re excited because I know I am. I’ll be covering the sport for my seventh season now (sixth here on HappeningHoops.com). As many of you know I’m based in the Baltimore area so I’ll be courtside for games at a […]
Ranking Arenas I’ve Attended Games At Part 2 (1-25)
By: Ethan Hennessy I’ve had the opportunity to attend lots of college basketball games over the years at many different venues. I’ve seen division one games at 56 arenas and this is part two of a two part series in which I rank the arenas I enjoyed most. The first part can be found on […]
Ranking Arenas I’ve Attended Games At Part 1 (26-49)
By: Ethan Hennessy I’ve had the opportunity to attend lots of college basketball games over the years at many different arenas. I’ve seen division one games at 56 arenas and over the course of the next two posts on HappeningHoops.com I’ll be telling you which places I enjoyed the most. Honorable Mention: There are seven […]
Texas A&M Defeats Washington State in the NIT Semifinals at Madison Square Garden
By: Ethan Hennessy New York City New York Texas A&M and Washington State were two of the final nine teams still alive for a postseason championship when they tipped off the second NIT semifinal at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Tuesday night. The Aggies and Cougars perhaps were both feeling the pressure […]
Xavier Beats Saint Bonaventure in the NIT Semifinals at Madison Square Garden.
By: Ethan Hennessy New York City New York For the final time (at least for the foreseeable future) the National Invitation Tournament. Xavier jumped out to a 19-7 lead early but Madison Square Garden roared to life when the Bonnies began to cut the Xavier lead around the eleven-minute mark. Xavier withstood the run though […]
Final Bracketology of 2022 Wrap-Up
By: Ethan Hennessy By: Ethan Hennessy Another season is in the books! This year was challenging but successful. It was the second year in a row I got a completely correct CBI field! I was quite proud of myself for that one because I pieced it all together at 7:40 PM EST on Sunday over […]
Happening Hoops CBI/The Basketball Classic Bracketology #10
By: Ethan Hennessy Welcome to Selection Sunday! If you are new here welcome. I predict the fields of the College Basketball Invitational and Basketball Classic Postseason Tournaments which are postseason college basketball tournaments for teams that do not get invited to the NCAA Tournament or National Invitation Tournament (NIT). This is my fifth season doing […]
Saint Peter’s Captures the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship in Atlantic City and Punches Their Ticket to the NCAA Tournament
By: Ethan Hennessy Atlantic City New Jersey Monmouth started the game on a 6-0 thanks to a George Papas cross-court alley-oop pass that was finished off by a cutting Jarvis Vaughan and then Papas hit a corner three. Saint Peter’s was not going to make things easy on Monmouth KC Ndefo locked down the paint […]
Happening Hoops CBI/The Basketball Classic Bracketology #10
By: Ethan Hennessy Selection Sunday is only hours away! I have 18 confirmed teams and counting that are committed to one of the two tournaments in 2022. If you are new here welcome. I predict the fields of the College Basketball Invitational and Basketball Classic Postseason Tournaments which are postseason college basketball tournaments for teams […]
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