Loyola’s Competitive First Half Effort is Not Enough as VCU Surges Past the Greyhounds
By: Ethan Hennessy Richmond Virginia A Tyson Commander three found the bottom for the second time after Loyola started off making three of their first four field goals. The Greyhounds jumped out to an early 8-4 lead. The Greyhound lead was as large as six before VCU began locking down on the defensive end and […]
VCU Dominance on Both Sides of the Ball Leads the Rams to Victory over Boston College
By: Ethan Hennessy Annapolis Maryland Boston College and VCU entered tonight’s game both undefeated after opening night home wins against Fairfield and Bellarmine, respectively. VCU controlled the scoring early, jumping out to a 21-8 lead midway through the first half. Boston College’s scoring woes continued later in the half as the Eagles went on a […]
Army Picks Up Second Patriot League Road Win of the Season at Lehigh
By: Ethan Hennessy Bethlehem Pennsylvania Army entered Wednesday night’s contest losing seven of their last eight games. Lehigh had won two of their previous three games. Lehigh began the game making their first four shots from the field. After the Mountain Hawks opened up a 21-14 lead Army countered with a 9-0 run of their […]
Air Force Splits Their Two Game East Coast Roadtrip Losing At Delaware
By: Ethan Hennessy Newark Delaware Air Force out of the Mountain West made a rare trip to the east coast. What made the trip even more noteworthy was that the Falcons did not come east to play either of their service academy rivals Navy or Army. Air Force won a 82-67 matinee at LIU on […]
CBI Bracketology Selection Sunday
By: Ethan Hennessy Wow! Another year in the books! A big thank you to everybody that has read and followed the bracketology. This year my final result was fifteen correct teams predicted out of sixteen. The one miss was Tarleton State (I had Middle Tennessee in instead). This year was probably the most challenging in […]
Yale and Princeton Advance in the Ivy League Tournament Semifinals
By: Ethan Hennessy Princeton New Jersey In the first semifinal both teams started clicking on offense halfway through the first half. When #1 seed Yale extended the lead out to nine Cornell rallied back to make it a game at halftime. 34-31 was the score at the break. Yale jumped back ahead in the second […]
CBI Bracketology #10 3-10-23
By: Ethan Hennessy Two days before Selection Sunday here is how the CBI field is looking. College Basketball Invitational (16 Teams Daytona Beach Florida) Yearly Breakdown 2022: 97% (36/37) Perfect CBI 2021: 100% (8/8) Perfect CBI *2020: 88% minimum *It was later determined three days from Selection Sunday (at the time of the cancelations) I had already correctly […]
CBI Bracketology #9 3-6-23
By: Ethan Hennessy The College Basketball Invitational picture is coming into focus on the Tuesday before Selection Sunday. Here is how I see the field looking on March 7th. College Basketball Invitational (16 Teams Daytona Beach Florida) Yearly Breakdown 2022: 97% (36/37) Perfect CBI 2021: 100% (8/8) Perfect CBI *2020: 88% minimum *It was later determined three days […]
Lafayette Advances to the Patriot League Tournament Championship Game in a Double Overtime All-Time Classic
By: Ethan Hennessy Easton Pennsylvania In the first Double Overtime Patriot League Tournament game since 2017 both teams battled with a chance to play in the Championship against Colgate on Wednesday. Lafayette and American entered the game as the six and seven seeds respectively with the winner earning the right to travel to Hamilton New […]
Let’s Talk About Detroit Mercy, CBI Bracketology #8 3-4-23
By: Ethan Hennessy I know it was just two days since my last bracketology update but I felt a longer post addressing the Detroit Mercy situation was warranted. Additionally, one of the teams I had in my Thursday bracketology told me they are done for the season so the bracketology quickly became outdated anyways. For […]
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