Getting plugged into non-NCAA hoops
Beyond the NCAA tournament, and the NIT-picked leftovers, it's tough to find any updates on the 16-team College Basketball Invitational that started Tuesday night.
Here's what we got:
Tuesday's results:
Virginia 66, Richmond 64
Old Dominion 66, Rider 63
Ohio 80, Brown 74
Houston 80, Nevada 79
Tonight's games:
Cincinnati at Bradley
Miami (Ohio) at Tulsa
Valparaiso at Washington
Utah at UTEP
Monday, March 24
Old Dominion at Virginia
3 other quarterfinals to be rigged determined
Wednesday, March 26
Two semifinals
Monday, March 31
Championship Series Game 1
Wednesday, April 2
Championship Series Game 2
Friday, April 4
Championship Series Game 3
(if necessary)
The winner, of course, then gets to hang a banner and proclaim itself the 98th best team in the country.
With six Pac-10 teams in the NCAA Tournament, and two more in the NIT (Arizona State, which beat Alabama State in its opener Tuesday, and Cal, which opens tonight against New Mexico, 8 p.m., ESPN2), the conference has nine of its 10 members playing in the postseason. What's wrong with Oregon State?
And why didn't Cal State Northridge (20-10) get invited to any of these bracket-buster-post-season events? If 13-18 Cincinnati made the CBI ...