Great win for UMW! Close almost the entire way and LaCrosse fought hard. Two C2C headed to the Elite 8 and no ODAC teams, sorry, not sorry, Lol.

I watched the CNU game last night. Great game although both teams were dreadful from three. CNU had a 14 point lead at half but RMU caught up with big opening second half. CNU hung on throughout and got a big win (and upset) at Macon, which was packed. Go Eagles tonight!

Apropro of nothing, the only multi Sweet 16 team conferences are the NESCAC (3), UAA (3) and C2C (2). 

Both UMW and CNU make it to the Sweet 16! The UMW game, which I attended along with 1200 other fans, was closer than the final score indicated. UMW was down by one at the half and looked out of sorts. Coach Kahn did his usual excellent job of "coaching them up" for the second half and the rout was on. Next week at home against Wisconsin-Lacrosse for UMW and CNU at Randolph Macon(!).

Agreed incredible run by CNU. They'll need to get some non-Toa offense to go deep into the tournament though. Was a fun game to be at though with VERY passionate UMW and CNU fans in Santa Cruz!

Height didn't matter: UMW won by 14 in a game that was probably closer than it needed to be.

UMW plays at SVU tonight. Noted above it may be a trap game and I hear that their arena is a little...funky, but their roster also has two 6'7" players, 2 6'9" players plus a 6'10" and 7 footer. Any one ever seen a D3roster with that height?!

Completely different CNU/UMW game last night: Robinson scored 25 points with strong support from Randall (21) and Bates (18) plus freshman Preston White (10 pts. 5 boards). Toa did not have 43 points this outing, he had 12. UMW was up by 13 at the half and never seriously challenged the rest of the way. I suspect these teams will play each other at least one more time in the C2C playoffs in Santa Cruz. Great atmosphere at Rosner Arena with over 1800 fans. 

Tough game for UMW. Kye struggled for the second straight game and lots of double teams thrown at him and whoever was bringing the ball up, and we struggled to hit the open man. RMC shot incredibly well and as Jack said, hard to beat a team shooting 60%FG/57%3P(!)/83%FT. Even though RMC isn't as tall as CNU, they hurt us more inside than i expected. On to a CNU re-match at home on Saturday. Notably UMW/CNU/RMC remain #9/8/3 in NPI so all safe Pool C.

I agree it was a great game. Having Kye get early fouls didn't seem to hurt at first (when he went out UMW was down by 4 and they then went up by about 8 at one point and ultimately tied at half when he sat last 9 minutes of 1st half) but by second half he couldn't play defense and every CNU player just drove right at him every time. Toa had amazing game and carried the team. Still a good effort by both teams, albeit a bit sloppy at times with a lot of turnovers and ball drops. UMW has Macon next and then CNU at their house next. Good practice for tournament time.

Sadly due to work I will miss the CNU game but will be there for R-M. It is indeed a big week for the Eagles!

UMW now with its highest ranking, #3, in its history. In a great position with NPI ranking of 6 to host first and second round games. CNU has NPI of 10 so likely won't matter who wins the "coveted" C2C title.

Great UMW (#5) v. Catholic (#15) game at Catholic yesterday. UMW won by 6 but game was close throughout with 20 ties and 13 lead changes. Both teams shot equally; UMW (48%/29%/84%) and CU (45%/32%/82%) and UMW outrebounded CU 32-26. Over 400 fans in a nice arena. DIIIMBB at its finest in my view.

UMW put a hurt on VWU tonight: 89-48. Yes, you read that right: 41 point win. UMW shot 63%/47%/77%. Didn't see this coming.

Been quiet here for a bit. As we approach the New Year, UMW is ranked #5 (#13 Massey) with CNU at #28 (Same with Massey). UCSC is a respectable #84 in Massey while Salisbury is #142. Warren Wilson, JWU and Regent are awful as expected. Big games for UMW coming up on 12/30 VA Wesleyan (#38) and Catholic (#29) on 1/3.