Ohio Teams in the NCAA & NIT Tournaments

Ohio Teams in the NCAA Tournament

Ohio State - Champions of the Big Ten Tournament
#1 seed in South Regional vs. #16 Central Connecticut State on Thursday @ 7:10 pm ET

Miami - Champions of the Mid-American Conference Tournament
#14 seed in _ Regional vs. #3 Oregon on Friday @ 5:05 pm ET

Xavier - Champions of the Atlantic 10 Tournament
#9 seed in South Regional vs. #8 BYU on Thursday @ 9:30 pm

Ohio Teams in the NIT Tournament

Toledo - @ Florida State on Tuesday @ 6 pm ET

Ohio teams in Conference Tournaments

It's conference tournament time so I thought it was time to update you all on the rest of the Ohio Division I college basketball programs.

Akron - defeated Central Michigan to advance to the MAC Tournament Semifinals on Friday

Bowling Green - elimnated by Ohio in the first round of the MAC Tournament on Wednesday

Cincinnati - did not place in the top 12 to qualify for the Big East Tournament

Cleveland State - fell to UW-Green Bay in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament

Dayton - eliminated by Xavier on Thursday in the Atlantic 10 Tournament

Kent State - defeated Western Michigan to advance to the MAC Tournament Semifinals on Friday

Miami - facing Toledo on Friday night in the MAC Tournament Semifinals

Ohio - elimated by Miami in the Quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament on Thursday

Ohio State - facing Michigan in the Quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Friday

Toledo - facing Miami on Friday night in the MAC Tournament Semifinals

Xavier - facing Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Semifinals on Friday night

Youngstown State - fell to UW-Green Bay in the second round of the Horizon League Tournament

Wright State goes dancing after upset of Butler

The Wright State Raiders have had a fantastic season in 2006-2007, but with all of the Horizon League buzz around Butler, few would have known. Tuesday night that all changed. Wright State won their 23rd game of the year and their second over much-heralded Butler team by defeating the Bulldogs 60-55 for the Horizon League Tournament Championship. > more

Busy week of basketball ahead

So it looks like I will be having one heck of a busy week of high school and college basketball ahead of me. After watching girls basketball tournament games the past two Thursdays, I watched the undefeated Pymatuning Valley Lakers boys basketball team extend their record to 21-0 in defeating Newton Falls this evening to warm things up. On Tuesday I will be traveling to Lakeland Community College (Painesville, OH) to see coach Jeremy Huber lead his PV boys against Berkshire in the District Semifinals. Huber is an up-and-coming coach who has gone 39-3 in the past two season with PV after turning around a program that was 2-18 just 5 years ago. Here's hoping for a win over Berkshire and a much-anticipated match-up with Villa-Angela/St. Joseph on Friday night. Wednesday begins one of my favorite events of the year; the Mid-American Conference Tournament. For the second straight season I will be covering the MAC Basketball Tournament for VanDelay Sports, a popular MAC sports fansite. I will be at Quicken Loans arena from noon to about 10 pm on Wednesday and Thursday, then all evening Friday and Saturday for the MAC Championship as well. Hopefully Friday will be a tough decision for me as if the PV boys win they will play for the District Championship Friday night @ 7:30; during the MAC Tourney games. Either way, it's gonna be a full, and fun, week of basketball.