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#16A NC A&T (20-16, 8-8 MEAC) d. #16B Liberty (15-21, 6-10 Big South) 73-72
#11A St. Mary's (28-6, 14-2 WCC) d. #11B Middle Tennessee State (28-6, 19-1 Sun Belt) 67-54

JMU's 1st tournament win in 30 years! Beats LIU 68-55.
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Andre a Giant for JMU
Andre Nation pretty much did it all in James Madison's first-round NCAA tournament win on Wednesday night. The freshman became just the ninth player with at least 14 points, seven rebounds, five blocks and four assists in the tourney since 1986. Here's a look:

Year Player School
2013 Andre Nation* James Madison
2010 Ekpe Udoh Baylor
2010 Curtis Kelly Kansas State
2007 Josh McRoberts Duke
2006 Joakim Noah Florida
2002 Ryan Humphrey Notre Dame
1997 Jason Lawson Villanova
1996 John Wallace Syracuse
1992 Shaquille O'Neal LSU

JMU Coach Brady CBS postgame interview:
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JMU actually has a pretty good long ago NCAA tourney history. Went to NCAA tourney 3 straight years 81'-83' under Lou Campanelli:

1981 (48 teams)
1st round beat Georgetown 61–55.
2nd round lost to Notre Dame 54-45.

1982 (48 teams)
1st round beat Ohio State 55-48.
2nd round lost to UNC 52-50 (UNC team with then Fr Michael Jordan that went on to win the NC).

1983 (52 teams)
1st round beat WVU 57-50.
2nd round lost to UNC 68-49.

1994 (under Lefty Driesell)
1st round #3 seed FL 64, #14 seed JMU 62. FL went on to Final 4.

Tonight ups JMU's record to 4-4 in the NCAA Tourney. Will be back to a game under 500 by Fri night...

The following current FCS teams will play today/tonight:

[14] Valparaiso vs. [3] Michigan State 12:15 pm (CBS)
[11] Bucknell vs. [6] Butler 12:40 pm (truTV)
[14] Davidson vs. [3] Marquette 3:10 pm (truTV)
[16] Southern U vs. [1] Gonzaga 4:10 pm (TBS)
[16] North Carolina A&T vs. [1] Louisville 6:50 pm (TBS)
[13] South Dakota State vs. [4] Michigan 7:15 pm (CBS)
[14] Harvard vs. [3] New Mexico 9:50 pm (TNT)

BDKJMU wrote:JMU's 1st tournament win in 30 years! Beats LIU 68-55.
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=330790256" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Andre a Giant for JMU
Andre Nation pretty much did it all in James Madison's first-round NCAA tournament win on Wednesday night. The freshman became just the ninth player with at least 14 points, seven rebounds, five blocks and four assists in the tourney since 1986. Here's a look:

Year Player School
2013 Andre Nation* James Madison
2010 Ekpe Udoh Baylor
2010 Curtis Kelly Kansas State
2007 Josh McRoberts Duke
2006 Joakim Noah Florida
2002 Ryan Humphrey Notre Dame
1997 Jason Lawson Villanova
1996 John Wallace Syracuse
1992 Shaquille O'Neal LSU

Nice company.

bonarae wrote:The following current FCS teams will play today/tonight:

[14] Valparaiso vs. [3] Michigan State 12:15 pm (CBS)
[11] Bucknell vs. [6] *Butler 12:40 pm (truTV)
[14] Davidson vs. [3] Marquette 3:10 pm (truTV)
[16] Southern U vs. [1] Gonzaga 4:10 pm (TBS)
[16] North Carolina A&T vs. [1] Louisville 6:50 pm (TBS)
[13] South Dakota State vs. [4] Michigan 7:15 pm (CBS)
[14] Harvard vs. [3] New Mexico 9:50 pm (TNT)

You left off:
#13 Montana vs #4 Syracuse

Play in:
JMU won
Liberty lost to NC A&T

On Fri:
#9 Villanova vs #8 UNC
#14 Northwestern State vs #3 Florida
#15 Albany vs #2 Duke
*#2 Georgetown vs #15 Gulf Coast

So by my count, there are 15 I-AA teams, with only 2 favored:
#16 Liberty (1st round)
#16 NC A&T (1st round)
#16 JMU (1st round)
#16 Southern
#15 Albany
#14 Harvard
#14 Valpo
#14 Northwestern State
#14 Davidson
#13 SDSU
#13 Montana
#11 Bucknell
#9 Villanova
#6 Butler
#2 Georgetown

Of the four FCS teams who have completed games thus far, only one survives... Butler. They held off Bucknell 68-56.

Meanwhile, Davidson choked in the final minutes against Marquette.

Watching the Zags and Jags. Gottlieb's GU hate hits new levels as after a Jag's blocked shot he exclaims "they don't have athletes like that in the WCC!" What a douche.

On a side note to TJ and AZ, I'm appreciating the sexual chocolate emanating from the Southern cheer squad.

bonarae wrote:Of the four FCS teams who have completed games thus far, only one survives... Butler. They held off Bucknell 68-56.

Meanwhile, Davidson choked in the final minutes against Marquette.

3 survived - JMU & NC A&T(sure they were round 1 games but they won)

Holy fuck is Gonzaga getting jobbed here.

If you aren't watching the Gonzaga game, turn it on now!!! Zags only up 3 with less than 3 minutes to go!

Watching the Zags and Jags. Gottlieb's GU hate hits new levels as after a Jag's blocked shot he exclaims "they don't have athletes like that in the WCC!" What a douche.

Yeah, he has a vendetta against certain teams and conferences. He didn't think Nova should have even made the tourney this year.

Southern couldn't take Gonzaga down, and lost.

On to NC A&T, South Dakota State, Harvard and Montana...

go figure i thought with all the hype the Oregon Ducks were getting, they would falter. But they looked dominant throughout. Should be a great game between them and SLU.

NC A&T and South Dakota State were blown out by their higher seeded opponents.

Harvard leads the Lobos 31-27 at halftime.

Montana, however, is down by double digits.

Well, that first half sucked. The Griz looked rattled from the opening tip.

Go Harvard!

Testament to how embarrassingly bad Big Sky basketball is.

Brock Landers wrote:Testament to how embarrassingly bad Big Sky basketball is.

That's not the issue; UM almost beat CSU in their first game without Cherry (& Weber beat an A-10 team & just plain humiliated Cal Poly last night).

Montana just doesn't look prepared at all, and everyone on the team seems desperate to have someone else shoot the ball (except Cherry, who's acting like his teammates are invisible). Syracuse is playing a good game, while Montana is playing perhaps their worst game of the season.

Mvemjsunpx wrote:

Brock Landers wrote:Testament to how embarrassingly bad Big Sky basketball is.

That's not the issue; UM almost beat CSU in their first game without Cherry (& Weber beat an A-10 team & just plain humiliated Cal Poly last night).

Montana just doesn't look prepared at all, and everyone on the team seems desperate to have someone else shoot the ball (except Cherry, who's acting like his teammates are invisible). Syracuse is playing a good game, while Montana is playing perhaps their worst game of the season.

You sure they sent the bball team and not the bowling team?

grizzaholic wrote:

Mvemjsunpx wrote:
That's not the issue; UM almost beat CSU in their first game without Cherry (& Weber beat an A-10 team & just plain humiliated Cal Poly last night).

Montana just doesn't look prepared at all, and everyone on the team seems desperate to have someone else shoot the ball (except Cherry, who's acting like his teammates are invisible). Syracuse is playing a good game, while Montana is playing perhaps their worst game of the season.

You sure they sent the bball team and not the bowling team?

That sig.

Our basketball team.

Mvemjsunpx wrote:

Brock Landers wrote:Testament to how embarrassingly bad Big Sky basketball is.

That's not the issue; UM almost beat CSU in their first game without Cherry (& Weber beat an A-10 team & just plain humiliated Cal Poly last night).

Montana just doesn't look prepared at all, and everyone on the team seems desperate to have someone else shoot the ball (except Cherry, who's acting like his teammates are invisible). Syracuse is playing a good game, while Montana is playing perhaps their worst game of the season.

You think this game would be closer if they played again tomorrow night? I guarantee it wouldn't

Brock Landers wrote:

Mvemjsunpx wrote:
That's not the issue; UM almost beat CSU in their first game without Cherry (& Weber beat an A-10 team & just plain humiliated Cal Poly last night).

Montana just doesn't look prepared at all, and everyone on the team seems desperate to have someone else shoot the ball (except Cherry, who's acting like his teammates are invisible). Syracuse is playing a good game, while Montana is playing perhaps their worst game of the season.

You think this game would be closer if they played again tomorrow night? I guarantee it wouldn't

So, you think Syracuse would beat Montana by 50 every single time?

Syracuse wouldn't even beat Idaho State that bad every time. The gap from near-top to near-bottom in men's college basketball just isn't that large.