I'm sure only three people actually watched the game, but man, was there ever some overtime craziness in the CBI on Monday night.
Of the four games, three went to overtime and two of those went to double overtime. IUPUI fell at home to Princeton and its notorious offense in one of the double OT games, while Boston U. was able to survive and advance in just one overtime period.
Meanwhile, Dayton whooped Cincinnati on its home court to advance to the "Elite Eight" of the NIT. Where was this when it mattered in the regular season, Flyers?
(And for my fellow Big East bashers: Connecticut's train wreck of a season finally met an end at the hands of the mediocre Virginia Tech Hokies. About time.)
AP Ranking = 7
ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 7
NCAA Seed = 2 (West Region)
Record = 28-7
- Loyola Chicago (14-16)
- Western Illinois (13-17)
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Boston University (21-13): Win over Morehead State (91-89 in overtime, in the College Basketball Invitational)
- No. 2* seed Ole Miss (23-10)
- No. 3* seed Dayton (22-12): Win at No. 2* seed Cincinnati (81-66 in the NIT)
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IUPUI (25-11): Loss to Princeton (74-68 in double overtime, in the College Basketball Invitational)
- FHSU (22-7)
- Washington State (16-15)
- No. 6 seed Xavier (26-8)
- No. 8 seed UNLV (25-9)
- Alabama (17-15)
- No. 16 seed UAPB (18-16)
- Cleveland State (16-17)
- South Dakota (22-10)
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No. 10 seed Missouri (23-11)
- No. 5 seed Texas A&M (24-10)
- Colorado (15-16)
- No. 8 seed Texas (24-10)
- No. 7 seed Oklahoma State (22-11)
- No. 3 seed Baylor (27-7)
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No. 1 seed Kansas (33-3)
- Nebraska (15-18)
- Iowa State (15-17)
- Oklahoma (13-18)
- No. 5* seed Texas Tech (19-15)
- No. 15 seed North Texas (24-9)
- No. 7 seed BYU (30-6)
*NIT