By PAUL GOTHAM ENID, OK -- Top-seeded LSU-Eunice (54-6) and No. 2 seed Parkland, Ill (48-14-1) earned first-round byes in the 2018 NJCAA DII World Series. Neither of the top seeds hold the title of the hottest team in the nation. That belongs to the Monroe Community College Tribunes. Winners of 18 straight, Monroe opens the Series against Brunswick Community College … [Read more...] about Tribunes open NJCAA World Series as hottest DII team in the nation
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Section V Roundup: Penfield wins in extras; Brockport ends trip on high note
PENFIELD 4 POWDERSVILLE (SC) 1 eight innings Andrew Ebersol started and allowed one run on five hits over 6.1 innings. The senior struck out 11 and escaped a pair of jams with timely punch outs. In the second inning with a runner on second (via an error) and nobody out, Ebersol fanned the side to end the threat without allowing a run. In the fifth inning with the bases … [Read more...] about Section V Roundup: Penfield wins in extras; Brockport ends trip on high note
No. 9 North Carolina pulls away late, tops Bucknell 93-81
Courtesy of BucknellBison.com CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Nana Foulland and Zach Thomas scored 21 points each, and Bucknell had ninth-ranked and defending national champion North Carolina on the ropes in the second half, but the Tar Heels pulled away in the final few minutes to win 93-81 on Wednesday night at the Dean Smith Center. Thomas recorded his third straight 20-point game to … [Read more...] about No. 9 North Carolina pulls away late, tops Bucknell 93-81
Adams named to Bob Cousy Award Watch List
Courtesy of GoBonnies.com ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – St. Bonaventure senior Jaylen Adams is one of 20 NCAA Division I players who today were named candidates for the 2018 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Named after Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic and Holy Cross guard Bob Cousy, the annual honor now in its 15th … [Read more...] about Adams named to Bob Cousy Award Watch List
USBWA names All-District Teams
ST. LOUIS (USBWA) – The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has released its 2016-17 Men's All-District Teams, based on voting from its national membership of 900-plus. The USBWA has selected All-District Teams since the 1956-57 season, its founding year. For each of the nine geographic districts, ten players are selected (11 in the case of ties) as well as a player and … [Read more...] about USBWA names All-District Teams