Here's a look at the 1st Round scoreboard with RPI in parenthesis-

90 Albany(107)
94 Ohio(82)

84 Morehead St(127)
80 Siena(105)

72 Pepperdine(129)
79 E Washington(233)

112 Omaha(162)
120 Duquesne(143)

65 Houston Baptist(221)
69 UNC Greensboro(237)

74 W Carolina(166)
79 Vermont(126)

75 Montana(144)
79 Nevada(118)

63 Idaho(190)
68 Seattle(287)

Home teams finished 7-1. Only home loss was Siena to Morehead on Tuesday.


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this is a look at the results ranked by RPI-

W 82 Ohio

L 105 Siena
L 107 Albany
W 118 Nevada
W 126 Vermont
W 127 Morehead St
L 129 Pepperdine
L 143 Omaha
L 144 Montana
W 162 Duquesne
L 166 Western Carolina
W 190 Idaho

L 221 Houston Baptist
W 233 E Washington
W 237 NC Greensboro
W 287 Seattle

what I can't figure out is why they scheduled 4 of the top 6 teams to play each other in the first round.


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Here are the match ups for the Quarterfinals on Monday-

237 UNC Greensboro
82 Ohio

233 E Washington
118 Nevada

126 Vermont
287 Seattle

162 Duquesne
127 Morehead St


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and Monday's results-

67 UNC Greensboro
72 Ohio

70 E Washington
85 Nevada

73 Vermont
54 Seattle

72 Duquesne
82 Morehead St

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updated list of all teams-

W 82 Ohio

L 105 Siena
L 107 Albany
W 118 Nevada
W 126 Vermont
W 127 Morehead St
L 129 Pepperdine
L 143 Omaha
L 144 Montana
L 162 Duquesne
L 166 Western Carolina
L 190 Idaho

L 221 Houston Baptist
L 233 E Washington
L 237 NC Greensboro
L 287 Seattle

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Semifinals, Wednesday 3/23

127 Morehead St
82 Ohio

126 Vermont
118 Nevada

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The cream rises to the top, the final 4 teams are all in the top 6 in RPI and the two teams in the top 6 that are already out lost to other teams in the top 6. Our game is at 7pm, the other game starts at 10pm.

The finals will be next Monday, Wednesday, and if needed Friday.

Got the info direct from the horses mouth

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A couple of transfers

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No honor students or Dean's list players

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Interesting talk on their message board. Apparently their fans have wanted to play us and would like a home and home series. I approve of that! I think we need to get more series with the likes of Morehead, Murray State, EKU, WKU, etc.

http://ovcsports.yuku.com/topic/2995/Morehead-at-Ohio-U-C...

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I think there are several opportunities to strengthen our schedule within driving distance. Besides the already mentioned EKU, Morehead State, and WKU the admin might also consider Middle Tennessee State, Belmont, and Vanderbilt, all within the Nashville metro area. I'd love to see us schedule Vandy in a home/home series. While not always at the top in the SEC it would give us a foot in the door to some future SEC competition. I know we've had Belmont on our schedule in the past but those 3 schools give us access to another major media market and would provide us with formidable competition year after year. (The road trips to Nashville would be a plus for those who follow the Cats on the road as well!)

MSU will come ready to play on Wednesday...count on that. I'm hoping to see even more people in the Convo Wednesday evening than we've seen for the first two contests. While some may want to "poo-poo" this CBI tournament these 2 games thus far have been some of the more exciting I've seen in the Convo this year.

Perimeter that was some good analysis.

I was on Ken Pom looking up records and folks who had won...I am not much a fan of RPI especially in Mid Majors but it looks like the ones who were supposed to win won for the most part.

I think Morehead is a team that has been playing well of late and will be a handful. Woods is a good next level coach. Obvious he is always looking for the door but his backstory will haunt him for a while. (he, like Eustachy, always intrigue me as they are both good coaching talents with moments that will stay with them forever) I think this is more of a Backyard Brawl than we would like to imagine. Woods just signed 2 Indiana guards that should give them some future, a CBI title can be viewed as a stepping stone to bigger things. THe current team post Fareid and Tyndall is 4 years in and holding steady while the fans are a bit like us in that they got used to winning and want more of it.

I hope this is the game that the guys realize they can win this thing and come with the light bulb having clicked on and ready to roll. THis waste of time we are playing in is providing some character building moments for the future and giving us extra moments to understand game planning, prep,gets some extra practice and cement our approaches/philosophies and pick apart what our weakness' are...certainly more tape and more exposure helps identify areas of concern (defense, defending the high ball screen, broken offensive sets, shooting woes) and identifies line ups and personnel that need or want to get on the floor.

This one should be another shootout. Look for scores in the 80's. They are pretty hot right now.

I realize people like the Morehead matchup but I was hoping to get the Dukes and Big John Rhodes back in the RoundHouse. I would have enjoyed giving John a very big welcome back reception, not only considering all he has done for OHIO as a player and coach, but for all he's been through the past year or so.

From the Morehead board - common opponents/ results "Ohio U and Morehead have 2 common opponents on the year in Marshall and Tennessee State.
Ohio beat Marshall by 15 in a game in Athens. Morehead beat Marshall by 24 at home.
Ohio beat Tennessee State by 8 at home. Morehead beat Tennessee State by 5 at home and lost by 1 in Nashville.
It appears this will be close one."

When I was a kid OHIO used to play Morehead State fairly regularly (home and away). We used to play Louisville home and away also. These days we probably can't get Louisville to come to the Convo, but I see no reason we can't renew the Morehead series. It's a good regional battle. Go OHIO!

Hmm--forcing us to turn it over, pounding us on the boards...not a recipe for an OHIO W.

I have 1 concern as stated in Jason's article today, team fatigue. While both teams should be in the same position as to feeling tired I am still concerned when this is mentioned related to our boys.
While I was concerned about our ability to beat Albany that was not a concern for me going into the Greensboro game. Now this game I have no pre-conceived feelings about at all. Don't know if this is good or bad.




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