MIDWEST REGION - CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL SCORE
Ferris St. 86
Lake Superior St. 81
The Bulldogs (28-7) capture their third regional championship and advance to next week's Elite Eight in Evansville.
LSSU finishes a terrific season at 23-9.
Ferris St. DeShaun Thrower's performance last night is one for the ages. Not only did he score 35 points but he did so as he also prepares to be a major part of the football team that is in the D. II football playoffs. A truly unbelievable performance by a special athlete!!
NABC
All-Midwest Region
1st team
Alex Cook, Bellarmine
Jimmy King, Indianapolis
Kyle Monroe, Michigan Tech
Yaakema Rose, Jr., UMSL
Brodric Thomas, Truman St.
Jake VanTubbergen, GVSU
Coach of The Year
Stan Gouard, UIndy
Argue all you want about if Bellarmine belongs in the Big Dance, but one thing that is certain being it is only their 2nd year in Div. I, Midwest Region D. II basketball is high level hoops on par, if not better than, many mid-major conferences.
Quincy becomes to the third Midwest Region program to knock off a Division I school this Exhibition season. Congratulations to coach
@CoachHellenthal
and team.
If Kevin Luke is not in every college basketball hall of fame within the next 5 years, you really dont have much of a hall of fame. Congrats Coach Luke on an outstanding career and best of luck in your retirement.
Not official by any means, but not only has Tiffin wrapped up its first D.II post-season birth, it appears the Dragons will be at home on Tuesday night hosting a quarterfinals game. Fanstastic turnaround season for coach Tom Church, his staff and team.
EXHIBITION GAME
FINAL SCORE
Michigan Tech 70
Ball St. 69
Congrats to Coach Buettner on his first victory (although it won't count in records).
Huskies become 2nd Midwest Region team to knock off a D. I school in an exhibition game.
Huskies defeat D1 Ball State in Coach Buettner's exhibition debut. What a finish. Cardinals tied it after trailing by 17 pts. in the 2nd half. Owen White made 2 MASSIVE free throws late and Tech survives for the W!
EXHIBITION GAME
FINALS SCORE
Butler 94
Tiffin 84
Dragons go toe-to-toe with second D. I program this week. Tanner Johnson hits seven 3's and scores 21 and pulls down 5 rebounds. Tiffin opens season Nov. 13 against Maryville.
Appearances in Midwest Regional since 2005 (including this year)
Findlay 11
Bellarmine 10
Drury 9
Ferris St. 7
Lake Superior 4
Hillsdale 2
Truman St 2
Ohio Dominican 1
Feel horrible for the 8 teams that qualified for the Regional tournament. It was shaping up as one of the best ever. Disappointing and frustrating end to a great season. Stay safe everyone. See ya in 2020-21!
GLVC
QUARTERFINAL
FINAL SCORE
8 William Jewell 73
1 Southwest Baptist 71
WJC moves on to their first GLVC Semi-Final with the upset win and improve to 15-14.
SBU drops to 21-6 and will have a few anxious days waiting to see if they get the invite to the NCAA Tourney.
FINAL SCORE
Findlay 103
Ferris St 92
I would like to make an amendment that these 2 play once a month. Great game between 2 teams that may meet again in March.
Wishing safe travels to all teams, coaches and fans traveling throughout the Midwest region this weekend. It's the weekend we've all been waiting on. The road to the regional tournament begins this weekend. Enjoy.
D. II hoops are back!!
FINAL Midwest Region rankings
1 UIndy
2 Ferris St.
3 UMSL
4 Grand Valley St.
5 Truman St.
6 Bellarmine
7 Southern Indiana
8 Michigan Tech
9 Drury
10 Findlay
The Oilers hold off a late comeback by the Cardinals to win their fifth game of the season.
They were led by senior Nate Bruns who poured in 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds!
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Saturday, March 14, Midwest Regional Schedule at Nicoson Hall in Indianapolis
Noon - (6) Southern Indiana vs (3) UMSL
2:30 - (7) Ferris St. vs (2) Truman St.
5:00 - (8) Walsh vs (1) Indianapolis
7:30 - (5) Bellarmine vs (4) Michigan Tech
GMAC
FINAL SCORE
Findlay 68
Hillsdale 65
A dandy between two of the top teams in the GMAC and Midwest Region. Tommy Schmock sinks half-court shot at buzzer to win it.
Oilers 5-0
Chargers 4-1
Midwest Regional Semi-Final Sunday kicks off tomorrow at 5:00 with a clash of Div. II giants. Bellarmine vs Findlay. It doesnt get much better than that.
Not sure why or why people care what I think but I guess this is what you are supposed to do today so here are my top 4 (subject to change).
1. Ashland
2. Lake Superior St.
3. McKendree
4. Ferris St.
😜
ELITE 8
QTR FINAL
FINAL SCORE
Nova Southeastern 82
Missouri - St. Louis 75
UMSL gives the unbeaten and top ranked Sharks all they can handle before falling by 7. Tritons season comes to an end at 24-11.
Congrats to the Tritons on a terrific season.
MIDWEST REGION
CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL SCORE
Hillsdale 73
UMSL 63
Hillsdale improves to 23-7 and captures their first Midwest Region Championship and will represent the Midwest Region and the GMAC in next week's Elite Eight in Evansville.
UMSL finishes an outstanding season at 26-7
NCAA DIV. II TOURNAMENT
MIDWEST REGION CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL SCORE
UMSL 62
McKendree 60
Tritons hold on for thrilling win and advance to the Elite 8 beginning next Tuesday in Evansville.
UNOFFICIAL Midwest Region Ratings according to .
Top 8 (including conference tournament champions) at end of regular season qualify for NCAA Regional Tournament
GLVC QUARTERFINAL
FINAL SCORE
Indianapolis 75
Truman St. 73
A shocker at Pershing Arena!
Top seeded TSU upset by UIndy. 27 points from Cory Miller, Jr. Jesse Bingham's lay-in that just beat the shot clock with :35 remaining is the difference.
UINDY is now 11-11, TSU is 18-2.
MIDWEST REGION - SEMI FINAL
FINAL SCORE
5 Ferris St. 94
1 Indianapolis 87 OT
Another Midwest Region classic!!
FSU (27-7) makes it an all-GLIAC final and will face Lake Superior St. on Tuesday night.
UIndy sees a great season come to an end at 23-9.
MIDWEST REGION SEMI-FINAL
#2
FINAL SCORE
UMSL 87
Walsh 58
Tritons dominate to improve to 26-6 and will play Hillsdale on Monday night for the Regional Championship.
Walsh finishes at 24-7.
FINAL SCORE
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIP
Michigan Tech 68
Northwood 57
Huskies win first GLIAC Championship since 2003 behind 31 points from GLIAC POY Kyle Monroe. Move on to the NCAA Tourney next weekend.
FINAL SCORE
Lake Erie 72
Clarion 49
Storm places four guys in double figures in picking up their first win of the season. LEC is now 1-1 and is right back in action on Monday, when they host Thiel.
FINAL SCORE
William Jewell 56
Washburn 52
Huge non-conference win for Cardinals as they knock off the nation's
#11
team and improve to 2-1 on the season. Jordan Jermain led a balanced attack with 15 points. WJC will head to Emporia St. on Saturday.
FINAL SCORE
Southern Indiana 82
Kentucky Wesleyan 63
Congrats to Rodney Watson who becomes the winningest coach in USI history with his 232nd career win.
Rightfully the coaches who have teams near the top of conference standings get a lot of credit, but I would like to give a shoutout to the coaches who have kept their teams fighting and improving despite struggling to find wins. The quality of coaching in this region is amazing!
Plenty of good matchups this weekend but really looking forward to the Don Callan Classic at Cedarville. Unbeaten UIndy, 1-loss Cedarville, 1-loss Grand Valley St. and 2-loss Ohio Dominican. 4 real good matchups over 2 days that could have a major impact in March.
Congrats to Midwest Region players Kendale McCollum (Lewis), Adam Eberhart (Bellarmine) and Alex White (Findlay) as well as coach Stan Gouard (Indianapolis) for their selection to participate in the Div. II all-star game.
GMAC - QTR FINAL
FINAL SCORE
8 Tiffin 72
1 Kentucky Wesleyan 53
Dragons improve to 18-11 and will meet the winner of the Hillsdale-Thomas More game on Friday. KWC slips to 21-8 but will probably still hear their name called on Sunday night for the NCAA Midwest Regional.
How crazy was the week in the Midwest Region?
8 of the top 10 teams in the NCAA region rankings lost at least once this week. Only Findlay and Lewis went unscathed. Expect a major shake-up in the rankings this week when they are released on Wednesday.
Congrats to coach Matt Brock, his staff and the Illinois Springfield Prairie Stars. With the thrilling win on Saturday, they earned the
#2
seed in the GLVC tournament, which is the programs highest seed ever for the GLVC tournament. Expect another classic with SBU on Thursday.
FINAL SCORE
SCB HOF CLASSIC
Cedarville 75
Missouri - St. Louis 70
J. Maughmer 31 points leads Yellow Jackets.
Both teams back in action on Sunday.
CU 1-0
UMSL 0-1