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Subscribe to RSSEditor's note: March Madness is too much for any one person to handle, so I'm adding help. The guys behind Ballin' Is a Habit, Rob Dauster and Troy Machir, will be contributing throughout March and into the Final Four, both with content from their Web site and original articles for us. This post originally appeared at BIAH.
By Troy Machir
Sorry if we haven't been as up-to-date with the Little Dances as we should have been.
As you can imagine, we have had our eyeballs glued to CBS for the past 100 hours. But this break in March Madness action would be an applicable time to inform you of the other tournaments going on. After all, some of the kids playing this week do deserve to be playing post-season basketball.
One interesting tidbit about the College Basketball Invitational: The championship is a best-of-three series.
Can you imagine a Kansas/Kentucky best-of-three for the National Championship?
Neither can I. Thank you very much Northern Iowa.
But still, a best-of-three series would be a neat idea. But I guess I should wait in line. The NCAA already has its hands full with another "neat" idea.
Here is where we stand after Monday's action:
Second Round
Monday, March 22
No. 1 Virginia Tech 65, No. 4 Connecticut 63
No. 1 Illinois , No. 5 Kent State
No. 2 Rhode Island 85, No. 6 Nevada 83
No. 3 Dayton 81, No. 2 Cincinnati 66
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 23
7 p.m. - ESPN - No. 5 Texas Tech at No. 2 Ole Miss
9 p.m. - ESPN - No. 4 North Carolina at No. 2 UAB
Wednesday, March 24
7 p.m. - ESPN2 - No. 2 Rhode Island at No. 1 Virginia Tech
9 p.m. - ESPN2 - No. 3 Dayton at No. 1 Illinois
Quarterfinals
Monday, March 22
Boston 91, Morehead State 89 OT
Virginia Commonwealth 93, Charleston 86
Princeton 74, IUPUI 68 2OT
St. Louis 68, UW- Milwaukee 62 2OT
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 24
7 p.m. - HDnet - Boston at Virginia Commonwealth
9 p.m. - HDnet - Princeton at St. Louis
Quarterfinals
Monday, March 22
Missouri State 69, Louisiana Tech 40
Creighton 73, Fairfield 55
Appalachian State 80, Marshall 72
Pacific 63, Northern Colorado 59
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 24
7 p.m. - Pacific at Appalachian State
9 p.m. - Creighton at Missouri State
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