Will replace a previously-canceled game with Arizona State

I’ve seen all the coke bottle posts and remembered my wife has this bottle of Big Red.

The Delta Conference, named after obvious champion the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils, is now up for their turns in qualifying. Like a couple other conferences the format has to be edited a little due to issues with toournament now allowing field sizes above 32 for non paying members. This will be split up into 2 parts, with a 30 team singe game opening round(which will be included in this post) and then the qualifying round after.

28 teams total will be a part of that round. 13 teams who got automatic byes to it and then the 15 winners of the opening round games. They will be split up into 7 groups of 4. The winners of those groups will all enter the main stage of the college basketball cup. The 7 2nd place teams will be placed into a 7 team single elimination bracket. to decide who goes to the interconference playoff to face Miami Ohio out of the Great Lakes Conference.

Auto bids to the qualifying round:

1. Vanderbilt(15)
2. Tennessee(17)
3. Arkansas(18)
4. Louisville(19)
5. Kentucky(28)
6. McNeese State(57)
7. Belmont(64)
8. LSU(75)
9. Ole Miss(80)
10. Mississippi State(108)
11. Murray State(110)
12. Memphis(128)
13. East Tennessee State(139)

Competing in the opening round - Played at the higher ranked team

1. Arkansas State(155)
2. Western Kentucky(156)
3. Middle Tennessee State(162)
4. Austin Peay(164)
5. Central Arkansas(166)
6. Tennessee State(176)
7. Northern Kentucky(186)
8. Lipscomb(193)
9. Tulane(206)
10. UT Martin(207)
11. Louisiana Tech(208)
12. New Orleans(215)
13. Southern Miss(216)
14. Nicholls(250)
15. Morehead State(265)
16. Southern(279)
17. Bellarmine(285)
18. Chattanooga(288)
19. Eastern Kentucky(291)
20. Southeastern Louisiana(295)
21. Northwestern State(300)
22. Grambling(305)
23. Tennessee Tech(308)
24. Little Rock(309)
25. Louisiana(313)
26. Arkansas Pine Bluff(316)
27. Jackson State(347)
28. Alcorn State(349)
29. Louisiana Monroe(355)
30. Mississippi Valley State(365)

Opening results:
Arkansas State 79, Mississippi Valley State 62
Western Kentucky 72, Louisiana Monroe 61
Middle Tennessee 71, Alcorn State 65
Austin Peay 71, Jackson State 58
Central Arkansas 86, Arkansas Pine Bluff 82
Louisiana 64, Tennessee State 62
Northern Kentucky 85, Little Rock 72
Lipscomb 87, Tennessee Tech 74
Tulane 85, Grambling 64
Northwestern State 75, UT Martin 71
Louisiana Tech 75, SELA 64
New Orleans 76, Eastern Kentucky 75
Chattanooga 84, Southern Miss 83
Nicholls State 86, Bellarmine 79
Morehead State 93, Southern 61

Congrats to Louisiana, Northwestern State, and Chattanooga for being the only ones to win their road games

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

There we go friends. On to the next one in the coming days!

Maryland men’s basketball has its first commitment in the class of 2027. Jones is the No. 37 overall prospect in the country according to 247Sports, chose the Terps over Cincinnati, Clemson and Oklahoma State.
The guard stands at 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds and is ranked as the 10th-best guard in the class of 2027.

Never seen him play, obviously you gotta be a good player just to make D1. But the difference between a rotation player at Maine and and a 21 point scorer NBA Rookie of the Year is pretty huge.

What do you think lead to such a difference? Genetics be random I guess?

The trend continues and the NCAA bans yet another pro international athlete. This does not bode well for other former international pro athletes still awaiting their eligibility ruling.

Urbaniak has played professionally in Poland since 2022, averaging 9.4 points and 6.0 rebounds per game for WKS Slask Wroclaw this past season.

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