Charleston Classic Tip Off Tournament

[ericd7633]

Charleston, South Carolina - November 20, 21, 23.

November 20th - Games and Times:
USC vs. Akron, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN3)
Drexel vs. Miami, approx. 3 p.m. (ESPNU)
Penn State vs. Charlotte, approx. 5:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Cornell vs. South Carolina, approx. 8 p.m. (ESPN3)

Semifinals - November 21st:
USC/Akron(winner) vs. Drexel/Miami(winner) - approx 2:30 PM (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Penn State/Charlotte(winner) vs. Cornell/South Carolina(winner) 7:00 PM (ESPNU)

Championship Game - November 23rd - approx. 9:00 PM (ESPN2)

Bracket: http://espn.go.com/pdf/2014/0804/ncb_charleston.pdf

Analysis: Not the best field this tournament has produced. All eight teams failed to make the NCAA Tournament last year. Miami should be much improved this year, but the other big name programs all appear to be a year away from NCAA contention in USC, Penn State and South Carolina. All this does though is make for a wide open and interesting tournament. Best first round game appears to be Penn State vs. Charlotte. I like Akron and Miami to advance in the upper half and Charlotte and South Carolina to advance in the bottom half. I like a Miami vs. South Carolina final, with the Hurricanes bringing home the trophy.

 

[LASports96]

I'm excited for some decent competition

I seen Akron suspended Treadwell, so that will give us a chance of advancing past Akron.

 

[ericd7633]

Bump. Tournament starts in about 4 hours.

 

[MI Nightmare]

aTm - Dayton tip-off in an hour. It's either shovel the dust off the drive or catch me some of this tourney. Figure I'll splash some Kahlua Midnight in my coffee and watch some Flyers.

Well, maybe I should post in the right thread before I splash anything.

Puerto Rico Tip about underway.

 

[ericd7633]

aTm - Dayton tip-off in an hour. It's either shovel the dust off the drive or catch me some of this tourney. Figure I'll splash some Kahlua Midnight in my coffee and watch some Flyers.

Well, maybe I should post in the right thread before I splash anything.

Puerto Rico Tip about underway.

Wrong tourney thread. USC v. Akron tips off in about 2 hours.

 

[LASports96]

that was an ugly opening game... way too many turnovers for USC

again it's a growing, young team so it's going to take some time

 

[podsox]

penn st is crazy comeback. will they finish it in ot?

 

[podsox]

awful refereeing to start the 2nd ot. 2 really weak calls that put charlotte to line

 

[wiskyisgood12]

How bad is Penn State going to be in the B1G this year? I heard during the broadcast that Chambers wants them to make a jump to at least middle of the pack in the league, how is that going to happen? Unless they consistently get 40 from Newbill every night.

 

[LASports96]

vs. Drexel tomorrow

must win

 

[mr.hockey4242]

How bad is Penn State going to be in the B1G this year? I heard during the broadcast that Chambers wants them to make a jump to at least middle of the pack in the league, how is that going to happen? Unless they consistently get 40 from Newbill every night.

They were saying next year he wants that because he loves his recruiting class

 

[LASports96]

terrible start, but a good finish to survive.

would be nice to leave this tourny with a 2-1 record.

#FightOn

 

[podsox]

nice to see a college basketball team having no clue how to break a press (BC). really embarrassing. 8th grade level stuff

 

[LASports96]

lame final game, had a decent lead with 5 minutes left and then fell apart, couldn't hit water falling out of a boat or we win easily. going home with a 2-3 record. smh.