What a game last night. Cleveland State is heading to their first NCAA tournament since 1986. If you saw Gary Waters' reaction at the sidelines as the buzzer sounded, that said it all. Watching him all night, you could see how bad he wanted for these kids. He out coached Brad Stevens out of every single timeout, all night long. Nice work Coach...
Ced Jackson is a player. He had a big game last night. In the first half he singlehandedly got the Vikes back in by hitting back to back threes after Ron Franklin suggested CSU might not score 20 in the first half with (8) minutes to go. Jackson was the key figure in the charge they made in the second half as well with Bullock on the sidelines. Great Game...
Jeremy Montgomery, while he missed the front end down the stretch, hit some monster threes in the second half last night. Three of four from deep, the freshman from Chicago was devastating from distance...
Bullock is player you can't help but get behind either. He got kinda handled inside by Howard, but Howard was the player of the year in the Horizon League, a lot of guys get handled by him. Despite that though, Bullock is a tough match-up inside, and could exploit a slow center in the NCAA's depending upon who they draw.
George Tandy and Chris Moore represented their hometowns well. Both guys made key plays at big points, and so did Norris Cole, the kid from Dayton. Hitting the first free throw was huge, because it forced Butler to find a three they couldn't find this time.
57-54. Cleveland State wins the Horizon League for the first time ever. Mark 'em in Lunardi.
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