#2 Penn State gets a big win over #7 USC by a score of 75-65. Penn State moves onto the final 4 and will play #6 James Madison at 5:00pm on Saturday 4/22.
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JAMES MADISON ADVANCES!
#6 James Madison makes an incredible upset over #3 UConn by a score of 76-64. James Madison moves onto the final 4 and will play the winner of the 5:00pm game between #2 Penn State and #7 USC happening Friday 4/21.
FLORIDA STATE MOVES ON!
#5 Florida State with an upset over the #4 seed Xavier by a score of 92-79. Florida State moves onto the final 4 and will play the winner of the 7:30pm game between #1 UCLA and #8 Boston College happening Friday 4/21.
CANT MAKE THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP? GAMES WILL BE LIVE STREAMED!
To all of our fans, families, and friends of the teams who are unable to attend the NCBBA-M 2023 National Championship Tournament the weekend of April 21st-23rd, all games will be live streamed!
LET THE BRACKETOGLOGY BEGIN!
The Official NCBBA-Men’s National Championship Bracket has been released! Who is going to take home the National Championship in 2023? Download your copy and let the BRACKETOLOGY begin!
THERE IS A NEW #1; WEEK 23 TYTAN ATHLETICS TOP 20
UCLA takes over the #1 from USC-Cardinal after hitting a game winning shot in the final seconds of the Pacific Regional. The final score was 72-70.
Penn State moves up to the #2 after defeating Albany in the North Atlantic Regional. USC-Cardinal has moved down to the #3. UConn is in the #4 after hitting a buzzer beating lay up to down Boston College in the New England Regional. Boston College sits right behind UConn at #5.
James Madison jumps all the way to #13 after defeating Virginia Tech in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship.
Plenty of other shake ups in the Top 20 this week after the results from the Regional Tournaments. 4 new teams enter. Check out the Week 23 Tytan Athletics Top 20 here!
SELECTION SUNDAY!
Congratulations to Boston College and USC-Cardinal on earning at-large bids to the 2023 NCBBA-M National Championship Tournament. They will join…
- James Madison University (Mid-Atlantic Region Champions)
- Florida State University (South Atlantic Region Champions)
- Xavier University (Great Lakes Region Champions)
- Penn State University (North Atlantic Region Champions)
- UConn (New England Region Champions)
- UCLA (Pacific Region Champions)
The field is set and the Official 2023 NCBBA-M National Championship Tournament Bracket will be released tomorrow.
6 TICKETS PUNCHED; 2 AT-LARGE TO GO
Penn State University, University of Connecticut, Xavier University, James Madison University, Florida State University, and UCLA are the 6 automatic qualifiers to the NCBBA-M National Championship Tournament after winning their respective regional.
Check out all 6 Regional Brackets HERE.
#1 seeded Penn State defeated #7 Albany 83-74 to claim the North Atlantic Regional Championship. #5 seeded UConn wins by a buzzer beating lay up over #3 seeded Boston College in an absolute thriller 65-64 to win the New England Regional Championship, #6 seeded James Madison shocks #1 Virginia Tech in a 91-87 victory to claim the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship, #1 Florida State beat #2 Coastal Carolina 83-74 earn the South Atlantic Regional Champion, #2 Xavier knocks off the #1 Central Michigan in a 92-84 win to claim the Great Lakes Regional Champion, and #1 UCLA hits a last second shot to beat USC-Cardinal 72-70 to earn their first Pacific Regional Champion.
The final 2 spots will be selected via At-Large Bids. Those selections will be made later this evening, so be sure to look out!
USC-CARDINAL STILL #1 GOING INTO PLAYOFFS
USC – Cardinal remains in the #1 spot in the Week 22 Top 20 Rankings!
UCLA moves up to the #2, Virginia Tech jumps to the #3 spot, Brown drops to the #4 and Penn State in the #5 spot. Rounding out the remaining Top 5.
The rest of the Top 20 had some changes team entering after Week 20! Check out the Tytan Athletics Week 22 Top 20 Poll Here!
Stay Tuned for the Week 23 Poll dropping after playoffs on April 3rd!
FINAL TEAMS HAVE CLINCHED; REGIONALS ARE SET
The NCBBA-M would like to congratulate the following teams on earning a berth into the post-season regional tournaments.
- Butler – Great Lakes South Conference Runner Up
- Virginia Tech – Mid-Atlantic South Conference Champion
- James Madison – Mid-Atlantic South Conference Runner Up
- Boston College – New England East Conference Champion
- Northeastern – New England East Conference Runner Up
- Tufts University – New England North Conference Runner Up
- UConn – New England South Conference Runner Up
- Binghamton-Green – North Atlantic North Conference Champion
- Albany – North Atlantic North Conference Runner Up
- Syracuse – North Atlantic West Conference Champion
- University of Rochester – North Atlantic West Conference Runner Up
- USC-Cardinal – Pacific South Conference At-Large Bid
- Auburn – South Atlantic South Conference Runner Up
Be sure to stay updated on all post season updates HERE: