The college basketball offseason has been a wild one for the Kentucky Wildcats this year. Massive change has occurred for Big Blue Nation, with head coach John Calipari departing to take over the same position at Arkansas.
College basketball conference tournament action rolls on with some more games on Wednesday. With a number of leagues taking a one-day hiatus, we turn our attention to the NEC and OVC Tournaments.
The No. 4 seed Le Moyne Dolphins (14-16, 9-7 NEC) are favored by 3.5 points when they play the No. 5 seed Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (15-16, 9-7 NEC) in the NEC Tournament Wednesday at Ted Grant Court, starting at 7:00 PM ET on NEC Front Row.
Four games on Wednesday’s college basketball schedule feature an NEC team, including the matchup between the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights and the Le Moyne Dolphins.
The men’s Division I college basketball tilt between the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights and Long Island University Sharks was delayed Thursday after multiple Fairleigh Dickinson players got stuck in an elevator prior to tipoff.
For only the second time in NCAA Tournament history, a No. 16 seed defeated a No. 1 seed after Fairleigh Dickinson shocked Purdue. Adding further insult to injury for the Boilermakers, FDU wasn't technically supposed to be in this year's tournament.