Postseason Primer

(St. Louis, MO) – You better have the remote ready, batteries charged and popcorn popped. The games we care about are coming in a fast and furious fashion tonight.

The highly successful postseason for the Missouri Valley and Ohio Valley conferences intensify tonight as four of Our Valley teams are participating in non-NCAA tournament action.

Murray State (29-5) battles Old Dominion (26-7) in quarterfinal action in the National Invitation Tournament. That’s a 6:00 (CT) tip on ESPN2/WatchESPN. The Racers, from the OVC, are trying to make it two straight years of winning a national postseason tournament. They won the College Insider.com Tournament (CIT) last season.

Speaking of the CIT, two other OVC teams are competing in it tonight. Sadly, UT-Martin (20-12) is playing Eastern Kentucky (21-11) in an all-OVC quarterfinal. That game tips at 6:00 pm too, and can be watched at collegeinsider.com.

The OVC is 7-2 in postseason action. No matter who wins the CIT clash, the league will have at least eight postseason wins this year.

Loyola continues their run in the College Basketball Invitational. The Ramblers (21-13) host Seattle University (18-15) in the semifinals of the CBI. That game tips at 7:00 and can be seen on ESPN3. The MVC is 8-2 in postseason play. Two other league teams are still alive as Wichita State plays their Sweet 16 game of the NCAA tournament, and Evansville plays their quarterfinal CIT game Thursday night.

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