Tyrese Proctor Shines for Duke in Tournament loss.. Healy and Spurgin go off for SUU
March 19th 2023
More post season action, with Aussies in play in the NCAA tournament as well as the NIT and CBI. Other big news dropping is the entry of Tassie Guard Taran Armstrong into the transfer portal, after making the all WAC second team with CBU. UTSA Forward Lachlan Bofinger has also entered the transfer portal with 6 of his teammates as the UTSA program falls apart. Their Coach seems to have lost the locker room and a mass exodus is resulting including multiple starters and leading scorers. This not the post season action…
Duke
Duke faced the Tennessee Volunteers in a second round match up Saturday, that felt more like a final four game than a round of 32. The Blue Devils couldn’t match the shooting of Tenn who ended up shooting 40% from the field and 42% from three, and continually went above the rim for highlight dunks. Duke ended up losing 65-53 but not before Tyrese Proctor put the team on his back for the second half and did his best to carry them to a win. The Sydney Freshman ended up top scoring for the Blue Devils with 16 points, 2 rebounds, 6 dimes and 2 swipes. This performance showed his poise and maturity, and had many saying he is the most likely to succeed at the NBA level of all the talented Duke Freshman. Although the consensus is another year at Duke could help his growth and move his draft pick spot into lottery territory. It remains to be seen what Tyrese decisdes, but the good news for us is we either get another year of Duke or another Aussie NBA player next year…
Princeton
The 15 seed Tigers continue to be the Cinderella story of this years tournament, knocking off 7 ranked Missouri 78-63. An amazing run for the Ivy League champs. Melbourne’s Leyi Adebayo didn’t play in this one, and has seen limited minutes this season, but has some of the best seats in the house to watch this runncontinue into the Sweet Sixteen next week.
Saint Mary’s
Alex Ducas, Kyle Bowen and Harry Wessels get set to take on 4 ranked UConn today at 5pm in West Region action. This one is going to be big!
NIT- 2nd Round
Cam Huefner and Sam Houston State battle North Texas at 3pm today in second round NIT action.
CBI 1st Round
Southern Utah
The Thunderbirds move on in the 3rd tier post season CBI tournament after their 72-50 victory over North Alabama. Jason Spurgin dominated with a 16 point 17 rebound double double, adding an assist and 3 blocks in the win. Cam Healy dropped 15 points off the bench going 5-8 from deep, with 1 rebound, 3 assists, 2 steals and a block. Healy has been lighting it up of late.
Charlotte
Charlotte won 65-56 over W Carolina in their first round game. Tyler Fearne did not hit the court in this one.