Revenge was on the mind of upset-seeking Loras, but the story was the same one told in the classic. Loras goes into the break with a lead, but the Muhlenberg Mules flip a switch in the second half and pulled out victory. 89-77 in the Classic, 88-77 in the NT. 
Palm Beach Atlantic was able to avenge a close 65-62 loss in the Artie Classic with a big second half to propel them to a 76-66 victory and into the Quarterfinals of the Invitational.
Texas Tyler was able to continue their remarkable season behind National COY coachucla with a convincing 83-59 win over upset minded Centre, bettering their 73-60 mark from the Classic.
I am still a-choogling along in the NT East, facing top-seeded Dickinson in the Sweet 16 next.

Loras, Centre, Westfield State and Puget Sound's season all ended today. Ready to rest their bones after tourney runs, they know that they musn't rest long...for the proving ground of the Artie40 Preseason NIT looms only weeks away!

Today was a rough day for the Artie40 Allen D3 Preseason NIT, as the four remaining teams were all knocked out of their respective tournaments. Good Luck Recruiting, All, and I'll see you next season.

A Pre-Recruiting Look Ahead to the Tourney:

Top Returning Player: PF Christopher Bowers - Westfield St (684 ovr)
Top Returning Scorer: SG Billy Williams - Westfield St (21.2 ppg)
Top Returning Marksman: SG Billy Williams - Westfield St (161 3PM)
Top Returning Boardman: C Alvin Zybia - Loras (7.9 rpg)
Top Returning Dime-man: PG Lawerance Farmer - Centre (4.8 apg)
Top Returning Pick-pocket : SG Billy Williams - Westfield St (1.5 spg)
Top Returning Dikembe: C Nicholas Bartlett - Puget Sound (1.6 bpg)

And the teams

Centre (554.3 avg on 11 returning players)
 - Centre is losing only 13% of their minutes from last season's NT second round team. Those 13% of the minutes contributed 22% of their scoring.

Dominican (531.25 avg on 8 returning players)
 - Dominican is losing 44% of their minutes from last season's NT Sweet 16 team. Those 44% of the minutes contributed 53% of their scoring.

Loras (529.78 avg on 9 returning players)
 - Loras is losing 31% of their minutes from last season's NT second round team. Those 31% of the minutes contributed 59% of their scoring.

Palm Beach Atlantic U (524.44 avg on 9 returning players)
 - PBAU is losing 41% of their minutes from last season's PI Quarterfinal team. Those 41% of the minutes contributed 49% of their scoring.

Puget Sound (519.7 avg on 10 returning players)
 - Puget Sound is losing 20% of their minutes from last season's PI second round team. Those 20% of the minutes contributed 21% of their scoring.

Texas Tyler (568 avg on 8 returning players)
 - Texas Tyler is losing 40% of their minutes from last season's NT Sweet 16 team. Those 40% of the minutes contributed 49% of their scoring.

Westfield St (554 avg w/ 12 returning players)
 - Westfield will be in good position in the classic with everyone returning from last season's PI second round team.

Artie, thanks for all you do to keep this an exciting non-conference tournament.

I have a lot of fun with it, and also I play in a high Sim AI conference so it's huge for my SOS and I believe it's improved my team each year.

It's too bad I can't put winning this tournament on my coaching resume!

Yeah, dvgagz, I wish!      

Hey All! It's time for Round 1 of the Allen D3 Pre-season NIT...the ARTIE CLASSIC!!! (I love this name, by the way)

Centre has the first "bye" and will square off at Eastern University. The Tournament matchups are as follows:

Dominican (1-1) at #13 Westfield State (2-0)
Palm Beach Atlantic (1-1) at Puget Sound (1-1)
Loras (1-1) at #10 Texas Tyler (2-0)

I'll see you all tomorrow.

Some scheduling mixups have created an imbalanced tournament thus far, but we are still seeing some great b-ball being played and some good games. Here are the results with one game remaining.

week 3
Dominican 60 - Westfield St 70
PBAU 57 - Puget Sound 77
Loras 68 - Texas Tyler 84

Week 4
Texas Tyler 62 - Puget Sound 58
Dominican 68 - PBAU 69

Week 5
Texas Tyler 86 - PBAU 64
Loras 84 - Dominican 90
Puget Sound 64 - Centre 52

Week 6
Texas Tyler 64 - Dominican 61
Westfield St 58 - Puget Sound 63 (OT)
Centre 85 - Loras 92

Week 7
Centre 76 - PBAU 56
Westfield St 86 - Loras 68

Week 8
Dominican 68 - Centre 76
PBAU 69 - Loras 82

Week 9
PBAU 50 - Westfield St 73
Loras 96 - Puget Sound 84

Week 10 upcoming Puget Sound @ Dominican


Full Summary and Standings tomorrow!     

Dominican

12/20/13 am	at #13 Westfield St.	8-2	60	175	dcompguru	1-2	+13	60-70	l
12/21/13 am	at Palm Beach Atlantic	2-8	177	35	jbeninte	2-2	even	68-69	l
12/22/13 am	Loras	6-4	141	191	bisoneer	5-2	+1	84-90	w
12/23/13 am	#5 Texas, Tyler	9-1	45	205	coachucla	1-3	+21	64-61	l
12/25/13 am	at Centre	7-3	210	314	johnmacdan	2-1	+4	68-76	l
12/27/13 am	Puget Sound	5-5	83	28	bbscottsdale	1-1	+6	94-90	l

Westfield St

12/20/13 am	Dominican	2-8	239	47	artie40	2-1	-13	60-70	w
12/23/13 am	at #24 Puget Sound	5-5	83	28	bbscottsdale	2-2	-1	58-63 (OT)	l
12/24/13 am	at Loras	6-4	141	191	bisoneer	3-0	-10	86-68	w
12/26/13 am	Palm Beach Atlantic	2-8	177	35	jbeninte	6-2	-19	50-73	w

Palm Beach Atlantic Univ

12/20/13 am	at Puget Sound	5-5	83	28	bbscottsdale	0-2	+8	57-77	l
12/21/13 am	Dominican	2-8	239	47	artie40	2-2	even	68-69	w
12/22/13 am	#6 Texas, Tyler	9-1	45	205	coachucla	1-5	+19	86-64	l
12/24/13 am	Centre	7-3	210	314	johnmacdan	1-8	+3	76-56	l
12/25/13 am	at Loras	6-4	141	191	bisoneer	2-2	+1	69-82	l
12/26/13 am	at #21 Westfield St.	8-2	60	175	dcompguru	2-6	+19	50-73	l

Loras

12/20/13 am	at #10 Texas, Tyler	9-1	45	205	coachucla	1-3	+14	68-84	l
12/22/13 am	at Dominican	2-8	239	47	artie40	2-5	-1	84-90	l
12/23/13 am	Centre	7-3	210	314	johnmacdan	5-2	+5	85-92	w
12/24/13 am	#22 Westfield St.	8-2	60	175	dcompguru	0-3	+10	86-68	l
12/25/13 am	Palm Beach Atlantic	2-8	177	35	jbeninte	2-2	-1	69-82	w
12/26/13 am	at Puget Sound	5-5	83	28	bbscottsdale	1-1	+4	96-84	w

Texas, Tyler

12/20/13 am	Loras	6-4	141	191	bisoneer	3-1	-14	68-84	w
12/21/13 am	at #24 Puget Sound	5-5	83	28	bbscottsdale	2-0	-2	62-58	w
12/22/13 am	at Palm Beach Atlantic	2-8	177	35	jbeninte	5-1	-19	86-64	w
12/23/13 am	at Dominican	2-8	239	47	artie40	3-1	-21	64-61	w

Centre

12/22/13 am	Puget Sound	5-5	83	28	bbscottsdale	1-3	-1	64-52	l
12/23/13 am	at Loras	6-4	141	191	bisoneer	2-5	-5	85-92	l
12/24/13 am	at Palm Beach Atlantic	2-8	177	35	jbeninte	8-1	-3	76-56	w
12/25/13 am	Dominican	2-8	239	47	artie40	1-2	-4	68-76	w

Puget Sound

12/20/13 am	Palm Beach Atlantic	2-8	177	35	jbeninte	2-0	-8	57-77	w
12/21/13 am	#7 Texas, Tyler	9-1	45	205	coachucla	0-2	+2	62-58	l
12/22/13 am	at Centre	7-3	210	314	johnmacdan	3-1	+1	64-52	w
12/23/13 am	#8 Westfield St.	8-2	60	175	dcompguru	2-2	+1	58-63 (OT)	w
12/26/13 am	Loras	6-4	141	191	bisoneer	1-1	-4	96-84	l
12/27/13 am	at Dominican	2-8	239	47	artie40	1-1	-6	94-90	w

Full Standings

Texas, Tyler       4 wins and 0 losses Tournament Champion!!
Puget Sound      4 wins and 2 losses
Westfield St       3 wins and 1 loss
Loras                  3 wins and 2 losses
Centre                2 wins and 2 losses
PBAU                  1 win and 5 losses
Dominican         1 win and 5 losses

Congratulations to Coach UCLA and Texas, Tyler for winning the Artie Classic!

It looks like all of the games for next season are scheduled so we won't have the same issues as this season. Hope everyone is scrapping through their seasons...Look forward to meeting you all again in a tournament!

We're back again with another round of the Allen D3 Preseason NIT, better known as the Artie Classic! The first round of games is killer, and this season's entire tournament is killer, if I must say so.

Round 1 matchups for tonight are as follows:
Dominican @ Methodist (-3)
#11 Loras (-12) @ Norwich
#15 Texas, Tyler @ #1 Puget Sound (-5)

Our tournament participant which is on a "bye" is Texas Lutheran, which hosts defending National Champion Dickinson tonight in what should be a great matchup.

Good luck all (except Methodist) See you tomorrow.