This will be the 53rd season of The Yarnell Invitational (named after Yarnell Ice Cream in Searcy, AR). As always, it'll be a 6 team round-robin tournament that'll occur in weeks 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the non-conference schedule. Harding University has been the tournament host historically, and it has been New Mexico Highlands University since season 92. The defending champ from the previous year is an automatic qualifier. The remainder of the field is invitation only.

Defending Champ: N. Florida [Heartland]
Host: Wayne St. [NorthernSun] - Trying out having a more qualified team play host this season while we rebuild.

FORMAT: 5 games, Round Robin
Game #2: DC @ Host,
Game #5: #2 @ #1, #4 @ #3
Game #6: Host @ #4, #1 @ DC, #2 @ #3
Game #7: #3 @ Host, #1 @ #4, DC @ #2
Game #8: Host @ #2, #3 @ #1, #4 @ DC
Game #9: #1 @ Host, #2 @ #4, #3 @ DC

SCHEDULE
FORMAT: 5 games, Round Robin
Game #2: N Florida @ Wayne St
Game #5: Seattle @ Wisc-Parkside, W Florida @ Pfeiffer
Game #6: Wayne St @ W Florida, Wisc-Parkside @ N Florida, Seattle @ Pfeiffer
Game #7: Pfeiffer @ Wayne St, Wisc-Parkside @ W Florida, N Florida @ Seattle
Game #8: Wayne St @ Seattle, Pfeiffer @ Wisc-Parkside, W Florida @ N Florida
Game #9: Wisc-Parkside @ Wayne St, Seattle @ W Florida, Pfeiffer @ N Florida

PRESEASON RANKINGS
#1 Wisconsin, Parkside (GLV)
#3 N Florida (Peach Belt)
#11 Pfeiffer (CVAC)
# 20 Wayne St. (Northern Sun)
#27 W Florida (Heartland)
#39 Seattle (Great NW)

PLAYERS TO WATCH
Daniel Forsyth, SG, N. Florida, 1st Team All-American
Bryon Rey, SF, Pfeiffer, 1st Team All-American
Daryl Crockett, PF, W. Florida, 2nd Team All-American
Dwain Fouse, C, Wisconisn, Parkside, 3rd Team All-American
Donald Williams, PF, N. Florida, Honorable Mention
Dustin Whitsett, C, Wisconsin-Parkside, Honorable Mention
Lawrence Allen, C, Wayne St., Honorable Mention
Max Curtis, C, Seattle, Honorable Mention

ROUND ONE
#2 N Florida (1-0) -5 @ #18 Wayne St (1-0) ----From earlier 80-70 N. Florida Win
Seattle (3-1) +11 @ #8 Wisc-Parkside (3-1)
W Florida (2-2) +3 @ #19 Pfeiffer (3-1)

Posting late due to lack of internet access here. Some really big games coming up tonight.

STANDINGS
N Florida 1-0
Wisc, Parkside 1-0
W Florida 1-0
Pfeiffer 0-1
Wayne St. 0-1
Seattle 0-1

ROUND TWO
#25 Wayne St (3-2) Pickem @ W Florida (3-2)
#4 Wisc-Parkside (4-1) +1 @ #1 N Florida (5-0)
Seattle (3-2) +3 @ Pfeiffer (3-2)

ROUND ONE RESULTS
N Florida 80 @ Wayne St 70
UNF - D Forsyth 34 (POG), D Williams 11/7R
WSC - E Williams 17/11R, J Thomas 10/4A

Seattle 76 @ Wisc-Parkside 86
UWP - D Fouse 17 (POG), F Hair 14, D Hulme 8/8A
SU - V Tatum 14, A Conte 13, G Jorgensen 11

W Florida 84 @ Pfeiffer 76 OT
UWF - D Loya 27 (POG), D Crockett 17/10R, R Fields 12
PU - B Rey 26, G Duby 18, J Clarke 11/8R

Apologies for the late post again. In the middle of moving here. UWP with a big road win @ N Florida puts them in the early lead. W Florida has kept the games exciting with 2 OT games already.

STANDINGS
Wisc, Parkside 2-0
N Florida 1-1
W Florida 1-1
Pfeiffer 1-1
Wayne St. 1-1
Seattle 0-2

ROUND THREE
#25 Pfeiffer (4-2) -1 @ #21 Wayne St (4-2)
#3 Wisc-Parkside (5-1) -12 @ W Florida (3-3)
#4 N Florida (5-1) -19 @ Seattle (3-3)

ROUND TWO RESULTS
Wayne St 85 @ W Florida 82 OT
WSC - E Craft 23/7A (POG), L Allen 13/11R, J Thomas 11
UWF - D Loya 19, J Spence 13/8R, L Potter 11/8R

Wisc-Parkside 72 @ N Florida 62
UWP - M Mooneyham 15/11R (POG), S Perry 12/6A
UNF - D Forsyth 16/4A, J Zumstein 11/8R, C Ross 10

Seattle 56 @ Pfeiffer 73
PU - B Rey 28 (POG), G Duby 12, R Cox 12/8R
SU - G Jorgensen 12, M Curtis 9

UWP has a chance to clinch tonight when they host Pfeiffer. A Pfeiffer win would cause the top of the tourney to be wide open with several teams potentially in the mix and tie-breakers coming into play.

STANDINGS
Wisc, Parkside 3-0
N Florida 2-1
Pfeiffer 2-1
W Florida 1-2
Wayne St. 1-2
Seattle 0-3

ROUND FOUR
#25 Wayne St (4-3) -7 @ Seattle (3-4)
#20 Pfeiffer (5-2) +5 @ #2 Wisc-Parkside (6-1)
W Florida (3-4) +14 @ #3 N Florida (6-1)

ROUND THREE RESULTS
Pfeiffer 79 @ Wayne St 74
PU - B Rey 24 (POG), R Cox 16, J Clarke 15/12R
WSC - E Craft 15/7A, E Williams 14/7R

Wisc-Parkside 68 @ W Florida 56
UWP - F Hair 12/7R (POG), D Hulme 14, S Perry 10/5A
UWF - D Loya 19, L Potter 10

N Florida 82 @ Seattle 67
UNF -D Forsyth 26 (POG), D Williams 15/9R, C Ross 10/12R
SU - G Jorgensen 12, V Tatum 11, M Curtis 10/7R

UWP clinches the Yarnell title for season 95, as the only team that could potentially tie them is N Florida and UWP owns the tiebreaker there. Congrats to tcole23, who gets an automatic invite to season 97's Yarnell.

STANDINGS
Wisc, Parkside 4-0
N Florida 3-1
Pfeiffer 2-2
Wayne St. 2-2
W Florida 1-3
Seattle 0-4

ROUND FIVE
#1 Wisc-Parkside (6-1) -8 @ #23 Wayne St (5-3)
Seattle (3-5) +2 @ W Florida (3-5)
Pfeiffer (5-3) +8 @ #3 N Florida (7-1)

ROUND FOUR RESULTS
Wayne St 100 @ Seattle 84
WSC - E Craft 24 (POG), E Williams 12, L Allen 10/7R/4S
SU - J Marshall 15, V Tatum 13, G Jorgensen 12

Pfeiffer 57 @ Wisc-Parkside 79
UMP - D Hulme 15 (POG), M Mooneyham 13, F Hair 10
PU - B Rey 13, R Cox 10

W Florida 58 @ N Florida 71
UNF - D Forsyth 23 (POG), J Zumstein 13/7R, F Wallace 10
UWF - D Loya 12, D Crockett 11, J Spence 10/11R

Thanks for running this long_ge! I'm excited to participate again next season!

For the last night to have already had the Yarnell settled, it was an interesting evening. N Florida, despite finishing 2nd, leaves the tourney with the #1 ranking in D2. Wayne St represents the Northerns Sun well by defeating tournament champ and #1 Wisconsin Parkside. Two of the best players I've ever seen at D2 faced off against each other, Pfeiffer's Byron Rey and N Florida's Daniel Forsyth.

Thanks to everyone for participating in this year's Yarnell, and again congrats to tcole23 on the title and the automatic bid for season 97. Good luck to everyone the rest of the season.

FINAL STANDINGS
Wisc, Parkside 4-1
N Florida 4-1
Wayne St. 3-2
Pfeiffer 2-3
W Florida 2-3
Seattle 0-5

FINAL ROUND RESULTS
Wisc-Parkside 57 @ Wayne St 62
WSC - E Williams 17 (POG), J Thomas 14
UWP - D Fouse 9, D Hulme 7/5A

Seattle 71 @ W Florida 80
UWF - D Loya 19, J Spence 16/8R, D Crockett 15
SU - G Jorgensen 13, V Tatum 10/6A

Pfeiffer 51 @ N Florida 77
UNF - D Forsyth 23/4A/3S (POG), F Wallace 15, J Zumstein 12/7R
PU - B Rey 14, R Cox 13/7 R

Running late on getting this updated, but here are the post-season results for teams in the Yarnell last season.

Wisc, Parkside: 3-seed, Final Four
N Florida : 1-seed, National Champions
Wayne St.: 2-seed, Sweet 16
Pfeiffer: 1-seed, Sweet 16
W Florida: 7-seed, 1st Round
Seattle 9-seed, 2nd Round