-- After making 12-of-15 free throws in a first-round victory against Richmond (including eight of 11 in the final five seconds), Charlotte’s Pierria Henry was just one of three against Saint Louis. Charlotte made eight of nine in the first half, then slumped to four of 13 in the second half.-- The 49ers outrebounded Saint Louis 39-34, but had just 10 offensive rebounds and were outscored 28-24 in the paint by the Billikens.
-- Richmond coach Chris Mooney, who had two technical fouls and was ejected from Thursday’s loss against Charlotte, won’t face disciplinary action from the Atlantic 10, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.
-- It was a tough tournament for 49ers guards not named Henry. Sophomore E. Victor Nickerson was a combined one-of-10 from the field, sophomore Terrence Williams four-of-17 and freshman Denzel Ingram one-of-10.
-- The Atlantic 10 will hold its Inaugural Legends Celebration before Saturday’s semifinals. Cedric Maxwell and Paula Bennett are Charlotte’s legends.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Observations from A-10 tournament
NEW YORK -- Observations from Charlotte's 72-55 loss against Saint Louis in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament Friday:
-- For the 49ers, it’s the National Invitational Tournament or nothing.
At 21-11, Charlotte doesn’t have a resume strong enough to warrant consideration for an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament.
There are three other postseason tournaments nowadays in men’s basketball – the NIT, the College Basketball Invitational and Collegeinsider.com Tournament. But 49ers athletics director Judy Rose said the 49ers would only play in the NIT, if invited.
Rose said she told men’s coach Alan Major and women’s coach Cara Consuegra when they were hired that that the only postseason tournaments the 49ers will play in are the NCAA and the men’s and women’s NITs.
The 49ers women (24-5), upset by Temple in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament last week, are hopeful of receiving an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament. Charlotte’s women have made the postseason 10 consecutive seasons, eight times in the WNIT.
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Any update on Pierria's injury?
Other newspapers have reported Henry suffered a bruise and should be ok.
So proud of the way our guys fought at the end of the season! It's good to have the excitment back in 49er basketball!
GO NINERS!
GO TO SLEEP UNCC!
#PASTYOURBEDTIME
#NOSLEEPTILLBROOKLYN
Please please please get some players that can actually shoot the ball. I know D is tougher to find but you can't defend the 3 all the time and once you get down by double digits you are sunk without some scorers
So we will miss the NCAA again. Will we get a NIT bid or will the NIT committee frown on our ultra easy Out Of Conference schedule?
Good thing we have promising recruits coming in next year.....
What recruits? I'm a little worried about next year because of what may be a lack of depth.
Observations on the A-10 tourney. Charlotte clearly lost and then given the first round game by the refs. Second round game gets beat down by St. Louis. This team and its coach continues to be a well deserved JOKE.
I just finished reading all 278 articles in the Observer on the Heels. I have lived in 8 towns and have never seen a paper pimp a team like the Observer does the Heels.
Tom Sorensen was either drunk or smoking crack waiting until the last day to predict a UNCC 49er win over a 16th ranked 24-6 team and then a few hours later have to look like some ignorant incompetent fool.
Moral to story: Dont do drugs drink and drive or write fantasy predictions on your company laptop.
In Sorensens defense in spite of being an ignorant foolish dull obtuse dense fatuous idiot goof booby dolt imbecile he is no worse than his peers espec who write about the local semi-pro football team.
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Over40 - take your meds dude.
Where is the story about the St Louis vs. VCU game? Charlotte is A10 Country!
Cant wait till the N.I.T. Selection show! Hopefully the Niners will get another home game!!!
#PackHalton
LOL at Anon 1:47 = Niner Mike.
Anon 11:41 not = Over.
Anon 4:54, they FINALLY posted the A10 Tournament Finals story at 6:00. It's a good thing for you Mike did not see your criticism of the coverage or he would have told you to learn your place.
Will the Observer even mention the 49er's conference (A10) received more bids than the ACC? Probably not.
Is the NIT selection show on a Wild Wing Cafe or Picassos? Where will the team be watching it at? Will Norms be showing it on campus?
No article in the Observer yet but the Niners are playing in the NIT against Providence at 7:15 on Wednesday night. Niners are a 5 seed. The announcement came about 45 minutes ago.
IF WE WIN WE PLAY KENTUCKY IN HALTON!
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What you smokin'? Kentucky is NOT going to play second game on the road!!!
2nd game will be played on Monday and the NCAA games in Lexington will have been completed by then. We may get stuck playing at Kentucky if we win the first game.
...Its almost like nobody cares about the NIT?!? I cant believe this!
Sad. We used to be worried about where we would play and who we would play in the NCAA Tourney. Now, we're excited because Major minored in replacing Lutz and drove us so low we think the NIT is a reward.
If that is what thrills you, go seek.
Providence will make us a look silly with their perimeter game.
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Lutz failed to get Charlotte to the NIT his last few years there. You could look it up. If you think the program wasn't declining before Major was hired, you just weren't paying attention.
And, what has Major done? 10 wins, 13 wins. 21 wins and an NIT. So, that's progress? If it is, that is sad. It is by wins, but not by interest. We are very sad and no one cares but those few hundred who buy season tickets.
Nobody cares because Major cant coach and this team is nowhere near as good as the team he inherited from Bobby Lutz. Major played 13 OOC cupcakes to get to 21 wins. This record was scripted not earned. 21 wins with 16 coming over scrubs get you nothing.Not even fan support from your own city or media outlets.Halton is half empty. Major has reduced this program to the equivalent of a 20 win MEAC team. This team got blown out in the 2nd half of the season more than any Charlotte team I can remember.Good teams, average teams do not lose 4 straight 17-20pt games at anytime in the season, bad teams do. Much less when your suppose to be getting better. Not only blown out by good teams but blown out by bad teams too. That shows no growth. This team was given a tournament win which earned no respect from anyone other than the 15 delirious fans on NNN. Why do you think we beat SJU and they still were given a higher seed than Charlotte in the lowly NIT. No team wants to play in the NIT. Its a losers tournament and Major certainly fits the bill.
meh, B-ball will rebound once we get into C-USA. Alan Major's hairline is another issue.
CUSA got one bid into the tournament. One stinking automatic bid.
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