2020 Season Tournament Wrap-Up
2020 Anaheim Invitational
St. Louis won their opening game 72-56 over (7) Cleveland St., then lost in the winners bracket semifinals 92-85 to (3) Michigan, then hammered (1) Arizona in the 3rd place game 88-64.
2020 Coaches Invitational
Wright St. lost their first round game to (8) Richmond 79-61.
Hawaii also lost their first round game to (2) Georgetown, but played really tough, only losing 83-80.
2020 GDS Classic
Bradley played really, really well, but lost their first round game to (3) South Carolina 98-96.
2020 Las Vegas Shootout
Illinois St. beat (13) E. Tennessee St. 81-74 in the first round, then lost to (5) Central Florida in the quarterfinals, 81-71.
2020 Legends Invitational
BYU lost their first round game to (3) Creighton 76-71, then won the third place game over (4) Evansville 71-68.
2020 Paradise Shootout
Northern Iowa shocked (1) Oklahoma St. 99-91 in OT in the first round, then kept it going by beating (5) Florida St. 84-72 in the winners bracket semifinals, and finished it off by beating (3) Alabama 75-71 in the championship game! Congrats to Ernesto Lopez on the Paradise Shootout title!
2020 Rainbow Invitational
UTEP got hammered by (4) Providence 95-56 in the first round, then beat (8) Northern Colorado 92-76 in the consolation semifinals, but lost the 5th place game to (6) Indiana St. 64-62.
2020 San Juan Classic
Davidson lost 84-79 to (4) Clemson in the first round, then beat (8) Harvard 87-72 in the consolation semifinals, but lost the 5th place game to (6) Air Force 64-38.
Overall, not a good tournament performance by our FOFC teams. Great efforts from Bradley and Hawaii in first round losses, and of course Northern Iowa winning their tournament was huge.
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