Somehow, 16-seed Bryant knocks off top-seed (and previously undefeated) defending national champions VMI in an ugly game.
I have no idea what really happened. Usually, when a 16-seed beats a #1 it's a year where an abnormal number of losing teams make the tournament, leaving a 16-seed to be unusually underseeded. In this case, we're talking about a team that had to win a play-in game to get here, and it wasn't even an otherworldly performance by anybody.
I'm happy about it, I can't quite figure out why VMI got so good.
Code:
Bryant 62, VMI 60
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bryant (15-19, 8-12):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gregory Warthen C 33 6-7 0-0 3 8 2 3 12
Darnell Senger PF 33 1-5 0-0 3 6 2 2 2
Daniel Bryant SF 27 4-11 2-3 3 5 0 2 13
Jose Flenniken SG 29 2-4 1-2 1 3 0 2 6
Eric Forsyth PG 34 1-7 10-10 1 1 8 1 13
Thomas Maravilla SG 19 4-6 0-2 1 1 1 1 11
Randy Long SF 9 1-2 0-0 2 3 0 0 3
Lucas Walder PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Harris PF 11 1-3 0-0 2 3 1 0 2
Timothy Stansbury PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Turnovers: 16 (G.Warthen 2, D.Senger 2, D.Bryant 4,
J.Flenniken 1, E.Forsyth 4, R.Long 2, M.Harris 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (G.Warthen 3, J.Flenniken 1)
Steals: 3 (G.Warthen 2, D.Bryant 1)
3P FGs: 9-16 (D.Bryant 3-5, J.Flenniken 1-3, E.Forsyth
1-4, T.Maravilla 3-3, R.Long 1-1)
VMI (32-1, 11-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Darrin Barnhart C 33 3-7 4-6 2 4 2 0 10
Charles Poirier PF 32 5-10 0-0 3 4 0 2 10
Darrick Cummings SF 22 4-10 0-0 2 5 1 3 11
Jose Marx SG 28 3-7 2-2 5 7 7 3 8
Jocquise Morganti PG 33 3-10 0-0 1 1 3 2 7
Mark Semmes SG 20 2-3 0-1 0 2 3 2 6
Simon Spoor PF 15 0-0 0-0 3 4 1 3 0
Oscar Bradshaw PG 7 1-3 0-0 1 1 1 0 2
William Jarrett SF 6 1-2 2-3 1 1 0 2 4
Arthur Scarboro SF 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 2
Turnovers: 10 (C.Poirier 3, D.Cummings 1, J.Marx 2,
J.Morganti 3, M.Semmes 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (D.Barnhart 4, C.Poirier 2, J.Marx 1)
Steals: 11 (D.Barnhart 1, C.Poirier 3, D.Cummings 1,
J.Marx 3, J.Morganti 1, M.Semmes 1, A.Scarboro 1)
3P FGs: 6-22 (D.Cummings 3-8, J.Marx 0-4, J.Morganti
1-5, M.Semmes 2-3, O.Bradshaw 0-2)
Player of Game: C Gregory Warthen (BRY)