2008 Post-Season
Drexel and Monmouth get NIT invites and will play in the first round. St. Francis also gets an NIT invite and will have a first round bye.
Drexel gets crushed by Western Illinois in the first round, but Monmouth gets by Indiana State, 58-55.
Monmouth loses in the 2nd round of the NIT to Maine, 74-49.
St. Francis beats Evansville in the 2nd round (after their bye game), 69-64.
In the NCAA tournament, Wagner hands in with the #4 seed Kansas, but finally goes down, 61-55. Wagner gave them quite the scare though.
St. Francis’s run in the NIT comes to an end at the hands of UCLA in the third round, 75-47.
Final Four
#5 Oklahoma
#1 Duke
#1 Cincinnati
#1 Maryland
Duke crushes Maryland, 77-43 in the National Title game and are crowned the Champions.
Charlotte beats Long Beach State to take home the NIT title.
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81-78
Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions."
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