Chattanooga tops E. Tennessee St. 53-51 after late 3 nixed
— A.J. Caldwell had 11 points off the bench to carry Chattanooga to a 53-51 win over East Tennessee State on Monday night after the Buccaneers made a 3-pointer with seconds left...
— A.J. Caldwell had 11 points off the bench to carry Chattanooga to a 53-51 win over East Tennessee State on Monday night after the Buccaneers made a 3-pointer with seconds left...
— Storm Murphy posted 19 points as Wofford defeated East Tennessee State 67-62 on Monday night.
— Serrel Smith scored a career-high 21 points and East Tennessee State topped the century mark for the first time this season beating The Citadel 112-84 on Saturday.
— Ledarrius Brewer recorded 15 points as East Tennessee State got past Western Carolina 59-48 on Wednesday.
— Ledarrius Brewer had a season-high 23 points as East Tennessee State defeated VMI 92-81 on Monday night.
— Mike Bothwell had a career-high 32 points as Furman beat East Tennessee State 78-66 on Saturday.
East Tennessee State will allow 10% of capacity for basketball games starting Wednesday night at the Buccaneers' men's game with Western Carolina.
— Terry Taylor had 25 points and 16 rebounds as Austin Peay edged past East Tennessee State 67-66 on Thursday.
The NCAA cleared a path for the 2020-21 college basketball season to begin with last week's announcement. Now comes the tough part.
Officials for The Basketball Tournament announced Wednesday that the Jackson TN Underdawgs have been eliminated from the winner-take-all event for $1 million that begins July 4 after a player tested positive for the coronavirus.
Ex-Tennessee guard Jalen Johnson will follow coach Steve Forbes to Wake Forest instead of heading to East Tennessee State.
Bo Hodges, who led East Tennessee State to a 30-4 mark last season, has decided to transfer to Butler.
East Tennessee State University is promoting Jason Shay to be head coach of the men's basketball team, replacing Steve Forbes, who left for Wake Forest last week. Shay was on Forbes' staff the past five seasons.
Wake Forest has named East Tennessee State's Steve Forbes as its next basketball coach, replacing the fired Danny Manning.
East Tennessee State has signed guard David Sloan as a transfer from Kansas State.
East Tennessee State has added guard Jalen Johnson as a graduate transfer from Tennessee to a team that won the Southern Conference tournament title and went 30-4 this season.
The season came to an abrupt end, but there's still plenty of room for recognition of the nation's top players, coaches, surprises and disappointments.
These are some of the March Madness players, teams and stories we won't get to see over the next three weeks.
Isaiah Tisdale scored 24 points and top-seeded East Tennessee State defeated upset-minded Wofford 72-58 to win the Southern Conference Tournament on Monday night and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The madness is upon us. Seth Greenberg and Dan Dakich tip off the podcast discussing Utah State's upset of San Diego State, Bradley punching its ticket to the dance, Florida's meltdown against Kentucky and the incredible environment at Dayton. Then, Joe Lunardi joins the pod (19:37) to talk about the drama with Archie Miller, why the bubble is going to live in the Pac-12 and the American conference tournaments, rewarding winning over mediocrity, and East Tennessee possibly being this year's Belmont. Finally, the guys close by giving their thoughts on Penn State, Auburn, Seton Hall, Michigan State, Baylor, Michigan, Gonzaga, BYU and Villanova ahead of the postseason (43:57).
Daivien Williamson scored 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting and Tray Boyd III scored 18 and East Tennessee State beat Western Carolina 97-75 on Sunday in a Southern Conference semifinal game.
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Furman | 10-4 | - | 16-7 |
UNC Greensboro | 12-5 | +0.5 | 17-8 |
Wofford | 11-5 | - | 14-8 |
East Tennessee State | 8-6 | 2 | 12-10 |
Chattanooga | 9-7 | 2 | 18-7 |
Mercer | 8-8 | 3 | 15-9 |
VMI | 7-7 | 3 | 12-11 |
The Citadel | 5-11 | 6 | 12-11 |
Western Carolina | 3-13 | 8 | 10-15 |
Samford | 2-9 | 6.5 | 6-12 |
NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
---|---|---|---|
Jaylon McDaniel | PF | Committed | 76 |
Final Fours | 0 |
Tournament Record | 2-11 |
Championship Seasons | None |
Tournament Appearances | 10 |