The post-season has started for some of the NJ colleges and is just around the corner for the others.
Last season one NJ team reached the Final Four and Brookdale CC won the D-3 Juco national championship.
A look at the post-season schedules and results for all the NJ schools. This will be updated frequently.
NCAA TOURNAMENT
In the first four on Tuesday FDU came back to beat Prairie View A&M 82-76. In their first NCAA Tournament win ever 6 foot 2 Sr. Darnell Edge (Saugerties NY) paced the Knights with a career-high 33 points in the contest on 9-of-13 from the field, including 7-of-9 from three-point range.
The Knights lost to Gonzaga 87-49 in Salt Lake City Utah. 6 foot 8 Sr. Mike Holloway (Schalick - NJHoops #19 Class of 2015) and 6 foot 7 So. Elyjah Williams (Evanston IL) both had 10.
10th seeded Seton Hall fell to 7th seeded Wofford 84-68 in Jacksonville FL. 6 foot 2 Jr. Myles Powell (South Kent CT/Trenton Catholic) had 27.
COLLEGE INSIDERS (CIT) TOURNAMENT
NJIT topped Quinnipiac 92-81. 5 foot 9 So. Zach Cooks (Berkmar GA) went for 34. The Highlanders lost to Hampton 82-70 in the quarterfinals. Cooks contributed 22.
DIVISION 1 - LEAGUE TOURNAMENTS
ATLANTIC SUN
NJIT finished 5th in the A-Sun
They trimmed 4th seeded Florida Gulf Coast Monday in the quarterfinals on the road with an 83-78 win
NJIT lost to top seeded Lipscomb Thursday 78-55.
NJIT will play in the CollegeInsider.com postseason tournament where they open with Quinnipiac Monday.
BIG EAST
The Big East Tournament is set for March 13-16 at Madison Square Garden again this season.
In the quarterfinals Seton Hall beat Georgetown 73-57. 6 foot 2 Jr. Myles Powell (South Kent CT/Trenton Catholic) went for 31
In the semis the Pirates edged Marquette 81-79. Powell scored 22.
The Pirates were edged by Villanova for the championship 74-72. Powell went for 25.
Seton Hall open play in the NCAA Tournament Thursday in Jacksonville against Wofford.
BIG 10
The Big 10 Tournament is set for March 13-17 in Chicago. The seed for Rutgers has not yet been determined.
Rutgers lost to 13th seeded Nebraska 68-61 in the first round despite 16 from 6 foot 7 Jr. Eugene Omoruyi (Orangeville CN)
IVY LEAGUE
The Ivy League Tournament is set for March 16-17 at Yale.
Princeton has qualified as the 3rd seed.
The Tigers lost to Yale 83-77. 6 foot 9 Jr. Richmond Ariguzoh (Trenton Catholic - NJ Hoops #21 Class of 2016) scored 24.
MAAC
Rider finished tied for 2nd and got the 4th seed. Monmouth was 6th and St. Peter's finished 9th via tiebreakers.
Thursday March 7
St. Peter's upset 8th seeded Marist 71-68. Monmouth beat 11th seeded Niagara 76-72
Friday March 8
St. Peter's lost to top seeded Iona 73-71
Saturday March 9
Monmouth upset 3rd seeded Quinnipiac 98-92 as Ray Salnave scored 19.
Rider lost to 5th seeded Siena 87-81 despite 22 from Tyere Marshall
Sunday March 10
Monmouth upset Canisius 73-59. So. Deion Hammond scored 19
Monmouth lost in the championship to Iona 81-60. 6 foot 9 Sr. Diago Quinn scored 13
NORTHEAST CONFERENCE
FDU tied for 1st in the NEC and earned the 2nd seed and open play Wednesday beating Wagner 84-46.
The Knights topped Robert Morris 66-62 in the semis. 6 foot 2 Sr. Darnell Edge (Saugerties NY) scored 20.
Beat St. Francis PA 85-76 for the championship and the NCAA Tournament bid on ESPN2. Edge was one of three 20 point scorers.
The Knights play in the NCAA Tournament Tuesday versus Prairie View A&M in Dayton
DIVISION 2 - CENTRAL ATLANTIC COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE (CACC)
The CACC Tournament tips Tuesday March 5 with the automatic NCAA Tournament bid up for grabs.
top seeded Bloomfield outscored Wilmington 105-86. Caldwell lost to Goldey Beacom 86-78. Felician fell to Jefferson 85-65.
The final four games are at Caldwell
In the semifinals Bloomfield beat Goldey Beacom 90-86
In the championship Bloomfield lost to Dominican 70-55. 6 foot 1 Sr. Keith Washington was high with 23
DIVISION 3 - NCAA TOURNAMENT
Three NJAC schools made the tournament. Ramapo lost to Alfred in the first round and New Jersey City fell to Arcadia.
Rowan beat Emerson in the opening round and lost to Nichols in the second.
DIVISION 3 - ECAC
Two NJ teams Drew and Rutgers Newark made the ECAC Tournament, which is similar to the NIT with some of the best eastern teams that didn't make the NCAA get to play for another championship.
Drew advanced to the semis where they lost to Drew
Rutgers Newark won three games and than lost to Brandeis in the title game
NJCAA - DIVISION 2
NJCAA - DIVISION 3
Middlesex CC won the Region 19 title over Union CC.
In Rochester Minnesota for the national tournament the Blue Colts lost three contests.
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