CHAMPAIGN — Grand Canyon’s postseason stay was a short one. After losing to New Mexico State in the WAC championship game — and losing the one NCAA tournament bid for the conference — the Antelopes dropped a 77-63 game at West Virginia in the opening round of the College Basketball Invitational.
Tim Finke played 18 minutes off the bench against the Mountaineers, finishing with two points, three rebounds and one assist. Turns out those were the last 18 minutes the Champaign Central grad and 2018 News-Gazette Player of the Year would suit up for Grand Canyon.
Finke spent the time after the Antelopes’ season-ending loss in Morgantown, W.