The Week of Banners begins, where someone wins a championship almost every night.
Eleven. (Or twelve, if Nevada wins tomorrow.) That's how many games remain before we pack up the nets and the echoes of squeaking rubber subside for another long summer. Tonight, we crowned one post-season champion and set up two other finals.
Valparaiso rolled out to a 16-point lead in their NIT semifinal tilt with BYU, then managed to squander every bit of it. A David Skara three with 20 seconds left saved the Crusaders (30-6), who will advance to Thursday's final against George Washington.