NJCAA D2 National Championships Bracket '16 NJCAA D3 National Championships Bracket '16
Salt Lake defeats Hutchinson for NJCAA title - Mar
20, 2016
Salt Lake Community College twice put its index fingers to work - once over Tyler Rawson(6'10''-F)'s lips to silence a raucous Hutchinson crowd, the other as Austin Waddoups(6'2''-PG) raised his hand in the air to celebrate a first-place finish. Salt Lake captured the NJCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Tournament championship with a 74-64 triumph over Hutchinson in the Blue Dragons' home arena on Saturday. "It's an amazing feeling," Rawson said. "A lot of blood sweat and tears all year. It's been our goal since day one to get to this stage and win it." It was Salt Lake's second title in program history. The Bruins also won in 2009. Not everyone celebrated. On the other side of the scorer's table, Hutchinson sophomore Moataz Aly fought tears. Freshman Shakur Juiston hid his own, burying his face in his jersey as teammate James Conley hung on his shoulder to offer support. "I started crying. I never like losing, ever," Juiston said. "To lose is the worst feeling. It just got the best of me." The 13th-seeded Bruins (31-8) pounced early, claiming a 42-27 halftime lead over No. 7 Hutchinson (32-5). Salt Lake pressed its lead to double digits with a 6-0 run to close the half. The Bruins were ahead by as much as 18 in the second half. The Blue Dragons, seemingly buried deep in their own grave, resurrected their chances with a furious 12-0 surge. A layup by Samajae Haynes-Jones (5'11''-PG) cut Salt Lake's lead to 66-62 with 3:09 to play. Salt Lake's Tad Dufelmeier (6'0''-PG-96) countered with two free throws to push the Bruins back up six. Sophomore Bashir Ahmed again brought the Blue Dragons within four with two free throws. "We got it back down to four twice," said Hutchinson coach Steve Eck . "If you just make a basket - if you have one guy hit a 3 - I would say it's a new ballgame and this crowd goes crazy." Salt Lake was steady. Rawson drilled a mid-range jumper to push the lead back to six. As he retreated back on defense, his finger tapped his mouth to shoosh the Sports Arena. "Amazing sound right there," Rawson said. "Awesome feeling to silence that many people." Dufelmeier once more added two more free throws for a 72-64 advantage with 1:31 left in the game. "Shoutout to my mom. She told me, 'Take your time. They're free,'" Dufelmeier said, grateful for Jo Dufelmeier's advice. "I just said it every time before them." There was nothing more Hutchinson could do to chop at the deficit. The Blue Dragons were scoreless in the final two minutes. Hutchinson shot 25 percent in the first half as it fell behind, leaving little margin for error in the final 20 minutes. The Blue Dragons were 2-for-22 from the 3-point line, missing all 10 of their attempts in the second half. Ahmed topped Hutchinson with 22 points in his final game at Hutchinson. Juiston offered a superb stat line with nine points, 13 rebounds, six assists, four blocks and two steals. When the clock expired, Waddoups ran toward his longtime teammate Rawson. The duo, both from American Fork, Utah, played in high school together. Waddoups leaped into his arms with his index finger pointing toward the rafters. The Bruins took their lumps with losses in the regular season, but a five-game win streak at nationals allowed Waddoups to proclaim his team No. 1. "To actually win a championship together, that's been our goal since day one," Rawson said. "Glad we could do it together." Conner Toolson (6'4''-F/G) topped Salt Lake with 28 points. Rawson added 16 points and 11 rebounds. The Blue Dragons appeared in the championship game for the first time since their title win in 1994. "I'm not real happy," Ahmed said. "I'm not satisfied with that, but, you know, sometimes in life you don't get anything you want." Courtesy of: hutchnews.com
NJCAA D1 All-America Teams 2016 - Apr
10, 2016
NABC NJCAA D1 Player of the Year: Kavell Bigby-Williams (6'10''-F-95) of Gillette NABC NJCAA Coach of the Year: Craig Doty of Rock Valley 1st Team Kevin Maura (5'8''-PG) of Central Florida Deven Simms (6'4''-G) of Connors State Kavell Bigby-Williams (6'10''-F-95) of Gillette Bashir Ahmed (6'7''-G) of Hutchinson Colton Weisbrod (6'5''-G-95) of Lamar State-Port Arthur Jaylen Barford (6'4''-G) of Motlow State Julian Walters (5'11''-PG) of North Dakota SCS Braian Angola-Rodas (6'6''-G) of North Idaho Devin Davis (6'7''-F-95) of Odessa Niem Stevenson (6'5''-G) of Seward County 2nd Team Jonathan Mulmore (6'3''-G) of Allegany Maryland Andre Nikita (G) of Chetverikoff of Arizona Western CJ Jackson (F) of Eastern Florida State Andre Wallace (6'0''-PG) of Iowa Western Devontavius Payne (6'2''-G) of John A. Logan Jordan Geist (6'3''-G) of Ranger Marvin Jones (6'3''-G) of Shelton State Sam Tyrone (6'6''-G) of South Georgia State Ronnie Rousseau (5'10''-PG) of State Fair Hyron Edwards (6'1''-PG) of Trinity Valley 3rd Team Carnilious Simmons (F) of Atlanta Metropolitan Chance Morton (F) of Bishop State James Richardson (G) of Denmark Tech Elliott Smith (6'6''-F) of Harcum Daryl Macon (6'3''-G) of Holmes Will Tavares (6'6''-G) of Monroe College Brayon Blake (6'6''-G/F) of North Idaho Darrlyn Willis (6'8''-F) of Pearl River Tyler Rawson (6'10''-F) of Salt Lake Isaiah Box (6'1''-G) of Sauk Valley Honorable Mention Arell Hennings (5'9''-G) of Cochise Doniel Dean (6'1''-G) of Georgia Highlands Gabriel Mack (G) of Hagerstown Anthony Wright (6'6''-G) of Harcum Nuni Omot (6'9''-F) of Indian Hills Kevin Danielsen (5'11''-PG) of Kankakee Jaleel Wheeler (6'3''-G) of Kilgore Christian Bradford (6'1''-G) of Marion Military Montell Goodwin (6'3''-G) of Mineral Area Costa Anderson (6'2''-G) of Northern Oklahoma Tonkawa James Batemon (6'1''-G) of North Dakota SCS Shadell Millinghaus (6'2''-PG-94) of Northwest Florida State Steven Davis (6'2''-G) of Olney Central Derris Miles (6'4''-G) of Otero Terrell Miller (F) of Southwest Mississippi Jimario Rivers (6'7''-F-95) of Southwest Tennessee Gabe Grant (6'6''-F) of Three Rivers Raheem Freeman (G) of South Carolina Salkehatchie Makur Puou (6'9''-C) of Vincennes Tyren Harrison (6'6''-F) of Western Oklahoma State
Kirkwood takes down No. 1 Triton for NJCAA D-II basketball title- Mar
20, 2016
No. 6 Kirkwood won its second men's basketball national title Saturday night, upsetting top-ranked Triton, 83-76, in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II championship game in Danville, Ill. The Eagles (31-4) broke a 30-game winning streak for Triton (34-3), which had not lost since falling to Indian Hills, 104-85, back on Nov. 21. Kirkwood led much of the game and after Byron Harp (6'2''-G) hit a pair of foul shots with 1:25 to play, it was 76-68. But a pair of 3-pointers by Triton sophomore Eric Gillespie(5'10''-G) cut the lead down to three, 79-76, with 27.1 seconds left. The Eagles hurt themselves by hitting just 3-of-10 at the foul line over a 60-second stretch. The Trojans missed several 3-pointers that could have tied it, and Kirkwood sophomore Nick Richards(6'3''-G) was fouled on a rebound with 6.8 seconds left. Despite hitting just 1-of-6 from the line in three previous trips, Richards nailed both shots. Jacob Olson (6'0''-PG) then hit a pair of foul shots with 1.2 seconds left to provide the final margin. Richards led the Eagles with 21 points and Harp added 15. Cristen Wilson (6'5''-F) grabbed 12 rebounds. Third-year Kirkwood coach Bryan Petersen was named national coach of the year. The Eagles also won a national title in 1998. Courtesy of: thegazette.com
NJCAA D2 All-America Teams 2016 - Apr
10, 2016
1st Team Noble Fahnbulleh (G) of Dakota County Tech (MN) Danzel Wright (6'0''-PG) of Johnson County (KS) Hunter Rhodes (6'0''-PG) of Kirkwood (IA) Javon Haines (6'2''-G/F) of Lansing (MI) C.J. Hill (6'1''-G) of Louisburg (NC) DeShawndre Black (6'1''-G) of Schoolcraft (MI) Reshardd Harris (6'4''-F/G) of Sinclair (OH) Connor MacDougall (6'8''-F) of South Mountain (AZ) Jovan "JoJo" Mooring (6'2''-SG) of South Suburban (IL) Eric Gillespie (5'10''-G) of Triton (IL) 2nd Team Greg Heckstall of Bryant & Stratton (VA) Shawn Shelton (6'6''-F) of Dean (MA) Brett Rau (G) of Elgin (IL) Yusuf Yakubu (6'7''-G-92) of Erie (NY) Chris Jones (6'0''-G) of Iowa Lakes Eddie Longmeyer (G) of Lincoln Land (IL) Eddie Tornes (G) of Muskegon (MI) Terrance Bush (G) of North Central Missouri James Richardson (G) of Raritan Valley (NJ) Snyder Cenecharles (G) of Southeast (NE) 3rd Team Rze Culbreath (6'1''-G) of Garrett (MD) Tarae Potter of Jackson (MI) Samuel Joseph (G) of Jamestown (NY) Chris Scott (6'8''-F) of Lakeland (OH) Jamarcus Hairstonfd (6'7''-F) of Louisburg (NC) Thomas Farrior (G) of Manor (PA) Jalen Olds (F) of North Arkansas Tyvon Cooper of Orange County (NY) Terrence Johnson (G) of South Mountain (AZ) Terrance Smith (6'7''-F) of Southwestern (IA)
NJCAA
D3 All-America Teams 2016 - Apr
10, 2016
1st Team Mason Jones (6'2''-G) of Brookdale Jalin Alexander (G) of Caldwell Tech Tremondre Anderson (6'4''-G) of Eastfield LT Davis (5'11''-PG) of Rock Valley Naim Thomas (G) of Sullivan County 2nd Team Jonathan Range of Finger Lakes Patrick Johnson-Agwu (F) of Prince George's Akeem Oglesby of Ridgewater Elijah Williams (6'7''-C) of Rock Valley Cheick Sy-Savane (6'3''-F) of Suffolk County 3rd Team Jerell Gomes (G) of Bristol Chisom Obineke (F) of Brookhaven Tre Williams (G) of Davidson County Eddarie Hibbler (G) of Vermilion Reuben Edwards (G) of Westmoreland County Honorable Mention Dafawn Toombs (G) of Atlantic Cape Fredens Deneus (F) of Bunker Hill Javon Hunter (G) of Jefferson Mikhail Myles (G) of Mid Michigan Dantavius Bega (G) of Southern Crescent Tech
Rock
Valley wins second DIII championship since 2014 - Mar
16, 2016
Rock Valley (Ill.) defeated Rochester (Minn.) 88-75 in Saturday's NJCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship Game at Paul Gerry Fieldhouse, clinching its second national title in three seasons. Sophomore LT Davis (5'11''-PG) led the Golden Eagles in scoring, racking up a game-high 25 points on 7-of-14 shots from the field - including three three-pointers. The guard hit 8-of-9 shots at the free-throw line, adding five rebounds and three assists to the winning effort. Rock Valley sophomore center Elijah Williams (6'7''-C) posted 21 points and a team-high seven rebounds, while freshman guard Kooper Glick (6'3''-SG) contributed 14 points, six rebounds and two steals. Sophomore guards Mo Jackson (5'10''-PG) and Dalton Payton(6'6''-SG) came off the bench to score eight and six points, respectively. The Golden Eagles connected on 56 percent of their shots in the title game, going 28-for-50 from the field as a team. Rock Valley's range was put on display as the team hit 8-of-15 three-pointers. Despite shooting 45.2 percent from the field, Rochester pulled down eight offensive rebounds and scored 16 second-chance points. Freshman forward Marquise Walker (6'5''-F) recorded a double-double for Rochester, tallying 15 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Yellowjackets sophomore guard Demetrius Cady (5'8''-PG) scored a team-high 16 points in the defeat. Averaging 17 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists in three games, Davis received tournament MVP accolades. Jackson was the lone Golden Eagles selection on the all-tournament team. Entering the tournament as the top seed, Rock Valley began its run to the title with an 81-66 victory over No. 8-seed Bunker Hill in the opening round. The Golden Eagles locked up a spot in their third consecutive national championship game with an 87-65 semifinal win against No. 4-seed Nassau (N.Y.). Winning its program's second NJCAA championship, Rock Valley gained redemption after falling 67-64 to Richland (Texas) in the 2015 title game. The Golden Eagles won their first national championship in 2014. Courtesy of NJCAA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men
Women
Subscribe
Login
Doty
