Under The Radar Postseason News, Notes and Highlighted Games – Friday, March 17

While the NCAA Tournament kicked off yesterday, the biggest off-the-court news came out of Bloomington where Indiana parted ways with Tom Crean after nine seasons. AD Fred Glass has announced that he will not hire a search committee that has been established at other schools when they look for their own head coaches. Assuming the Hoosiers look for an experienced head coach in the collegiate ranks, don’t expect the vacancy to be immediately filled while other coaches are making deep runs with their respective teams.

– There was one final opening round game in the CBI last night. Stony Brook fell behind by 19 points in the 2nd half before mounting a furious comeback at UIC. Their comeback ended 2 points short – they lost 71-69 on the road.

– In the CIT, the best matchup in terms of record going into last night was the Asheville/UT-Martin matchup. Martin ended up winning at home by an 89-75 matchup. The road was also kind to Furman and Saint Peter’s – they won at USC-Upstate and Albany, respectively. Texas State, however, was able to defeat Lamar 70-60 at home. In the nightcap featuring the Riley Wallace Classic, Weber State blew an 11-point lead at Cal State-Fullerton and then came from behind to win 80-76. 2nd round matchups for the CIT will be announced later today. Fort Wayne, Furman and Saint Peter’s will get byes into the quarterfinal round as the top 3 seeds of the tournament.

– There are no games scheduled outside of the NCAA Tournament today – the NIT will resume with a 2nd-round game tomorrow morning prior to the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament.