Belmont Abbey goes down to Texas and wins a battle of heavyweights. Now travels to Seattle in a Top 5 matchup with control of the Yarnell on the line.

Standings
Belmont Abbey 2-0
Seattle 2-0
St Marys TX 1-1
U of the Sciences 1-1
Harding 0-2
Northeastern St 0-2

Round 3
#2 Belmont Abbey (6-0) +1 @ #4 Seattle (6-0)
#14 St Marys TX (5-1) -5 @ U of the Sciences (3-3)
Northeastern St (2-4) -1 @ Harding (2-4)

Round 2 Results
Belmont Abbey 82, @St Marys TX 77
BA: N Krom 19 (POG), K Guin 16, T Davis 14, J Ryan 10
SMU: T Coombs 22, H Baker 12/12R, J Johnson 12, R Tyler 11

@Seattle 69, Harding 55
S: C Conley 17 (POG)
H: W Dziedzic 19, D Crosby 12, D Albert 10

@U of the Sciences 69, Northeastern St 66
US: C Collings 12 (POG), L Wagner 12, T Nichols 10R
NS: K Pando 16, D Bridges 9/10R

Belmont Abbey made the long trip to Seattle and came away with a convincing win. I'm convinced he has distro set at 0 for all his guys. Just a total team effort. St Marys TX do-everything guy H Baker hit a runner with 3 seconds left to put their game in OT. Then C Collings hit a 3 with 2 min to play in OT to put UofSciences up and they held St Marys TX scoreless the final 3 of the extra period to hang onto an upset in front of a packed house. Harding lost one from the FT line earlier in the tournament, now has won one from the FT line in round 3 of the tournament by going 30-34 in a win at home over NE St.

Belmont Abbey would clinch the Yarnell championship in its first appearance with a win in either of its final two games.

Standings
Belmont Abbey 3-0
Seattle 2-1
U of the Sciences 2-1
St Marys TX 1-2
Harding 1-2
Northeastern St 0-3

Round 4
Northeastern St (2-5) +22 @ #2 Belmont Abbey (7-0)
#7 Seattle (6-1) -3 @ #19 St Marys TX (5-2)
Harding (3-4) Pickem @ U of the Sciences (4-3)

Round 3 Results
Belmont Abbey 79, @Seattle 68
BA: D Veiga 14/10R (POG), N Krom 13, A Moreau 11, J Ryan 10, T Lee 10, K Guin 10
S: S Sandstrom 13, C Conley 12

@U of the Sciences 77, St Marys TX 74 OT
US: R Hughes 23 (POG), C Collings 13, W Brady 10
SMU: H Baker 24/13R, T Coombs 16, J Johnson 11

@Harding 83, Northeastern St 75
H: W Dziedzic 26 (POG), E Sarratt 25
NS: K Pando 21, D Baldwin 14, D Zimmerman 10, D Bridges 11R

definitely did not see my team beating st. marys.  Thought for sure I would lose there.  I guess home cookin' and getting alumni ref's does pay off sometimes.

Congrats to Belmont Abbey in winning the Yarnell Invitational on his first invite. Hopefully they'll experience a letdown when they come to Searcy to play Harding tonight in a meaningless game. Everyone check out the gameflow in the St Marys / Seattle game last night. Helluva game won in OT by 1 point.

Standings
Belmont Abbey 4-0
St Marys TX 2-2
U of the Sciences 2-2
Seattle 2-2
Harding 2-2
Northeastern St 0-4

Round 5
#1 Belmont Abbey (8-0) -12 @ Harding (4-4)
U of Sciences (4-4) +7 @ #12 Seattle (6-2)
Northeastern St (2-6) +10 @ #15 St Marys TX (6-2)

Round 4 Results
@Belmont Abbey 81, Northeastern St 70
BA: K Guin 21 (POG), N Krom 16, D Veiga 13, T Lee 11
NS: K Pando 16, D Bridges 13, W Freeborn 10

@St Marys TX 66, Seattle 65 OT
SMU: H Baker 21/11R (POG), T Coombs 21
S: C Conley 12, S Sandstrom 12, R Davis 11, C Hubbard 11R

Harding 72, @U of the Sciences 59
H: W Dziedzic 25 (POG), E Sarratt 18
USP: R Hughes 12

To show how tough the Yarnell is, here is the Preseason Rankings again:

Preseason rankings of Yarnell participants
#2 Seattle
#9 Harding
#11 Northeastern St.
#12 St. Mary's TX
#20 Belmont Abbey

Like seasons past, I expect all 6 teams will be in the NT and be contenders. Last season we had an all-Yarnell national championship.

2 heartbreakers last night for me, both here and in Wooden. Held halftime leads of 9+ points in each one and lost both games by a combined 3 points...

Posted by sammyboy56 on 11/28/2012 6:13:00 PM (view original):
2 heartbreakers last night for me, both here and in Wooden. Held halftime leads of 9+ points in each one and lost both games by a combined 3 points...

And St Marys TX involved in each game.

Congrats again to Belmont Abbey in winning the Yarnell Invitational on his first invite.

Not to take anything away from crashdive, for yet another Yarnell more than half of the coaches in the tournament can point to one shot, one circumstance, or one game that could've made the outcome of this tournament different. Personally, I point to my  game with mduncanhogs and St Marys where his team went all Kiki Vandeweghe on me and hit 24 of 25 FTs to beat me. That cost me a shot at back-to-back Yarnell titles. Speaking of St Marys... how many OTs you play in this tournament mduncanhogs?

Final Standings
Belmont Abbey 4-1
St Marys TX 3-2
Seattle 3-2
Harding 3-2
U of the Sciences 2-3
Northeastern St 0-5

Round 5 Results
@Harding 78, Belmont Abbey 69
H: T Elton 17 (POG), W Dziedzic 15, E Sarratt 13, D Crosby 12
BA: K Guin 17, N Krom 12

@Seattle 52, U of Sciences 34
S: R Davis 11 (POG), H Sheets 11, S Sandstrom 10
USP: L Wagner 10

@St Marys TX 81, Northeastern St 78 2OT
SMU: T Coombs 28 (POG), R Tyler 14/10R, H Baker 16
NS: K Pando 22/11R, C Hock 14, W Freeborn 11, D Bridges 10

I believe we played 4 OT periods in the tourney over 3 straight games. Went 2-1 in those games. This team is clearly the Cardiac Kids.

Congrats on the Yarnell title crash! And sorry my guys went all Steve Nash on you from the charity stripe hacker!

Looking forward to another Yarnell next season.

TOURNAMENT MVP
K Guin, Belmont Abbey - Super 6th man

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM
N Krom, Belmont Abbey
D Veiga, Belmont Abbey
R Davis, Seattle
C Conley, Seattle
H Baker, St Marys TX
T Coombs, St Marys TX
W Dziedzic, Harding
E Sarratt, Harding
C Collings, USP
R Hughes, USP
K Pando, Northeastern St
D Bridges, Northeastern St

Yarnell Champions
61 - Belmont Abbey, crashdive
60 - Harding, hackerhog
59 - St Marys TX, mduncanhogs
58 - Longwood, bbunch
57 - St Marys TX, mduncanhogs
56 - Harding, hackerhog
42 - Bellarmine, greenhawks

HISTORY

Team	W	L	%	Titles
Belmont Abbey	4	1	0.800	1
Seattle	7	3	0.700	0
Caldwell	23	12	0.657	3
Gannon	39	21	0.650	4
St Marys TX	12	8	0.600	2
New Jersey Tech	12	8	0.600	0
Longwood	32	23	0.582	2
Pfeiffer	13	12	0.520	0
Harding	50	50	0.500	3
Concord	10	10	0.500	0
Incarnate Word	12	13	0.480	1
N Florida	16	19	0.457	1
Bowie St	16	19	0.457	0
Northeastern St	20	25	0.444	2
SE Oklahoma St	6	9	0.400	0
U of Sciences	2	3	0.400	0
Bellarmine	19	31	0.380	1
Goldey-Beacom	3	7	0.300	0
CSU-Chico	2	8	0.200	0
Mercy	1	4	0.200	0
Abilene Christian	1	4	0.200	0
Charleston	0	5	0.000	0
Wisconsin-Parkside	0	5	0.000	0