Tuesday, March 05, 2002
Three more join NCAA field
The Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. — Brett Blizzard scored 22 points and North Carolina-Wilmington beat Virginia Commonwealth 66-51 Monday night in the Colonial Athletic Association championship.
Wilmington (22-9) won its second tournament in three years, and earned only the second NCAA tournament bid in school history.
• Siena 92, Niagara 77, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference final, at Albany, N.Y. — Dwayne Archbold scored 30 points and Siena earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Winning four games in four days made the hometown Saints (16-18) the first MAAC team to win the championship after participating in a play-in game.
• Creighton 84, Southern Illinois 76, Missouri Valley Conference final, at St. Louis — Terrell Taylor scored 20 points for Creighton (22-8), which earned the automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Creighton has reached the NCAA Tournament the past four years.
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Three more join NCAA field
