The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s men’s basketball season has come to a close after it was not invited to either the College Insider Tournament or College Basketball Invitational. An invitation to either event would have been UWM’s fifth Division I postseason berth and ninth postseason appearance in all divisions. The Panthers (20-14) have now wrapped up the 10th 20-win season in 113 years of basketball, with the 20 wins tied for the sixth-most in school history. UWM did have in-depth discussions with organizers of the College Insider Tournament, but no geographical rival wound up in the field of 16 teams. The nearest opponents the Panthers could have faced – home or away – were Creighton, Missouri State, Marshall or South Dakota, all of which are located more than 500 miles from Milwaukee. South Dakota earned an automatic berth into the tournament by winning the Great West Conference.

For the second straight season, the Green Bay Phoenix (21-12) will play in the postseason, as the school accepted an opportunity to play in the 16-team College Basketball Invitational on Sunday evening. The Phoenix will play at the Akron Zips (24-10) on Wednesday night in the first round of the event.

FAIRBORN – I can hear a faint uproar over this, that Wright State should have stayed in the post-season tournament mix and tried to get a CBI or CollegeInsider.com bid once the Raiders were shut out of the NCAA and NIT.

FAIRBORN – Without a chance to attend the NCAA tournament and with open spots in the NIT field evaporating by the minute, Wright State scrapped any plans for a postseason by telling both the newer CBI and CollegeInsider tournaments they weren’t interested.

Not just today Selection Sunday. Not just since the end of the Horizon League Tournament. Not just during this season.

Butler will put a 20-game winning streak on the line when it begins play in the 2010 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship against No. 12 seed UTEP on Thursday, March 18, in San Jose, Calif. The No. 5-seeded Bulldogs will be making their fourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

For the fourth consecutive year and for the seventh time in the past decade, Butler is competing in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. The Bulldogs, seeded No 5 in the West Region, will begin tournament play against No. 12 UTEP on Thursday, March 18, in San Jose, Calif.

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Tess Sito hit her seventh home run of the season and Katelyn Ciminelli and Lia Gordon each drove in a pair of runs as Cleveland State routed Temple, 11-3 in six innings on Sunday in the final game of the USF Under Armour Showcase.