Well, I thought the game I was at tonight was pretty good. Then I got text messages from my brother at the UW-Stout/Augustana game with score updates on a game that went down to the wire as Augustana dropped 10 three-pointers on the Blue Devils in the second half. Then I got a phone call from Gordon Mann as I was driving back from Randolph-Macon and he ran down the rest of the key scores.

Those were good games, too. Let me tell you about Fisk/Randolph-Macon, however. I’m accustomed to seeing Randolph-Macon’s backcourt cause trouble for its opponents with in-your-face defense and by stepping into passing lanes and picking the ball off. But tonight it was Fisk’s speed on defense that got the job done. Chris Adams had five steals to go with his 15 points as Randolph-Macon turned the ball over 23 times, including four consecutive possessions that allowed Fisk to battle back from a five-point deficit, its largest of the night.

“The last 10 minutes of the game we found our way,” Fisk coach Larry Glover said after the game. “In the second half I think we kind of forced the tempo defensively that turned the momentum in our favor. I don’t think they recovered.”

Glover also said one of his team’s goals after watching the video of the second Randolph-Macon/Lincoln game was to shut down either Adam Krovic or Justin Wansley. Wansley got his points (19, plus 11 rebounds) but Krovic was held to one shot, a missed three-pointer.

At any rate, I can see Fisk doing some damage, especially since they won tonight despite shooting 4-for-21 from three-point range. They came in shooting 40.6% from downtown, so they must have their moments. A heads-up to Mississippi College and Maryville, coming up in the next two weeks.

Good win for Baldwin-Wallace, obviously. The Randolph-Macon tournament and Wooster’s tournament were a couple of the ones I had in mind in writing a Daily Dose post in September regarding how to select pairings for your tournament. Both host schools took a chance and picked the second-best team as their first-round opponent, and I’ll be honest, I like the decision. Shows guts. In both cases, it means the hosts got a regional game they might not have gotten otherwise. And if you’re Wooster, you’re going to have to beat Baldwin-Wallace at some point to win the tournament, whether it was tonight or tomorrow.

Some good non-regional games tonight as well, between UW-Platteville and Mary Hardin-Baylor and between Manchester and Trinity (Texas). And don’t overlook Caltech/Rivier — Caltech lost 55-54, as close as it gets for them in attempting to beat a Division III foe for the first time in years. Illinois Wesleyan/Puget Sound comes out about as expected.

Millikin’s women still appear to be struggling, only beating Tufts by four. UW-La Crosse’s win against Chapman is important because even though Chapman is a little down, they are still usually a playoff contender. By the way, apparently we need to take a closer look at Oglethorpe, which appears to be 9-1 (no report on Wednesday night’s game with Chapman but looks like a win) with its only loss to Division I Davidson. This weekend’s games were its first road tests (other than Davidson, which can’t be considered a test if there’s no chance of passing).

Maybe someone can chime in on W&J’s women, who appeared to struggle this weekend with a pair of UMAC teams. Bad sign. They were up by 20 tonight at one point but yesterday had to rally from an eight-point halftime deficit to beat Minnesota-Morris.