MAC Sports Blog by VanDelay Sports

After shocking the world of women’s college basketball on Sunday night, the #12 seed Ball State Lady Cardinals are back in action tonight as they face the #4 seed Iowa State Cyclones. After an impressive 71-55 win over #5 Tennessee, Ball State looks to continue the magic and advance to the 2009 Women’s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 round. #12 Ball State (26-8) and #4 Iowa State (25-8) will tip-off around 9:30 pm ET tonight in Bowling Green, Kentucky. As always, fans can look to VanDelay Sports for a great selection of Ball State clothing & merchandise and to DFN Sports partner sites for Ball State hats, gear and more!

For the second year in a row, a new postseason college basketball tournament will be played at the conclusion of the 2009 conference tournaments. Just after the announcement of the NCAA and NIT Tournament teams, the innagural CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament will be held with 16 more teams getting a chance to continue their season and play for a championship.

Of course it was last year when the CBI Tournament made it’s debut featuring two MAC teams, Ohio and Miami. The Bobcats won their first round CBI game at home over Brown before falling on the road @ Bradley, the eventual runner-up. Meanwhile Miami played on the road at Tulsa and loss to the eventual CBI Champion Golden Hurricane.

With the addition of the CIT Tournament, expect to see additional MAC teams get a chance to continue play in 2009. While the media coverage of the CIT Tournament will likely be poor, much like last year’s CBI Tournament, itdoes allow for teams to have an opportunity to get tournament experience and hopefully build for the future.