This year’s Myrtle Beach Invitational Features some great teams from across the Country. Including the 17th ranked Villanova Wildcats and the 24th ranked Baylor Bears. The tournament takes place at Coastal Carolina’s HTC Center. Luckily for me, the first 100 Coastal Carolina students got in for free. So I got to spend my day court-side watching some quality college hoops.

The tournament kicked off yesterday with Villanova taking on Middle Tennessee. Jay Wright’s Villanova Wildcats looked strong in their opening round performance putting away Middle Tennessee 98-69. The next game featured Mississippi State and Tulane University. Mississippi State handled the Green Wave 80-66 setting up an interesting Match-up against Villanova in the next round.

The bottom half of the eight team bracket was headlined with Scott Drew’s Baylor Bears against the Ohio Wildcats. The game ended up with Baylor Defeating Ohio 76-53, but the game was a lot more competitive than the score led on.

The final Game was reserved for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers taking on a strong Utah Offense. Coastal went into the game as 4 point underdogs, but the defense of the Chanticleers held Utah to just 57 in their dominate 79-57 win. Coastal guard Keishawn Brewton led their offense with 22 points while going 6/9 from beyond the arch.

The next round of the champions bracket will feature Villanova vs. Mississippi State and Coastal taking on Baylor. The Tournament continues today on ESPN2 and ESPNU.