Month: March 2004

America East Quarterfinals Recap

America East Quarterfinals Recap Recap by Adam Reich No. 4 Maine 79, No. 5 Binghamton 77 A pair of free throws by Joe Campbell with 3.9 seconds to play provided the difference as Maine outlasted Binghamton in overtime, 79-77. However, the game’s deciding play came with just under one minute […]

Ohio Valley Conference Finals Recap

Ohio Valley Finals Recap Recap by Jeff Smith Murray State 66, Austin Peay 60 The battle for supremacy in the OVC came down to a “Clash of the Titans” on Saturday night in the conference championship in Nashville, Tennessee. The conferences top two teams in Murray State and Austin Peay […]

Jave Meade

Meade Gets His Chance And Runs With It by Phil Kasiecki All Jave Meade ever needed was a chance. A chance to play the game, a chance to play his natural position, a chance to go to a good college. Meade recently played his final home game at Holy Cross. […]

Mid-Continent Notebook

Mid-Continent Conference Notebook by Matthew Moll It’s all over, but it has yet to begin. For the Mid-Con it was Late-February Madness with teams scampering about fighting for that all-important number-one tourney seed, but none able to take hold of it until the absolute end. The regular season matter in […]

Big Ten Notebook

Big Ten Conference Notebook by Alan Rubenstein As the Big Ten heads into its final weekend four key games will determine the Big Ten championship and the seedlings in the conference tournament. Saturday Iowa at Purdue: The Hawkeyes invade West Lafayette after losing a chance to wrap-up a bye in […]

Pac-10 Notebook

Pac-10 Conference Notebook by Scott Allen Six-Pac: 1. Stanford bounces Oregon in Maples finale Josh Childress made sure the final game at Maples Pavilion-at least, as he and so many other players and fans knew it – was a win, scoring 29 points, pulling down 12 boards and adding five […]

Northeast Conference Notebook

Northeast Conference Notebook by Keith Burdette The regular season NEC title came down to a Friday night special between Monmouth and St. Francis NY. 2500 fans packed Boylan Gym in hopes to see the Hawks clinch the title. St. Francis NY took an early lead in the game but Monmouth […]

Mountain West Notebook

Mountain West Conference Notebook by Zach Ewing The best basketball in the Wild West this year isn’t being played on the Pacific coast, but high up in the mountains. The MWC has a higher RPI than the Pac-10 and will likely send as many or more teams to the NCAA […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, March 8th Southern Illinois bounced: It was exactly what every bubble team in the nation didn’t want to see – a loss by the Southern Illinois Salukis in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. The sure-fire NCAA tournament bound Salukis were upended by the Southwest Missouri […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 7th No Perfection In Seattle: No. 1 Stanford couldn’t finish off a perfect regular season, shooting just 39% from the floor and had 18 turnovers in a 75-62 loss at surging Washington. Tre Simmons scored 16 points to lead four players in double figures […]