Month: March 2004

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 24th Gillispie to Texas A&M?: Texas A&M’s search for a new men’s basketball coach may end with UTEP’s Billy Gillispie. According to ESPN, Gillispie has been contacted and is ready to accept an offer today. Gillispie led the Miners to a terrific turnaround this […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 23rd NIT marches on: The battle for the biggest NCAA tournament snub continued with four more teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Chris Thomas scored 39 points for Notre Dame as they overcame a one point deficit at halftime to beat St. Louis 77-66 in […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, March 22nd East Rutherford Region No. 2 Oklahoma State 70, No. 7 Memphis 53: Oklahoma State jumped out to a 41-19 halftime lead and never looked back as the Cowboys spanked Memphis. They shot nearly 60 percent in the game, and junior forward Joey Graham […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 21st East Rutherford Region No. 4 Wake Forest 84, No. 12 Manhattan 80: It was a great battle of guards in Raleigh, a freshman against a senior, and the freshman won out as Chris Paul and Wake Forest knocked off Luis Flores and Manhattan, […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 20th East Rutherford Region No. 7 Memphis 59, No. 10 South Carolina 43: Memphis continued South Carolina’s struggles in the NCAA Tournament on Friday, beating the Gamecocks 59-43 behind 26 points and 10 rebounds from sophomore Rodney Carney. The Tigers (22-7) won their first […]

SEC Finals Recap

Southeastern Conference Finals Recap Recap by Matt Jones Kentucky 89, Florida 73 Utter and complete domination. Within six seconds of the game beginning, Gerald Fitch had hit a three pointer, cracked a devious smile on his face and given notice to all the fans in the Georgia Dome that this […]

SEC Semifinals Recap

Southeastern Conference Semifinals Recap Recap by Matt Jones Kentucky 78 South Carolina 63 The Big Blue Nation was out once again in full force for this opening game of the semi-final session and they certainly had to be pleased with the show that Kentucky put on. The Cats got off […]

Big Ten Finals Recap

Big Ten Conference Finals Recap Recap by Alan Rubenstein (2) Wisconsin 70, (1) Illinois 53 Devin Harris’s dominance over the Big Ten continued into the Big Ten tournament. Harris, the league player of the year earned the rare double of the regular season and postseason MVP awards. Harris averaged 23.7 […]

Big 12 Finals Recap

Big 12 Finals Recap Recap by Zach Ewing No. 1 Oklahoma State 65, No. 2 Texas 49 It’s often said that defense wins championships, and it’s pretty obvious that that was the case in this game. The Cowboys started out hot and took a 12-point lead into the locker room, […]

Colonial Finals Recap

Colonial Athletic Association Finals Recap Recap by Doug McKinney (1) Virginia Commonwealth 55, (3) George Mason 54 Jessee Pellot-Rosa, a freshman walk-on for the Rams, hit the bottom end of two free throws to give VCU their first trip to the NCAA tournament since 1996 en route to a 55-54 […]