Pac-10 Conference Finals Recap Recap by Scott Allen (1) Stanford 77, (2) Washington 66 The Cardinal avenged its only loss of the season to capture its first Pac-10 tournament title, likely assuring itself of being the No. 1 seed in the West region when the bracket is revealed later today. […]
Month: March 2004
Big Ten Finals Preview
Big Ten Conference Finals Preview Preview by Alan Rubenstein No. 1 Illinois vs. No. 2 Wisconsin With this meeting on a neutral floor, you can throw out the first two meetings the teams had. The Illini defeated the Badgers by eight in a game that the Illini controlled in Champaign […]
Big Ten Semifinals Recap
Big Ten Conference Semifinals Recap Recap by Alan Rubenstein No. 1 Illinois 74 No. 5 Michigan 60 The Illini train keeps rolling. Illinois jumped to a 15-5 lead and led from wire to wire. Michigan crawled to within 37-34 by holding the Illini scoreless for 7:45 stretch spanning the halves. […]
America East Finals Recap
America East Finals Recap Recap by Phil Kasiecki (2) Vermont 72, (4) Maine 53 Vermont got its star back, and Maine lost its star — and in the end, that made all the difference. Taylor Coppenrath, the two-time America East Player of the Year who had not played in nearly […]
WAC Finals Recap
Western Athletic Finals Recap Recap by Steve Sheridan No. 1 Nevada 66, No. 2 UTEP 60 After being crowned co-champions of the WAC during the regular season, top-seeded Nevada and second-seeded UTEP faced off in the championship game on Saturday night, with Nevada escaping from The Save Mart Center with […]
Southland Finals Recap
Southland Conference Finals Recap Recap by Paul Oren No.3 Texas San-Antonio 74 No.4 Stephen F Austin 70 Southland Conference Player of the Year Leroy Hurd has consistently carried the Texas San-Antonio Roadrunners on his back throughout the season, and in their biggest of the season, the trend continued. Hurd scored […]
Big 12 Finals Preview
Big 12 Finals Preview Preview by Zach Ewing No. 2 Texas vs. No. 1 Oklahoma State Upsets and Cinderellas are nice, but it doesn’t really get better than No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the championship game. Oklahoma State took both regular season meetings by a combined 14 points, but […]
Big 12 Semifinals Recap
Big 12 Semifinals Recap Recap by Zach Ewing No. 1 Oklahoma State 82, No. 5 Texas Tech 77 The coaching match-up of Eddie Sutton and Bob Knight didn’t disappoint. Knight’s Red Raiders came out with a slashing, attacking, screening offense, scored the game’s first seven points, and held on for […]
Mountain West Finals Preview
Mountain West Conference Finals Preview Preview by Keith Irizarry (4) UNLV vs. (3) Utah It will be Utah and UNLV. Two teams with big names, but whom have had a rough go of it at times this season. This will be the third consecutive trip to the MWC Final for […]
Mountain West Semifinals Recap
Mountain West Conference Semifinals Recap Recap by Keith Irizarry Huff…Huff…Puff…and I’ll blow your house down. Sound familiar? Right, it should, because the MWC should have never been built out of hay. Coming into the conference tournament, it was believed that there were 2 “locks.” Oh yeah, don’t forget this conference […]
