Atlantic 10 Quarterfinals Recap Recap by Jonathan Scherner and Stephen Dahl (W4) Xavier 87, (E1) St. Joseph’s 67 It was the upset of the year as Xavier dominated No. 1 St. Joseph’s in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament. “This is a great win for Xavier University but as […]
Month: March 2004
Big Ten Semifinals Preview
Big Ten Conference Semifinals Preview Preview by Alan Rubenstein (1) Illinois vs. (5) Michigan The Wolverines looked a bit shaky at times in their win over Iowa. The young Wolverine team might have been a bit awestruck in the bright lights. Illinois has been here before. The Illini captured the […]
Big Ten Quarterfinals Recap
Big Ten Conference Quarterfinals Recap Recap by Alan Rubenstein No. 1 Illinois 71, No. 8 Indiana 59 A 13-1 Illinois run late in the second half finally put Indiana away. The Hoosiers came back from double digit deficits to narrow the gap numerous times. The Hoosiers never held the lead […]
Big Ten Quarterfinals Preview
Big Ten Conference Quarterfinals Preview Preview by Alan Rubenstein No. 4 Iowa vs. No. 5 Michigan Michigan and Iowa enter the Big Ten tournament after fighting to the wire to earn their byes. The maize and blue and black and gold are also fighting for births in the NCAA tournament. […]
Big Ten First Round Recap
Big Ten Conference First Round Recap Recap by Alan Rubenstein (8) Indiana 81, (9) Ohio State 69 Mike Davis has been increasingly frustrated with the way his Indiana Hoosiers have been playing the last month. IU’s 2-8 record in their last ten games did not look too favorable when they […]
Big 12 Semifinals Preview
Big 12 Semifinals Preview Preview by Zach Ewing No. 5 Texas Tech vs. No. 1 Oklahoma State Bob Knight has his team playing as well as it has since early January, so this is a great match-up with Oklahoma State. In fact, when the Cowboys came to Lubbock when the […]
Big 12 Quarterfinals Recap
Big 12 Quarterfinals Recap Recap by Zach Ewing For all the upsets going on elsewhere in the country, this is one tournament without a Cinderella. The top three seeds all advanced to the Big 12 semifinals, and the fourth team is NCAA lock Texas Tech. That’s not good news for […]
Big 12 Quarterfinals Preview
Big 12 Quarterfinals Preview Preview by Zach Ewing No. 8 Iowa State vs. No. 1 Oklahoma State Iowa State finally managed to win a game outside of the state of Iowa this year, but the Cyclones’ next opponent is against the only team to beat in the state. Oklahoma State […]
Big 12 First Round Recap
Big 12 First Round Recap Recap by Zach Ewing No. 8 Iowa State 78, No. 9 Kansas State 64 This game was never really close. The Cyclones took control from the get-go and advanced easily due to three key points. The first was a suffocating zone defense, which forced K-State […]
Pac-10 Finals Preview
Pac-10 Conference Finals Preview Preview by Scott Allen (1) Stanford vs. (2) Washington The best the Pac-10 has to offer meet in today’s conference championship game at Staples Center with Stanford looking to knock off the team that ruined their perfect season exactly one week ago. The Huskies defeated UCLA […]
