The Morning Dish – Monday, February 28th Jayhawks Rebound: Kansas snapped a three-game losing streak and moved into sole possession of first place in the Big 12 with a 81-79 win against Oklahoma State. John Lucas scored 22 points to lead the Cowboys but missed a three in the final […]
Month: February 2005
Harvard’s Comeback Season
A Season of Progress by Phil Kasiecki CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Frank Sullivan summed it up on more than one occasion. “These guys have come a long way in 12 months,” the Harvard head coach said of his team. Last year wasn’t one for the books at the famed Ivy League […]
Bracket Buster in Ohio
CigarBoy’s Bracket Buster Extravaganza by Bill Kintner DAYTON – It is Bracket Buster (BB) Saturday – you know, that ESPN-created mid-major college basketball match up. There are a ton of games featuring all the teams from the Horizon League, MVC and MAC. Then other teams are mixed in from the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 27th Eagles Put Away Pirates: It took some work, but Boston College pulled out a 70-58 home win over Seton Hall with some late defense and free throws in a game that featured 40 offensive rebounds. Although they led for most of the first […]
Late season notes
Late-season updates by Phil Kasiecki As we’re approaching the month of march, the action is heating up as some teams make late charges for potential at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament, while other teams play for seeds in either their conference tournament or the NCAA. Still others are playing more […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, February 26th Chaney Suspended for Rest of Regular Season: After some reflection, Temple University officials decided that coach John Chaney’s self-imposed one-game ban was not sufficient. They suspended Chaney for the team’s remaining three games during the regular season. Chaney admitted earlier in the week […]
Team Chemistry
Fun Teams Win by Michael Ermitage The date was Feb. 16, 2005, and the undefeated Illinois Fighting Illini were playing at Penn State. It was a packed house, as usual, to see the #1 team in the country play. And while Penn State was 20-point underdogs, there is always a […]
MAAC Notebook
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Notebook by Matthew Moll MAAC seeding fight The conference tournament looms and the MAAC has its own share of drama the final week of the regular season before the MAAC tournament enters stage right. Two teams will tangle for the top seed and the middle conference […]
Patriot Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Where has the season gone? Just seven short weeks ago, the Patriot League season was just beginning and every team had their eyes on the Patriot League title. But after Wednesday’s games, there remains only one day of regular season play before the Patriot […]
Holy Cross Wins
Champions Again by Phil Kasiecki WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross has done it again. Holy Cross wrapped up the Patriot League regular season championship on Wednesday night with a 69-54 win over visiting Bucknell. The win is their 13th straight, with the last team to beat them being, ironically enough, […]
