Mid-Continent Conference Tournament Recap by Michael Ermitage First Round No. 1 Oral Roberts 82, No. 8 Southern Utah 59 The top-seeded Golden Eagles took care of business in its first round matchup with Southern Utah. Oral Roberts jumped out to a 10-point halftime lead en route to a dominating victory. […]
Month: March 2005
Atlantic 10 Notebook
Atlantic 10 Kicks Things Off In Cincy With a Bang by Bill Kintner CINCINNATI – The Atlantic 10 Conference went to a football stadium to kick off their basketball tournament when they held their annual Commissioner’s Reception at the Bengals’ beautiful Paul Brown Stadium on the banks of the Ohio […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 9th Cinderella Is a Grizzly: With a storybook run through the Mid-Continent Tournament, the Oakland Grizzlies became this year’s Cinderella team with a 61-60 miracle win at Oral Roberts. The 12-18 Grizzlies have one of the worst records of any NCAA Tournament team in […]
Sun Belt Tournament Recaps
Sun Belt Conference Tournament Recaps by Ryan Glenn First Round No. 4E Arkansas State 84, No. 5W North Texas 76 Arkansas State, led by J.J. Montgomery with 25 points, was able to win pretty easily against North Texas. Arkansas State was just on fire from behind the arc, hitting ten […]
Horizon League Finals Preview
Horizon League Finals Preview by Nick Dettmann MILWAUKEE – Bruce Pearl and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers are trying to do something that has not been since 2001 – a number one seed win the Horizon League tournament title. The Panthers advanced to the league final for a third straight […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by John Sahly It’s less than one week until Selection Sunday, and a weird Sunday in college basketball came to an end with a few top teams losing, none more noticeable than No. 1 Illinois. Illini finally lose After a remarkable run, the nation’s No. 1 […]
The Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 8th Niagara Ends Drought: Niagara earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament behind 27 points from senior Juan Mendez in an 81-59 win against Rider in the MAAC Tournament final. The Purple Eagles also got 16 points from Lorenzo Miles and 12 from […]
CAA Tournament Recap
Colonial Athletic Association Tournament Recap by Michael Protos First Round No. 9 William & Mary 68, No. 8 James Madison 54 No. 9 William & Mary picked up a 68-54 opening round upset victory against No. 8 James Madison in a battle of two teams with less than 10 wins […]
Horizon Semifinal Recaps
Horizon League Semifinal Recaps by Nick Dettmann Detroit 61, UW-Green Bay 55 MILWAUKEE – Brandon Cotton scored 26 points for the University of Detroit as the Titans defeated the second-seeded University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix, 61-55, on Saturday, to advance to the Horizon League championship game. The Titans (14-15) advance […]
Patriot League Tournament Recaps
Patriot League Quarterfinal and Semifinal Recaps by Steve Sheridan Quarterfinals (at Holy Cross) No. 1 Holy Cross 76, No. 8 Army 42 My Holy Cross correspondent Tom Severo saw his Crusaders run their winning streak to 15 games in front of a home crowd on Friday, but not after a […]
