Month: March 2005

NCAA Crystal Ball

NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball – March 7, 2005 by Michael Protos The regular season is officially over, and we’re approaching full-fledge March madness. But don’t tell that to this past weekend’s underdogs, who got the party started early. This weekend featured an uncharacteristically large number of upsets among top 10 […]

America East Tournament Recaps

America East Tournament Recaps by Phil Kasiecki The play-in round on Friday night set up Saturday’s quarterfinal matchups, with No. 9 UMBC edging No. 8 New Hampshire 78-73 behind a career-high 28 points from freshman Brian Hodges, and No. 7 Stony Brook ending No. 10 Hartford’s season with a 66-46 […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, March 7th And Then There Were None: Illinois lost its first game of the season at Ohio State 65-64. The Illini held a 64-58 lead with more than three minutes to go but wouldn’t score again as the Buckeyes rallied for the victory. Matt Sylvester […]

Ryan Gomes

Running With the Opportunity by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE – He says that his coach “gave me the opportunity and I tried to take it and run with it.” That’s certainly one way of describing Ryan Gomes’ illustrious career at Providence College, which is coming to a close. Tuesday night was […]

Big South Championship Recap

Big South Conference Championship Game Recap by Jeremy Dunlap (1) Winthrop 68, (7) Charleston Southern 46 All season long, Winthrop’s defense has carried the load, and though Charleston Southern did manage to connect on over 48 percent of their shots, the Eagles’ defense gave the Bucs fits, causing 18 turnovers […]

OVC Championship Recap

Ohio Valley Conference Championship Recap by Ryan Glenn No. 2 Eastern Kentucky 52, No. 5 Austin Peay 46 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Eastern Kentucky punched their ticket to the big dance on Saturday afternoon with a 52-46 win over Austin Peay in a tight one. Austin Peay came out looking for […]

Horizon Quarterfinal Recap

Horizon League Quarterfinals Recap by Nick Dettmann Loyola 87, Illinois-Chicago 81 (OT) MILWAUKEE – Sophomore forward Blake Schilb scored a career-high 39 points as the Loyola Ramblers defeated crosstown rival Illinois-Chicago, 87-81 in overtime, in quarterfinal action at the U.S. Cellular Arena. Schilb, a first team All-Horizon League performer this […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 6th Four Teams Are In: Four more teams joined Penn as the winners of an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. Be sure to visit Thirteen Days: Championship Week for more complete information. UCF (24-8) repeated as Atlantic Sun champions in their […]

MAAC Tournament Preview

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Preview by Matthew Moll The seeding: The MAAC Tournament will take place at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY March 4-7. Ninth seed Loyola, No. 8 seed Marist, No. 7 seed Canisius, No. 3 seed Fairfield and No. 2 seed Rider will all compete on […]

Lehigh’s Joe Knight

Guard Has Himself a Knight by Phil Kasiecki WORCESTER, Mass. – You had to know the chant would come sometime. The Lehigh students who traveled up from Pennsylvania let Colgate know what the Raiders seemingly had already figured out. “You can’t stop him.” The chant was for Joe Knight, Lehigh’s […]