Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament: Junior forward Jahsha Bluntt scored 20 points to lead No. 1 Delaware State to a 63-51 win against No. 4 South Carolina State, avenging a loss to the Bulldogs earlier in the season. The win pushes the Hornets into the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament championship against […]
Month: March 2006
SWAC: Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament
Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament: This year’s Cinderella could be No. 7 Arkansas – Pine Bluff, which upset No. 3 Grambling State 61-49. The win is the Golden Lions’ second victory against a higher seed in two days. Senior guard Martese Coleman led Arkansas – Pine Bluff with 15 points, one […]
Conference USA: Conference USA Tournament
Conference USA Tournament: No. 1 Memphis bumped No. 4 Houston out of the Conference USA Tournament with a 68-54 semifinal win. The Tigers rebounded from a bad start in which they went six minutes without scoring and let the Cougars build a 10-0 lead. But Memphis erased the deficit quickly. […]
Big East Tournament Early Rounds
Big East Conference Tournament Notebook by Jesse Ullmann NEW YORK – It was clearly evident Louisville was not ready for the bright lights of the big apple. 2 media timeouts, 1 hot dog, 1 Poland Spring and 3 Mark Jones walk-bys later, Louisville finally made a field goal. The New […]
SEC Opening Round Recaps
SEC Tournament Opening Round Recaps by Ryan Glenn South Carolina Able to Avoid Bulldogs’ Bite NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The day began with No. 5E South Carolina not having much of a problem with No. 4W Mississippi State. After the Gamecocks overcame a 9-2 deficit, they never looked back. Early in […]
Atlantic 10 Quarterfinal Notes
Atlantic 10 Tournament – Quarterfinal Notes by Phil Kasiecki CINCINNATI – For the second time in three years, the Atlantic 10 Tournament champion will be a team that won four games in four days. It could be the same school, too. All four teams who had to play on Wednesday […]
Big Ten: Big Ten Conference Tournament
Big Ten Conference Tournament: Despite trailing by a dozen in the second half, No. 1 Ohio State found a way to win against No. 8 Penn State 63-56. The Buckeyes hit a three-pointer with about six minutes remaining to take their first lead of the game at 50-49. Junior guard […]
SEC: Southeastern Conference Tournament
Southeastern Conference Tournament: No. 5E South Carolina was able to shut down Chris Lofton and come away with the biggest upset of the tournament against No. 1E Tennessee 79-71. Tre’ Kelley took control of the game early and finished with 25 points and eight assists. Lofton finished with 12 points, which […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos March 10, 2006 The busiest day of conference tournament action produced several monstrously important results that affect the seeds of several teams and the NCAA Tournament livelihood of others. After Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos consulted their Crystal Basketballs, they […]
Poor Gerry McNamara
McNamara Comes Through in the Clutch by John Celestand Hey, I’m sorry Gerry. I’m sorry Jimmy. That’s all I can say for maybe the dumbest thing that I have ever wrote. A couple of weeks ago when I came out with my Big East awards, I was one of the […]
