By: Alonso Tacanga in: Conference Notes
21 Feb 2010Scoring dynamo Jeremy Hazell struggled in his first game since suffering a deep cut on his shooting hand, and the team’s loss to West Virginia rendered a deep cut to the Pirates’ campaign to make the NCAA Tournament.
By: Ray Floriani in: Columns
10 Jan 2010Some notes on Syracuse using the 2-3 zone defense successfully, Fairleigh Dickinson coming alive in 2010, a doubleheader coming up and St. John’s reversal of fortune in early conference games.
By: Nick Dettmann in: Conference Notes
19
Jan
2009
The Cardinals have won five straight, including knocking off No. 1 Pittsburgh. They have now won their past three games in the regular season against ranked opponents – Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Villanova. In addition, Louisville has won three straight against the No. 1 team in the country. The previous two were over Florida on Dec. 13, 2003 and Kentucky on Dec. 27, 2003.
On Thursday evening over the Prudential Center the Seton Hall men battled but came up short in search of their first Big East win of the season. Providence gradually wore down the Pirates, fouling out three players in the process, to earn a hard fought road win.
The Golden Eagles picked up a huge road victory against North Carolina State using tough defense and protecting the basketball. Despite being outshot (51 to 48 percent) and out-rebounded (29-25), Marquette committed just 10 turnovers, compared to NC State’s 18, to help pick up the victory.
By: Zach Smart in: Conference Notes
20
Dec
2008
During his high school days, Geoff McDermott was known as rifle-toting Geoff McDermott. Then a quick-strike 6-foot-6 quarterback, McDermott helped lead perennial power New Rochelle to back-to-back state championships. After committing to Providence, where there’s no football team, he kissed all gridiron dreams goodbye. Today, McDermott is still whipping passes.
By: Nick Dettmann in: Conference Notes
18
Dec
2008
The intracity rivalry between Cincinnati and Xavier had everything one could ask for, including five technical fouls. But in the end, it was Xavier coming away with the victory.
A common denominator in this early season has been defense. Once again the Seton Hall women’s team was dominant on the defensive end in Saturday’s 66-51 victory over St. Peter’s at Yanitelli Center.
For the Seton Hall women, it was a simple halftime adjustment after the Hall trailed Marshall 33-30 at the half.
By: Zach Smart in: Conference Notes
3
Dec
2008
Easy-Going Gavin rapidly morphed into Gung Ho Gavin last night, an aggressive individual UConn fans have rarely seen during the reserve forward’s stay with the Huskies. The kid from Gilbert, Az., finally got physical, played above the rim, and displayed a sense of urgency, en route to the reserve forward’s career-high 17 points in 16 minutes on 7-of-9 shooting.

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