Month: March 2003

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, March 17, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki March Madness is now here, as the final four conference championship games were played on Sunday. Check the final updates from Championship Week while we fine tune Hoopville’s extensive coverage of the NCAA Tournament. In the Big 12 title […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 16, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki Championship Saturday was the grand-daddy of all Championship Week days, as 11 conferences had championship games in their tournaments. Most notable of all were a few things that happened for the first time. More details can be found as […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 15, 2003 by Phil Kasiecki Championship Week has brought more upsets, and the plot is thickening as we reach Selection Sunday. Three teams could be in a position to steal an NCAA Tournament bid after what happened on Friday, as several big cities could […]

Tournament on Nickelodeon?

Regional Action In Boston, Nashville and…Baghdad? by Adam Shandler This Thursday on Nickelodeon: SpongeBob Knight. War. (Hunnh!) Good god, y’all. What is it good for? Well, if you’re CBS it’s good for a share of network coverage of the impending conflict with Iraq and more face time for Dan Rather. […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, March 14th, 2003 by Jon Gonzalez Steve Lavin’s hair displayed a shine seldom seen this season as his Bruins, along with a few other underdogs, pulled off some major upsets Thursday. If the season was any indication of how the Arizona-UCLA Pac-10 Quarterfinal was going […]

USBWA Awards

2002-03 Basketball Awards by Jed Tai With the regular season over and the NCAA Tournament on the horizon, it’s time to honor those players who have demonstrated excellence this season. As a member of the USBWA (United States Basketball Writers Assocation), I get to submit my votes for First Team […]

Colonial Semifinals

Colonial Semifinals Recap by Beth Iskoe No. 1 UNC Wilmington v. No. 5 Delaware For the fourth consecutive year, the Seahawks earned a spot in the CAA Championship game, this time by virtue of a 63-50 win over Delaware Sunday afternoon. UNC Wilmington took control of the game early on […]

Colonial Quarterfinals

Colonial Quarterfinals Recap by Beth Iskoe No. 1 UNC Wilmington v. No. 9 Hofstra Unlike last year when Hofstra stunned No. 2 George Mason in the quarterfinals, the Pride were unable to upset top seeded and defending champion UNC Wilmington Saturday afternoon. However, Hofstra was able to get off to […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 13th, 2003 by Brian Seymour College hoops-wise, most of New York City’s attention is being paid to the Big East Tournament, but a great story was played out Wednesday night well away from the glitz and glamour of Manhattan. The Wagner Seahawks, who call […]

Colonial First Round

Colonial First Round Recap by Beth Iskoe No. 7 James Madison v. No. 10 Towson The St. Bonaventure players need to learn a lesson from the Towson players. Although Towson won only one conference game all season and even though it trailed James Madison 55-33 with eleven minutes remaining in […]