Month: February 2005

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 16th South Carolina Smothers Kentucky: Behind suffocating defense, South Carolina upset Kentucky 73-61 for the Gamecocks’ first win against the Wildcats in more than seven years. The Gamecocks forced 21 turnovers and held the Wildcats to 38 percent shooting from the field. Junior guard […]

Big South Notebook

Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Eagles Flying High Winthrop was faced with a busy four-game schedule this past week, due to a rescheduling of an earlier postponed game, but won all four games and now hold a commanding three-game lead over Liberty with only four games remaining in […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 15th Red Raiders Down Jayhawks in Double Overtime: Sophomore Darryl Dora drilled a three pointer from the top of the key with time winding down in the second overtime to lift Texas Tech to an 80-79 victory over Kansas in Lubbock. Dora was 0-of-4 […]

Patriot League Notebook

Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Holy Cross-Lehigh Battle Turns Very One-Sided In one of the most anticipated league match-ups of the season, Holy Cross quickly dashed any chance of an exciting game. With caped Crusaders throughout the Hart Center, the HC dominated early and never looked back, cruising to […]

America East Notebook

America East Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Terriers Open New Arena in Style Boston University opened the new Harry Agganis Arena on Saturday with a 61-55 win over Vermont in front of 5,736 fans, a new record for an America East regular season game. It was a hard-fought game, as the […]

UNC Destined For Run

Primed For A Championship Run by Jesse Ullmann HARTFORD – On Saturday afternoon when North Carolina’s airplane landed in Connecticut, the destination as the team headed to take a tour of the “posh” ESPN facilities was Bristol. David Noel could not go. He was sick and headed straight to the […]

Holy Cross Back on Top

“New Look” Crusaders Are Back on Top by Phil Kasiecki WORCESTER, Mass. – Keith Simmons didn’t always enjoy last season at Holy Cross. Though only a freshman at the time, he knew what his team’s play meant after they had won three straight Patriot League titles. “Last year was a […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, February 14th Tar Heels Rebound: North Carolina bounced back from Wednesday night’s loss to Duke with a 77-70 win over Connecticut. Raymond Felton had a double-double for the Tar Heels with 16 points and 10 assists, most of which came in the second half when […]

BU’s New Arena

Terriers Open New Arena in Style by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – For a moment early on, one might have wondered if they were in the right place. During the pre-game introductions of Vermont’s starting lineup, there were enough cheers from the Catamount faithful who traveled to make one do a […]

Missouri Valley Notebook

Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Neal Heston Tourney Watch Wichita State: NCAA Tourney – The Shockers continue to dominate anyone who comes their way. The team is still on the outside of the rankings, looking in, but that shouldn’t be the case for too long. Southern Illinois: NCAA Tourney – […]