SEC Tournament Recaps – Day One by Ryan Glenn No. 5W Ole Miss 53, No. 4E South Carolina 52 ATLANTA, Ga. – The first game of the tournament was quite a good one. With these teams meeting less than five days ago, both were ready for what the other would […]
Month: March 2005
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 12th Illini Win, But Weber Loses: In Illinois’ first game after losing to Ohio State in the final regular-season game, the Illini bounced back with a dominating 68-51 win against Northwestern in the Big Ten Conference quarterfinals. But the win became far less enjoyable […]
ACC Opening Round Recaps
Atlantic Coast Conference Opening Round Recaps by Michael Protos No. 9 Clemson 84, No. 8 Maryland 72 That popping sound you may have heard emanating from Washington, D.C., was No. 8 Maryland’s bubble. Or maybe it was the sound of nylon after junior guard Shawan Robinson drained a three-pointer for […]
Atlantic 10 Tournament Notes
A Big Live Bird, A Little Dead Bird and Various Goings-On At The A-10 by Bill Kintner CINCINNATI – Tiny Saint Joseph’s University of Philadelphia is known for several things. Most of them are basketball-related: going undefeated last year in the regular season, their zany coach, Phil Martelli, and that […]
Southland Tournament Recaps
Southland Conference Tournament Recaps by Phil Kasiecki Unlike many conference tournaments, the 2005 Southland Conference Tournament is held entirely at campus sites instead of one site for all or most rounds. That gives teams a homecourt advantage based on their finish in the regular season, with the regular season champion […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 11th More Favorites Dropping in Big East: Conference tournament continued to churn along yesterday. Find complete coverage at Thirteen Days: Championship Week 2005. A day after an impressive blowout against Providence, West Virginia continued to improve its bubble status with a 78-72 victory against […]
Missouri Valley Tournament Recap
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Recap by Neal Heston Bluejays soar into NCAA As Selection Sunday approaches, there is one thing for certain: Creighton is not on the bubble. After sitting in the middle of the league with a 7-7 Missouri Valley Conference record last month, the Bluejays have reeled off […]
NCAA Crystal Ball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball – March 10, 2005 by Michael Protos Not much has changed since Monday in terms of the major-conference teams in the field. But tournaments from the less-heralded conferences have produced a few surprise entrants, such as Oakland from the Mid-Continent and Montana from the Big Sky. […]
St. Bonaventure’s MVP
St Bonaventure’s Man With a Mission by Bill Kintner CINCINNATI – When the St. Bonaventure basketball team came to Cincinnati for the Atlantic 10 Championship, they left their pep band in New York. They didn’t bring their dance team. They didn’t even bring their cheerleaders. They brought someone even more […]
MAAC Tournament Recaps
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Recap by Matthew Moll First Round Recaps No. 5 Iona 69, No. 10 Siena 51 Despite the absence of second-leading scorer Greg Jenkins, who was out with an injured back, the Gaels were able to hand the Saints their earliest exit from the MAAC tournament […]
