Horizon League Quarterfinal Recap by Bill Kintner MILWAUKEE – The Horizon League Quarterfinals opened in Milwaukee at US Cellular Arena Friday with UIC facing Green Bay and Detroit taking on Loyola. These teams won games in the first round at campus locations to advance to Milwaukee. Aside from these teams, […]
Month: March 2006
Ohio Valley: Ohio Valley Conference Tournament
Ohio Valley Conference Tournament: No. 1 Murray State beat No. 4 Jacksonville State 69-64 to move on to the Ohio Valley Conference Championship vs. No. 2 Samford. The Racers needed a 21-3 second-half run to overcome a nine-point deficit. Five Murray State players reached double figures in scoring, led by […]
Big South Semifinal Recap
Big South Conference Tournament Semifinal Recap by Jerry Hinnen After chaos reigning in the Big South tournament brackets the past several seasons, the 2006 conference championship will be decided by the top two seeds: one the league’s most on-paper talented team and regular season champion, the other its personal nemesis […]
Fairfield: Fairfield Cuts Ties With O’Toole
Fairfield Cuts Ties With O’Toole: Fairfield officials will not renew the recently expired contract of coach Tim O’Toole, whose Stags lost 84-77 to Niagara in the first round of the MAAC tournament yesterday. In eight seasons at Fairfield, O’Toole led the Stags to a 112-120 record. He recently met with […]
Mississippi: Barnes Out at Mississippi
Barnes Out at Mississippi: Mississippi officials announced that coach Rod Barnes will not return to lead the team next season, but he will finish this season with the Rebels. They did not specify whether they fired Barnes or he resigned. The Rebels are 14-14 this season and 4-11 in the […]
Atlantic Sun: Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament
Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament: No. 1 Lipscomb played efficiently to pass No. 4 Gardner – Webb 70-51 en route to the Atlantic Sun Championship game. The Bisons shot 42 percent and committed only seven turnovers, and they had four players reach double figures in scoring. Lipscomb will play No. 2 […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos March 3, 2006 In the next week, Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos will be spending a lot of quality time with their crystal basketballs. The calendar has changed, the conference tournaments are here, March Madness is upon us. The 65 […]
CAA First Round Notes
Colonial Athletic Association Tournament – First Round Notes by Phil Kasiecki RICHMOND, Va. – The first round of the 2006 Colonial Athletic Association Tournament is in the books. The four games lived up to their billing, with only Northeastern’s win over James Madison being decided by double digits. With that, […]
America East First Round: Recap
America East First Round: UMBC rode some hot shooting – hot, as in, 85.7 percent from the field in the second half – to an 88-70 win over Stony Brook to advance to the quarterfinals. The Retrievers (10-18) missed just three shots and got a career-high 33 points from Brian […]
Patriot League: Patriot League Tournament
Patriot League Tournament: No. 1 Bucknell beat No. 8 Army 59-47, picking up the team’s second win against the Black Knights in a week. Junior center Chris McNaughton led the Bison with 14 points and helped Bucknell take control of the game midway through the second half. Bucknell moves on […]
