Author: Keith Burdette

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 […]

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The Morning Dish – Monday, February 7th Illini March On: Illinois scored a season-low 60 points, but it was more than enough to defeat the visiting Hoosiers by 13. The Illini moved to 23-0 on the season as they continue their quest to be the first team to finish undefeated […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, January 31st Huskies Back in First: Behind 23 points from Nate Robinson, Washington defeated Arizona State 79-70 in Tempe. The win moved the Huskies back into a first-place tie with Arizona in the Pac Ten. UW forced 21 Sun Devil turnovers and held Ike Diogu […]

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The Morning Dish – Monday, January 24th UW Huskies in NCAA Trouble?: Kevin Messick, the head trainer for all athletic programs at the University of Washington has been put on administrative leave. Barring an appeal, he will ultimately be fired for falsifying medical records to give an athlete an extra […]

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The Morning Dish – Monday, January 17th Banks Saga Over: After much speculation, in a press conference Sunday afternoon, Memphis officials was announced that sophomore forward Sean Banks was academically ineligible and will miss the remainder of the season. Banks apologized to his teammates and coaches and said he would […]

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The Morning Dish – Monday, January 10th Game of the Week: After a 10-0 start, the Kansas Jayhawks hit the road for the first time to face the Kentucky Wildcats in front of the second largest crowd in Rupp Arena’s history. Kansas committed a season-high 21 turnovers, but walk-on Christian […]

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The Morning Dish – Monday, January 3rd Wake handles Virginia: Chris Paul led all scores with 21 points as Wake Forest beat Virginia 89-70 for its first ACC win of the season. Leading by only five at halftime, Wake Forest used a 13-0 run early in the second half to […]

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The Morning Dish – Monday, December 20th A Star is Back: Sophomore Sean Banks has been reinstated by the Memphis Tigers and will return to action tonight when the Tigers take on Louisiana Tech. He was suspended Dec. 14 for violating multiple team rules. He missed several practices and Saturday’s […]

NEC Recap

Northeast Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Keith Burdette Coming into the season, the conference race looked wide open. I said in the conference preview that any one of five teams could take the title. The Monmouth Hawks were one of those teams and, thanks in large part to the conference’s […]

NCAA Finals Recap

Finals Recap by Keith Burdette (2) Connecticut 82, (3) Georgia Tech 73 For the second time in six seasons, the Connecticut Huskies are champions of the college basketball world, beating Georgia Tech in the championship 82-73. The first few minutes were close and Georgia Tech even held a 12-11 lead. […]