The Morning Dish – Thursday, April 1st Wooden Finalists: The list for the 2004 John R. Wooden Award for the nation’s top college basketball player has been paired down to ten. The finalists are John Lucas of Oklahoma State, Emeka Okafor of Connecticut, Chris Duhon of Duke, Andre Emmett of […]
Author: Keith Burdette
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 23rd NIT marches on: The battle for the biggest NCAA tournament snub continued with four more teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Chris Thomas scored 39 points for Notre Dame as they overcame a one point deficit at halftime to beat St. Louis 77-66 in […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 16th Racers in Doubt: Murray State’s chances to upset 5th seed Illinois may have taken a hit when two players were arrested Monday on drug possession. Junior Kelvin Brown who averaged 12.7 points and 4.1 rebounds and Junior Adam Chiles who averaged 10.2 points […]
Northeast Quarterfinals Preview
Northeast Conference Quarterfinals Preview Preview by Keith Burdette No. 2 St. Francis NY Terriers vs. No. 7 Central Connecticut State Blue Devils These two teams met in last year’s NEC tournament in this very game but with the seeds reversed. St. Francis won the game 67-62 to start their improbable […]
Northeast Quarterfinals Recap
Northeast Conference Quarterfinals Recap Recap by Keith Burdette No. 7 Central Connecticut State Blue Devils 81, No. 2 St. Francis NY Terriers 68 The first game of the day also produced the first upset. The Blue Devils beat the Terriers 81-68 to exact revenge on the Terriers first round upset […]
Northeast Conference Semifinals Preview
Northeast Conference Semifinals Preview Preview by Keith Burdette No. 7 Central Connecticut State Blue Devils vs. No. 3 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights The Blue Devils pulled off the only upset of the tournament by beating second seed St. Francis NY 81-68. Ron Robinson had fourteen points, one of five Blue Devils […]
Northeast Semifinals Recap
Northeast Conference Semifinals Recap Recap by Keith Burdette No. 7 Central Connecticut State 76, No. 3 Fairleigh Dickinson 73 (OT) With the Blue Devils trailing by three with seconds to go, Justin Chiera caught a pass from Ron Robinson then dribbled into the frontcourt to hit a three pointer at […]
Northeast Finals Preview
Northeast Conference Finals Preview Preview by Keith Burdette No. 7 Central Connecticut State Blue Devils at No. 1 Monmouth Hawks This final matches the teams who have claimed three of the last four NEC tournament titles. Central Connecticut State won in 2000 and 2002 but the only players who were […]
Northeast Conference Finals Recap
Northeast Conference Finals Recap Recap by Keith Burdette No. 1 Monmouth Hawks 67, No. 7 Central Connecticut State Blue Devils 55 Monmouth’s stifling defense was the key was the Hawks beat the Blue Devils 67-55 to earn their third ever trip to the NCAA tournament. Tyler Azzarelli had a career-high […]
Northeast Conference Notebook
Northeast Conference Notebook by Keith Burdette The regular season NEC title came down to a Friday night special between Monmouth and St. Francis NY. 2500 fans packed Boylan Gym in hopes to see the Hawks clinch the title. St. Francis NY took an early lead in the game but Monmouth […]
