The Morning Dish – Wednesday, April 6th Tar Heel Exodus?: Less than 24 hours after North Carolina claimed its fourth national championship in school history, attention turned to the speculation about who will not be back in Tar Heel blue next season. Junior forward Rashad McCants could lead a potential […]
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The Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, April 5th The Heels Have It: The fifth time proved to be the charm for head coach Roy Williams, who won the first title of his 17-year career last night after North Carolina knocked off Illinois 75-70 in St. Louis in the NCAA championship game. […]
Title Game Thoughts
What We’ve All Been Waiting For by Phil Kasiecki It’s finally here. For months, many have looked forward to the matchup that is upon us on Monday night: Illinois vs. North Carolina. The two teams had been battling it out at the top of the polls for most of the […]
NIT Final Recap
2005 NIT Final: An Instant Classic by Ray Floriani NEW YORK – For the record, there is listed a champion and runner-up. In one respect it doesn’t do justice. The finals of the 68th NIT saw South Carolina and St. Joe’s battle it out the full forty minutes. Players expended […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, April 4th Finale: It has come down to this for the national championship: 37-1 Illinois against 32-4 North Carolina. For only the fourth time since they began seeding teams, two number one seeds meet in the championship. The Tar Heels were involved in two of […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, April 3rd It’s the Illini… Illinois rode excellent three-point shooting and a big second half from Luther Head and Roger Powell to a berth in the national championship game with a 72-57 win over Louisville. The Illini shot better than 62 percent from the field […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, April 1st South Carolina Claims the NIT Title: South Carolina nipped St. Joseph’s 60-57 in the NIT’s championship game as guard Tarence Kinsey hit the game-winning three-pointer with less than two seconds remaining. Coach Dave Odom won his second NIT title in six years. He […]
NIT Semifinal Recaps
NIT Title Game is Set by Ray Floriani NEW YORK – It will be St. Joe’s and South Carolina battling for the championship of the 68th annual National Invitation Tournament on Thursday. It promises to be an interesting final with the respective teams facing specific challenges. St. Joe’s has to […]
Spring Travel Tournament Preview
Spring travel tournaments are on deck by Phil Kasiecki Nowadays, there is no off-season as regards the sport of college basketball. Not only is there plenty of news even once the games have ended, but traveling team basketball at the high school level becomes a focus as well as kids […]
Austin Regional Final Recap
Regional Final Recap – Austin Region by Neal Heston Two overtime games on Saturday, a close game between UNC and Wisconsin earlier on Sunday were what Michigan State and Kentucky had to try and top. Sure enough, they managed to do just that. Thanks to a contested 3-pointer at the […]
