First Round Recap – Albuquerque Region by Zach Ewing After helping the Huskies to leads of 18-2 and 27-8 in the game’s first 10 minutes, Washington’s fast-paced attack slowed down enough to allow the underdog Grizzlies back in the game. A 15-5 Montana run cut the lead to 32-23, and […]
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Syracuse First Round Recap
First Round Recap – Syracuse Region by Michael Protos No. 1 North Carolina looked like a potential national champion in demolishing No. 16 Oakland 96-68. The Tar Heels stormed the Grizzlies in the first half with unconscious shooting from everywhere on the court. North Carolina shot better than 73 percent […]
Austin Second Round Recap
Second Round Recap – Austin Region by Steve Sheridan For one game at least, Andrew Bogut wasn’t carrying the Utah Utes on his back. Luckily for Utah, there were plenty of other players to carry the shooting load. Justin Hawkins scored a game-high 20 points and was aided by 17 […]
Austin First Round Recap
First Round Recap – Austin Region by Michael Protos No. 9 Mississippi State rallied from a 12-point deficit shortly before halftime and continued that momentum throughout the second half against No. 8 Stanford, completing a 93-70 romp in a first-round match up in the Austin region. The Bulldogs overcame a […]
Chicago First Round Recap
Play-in Recap – Chicago Region by Zach Ewing UAB won its third tournament game in its last four tries, using a frenetic pace and lots of pressure to knock off LSU, 82-68, in the first round. The Blazers made a run to the Sweet Sixteen last season before losing to […]
Connecticut’s Season of Adversity
A trying season ends by Phil Kasiecki WORCESTER, Mass. – Defending champions are never supposed to have it easy the next season. It’s tough to repeat for a lot of reasons, but for the Connecticut Huskies, the 2004-05 season was perhaps an extreme case of this. With Sunday’s 65-62 loss, […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Thursday, March 24th NIT Puts Two in Final Four: The calm before the storm of the NCAA Tournament produced three NIT games last night. Maryland opened the night with a 78-63 win at home against Davidson to advance to the quarterfinals, setting up a date with […]
Early NCAA Reflections
Reflections on the early madness by Ray Floriani HILLSDALE, NJ – Ran into an officiating friend on Saturday en route to the Hiilsdale Hoop ‘Mad Marchness’ youth tournament in this quaint Northern New Jersey town. Mad Marchness, have to love that , but the tournament was well organized with nice […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 23rd NIT’s Elite Eight Taking Shape: Georgetown made major strides in coach John Thompson III’s first season on the Hoyas’ sideline because the Hoyas play solid defense and controlled offense. The formula worked against Cal State – Fullerton as Georgetown won 74-57 to advance […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 22nd Bad News for Sumpter: Villanova junior forward Curtis Sumpter will not play again in this year’s NCAA Tournament after tearing a ligament in his left knee against Florida Sunday. The No. 5-seed Wildcats play top-seed North Carolina Friday. Sumpter injured the knee early […]
