A Big Live Bird, A Little Dead Bird and Various Goings-On At The A-10 by Bill Kintner CINCINNATI – Tiny Saint Joseph’s University of Philadelphia is known for several things. Most of them are basketball-related: going undefeated last year in the regular season, their zany coach, Phil Martelli, and that […]
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Southland Tournament Recaps
Southland Conference Tournament Recaps by Phil Kasiecki Unlike many conference tournaments, the 2005 Southland Conference Tournament is held entirely at campus sites instead of one site for all or most rounds. That gives teams a homecourt advantage based on their finish in the regular season, with the regular season champion […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 11th More Favorites Dropping in Big East: Conference tournament continued to churn along yesterday. Find complete coverage at Thirteen Days: Championship Week 2005. A day after an impressive blowout against Providence, West Virginia continued to improve its bubble status with a 78-72 victory against […]
Missouri Valley Tournament Recap
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Recap by Neal Heston Bluejays soar into NCAA As Selection Sunday approaches, there is one thing for certain: Creighton is not on the bubble. After sitting in the middle of the league with a 7-7 Missouri Valley Conference record last month, the Bluejays have reeled off […]
NCAA Crystal Ball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball – March 10, 2005 by Michael Protos Not much has changed since Monday in terms of the major-conference teams in the field. But tournaments from the less-heralded conferences have produced a few surprise entrants, such as Oakland from the Mid-Continent and Montana from the Big Sky. […]
St. Bonaventure’s MVP
St Bonaventure’s Man With a Mission by Bill Kintner CINCINNATI – When the St. Bonaventure basketball team came to Cincinnati for the Atlantic 10 Championship, they left their pep band in New York. They didn’t bring their dance team. They didn’t even bring their cheerleaders. They brought someone even more […]
MAAC Tournament Recaps
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Recap by Matthew Moll First Round Recaps No. 5 Iona 69, No. 10 Siena 51 Despite the absence of second-leading scorer Greg Jenkins, who was out with an injured back, the Gaels were able to hand the Saints their earliest exit from the MAAC tournament […]
Sun Belt Championship Recap
Sun Belt Conference Championship Recap by Ryan Glenn No. 2W Louisiana-Lafayette 88, No. 1W Denver 69 Louisiana-Lafayette earned their second straight trip to the NCAA tournament last night. The Ragin’ Cajuns finished with a strong second half as they were able to take down Denver 88-69. Denver beat Louisiana-Lafayette two […]
Big Sky Championship Recap
Big Sky Conference Championship Recap by Nicholas Lozito When a desperation half-court shot hits the floor before the buzzer even sounds, chances are the ball was heaved up a bit too soon. With an NCAA Tournament bid at stake, however, one can come to terms with why Jamaal Jenkins didn’t […]
Horizon Championship Recap
Horizon League Championship Recap by Nick Dettmann MILWAUKEE – For the first 39 minutes and 56 seconds of the Horizon League final between the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Detroit Titans, free throws were either the saving grace, or the thorn in the side. During that time, the […]
