Running With the Opportunity by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE – He says that his coach “gave me the opportunity and I tried to take it and run with it.” That’s certainly one way of describing Ryan Gomes’ illustrious career at Providence College, which is coming to a close. Tuesday night was […]
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Big South Championship Recap
Big South Conference Championship Game Recap by Jeremy Dunlap (1) Winthrop 68, (7) Charleston Southern 46 All season long, Winthrop’s defense has carried the load, and though Charleston Southern did manage to connect on over 48 percent of their shots, the Eagles’ defense gave the Bucs fits, causing 18 turnovers […]
OVC Championship Recap
Ohio Valley Conference Championship Recap by Ryan Glenn No. 2 Eastern Kentucky 52, No. 5 Austin Peay 46 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Eastern Kentucky punched their ticket to the big dance on Saturday afternoon with a 52-46 win over Austin Peay in a tight one. Austin Peay came out looking for […]
Horizon Quarterfinal Recap
Horizon League Quarterfinals Recap by Nick Dettmann Loyola 87, Illinois-Chicago 81 (OT) MILWAUKEE – Sophomore forward Blake Schilb scored a career-high 39 points as the Loyola Ramblers defeated crosstown rival Illinois-Chicago, 87-81 in overtime, in quarterfinal action at the U.S. Cellular Arena. Schilb, a first team All-Horizon League performer this […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, March 6th Four Teams Are In: Four more teams joined Penn as the winners of an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. Be sure to visit Thirteen Days: Championship Week for more complete information. UCF (24-8) repeated as Atlantic Sun champions in their […]
MAAC Tournament Preview
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Preview by Matthew Moll The seeding: The MAAC Tournament will take place at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY March 4-7. Ninth seed Loyola, No. 8 seed Marist, No. 7 seed Canisius, No. 3 seed Fairfield and No. 2 seed Rider will all compete on […]
Lehigh’s Joe Knight
Guard Has Himself a Knight by Phil Kasiecki WORCESTER, Mass. – You had to know the chant would come sometime. The Lehigh students who traveled up from Pennsylvania let Colgate know what the Raiders seemingly had already figured out. “You can’t stop him.” The chant was for Joe Knight, Lehigh’s […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Saturday, March 5th MWC Reprimands Four Players: Utah’s star forward Andrew Bogut was one of four players reprimanded by the Mountain West Conference after a confrontation in the Utes’ 69-60 win against BYU last Saturday. Bogut, teammates Richard Chaney and Marc Jackson and BYU’s Austin Ainge […]
OVC Tournament Recaps
Ohio Valley Tournament Recaps by Ryan Glenn Quarterfinals No. 1 Tennessee Tech (72), No. 8 Eastern Illinois 68 Before this game, nobody would have thought the final score would have been close to what it was. The top seed actually trailed by ten at the half, but fought their way […]
Missouri Valley Tournament Preview
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Preview by Neal Heston Arch Madness set to be as mad as it ever has been The Missouri Valley Conference Tournament is set to probably be the most important it has ever been. Southern Illinois enters the weekend as the only lock for the NCAA Tournament. […]
