Big South Quarterfinal Recaps by Jeremy Dunlap (Note: All tournament games are played at the home court of the higher seeded team.) (1) Winthrop 74, (8) Coastal Carolina 62 It took a while, but Winthrop eventually took control of their match-up against Coastal Carolina, and will advance to the conference […]
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Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 2nd St. Joe’s President Speaks Out: St. Joseph’s president Timothy Lannon commended Temple coach John Chaney for suspending himself for the Atlantic 10 tournament but expressed disapproval about the lack of action by Temple and A-10 officials. Chaney extended a regular-season ending three-game suspension […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 1st Pitt Rocks BC: Pittsburgh snapped a three-game losing streak with a 72-50 win at Boston College last night. Antonio Graves led five Panthers in double figures with 13 points and five rebounds. The Eagles failed to clinch a share of the Big East […]
Jermaine Watson
The end of a long journey for local product by Phil Kasiecki CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Jermaine Watson has come a long way in four years. He’s certainly not the same player he was when he first came to The Heights. But his transformation as a player pales in comparison […]
Patriot Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan It was an exciting and interesting final weekend for the eight teams of the Patriot League. Very appropriately, the final game of the Patriot League season came down to a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Bucknell’s Chris Niesz – the lone Bison senior on Senior Night […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, February 28th Jayhawks Rebound: Kansas snapped a three-game losing streak and moved into sole possession of first place in the Big 12 with a 81-79 win against Oklahoma State. John Lucas scored 22 points to lead the Cowboys but missed a three in the final […]
Harvard’s Comeback Season
A Season of Progress by Phil Kasiecki CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Frank Sullivan summed it up on more than one occasion. “These guys have come a long way in 12 months,” the Harvard head coach said of his team. Last year wasn’t one for the books at the famed Ivy League […]
Bracket Buster in Ohio
CigarBoy’s Bracket Buster Extravaganza by Bill Kintner DAYTON – It is Bracket Buster (BB) Saturday – you know, that ESPN-created mid-major college basketball match up. There are a ton of games featuring all the teams from the Horizon League, MVC and MAC. Then other teams are mixed in from the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Sunday, February 27th Eagles Put Away Pirates: It took some work, but Boston College pulled out a 70-58 home win over Seton Hall with some late defense and free throws in a game that featured 40 offensive rebounds. Although they led for most of the first […]
Late season notes
Late-season updates by Phil Kasiecki As we’re approaching the month of march, the action is heating up as some teams make late charges for potential at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament, while other teams play for seeds in either their conference tournament or the NCAA. Still others are playing more […]
