The Morning Dish – Saturday, February 19th Funky Tigers: After a solid non-conference performannce, Princeton appeared ready to run away with the Ivy League. But the rest of the league has caught up to Princeton, and the Tigers appeared destined for – heaven forbid – last place. Yale continued the […]
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SoCon Notebook
Southern Conference Notebook by Jonathan Gonzalez So what did we learn about the Southern Conference this week? For starters, we learned that Davidson doesn’t seem too fond of losing games. We also learned that Appalachian State is pretty good, while UNC-Greensboro is slipping. East Tennessee State’s Tim Smith can really […]
Connecticut’s Big Test
Huskies Are Passing the Big Test by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE – Needing a win, Connecticut gutted out a 94-89 double overtime win at Providence on Tuesday night. When we say “gutted out”, we’re not speaking figuratively, either, as head coach Jim Calhoun said a number of the Huskies have had […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, February 18th Virginia Tech Shocks Duke: Zabian Dowdell’s three pointer with 14.6 seconds to play put Virginia Tech in front to stay, and the Hokies held on for a 67-65 victory over Duke. After Daniel Ewing missed a three at the buzzer, the crowd in […]
NCAA Crystal Ball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Michael Protos In the sixth edition of the Crystal Ball, Illinois returns to the top as NCAA champion while several other teams make their move in seeding, including Arizona, Pittsburgh and Maryland. For the first time in the Crystal Ball, I foresee Kentucky reaching the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 16th South Carolina Smothers Kentucky: Behind suffocating defense, South Carolina upset Kentucky 73-61 for the Gamecocks’ first win against the Wildcats in more than seven years. The Gamecocks forced 21 turnovers and held the Wildcats to 38 percent shooting from the field. Junior guard […]
Big South Notebook
Big South Conference Notebook by Jeremy Dunlap Eagles Flying High Winthrop was faced with a busy four-game schedule this past week, due to a rescheduling of an earlier postponed game, but won all four games and now hold a commanding three-game lead over Liberty with only four games remaining in […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 15th Red Raiders Down Jayhawks in Double Overtime: Sophomore Darryl Dora drilled a three pointer from the top of the key with time winding down in the second overtime to lift Texas Tech to an 80-79 victory over Kansas in Lubbock. Dora was 0-of-4 […]
Patriot League Notebook
Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Holy Cross-Lehigh Battle Turns Very One-Sided In one of the most anticipated league match-ups of the season, Holy Cross quickly dashed any chance of an exciting game. With caped Crusaders throughout the Hart Center, the HC dominated early and never looked back, cruising to […]
America East Notebook
America East Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Terriers Open New Arena in Style Boston University opened the new Harry Agganis Arena on Saturday with a 61-55 win over Vermont in front of 5,736 fans, a new record for an America East regular season game. It was a hard-fought game, as the […]
