And Then There Were Two by Tracy Granzyk With one more day of basketball left in the 2001-02 season the question still remains: “Can anyone beat UConn?” The Huskies, sporting a pristine 38-0 record, take on the Oklahoma Sooners in this year’s championship game. For Connecticut, this was the expected […]

NIT Finals Recap by Phil Kasiecki In the NIT Championship game on Thursday night, Memphis shot 49%#37; from the field and held South Carolina to just 34.3%#37; shooting en route to taking home the NIT title with a 72-62 victory at Madison Square Garden. The Tigers got a huge night […]

Round Table Discussion – Indiana – Oklahoma Overview: The pre-game hype might belong to Kansas-Maryland, but the Hoosiers and Sooners will still make for some intriguing action. Indiana is this year’s version of your typical NCAA Tournament party crasher. They finished the regular season with a modest record, lost in […]

NIT Finals Preview by Phil Kasiecki Tuesday night, the semifinals of the NIT were held at Madison Square Garden with two games that were as good as advertised. One came down to the final seconds, the other saw one team pull away in the closing minutes. In the first game, […]

Round Table Discussion – Kansas vs. Maryland Overview: The national championship-caliber semifinal between Kansas and Maryland figures to be a high scoring game, as it features the nation’s top scoring team in the Jayhawks and another in the top ten in scoring in the Terrapins. Both are also veteran teams […]

NIT Final Four Preview by Phil Kasiecki The NIT is down to four teams, all from high-major conferences after mid-majors looked to make a statement with some early wins. With some teams that were snubbed from the NCAA Tournament, the NIT was their chance. The teams that are left include […]

West Region Final by Adam Reich A Trip to the Final Four: PRICE-less No. 2 Oklahoma 81, No. 12 Missouri 75 Hollis Price, the West Region MVP, scored a team-high 18 points and hit two free throws with 6 seconds remaining to ice Missouri and send Oklahoma to the Final […]

East Region Finals by Adam Shandler No. 1 Maryland 90, No. 2 Connecticut 82 CBS’s Jim Nantz had a busy evening. Not only did he have to call play-by-play for the Maryland-UConn East Regional Final, he also had to count all those ties and lead changes. Maybe you caught the […]

South Region Finals by Jon Gonzalez No. 5 Indiana vs. No. 10 Kent State Last year, after Indiana’s first round loss to Kent State in the NCAA Tournament, there were grumblings. Not that there hadn’t been doubts all year long about the interim coach who took Bobby Knight’s place, but […]

NIT Final Four by Phil Kasiecki While the NCAA Tournament has had its usual exciting and unpredictable games, the NIT has seen its field narrowed to its own Final Four teams, with some exciting games of its own. After mid-majors made a statement earlier in the tournament, Madison Square Garden […]